User Reviews For: Desire in the Shadow of the Trees

A sickly boy was sent to the countryside to recover, met his gardener's son and became attached too him. Maybe a little too attached. The plot for this manga is nothing new and expectedly quite predictable. However, the art is an apple to the eye, the characters are beautiful (physically), and the ending was sweet. I love the idea that the gardener's son has been in love with the main protagonist since the first time. There's a lack of character development, though, and there was one rape scene so if that makes you uncomfortable, skip chapter 4 from page 22 to the end. Still, I love this.

It does a good job carefully raising the tension without revealing too much too fast. The heavy moments and the lighter moments, with the memories sprinkled in between, help the reader feel that same tension, that

a simple slow start with the storyline but ended really quickly too. the build up was great with some tension in most parts of the story. there's a noncon scene but you can kinda write it off after because both MCs like each other