After I Win (Japanese: ほしがりません!勝つまでは, Hepburn: Hoshigarimasen! Katsumade wa) is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kaname Itsuki. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on December 19, 2007.[1]

After I Win
Cover of After I Win as published by Houbunsha
ほしがりません!勝つまでは
(Hoshigarimasen! Katsumade wa)
GenreYaoi, Romance
Manga
Written byKaname Itsuki
Published byHoubunsha
English publisher
DemographicJosei
PublishedDecember 19, 2007
Volumes1

Reception edit

Mania Entertainment's Patricia Beard commends the manga on "very pretty" character designs but criticises the awkward story "due to the assumed need to fit in another masturbation scene or reason for another masturbation scene".[2] Comic Book Bin's Leroy Douresseaux comments that the "boy on boy boot knockin’ takes a backseat to this gentle story of awkward first love".[3] Hannah Santiago, writing for the appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, found the story "unexceptional", and the art "inoffensively bland". She found the character of the "oversexed older brother" to be "creepy", but welcomed him as the manga's only character to stand out.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "After I Win". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  2. ^ Beard, Patricia (October 9, 2008). "After I Win Vol. #01". Mania.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  3. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (December 11, 2007). "After I Win (Yaoi)". Comic Book Bin. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  4. ^ Santiago, Hannah; Thompson, Jason (October 19, 2009). "365 Days of Manga, Day 33: After I Win". Suvudu.com. Retrieved 2009-10-29.

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