[SORT OF A REC] HOSHI NO YAKATA

[kutsuwamushi]

Mangaka: Tori Maia
Genre: Yaoi
Length: 5 volumes (complete)
Scanlated by: Game Over Or Continue

Sex, Love, Bondage, Masters and servants, tangled love stories. Find out the many mysteries of Hoshi no Yakata, the Palace of Stars.

I've considered posting about this series for a long time. It's a classic, but at the same time it's embarrassing to admit that I've read it, because it caters to a very specific audience: fans of extremely effeminate men who are also into hardcore BDSM porn and who have a thing for one-legged, eighties-inspired fetish pants.

I INSIST I AM NOT THIS AUDIENCE. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.

The plot--or what there is of it--centers around an exclusive brothel where BDSM isn't just something you can do for clients, but a lifestyle. Things that in the real world can only be acted out as fantasies occur for real in this universe. It has the widest variety of hardcore, creative sex scenes that I've seen in yaoi manga.

On the other hand, the art--and the clothing--looks like this:

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You can download this series from Game Over or Continue's website.