Reviews

テンカウント 4 [Ten Count 4] by Rihito Takarai

Only show reviews with written explanations

bynanners's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

dynamicdylan's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

This series is so dark and honest. I adored this volume. Also, this cover is FIRE! OOF!

dynamicdylan's review

Go to review page

5.0

This series is so good. This volume was dark, I loved learning more about the characters in this volume.

What to say...

At this point it's pretty clear that Shirotani and Kurose are no longer patient and doctor. It may have started out that way but then it got personal and it's more like these two strangers who are kind of friends but also more

We learn a lot about Shirotani's past and how he went and developed mysophobia. By this point I detest a certain character and am super angry at Shirotani's father (even though he technically doesn't know why his son suddenly rejected him). I feel really sad about Shirotani but feel that Kurose will help him through it/to accept himself/his desires because he's just as bad as Shirotani (ok that sounds wrong but i don't mean it in a bad way)

This book was reviewed on my blog: http://wp.me/p87mzW-5Cj

eddieboy's review against another edition

Go to review page

There was a scene in this that made me incredibly uncomfortable, it happened majorly off screen but I think a couple panels still got too close to what was happening. I understand that showing trauma that people have can be important to recognition of it and preventing more of it in the real world, but it ended up with me wanting to give this a much lower rating than anything else I’ve read in this series. And I don’t think I’ll be coming back to it

Content Warnings

heyjudy's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

~4/5

I think I've just given in at this point. I know that this series has some serious issues regarding healthy relationships. But as a guilty pleasure, I really like it.

This series is so dirty. Explicitly dirty. I love it.

We get to see what started Shirotani's problems, and why he feels so shameful and bad all the time. It's honestly heartbreaking.

Hearing Kurose's reasons for wanting to be with Shirotani is actually more unhealthy and problematic, in my mind. It's even a little disturbing, and the way he's mean to Shirotani is a bit upsetting. And yet I like the way that he reassures Shirotani afterward. It is sadistic, for sure, at times.

I honestly really enjoy this series, and am looking forward to the next one. They're bad, and yet so good at the same time.

[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]

ellelainey's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

SERIES REVIEW

I have to admit, I wasn't bowled over by Vol. 1, but I've heard everyone raving about this and I just got paid, so I took the plunge and bought the entire series.
While, on one hand, I'm glad I did, I'm also disappointed.

This isn't at all what was advertised. At least, to me. The cover, title, blurb, do NOT prepare you for the type of story you end up with. There is NO mention of Dom/sub elements, or a Daddy/boy relationship. And, you know what? I'm fine with those things, but I'm not fine with how they were explored. Why do they both have to have experienced the cliche "childhood trauma" to become a Daddy/boy or Dom/sub? Why????
I knew in Vol. 1 that the story was moving too fast. I mean, there was insta-love hints, and then BOOM! Vol. 2 delivers "I love you" and I just...hmm, well, I wasn't impressed. There were ZERO feelings involved in this "love".
In fact, I found the entire relationship to be shallow, unformed, fake, forced and false. It was more insta-love and sex than actual chemistry and feelings. The only one who showed any hint of emotion was Shirotari, and even he was smart enough to stop and say "hang on", questioning Kurose's love. He, wisely, realised Kurose was being selfish, pushing things on him he didn't want or like, due to his OCD/germophobia, and didn't take no for an answer. He knew he was being manipulated, but still went back, and that made me SO angry!
I mean, I get it. You want to present a kinky Daddy/boy and Dom/sub relationship - HOWEVER - that doesn't mean "No" doesn't exist, and covering it with Kurose throwing out this crappy "I'm just giving you what you're too afraid to ask for" is just rubbish. That's not how it works.

I've read some FANTASTIC Daddy/boy and Dom/sub books in my time, and this one doesn't even come close to hitting the mark. I'm honestly not even sure why it was necessary, because neither of them fitting the right mentality. These guys are more S/M than Daddy/boy.

In the end, I felt pretty Meh about 50% of it, and angry about the other 50%. It's basically porn without plot, for all the emotion and growth it shows. All the decent moments are for Shirotari, but he quickly becomes a flake and a carpet for Kurose to walk over. It doesn't help that there were kink/taboo elements without any warning, either. I mean, I could think of a million better ways to explore their past than for Kurose to hit on an adult while appearing like a 10yo, and a thousand better ways for Shirotari to become a germophobe who craves a Daddy/boy relationship, without him needing to be infatuated with his own father, who was screwing an underage student. *sigh* Yeah, there's just a whole lot wrong with this, IMHO.