Midnight Rain

*Non-Spoiler Review* All Catagories: 9 It's so rare to find a BL with more "manly" characters, and that alone makes Midnight Rain stand out among the others. The story is good, and so are the characters, but the fact that they feel more realistic and older really helps everything else sink in. The art choice is well done to convey what needs to be conveyed without losing the impact of these two grown adults in their daily life. There are, of course, lovely hot and heavy moments to enjoy (and by gods we enjoy them). I appreciate all the detail to the character's lives and mannerisms thatyou find in an older person's life. (Us older people appreciate when our own troubles are noticed, like laundry issues...) The story does feel set apart from what we usually see in the BL genre, but I think in large part it has to do with the characters. Again, because of their age and mannerisms being so different, the characters really sell the story as a whole. The author did a good job of putting in these feeling of their age as well (see first scene in the entire manga where a main character comes off as some house-husband. I laughed!) So yeah, all in all this is a great work I happily recommend for how different it feels, and how captivating the characters are. Fantastic manga.