It is a slice of life told mainly from either of their viewpoints, with a one time dip into the mental processes of Hara, their music teacher. It doesn't really have an over-arching plot, aside from the unfolding of Sajou and Kusakabe's love affair. Either way, I very much liked reading Doukyuusei, flaws and all. Perhaps the author was trying out a new style, or perhaps I got used to the way the manga was written. The subsequent instalments are far more comprehensive and pleasing to read. Is there anything positive to say about a manga that is more abstract (and not in a good way) than anything in its method of storytelling? The good news is that the majority of the issues I've outlined are mainly in the first chapter. And I even gave Doukyuusei a pretty good score. Well, that all sounds pretty negative so far. Time leaps are pretty poorly written, and, overall, piecing out how events take place is more a matter of figuring it out from characters' conversations than actually seeing them happen. The panels are quite haphazard and it definitely isn't a manga for the type of reader who doesn't think, not because of its deep subject matter (it's quite simple, really) but because of the abstract way it is constructed. It is quite difficult to discern who is talking and following conversations is nearly impossible the first time around. What makes things even more confusing is the odd way the dialogue is organized. We aren't even sure who the main characters are at first and who is narrating the story, nor are we given an introduction to tell us what our primary protagonist's name is. This leaves us feeling disoriented with the setting and the characters. The main issue with Doukyuusei's first chapter is that we are thrust right into the story. They attend together, and the development of their relationship. The story follows Kusakabe Hikaru and his meeting with Sajou Rihito at the all boys' school Doukyuusei is a shounen-ai manga (or yaoi, if you prefer to call it that way, as I do there isn't any sexual content, for your information, although there are some kiss scenes) by Nakamura Asumiko.
So when I stumbled upon a manga that contained yaoi but, to my knowledge, none of that garbage, I naturally became quite excited and couldn't help but jump straight into it. I tend to stay away from BL manga, primarily because of that completely ridiculous notion that I should apparently find guy-on-guy rape titillating.
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