Author: Ebino Bisque
Translator: Katie Kimura
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, BL
Publication date: July 2023
Book Description: Riichi is a man everyone describes as being ice cold. He's a talented agent who manages bodyguards for the heir to a major financial conglomerate. One day, he's ordered to be a buddy for a bold but capable newbie who shows great promise, Tachibana. Tachibana uses up his salary right off the bat and says he doesn't even have an apartment to live in. Riichi allows Tachibana to stay with him and orders him around both in his work and private lives, but every day, he has his hands full with Tachibana's nonsense. On top of all of that, Tachibana fell in love with him at first sight and tries to seduce him day and night!
Thoughts:
This is a hilarious story. If you love BL, with comedy, work together, and boss-subordinate but with no abuse of power, then this is for you. Also is super short, only two volumes and even if it's not complete now, it can be read just fine with only the two current English translated works as it is. I do think this is a short story, there is nothing much that can be organically added.
So we follow Tachibana, he is brought into the agency as a freelance bodyguard, but he does not seem to lack a lot of the professional etiquette the rest of the agents have. Still, he comes to the team and needs to learn, he does show promise, and he is quite skilled in fighting, easy to get along with their protege, and is very observant. Classic he has no place to stay so he is brought over to Riichi's place, his direct supervisor, they will be living together while Tachibana gets his first paycheck s he can afford an apartment of his own.
Riichi is cold, hyper-focused on his job, and a total workaholic. And Tachibana is totally obsessed with making the ice Prince fall in love with him. He spends his days and nights trying to convince Riichi to date him. it hilarious.
Even the people around them notice just how hard Tachibana is trying, the surprising part is that Riichi doesn't put a stop to it. So he clearly also enjoys the attention. It is a nice romance, there is no slow burn at all they jump straight to it, and then they are forced to step back and actually talk about their feelings and what they want from their relationship. We have family drama, misunderstandings, and people making assumptions, oh it's a hell of an emotional ride.
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Books released in 2023
Translated Work
Around the World: Japan
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