bookheaven | I Hear the Sunspot: Limit, Volume 2

I Hear the Sunspot: Limit, Volume 2 (I Hear the Sunspot, #4)

I Hear the Sunspot: Limit, Volume 2 by Yuki Fumino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I appreciate that this a more realistic depiction of gay relationships than say the BL subgenre of manga. That said this is almost too slow burn for me. I think my issue stems from the whole miscommunication causing problems tropes because that one annoys me. That said it certain can and does happen.

Taichi and Kohei have a widening distance between them in this volume between Taichi's new job and Kohei's studies but more importantly there is the whole deaf cultural barrier between them. Both young men fall in with new friends who happen to be brothers (Kohei because the younger brother is deaf and Taichi because the older brother is a coworker).

Kohei starts listening to the younger brother who does believe that the deaf people should stick with other people with hearing issues because those with normal hearing just can't 'get it.' He's also not a fan of people getting 'fixed' with cochlear implants (all arguments I've been through with my deaf cousins and their friends) So there is a lot of realism there and obviously no easy answers. But it does serve to add strain to Kohei and Taichi's relationship. I'm curious to see what happens next.

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