I still don't understand why Yuuen's father's very first suggestion for how to deal with Emba's clan was for Yuuen to dress and act like a girl. If for some reason you pick this up for the story, you may be disappointed. The result is kind of sweet, and, while I think I'm a little more critical of it than I was when I first read it back in grad school, I liked it overall. There isn't much plot, and what there is doesn't quite make sense. Now.well, I was kind of right, although there wasn't as much sex as I remembered (a grand total of two sex scenes, which take up a fairly small percentage of the volume). I originally wrote up a longer, more detailed explanation of what prompted me to buy, read, and review this, but it morphed into a giant rant about libraries, collection development policies, and the dangers of saying 'we don't collect porn' without bothering to define the word 'porn.' So I'll just move on to the review.īefore rereading this, I vaguely remembered it as being little more than an excuse for hot caveman sex. Yuuen's brother is apparently clueless and has no idea that Yuuen and Emba's relationship is anything other than symbolic. Emba's brother now has a child named Nava, and Emba and Yuuen are bathing him before taking him back to Yuuen's brother and his wife. This story is a bit of fluff for those who want to see how Emba and Yuuen's relationship has worked out. Unfortunately, their respective positions mean that they can never be together. As Selem takes care of Yuni's injury, the two young men gradually grow more attracted to each other. Yuni doesn't know, at first, that Selem is the heir to an enemy clan. Unfortunately, he gets injured by a trap set by Selem (Emba's father). For some reason, this prompts him to try to find an oath flower (a difficult-to-find flower that young men give to women they'd like to propose to). Yuni (Yuuen's father) gets angry after some of his clan members complain about having to put up with him just because he's heir to the clan.

This story takes place further in the past and stars Yuuen and Emba's fathers (oh yes, the two have a history together). Feeling guilty about lying to Emba, Yuuen calls off his father's plan.but then Emba visits Yuuen's clan and reveals the things he had been hiding from Yuuen.

Yuuen, however, believes Emba has only fallen for him because he thinks he's a girl. I'm not entirely clear on the details of this 'plan.' Anyway, it seems to work, and the two young men fall for each other. He instructs Yuuen to dress and act like a girl, seduce Emba, and, er, somehow use this to the clan's advantage. Knowing that something must be done, Yuuen's father comes up with a plan. Both clans have been warring for some time, and Yuuen's clan keeps losing game to Emba's clan. Yuuen is the heir to one clan, while Emba is the heir to another. This manga is set in prehistoric times and is composed of three stories.

Wild Rock by Kazusa Takashima