This first installment, like the entire four-volume series, shows adults trying to thread a tolerable path through their lives in the face of setbacks and complications, those both thrown at them by the world and created by their own faults and insecurities. The characters ring true, and Yoshinaga depicts them with wit and compassion. And Yoshinaga's art, as always, is beautiful. ( )

I don't have much to say about this. It's manga, it's yaoi, it's quite cute... This one's about a trio of guys working in a pastry shop. Interestingly, the first few chapters have them all working there and then the later chapters are flashbacks to show how that came to happen. This is surprisingly effective, because you get to see, for example, that Tachibana was not always a pastry expert, as the reader initially takes for granted; he had to *learn* it, of course. I actually really want to get my hands on the next volume, which I didn't feel the need to with, say, "FAKE."