Ai No Kusabi Volume 7 (Yaoi Novel): The Space Between (Ai No Kusabi, 7)

Okay, so I reckon that anybody reading this pretty much knows what the book's about, so I won't go over that. Enough of a description is given above.But what what on earth happened with the translation?!! The English is mostly smoother than before, indicating that someone who speaks better English is now checking it.There does however continue to be this problem with the tenses. English tenses are very complex but very important in working out whether the events being described are happening now or are over and done with. It can be very difficult to ascertain whether the actions being referred to are the way things are now or the way they used to be, whether an incident is occurring in the present or the past, and they can jump back and forth more than once within the space of a page or two. I have no way of knowing whether this was a problem originating with the author or whether it stems from the translation, but it is an issue which can be jolting sometimes. (That problem is not exclusive to this book, but has been true throughout the series.)However, half the names have changed, which constantly jolts the reader out of the story as they try to work out who is being referred to."Robby" has suddenly become "Lavi", "Schell" has become "Cher", the "Jeeks" have become the "Zekes" (which, admittedly, works better in English considering the similarity of "Jeeks" to "Jerks"). And "Aisha" has become a WOMAN!!! Blondies are male only, so I don't know how one of them is supposed to have suddenly had a sex change. Especially as they are androids! Other names also may have been changed to protect the innocent, as I could not connect them to past characters at all - did they refer to someone we had already come across in passing or were they completely new?I really don't think this is acceptable practice. Once you've chosen the names, you have to stick with them! Or else perhaps this should be the tale of Andy (formerly known as Iason) and Elizabeth(formerly known as Riki)?

I have loved this book! It is charming and a great story!The masterpiece of Yoshihara Rieko is a classic yaoi story and this new ediction it is amazing.Jason's feelings are so difficult to talk but the writer is so grat in her narration!There are so much sex in this story...but th sex is functionally to the narration: with the sex the characters talks!Great story and great writer.

This was one of the series’ collection was so straight forward, zero complications and had a pause is the story that makes you ask for more. I would so recommend this to every AI NO KUSABI fan and any other that loves this type genre.

I don't even know where to start from. Let's begin with the illustrations. I, on my own part, found the new illustrations much better than the old ones. "Ai No Kusabi" experienced a major style upgrade. (Not that I didn't like the old illustrations, do not get me wrong. It's just that manga drawing style has radically changed since the 90s.) The illustrations inside are just as good as the one on the cover, not a single penstroke was wasted.The story picks up itself from where it was left off. The recaps in this book are very short and scarce, and all of them are right down to the point. They are not repetitive as they tended to get in the previous part. This time they really serve the right purpose: to remind the reader what was going on, so that the reader doesn't have to go back and read the previous book. The pace of action perhaps slows down a bit, but the story continues to be just as captivating as it was in volume 6. Volume 7 gets both darker and more emotional. Now, brace yourselves: You will be getting a lot of Riki and Iason in this book, and very little of the slums! The relationship between Riki and Iason finally gets deeper and better defined; and I should admit that I took the greatest delight in watching the slow evolution.My only complaint is on the length of the book: It is way too short, and it ends at a point where the reader would want to continue reading the most.So, in the end is this book worth buying? Definitely yes! This is one of the best volumes of one of the best yaoi classics ever. A yaoi fan who hasn't picked up this title is missing out on a lot.