Partners

From The Pink Panzer:Partners was first written a few years ago, although it has been re-printed many times since then. It’s a ground-breaking vintage, in the particular sense that it’s the very first manga to realistically depict the gay S&M scene. Placed in New York in the late eighties, Partners follows the life of six close friends that also happen to be leathermen. The particular manga depicts their interactions — both sexual plus emotional — with unabashed honesty. While the story virtually explodes off the page having a continuous, unremitting and wonderful parade of smut, it’s not “meaningless sex” — they are committed couples in full-time relationships, where pleasure plus pain are natural expression of affection for one an additional. (You guessed it; that is where the manga’s name originates from. They’re “partners.”)The 6 friends that star within this manga are split up in to three pairs. The main set consists of Marlon and Doug, around whose relationship the particular manga revolves. Marlon, the high-flying executive, plays bass speaker and devoted masochist towards the beautifully dominant Doug. Doug is, interestingly enough, the janitor at the very organization Marlon directs; during the typical workday, they barely also make eye-contact. The comparison between their private plus public lives is as stark as it is lovely. The other married couples also feature in main roles, and what we end up getting is an intimate and relocating glimpse at an otherwise non-traditional lifestyle.Be warned — these aren’t willowy bishounen clasping each other in slim arms! These are very true, very authentic male physiques bending and contorting within well-established ways. If sturdy shoulders and leather chaps don’t do it for you, you could be in for a bit of a shock!