Manga Review: Breathe Deeply [Paperback]

I've finished "Breathe Deeply" by Doton Yamaaki.

Product Description

"A battle ensues over life and death, machines or clones, create synthetic hearts or grow them? Two boys, Sei and Oishi, fall madly in love for Yuko. Her loss wreaks havoc in their young lives as relentless memories cease to fade. As a result their tender hearts are dedicated to a dream that no one will ever suffer their excruciating pain again. But, is what they had thought been a lie? Is there still a chance that their suffering may end? Will mercy and love prevail?

This exhilarating masterpiece of graphic fiction begs readers to forget what they know about manga. Within this volume lies a new frontier for in story telling. "


About the Author

Doton Yamaaki is the name for a husband and wife story telling team. Together they have won numerous awards for graphic fiction, including the Chiba Tetsuya Young Dept. Award and the Manga Open s Watase Seizou Award. Their work has been serialized in numerous magazines, such as Mister Magazine, Morning, and Kindai Mahjong Gold. This is their first work to be translated into English.

Product Details
Paperback: 474 pages
Publisher: One Peace Books (October 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935548077
ISBN-13: 978-1935548072


My Review:

This manga is about the tragic love story between Yuko and the two guys in love with her Sei and Oishi.  Sei and Oishi are both medical doctors with two different aspects of how they approach medicine.  They both became doctors because of the loss of Yuko from heart disease. There is flashbacks to the trio's happier days during the summer to the tragedy of Yuko's illness.

The artwork is beautifully crafted with realistic characters and graphic surgery procedures.  There is double crosses and I highly recommend this to the 18+ crowd since there is adult content.

4/5