Love Is Like a Hurricane

Love Is Like a Hurricane
恋はいつも嵐のように (Koi wa Itsumo Arashi no You ni)
Genre	Yaoi
Manga
Written by	Tokiya Shimazaki
Published by	Kousai Shobou
English publisher	NA: 801 Media
Original run	2001 – 2005
Volumes	5

Love is Like a Hurricane (恋はいつも嵐のように, Koi wa Itsumo Arashi no You ni) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tokiya Shimazaki. It is licensed in North America by 801 Media, which released the five volumes between June 2007 and June 2008.[1]

Reception

Jason Thompson compared Love is Like a Hurricane to World's End for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, calling the former a "frivolous “LOL rape” yaoi story".[2] Hannah Santiago later said of the manga that it had "plenty of sex, if you don’t need plot or emotion to add context to the scenes".[3] Danielle Van Gorder, writing for Mania Entertainment, describes the first volume as "BL fluff", despite the non-consensual sex set-up,[4] and appreciated the greater depth of characterisation in the second volume.[5] Van Gorder felt that the third volume was "an attempt to play up to one fetish after another",[6] and that the series as a whole felt like a "parody of the BL genre".[7] Leroy Douresseaux felt that the many sex scenes of Love is Like a Hurricane was "something worth celebrating", although that as a high school story, the manga was "silly and inconsequential".[8] Van Gorder felt that by the fifth and final volume, the formula of the series "was starting to run out of steam".[9] Leroy Douresseaux felt that the fifth volume "telegraphed its ending" and was not as lively as the fourth volume.[10]

References

1. Love is Like a Hurricane. 801 Media. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
2. 365 Days of Manga, Day 74: World’s End « Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games. Suvudu.com (2009-11-29). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
3. 365 Days of Manga, Day 190: Love is Like a Hurricane « Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, Comics, and Games. Suvudu.com (2010-03-24). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
4. Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #01 Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
5. Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #02 Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
6. Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #03 Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
7. Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #04 Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
8. Love is Like a Hurricane: Volume 4 (Yaoi Manga). Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
9. Love is Like a Hurricane Vol. #05 Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. Mania.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
10. Love is Like a Hurricane 5. Comicbookbin.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.

External links

• Love Is Like a Hurricane (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia