[Review] The Desert Prince - Sakurai Shushushu
The Desert Prince
Sabaku no Oujisama
Mangaka: Sakurai Shushushu
Publisher: 801
Price: 7.59 (pre-order)
Bookstore: Book depository
Genre: Yaoi (+18), comedy, honrny characters
My most favourite moment: The "princess" came to rescue the prince
Rate (out of 5):
Plot: 2.5
Drawing: 3
This is my most recently acquired book. I just got it last Monday, and it was a blast to start my week with.
A collection of over-the -top hilarious one-shots, full of horny and unabashed characters. In other work, this book imprints the usual comedy style of Sakurai-sensei. I think some might see this as what "yaoi" was originally described, Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし), "No climax, no point, no meaning. However, it is not that plot-less and hell...there are definitely climax all over the book. And the last story has quite an interesting plot itself, a love story where the uke has a bad case of Alzheimer.
The first one-shot, "The dessert prince" was scanlated somewhere but I believe the rest of the book hasn't been done in English. The stories cover quite a variety of themes, yakuza, long-forgotten childhood friend and middle-age uke. The first story is still my most favourite, I always have a thing for Arabian prince ^_^
This book is a good one for pure entertainment, for when you just simply want to have a blast of laughter. .