After I read the first volume, I thought the story was pretty solid and I liked the main character Yukio (partly because I'm biased to the name alone; Yuki is such a pretty name). But after I read a few chapters of the 2nd volume, I gradually lost interest and eventually dropped the manga. I did skip through the rest of the available chapters, just to see if maybe the story would become interesting again, but alas.

The main reason was because Yukio turned out to be different from what I expected. My initial impression was that he was the "good fighter, cocky, confident, tough" guy, but at the same time that was just the mask he put up because he was a pretty damaged soul. After reading some chapters of the 2nd volume, Yukio was indeed a pretty damaged soul, but there wasn't much true of the "good fighter" part. It turned me off. If there's action in a shounen-ai manga, I prefer manga where the main character(s) can actually kick ass when push comes to shove, instead of giving into fear.

Another reason was the complexity of the relationships between so many characters. Besides Yukio, I couldn't figure out who else belonged to the main cast. The main focus in the first volume was on Yukio, Tetsu (his best friend) and Hyodo (the mafia boss). But then the focus totally shifts to a character who was only fleetingly mentioned in the first or second chapter. :s So much so that they spent more then 5 or so chapters on him... I get that the author is implying that this guy is going to play an important role in the rest of the story, but I honestly think that spending so much time on one of the (supporting?) characters is a waste.

The thing I liked the most was the art. Since it's shounen ai, we have need to have the uke and the seme. I don't care much for art where the uke is drawn overly girlish, so I definitely liked how Yukio was drawn. The art was clean and sharp.

Overall, I did enjoy the 1st volume and thought the story had a lot of potential. But I felt that there was too much effort spent in connecting the various characters. It was almost like I was forced to act surprised or impressed with every relationship revelation.