Jazz Volume 2 (Yaoi)

by Sakae Maeda

Book Overview

by Sakae Maeda & Tamotsu Takamure
Fearing that he would someday lose Naoki, Narusawa runs away to America to avoid the empty emotion of a breakup. However, Naoki tracks him down, and embraces him with his declaration of love... and so, their life together across the Pacific begins anew. But with the holidays drawing close an innocent gesture turns into a terrible misunderstanding. Two guest character appear in the latest volume of Jazz,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569708940
• ISBN13: 9781569708941
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Rising action!!!

The conti of the Jazz manga, its on Rising action part and yeah alot of yaoi fans doesn't actually like the taste of this manga i don't know why maybe because they are used to reading the other versions"u know what i mean.", but this one isnt bad at all, give it a try it wont hurt, and besides don't judge the book by its cover as they say, read the stuff. IF you get the story. You'll love it and wanting more.

A great continuation of this series

I've noticed that a lot of people don't like the "Jazz" manga. To be honest, I don't understand why. The art is not your usual style with big eyed cute bishies but that's what drew me to this manga at first. The style is rather distinctive, the males are truly males and not girls in disguise. And the characters are rather appealing too. There is Naoki, an impulsive, sometimes childish, sometimes harsh student. His lover is the man who used to be his doctor. Narusawa is older than Naoki. He is lonely and mostly sad man who doesn't have anybody. Until Naoki literally chases him down. They are the complete opposites and they need each other more than the air for breathing. The second volume of this manga is set mostly in the US where Narusawa works temporarily and Naoki studies at the U. Because of a misunderstanding something terrible happens between them. I've noticed that a lot of people are not able to overcome the violent scene between Naoki and Narusawa but I think it portrays their characters excellently. Naoki doesn't think of the consequences of his actions and Narusawa on the other hand is desperately trying not to lose Naoki so he is willing to forgive him literally everything. It shows how possessive Naoki is and how dependent Narusawa became on him. I know that the aforementioned scene is not pretty. But it happens more often than we would like to. But manga readers don't usually want to see this reality. They want to see a world full of pretty people doing pretty things. I admire the authors that they were willing to take the risk and put something like that in their manga. I will definitely buy the next book because this is a great series. Four stars out of five definitely.

Interesting continuation of the Jazz series.

Phew! If you thought the forced romantic situation in the first installment of Jazz was uncomfortable, just wait for volume 2. Naoki and Narusawa have been lovingly reunited in America and live there together happily for the remainder of Narusawa's time there. Christmas rolls around and Narusawa wants to get Naoki a gift, so he asks his friends at work for some tips. This results in a very jealous and insecure Naoki who comes to believe that Narusawa is cheating on him, and he literally forces to older man into violent sex about it (bleeding and everything). It's a pretty heavy scene, and the reader is left wondering why Narusawa would accept this treatment and still love the younger man. Love can sometimes be a very strange thing. Both men eventually return to Japan, but a rift has formed between them because of Naoki's guilt associated with what he did to Narusawa. The two have to work through this issue. Volume 2 ends with a cliffhanger as Naoki is rushed to the hospital and Narusawa is left with the task of dealing with the younger man's family. If you liked volume 1, volume 2 picks the story up very well, and holds the reader's attention and interest very well. If the nature of Naoki and Narusawa's relationship made you uncomfortable in volume 1, I would not recommend continuing the series, because it gets heavier.