A Fallen Saint's Kiss Paperback – November 15, 2011

First of all, I would like to thank Higashimo Sensei for writing a hard, dark and extremely sexy yaoi! A Fallen Saint's Kiss is the yaoi that I have been eagerly waiting for. This yaoi will not be to everyone's liking, but most yaoi that is translated for an American audience is not for me. I really, really hope that 801 Media continues to bring over hardcore yaoi. There's certainly a market for it. As other reviewers mentioned, A Fallen Saint's Kiss contains S&M, noncon sex,kinky fetishes and the perfect Seme/Uke pairings.The other reviewers talked more explicitly about the content of the book, so I don't want to sound repetitive. I am sorry if my review is not very helpful, BUT I just had to sing my praises for A Fallen Saint's Kiss. I have been buying other "hard" yaois in hopes that they would fulfill my perverse fantasies, but other yaois have fallen short of my expectations. Other hard yaois feel the need to be cute, overly sappy, or, even worse, they bring a kid into the mix. Forgive me for being blunt, but when it comes to yaoi, some of us want Harlequin romance, some of us want hardcore erotica. I am in the latter category. A Fallen Saint's Kiss is everything that I want in a yaoi, and if you like hardcore yaoi, hopefully it will be everything that you want in a yaoi too. :-)

As you can see from the cover art there is going to be some eye candy in this yaoi but that not all there is a stories they arent as deep as Fake or closer the door but where they lack it upies on in looks,its sexy,dirty and all in all fun me and my friends had a laugh at the dirty jokes in the book and I must say I will read this again and again

Yes...Yes...YES!!! Higashino Sensei is one sick puppy, and I mean that as a compliment of the highest order. :D If you love hard yaoi, this is the title for you. If non-con, violence, or BDSM make you squeamish, then I know there are some nice, sweet, candy-coated, yaoi fluff titles out there for you, but this one ain't it. I like it rough, creative, and shameless, and A Fallen Saint's Kiss delivers on all three. I also found this title to be anatomically explicit along the lines of  The Crimson Spell, Vol. 1 , or Yamane Sensei's earlier work, The Finder Series. I devoured this bad boy in one sitting, and as I write, am tempted to revisit it for a second helping. ;) Yes this title is dark, and the intentions of the characters are pretty sketchy, but where's the fun otherwise? I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and although this little gem isn't overly plot heavy, be honest, when the action is this torrid and pervasive, who cares?

I love Yaoi manga not really into s&m so I gave it 4 stars. I usually like the stories to be a bit more cute in a way and more depth but at the same time enjoyed it.

Ya, this is a more graphic yaoi (of the one's that's been translated to English) not super graphic but the themes are well s&m-ish, but I'm not to crazy about the story in itself. The stories fine, but I don't know if it was worth enough for me to actually buy a copy.

I loved it. It was everything other reviews said it would be. I couldn't stop reading it when I got it. I hope to see another book like this one that is a good read. :)

Honestly, the manga surprised me here and there, as it did fall out of the "standard" - so to speak. I take away one start only because the drawings themselves aren't always the best. Shoulders and necks too square for my liking.

I simply love this author. The story was fantastic and something that should definitely be read. I enjoyed this one so much.

This book was ok but it could of been better in the way of the first story

Dies ist der zweite Manga dieser Autorin nach "Deeply Loving a Maniac", den ich gelesen habe. Dort gab es auch eine S/M-Szene, und zwar im Kontext einer versuchten Vergewaltigung: Hier gibt es das in jeder der drei Geschichten, die an einer Schule stattfinden. Nur dass die Mangaka es diesmal mit dem bloßen Versuch nicht bewenden lässt, was schon schlimm genug ist. Sie zeigt Zwang, gewalttätigen Sex, Demütigungen, die den Widerstand des jeweiligen "Opfers" brechen und es willig und gehorsam machen, Bondage-Wickelsex inklusive ...Allgemein kann ich mit der (fantasierten) Gewalt und ruppigem Sex in Mangas recht gut leben, das Buch ist ab 18 und erwachsene Leserinnen sollten wissen, was lediglich pikante Fiktion ist und wieviel sie noch akzeptieren können. Ehrlich gesagt finde ich, dass bei diesem weitgehend unkomischen Werk (Es sei denn man wertet die arrogante Belustigung der jeweiligen Sadisten als Humor) die fließende Grenze zum Hardcoreporno deutlich überschritten wurde.Eigentlich tun meine drei Punkte der Kunst der Mangaka Unrecht, auch die Stories sind durchaus intelligent, insbesondere die unglückliche Beziehung zwischen zwei ungleichen Schülern, die erträglicher ist als die beiden anderen mit Schüler-Lehrer-Konstellationen ... Andererseits, würde ich die Bewertungsmethode bei Amazon wörtlich nehmen, wäre ein Punkt noch geschmeichelt. Insofern treffen sich bei meiner Bewertung nüchterne Werkkritik und spontane Abneigung, der Manga ist insgesamt noch akzeptabel, er ist bösartig, aber nicht schlecht.

Typisch Higashino: Alle Kurzgeschichten sind gespickt mit viel Sex und Leidenschaft, absolut unverblühmt dargestellt wie man es von You Higashino gewohnt ist. Wie immer darf man aber auch keine allzu tiefgründige Story erwarten, mehr so einen kleinen, oberflächlichen 'Snack' für Zwischendurch. Fans von You Higashino werden mit dem Werk wieder absolut glücklich sein, andere eher enttäuscht. Sorry, aber in den Mangas von Higashino geht es quasi fast ausschließlich um Sex. Wer's mag ;)