Cry fell for Sig the moment he saw him at school, and though they became good friends, the relationship never progressed to what Cry wanted. But when Cry's overprotective brother Hard becomes jealous of him branching-out and having friends, Sig begins to see things in a new light. The second half of the manga focuses on Hard. As Cry drifts away towards independence, what will Hard do, since his sole purpose in life was to protect his brother...?
Also contains a short extra to Inferior Doll.
~from Storm in Heaven
Heaven's Love is a continuation of Inferior Doll, another book by Shimotsuki. Although the characters make a return, it isn't absolutely necessary to get acquainted with them in order to enjoy this one (but I'd recommend it anyway; both books are great). The manga is broken up into four stories:
1. Heaven's Love -- Focuses on Glow's friends/classmates from I.D., Cry and Sig, and their budding relationship. However, Cry's possessive rockstar brother, Hard, isn't too keen on Sig's interest in his beloved little brother...
2. Noise Limiter -- Takes place after Heaven's Love. Story about Hard and the trials of life in a hard rock band.
3. Inferior Doll extra story -- The return of the sex doll Deep and his master, Glow. Short story, relatively PWP for those lacking Japanese fluency such as myself. There's a conversation between Glow, Levy and Levy's Loli droid Nene along with a bit of Deep x Glow.
4. Quiet and Life -- Very short continuation story of Hard and his bandmate Dust. Kairi Shimotsuki has got to be one of my favorite manga-ka. The stories and art are incredibly "shounen" in both style and execution; weepy ukes are few and far between, the scenes are dark and futuristic, and you will never see shoujo sparkles or flowery backgrounds. Shimotsuki's art is top-notch, and character designs are interesting and very sexy for both male and female characters. All in all, this is a very enjoyable manga, even if you don't know much Japanese. I'll be looking forward to whatever Shimotsuki decides to put out next, that's for sure.
~by jen0va99
