YAOI! Twilight Outfocus review

It's a yaoi. I think the Religion and Philosophy tag fits perfectly. Yaoi is my religion. There isn't a lot of good yaoi in this world, so on a scale of 1 to 10 on terms of yaoi, I'd rate it a 8.5 compared to others that I've seen (the best being given, which i'd rate a 10/10). But on terms of anime I've seen in general, I'd rate it a 7. After reading the manga, I now understand the strange pacing of the anime. The anime focuses on three couples, evenly splitting up the distribution of screen time between all three. However, the couples aren't important in the other couples' stories, so it feels like they're just disregarding the rest of the cast when they focus on a new couple. I would've liked it if the anime was 24 or so episodes instead of 12 so we could see more interactions between all three couples instead of only focusing on duos. But the manga and the anime are completely identical. I'm pretty sure the manga came first, as I think the anime only came out last year iirc. It's difficult to explain the manga lineup; I think that each couple gets their own title/basically an entire different manga, but it all takes place at the same time. But they're just different volumes I think. It's so hard to explain LOL. But Mao and Hisashi are the main couple. They're probably my favorite couple, but not my favorite characters. They are amazing characters tho. Mao is so cute and I liked the detail of him not being able to lie on camera and that detail being used later on... I won't spoil it tho.

I felt that the pacing was a little quick, so that's why it was only an 8.5 rating imo. If the pacing was slower, it would be perfect. I felt it unnecessary that almost every episode had a sex scene, but the manga did it so much better.

My favorite characters are Rei Inaba and Giichi Ichikawa. I'm so attached to Giichi, but I think Rei is my favorite by just a little bit. My favorite by just 0.0001%. Rei is perfect. Giichi is so cute and funny and honestly relatable. He's a total passionate asshole about film and a complete fudanshi. He's perfect, and it's so cute when he acts like he hates Jin even after they start dating. I would've liked to see Giichi as the top though. Jin is too bitchy and should be put in his place, especially considering he has that slight soft and nice side to him. But I digress. Any Giichi is perfect. Giichi and Jin are my second place favorite couple in the story.

My least favorite couple is Rei and Shion because I dislike Shion. He's your classic twink and very annoying. I loved the anime before he showed up because I was like, "finally another yaoi without a very feminine bottom! I love when yaoi actually makes the relationships seem like they're between two men instead of trying too hard to make it seem straight or give the characters demeaning gender roles!" yeah... whatever. But I guess Shion is kinda cute when he starts acting a little normal. And I guess I know a handful of gay guys who act like him, so I guess it's kinda realistic. And I feel so horrible saying that they're my least favorite couple because I LOVE REI. WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN? REI INABA YOU'RE THE BEST. I like how he's all quiet but turns out to be a total cheeky perv. I love characters like that. I can say so many positive things about him. I can't tell if I want him or if I want to BE him. He's easily jealous, which I think is portrayed better in the manga... I think the manga is just better in general. Rei looks so much better in the manga. Maybe it's because I dislike his color palette... But I love his glasses. I love that his eyes are barely shown. He really does have the looks of a guy who you wouldn't expect to be so perverted until you get to know him. And then once you know him and you look at him again, he suddenly looks like the biggest pervert on earth. I loved his voice in the anime. This is the only top anime man I've found myself a little attracted to. I usually like the dominant women, but I can make an exception for a dominant man when it comes to Rei. I guess it's because he seems more needy than anything. Because it's not like he's like "you belong to me... but I can thrive on my own because I'm masculine and dominant and cool," he's more like completely needy and just possessive because of it. Asking Shion to stay with him for three more minutes because he didn't want to be lonely... that was cute. Rei is so cute. He barely goes to school and doesn't talk to anyone, but when he has someone to be attached to, he won't leave them alone. He's needy! And he wears a hat because he's insecure of his bedhead!! He's the cutest. I'm buying a few acrylic stands of him soon. Or so I thought. My mom called me a few minutes ago and said suddenly that her bank account is in the negatives. We were rich just a couple weeks ago. Now I can't buy manga or merch. Or the project diva figures I wanted. My mom said she'd be willing to spend a few hundred dollars on me on my birthday in April and I was planning on getting so many figures and acrylic stands and manga. I guess my birthday is still in two months, so we might be financially stable again when the time comes. My mom said she wants to fly out to Nebraska again to visit family in March. So are we broke or not? When will I ever be able to buy my yaoi merch?! I must be the least favorite child. This is torture.

Anyway, it was really cute when Rei called Shion a good boy in the manga. He didn't do that in the anime. I was so needy for more Rei content that I decided to read some fanfic on AO3 but each fanfic TOTALLY mischaracterized him and made him seem way more grossly possessive than he really is. Maybe I'll take matters into my own hands and write the most ideal Rei x Shion fanfiction yet. I'll let you all know.