The Man Who Doesn't Take Off His Clothes Volume 2 (Yaoi Novel)

by Narise Konohara

Book Overview

After landing a job at a major cosmetics company through a connection ofhis, Kaitani has finally gotten the chance to experience real work. But whilehis eagerness for the new product is admirable, he's utterly discouraged byFujiwara, his rotten boss from hell Kaitani plots to find Fujiwara's weakness, but though a colleague's misunderstanding, matter's take an unexpected turn What's in store for Kaitani now that he's discovered Fujiwara's secret.....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569708762
• ISBN13: 9781569708767
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

An improvement over the 1st novel

A vast improvement over the first volume where I couldn't stand the narrator Kaitani. In this volume, he shows his slightly redeemable side by making some efforts to change for the better and trying to understand Fujiwara. However, this is only done after he pressures Fujiwara in a reprehensible way. Physically and emotionally, he has no qualms about forcing Fujiwara. Like one reviewer mentioned, I did have trouble w/ Fujiwara being forced to have sex then suddenly enjoying being the uke w/o any tranistion between that emotion. Similar to how I felt about Fujiwara in the first volume, he's a wonderful gentleman who is a very understanding helpfull boss. Unfortunely, as a reader I still feel he was too good for Kaitani who is a manipulative ununderstanding jerk most of the series. Overall, the seme still remains a jerk, but there is room for improvement as he comes to an ephiphany of how awful his personality has been. I enjoyed and would probably recommend this series as there really aren't that many English translated yaoi novels on the market.

awesome story

I really really enjoyed this book! and its sequel and though things get wrapped up in book two, I still yearn for a book three. I felt this series was in a class with S by Saki Aida and the Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Great characters and awesome build up of tensions and attractions. The Man Who Doesn't Take Off His Clothes, is fantastic. In book two it turns really awesome. but in book one I couldn't put it down nor stop laughing even while I was rooting for Fujiwara's take down. By book two I fell in love with these books, I even fell in love with Fujiwara which I have to say was hard to do in book one. But in book two I cried. My heart strings were plucked. It was just a really good and swift read. Sure there are some grammar and spelling errors in these novles but if you can look past that, the story is worth reading. five stars, two thumbs up!

Good story, makes you want to read more.

the story continues from where the previous novel left us. The connection between the seme and uke is somewhat a bitter sweet one. Sometimes while reading, i think our seme is quite a selfish bastard. Sure he doesn't mean to harm but the poor uke kept on putting up with his constant harassments. Overall i enjoyed the series, the author should write another follow up to this novel.

Excellent!

I wasn't sure about this story in Vol. 1 but have really gotten into it now. A good read.

I don't know how to feel about this book!

On the one hand I like Konohara's style. She isn't flowery/poetic like Kannagi in Only the Ring Finger Knows (which has its own charms, don't get me wrong) and her characters are mature adult men with other life problems outside their interest in each other. I actually enjoy the slow build-up of her storylines, only intruducing the yaoi themes when the time is right. On the other hand there are numerous points of contention that I cannot let alone. First, and again I have to reprimand DMP for their un-proofed manuscripts, was the translation. The awkwardness of the OtRFK series of novels is nowhere near being approached (Kelly Quine did the translation again and the work is comparable to before), but there are so many simple typographic errors throughout the book that could have easily been corrected had they had an actual, professional, editor on staff to read the thing! DMP might be the yaoi publisher with the biggest library of titles to offer, but they are also the biggest corner cutters when it comes to proofing their translations (in both manga and novels, novels are just longer so I guess they don't even bother to do "all that work"). I find typoes in BeBeautiful titles, but it's like one or two in the whole volume, not on each page. Anyway, setting my continuing frustration with DMP aside, there are problems I also have with the work itself. Volume 1 set the story up from Kaitani's perspective that Fujiwara was an uptight jerk and we should not only sympathize with his plight, but cheer him on as he performs horrible act of "revenge" upon horrible act of "revenge" on his boss. At first it was comical, but in volume 2 it seems to have taken on a darker edge. Unfortunately for Kaitani, the jig is up in volume 2 and Fujiwara is reavealed to in fact be a very reasonable man and we the readers are not only left with a sense of dissatisfaction with Kaitani over his continuous childish and selfish behavior, but also one of dissatisfaction with ourselves for going along with him up until now. I felt like an enabler who got in too deep as I watched the act of betrayal and selfishness Kaitani subjects Fujiwara to in the middle of the book (even when I saw it coming). I don't want to spoil anything so I can't get into details, but I felt dirty. Fujiwara finally trusts Kaitani, one of his first male friends ever, and Kaitani shatters that trust because he isn't getting what he wants right away! And Fujiwara still comes back to him! I actually sat there and thought, "because I didn't do anything to stop this before now I have enabled this terrible thing to happen to Fujiwara at the hands of this jerk!" It's a book! I have no influence on what happens! I guess I should credit Konohara for making me feel such strong enotions about her characters, but is it really that she wants us to dislike her hero? I have to wonder. A number of the characters come off differently in this volume. It's as if, as Kaitani's hold on the read