Velvet Kiss has undoubtedly kept my attention for the past two days I have read it. To me, I found myself wanting to read more and more as the story progressed, asking myself, "just what will happen to Nitta and Kanoko?".
So what what made this such a compelling manga to read from volume to volume? I will care to explain.

Story - 10/10
Okay. Yes this is a H-manga, and it's full of sex scenes. But setting that aside, The story has caught my interests because of it's storytelling. As Nitta may have looked like a sex toy for Kano, the reality is both were pawns to a dark cynical plan. History has taught us that there has been countless times power was overthrown by another party by unethical means, and Velvet Kiss demonstrates it through extortion. Harumi, Chihiro threw this situation at her audience, and I tugged in. I kept asking myself questions, puzzled as to why Nitta had to end up in the situation to being with. The story itself was suspenseful and a bit of a thriller, but what made the story so capturing were the characters.

Characters - 10/10
This is the really selling point as to why I started getting involved with Velvet Kiss. I found myself enjoying both Nitta and Kano.
Nitta, a pretty normal yet sincere single man, gets thrown into a nasty situation. What seemed an easy-enough debt repayment plan (with casual sex on the side) turns his whole life in a complete disaster. His daily life is suffered by having to attend Kano's needs.

Kano, a daughter of a wealthy family, seems like your stereotype rich, stuck-up brat with too much time on her hands, but once I learned Kano's background, that was when I started to understand and relate to her. To not spoil the story, I will mention how lonely Kano truly is. I understand her situation because I have experienced her loss as well... it's heartbreaking. Kano may be rich but there is the lingering sense of sadness and anger she has bottled up inside her, and her coping mechanism is sex. I feel so sorry for her because she reminds me of someone I use to know

Velvet Kiss shows the boundaries between the middle-working class and wealthy class with both Nitta and Kano. Numerous times Nitta get feed up with Kano's shit and is baffled by their difference in standards. I always cheered Nitta on because I wanted his situation to get better, and I wished Kano to better herself.

Overall- 9/10
Velvet Kiss really caught my interest. I thoroughly enjoyed myself reading it because of suspense the story left me and characters I could relate to. Listen, sex should not always be about nudity and/or pervertedness, but it could very well be the struggle and coping mechanism for people. It is a real situation in life, and Harumi, Chihiro demonstrates this.

Hands down, this is probably the best and most favorite H-manga I have ever read.

-Xboxhomies