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I almost dropped it before the 10th chapter because I thought it was your typical BL story with the crying uke and the dominant seme. Nothing against it, but to be honest I just find it boring most of times (maybe I'm too old for that...). But then I made myself read the rest of it, since it's a short story, and now I don't regret finishing it. In fact, I love how it ended.

I think that in this particular story the dubious consent worked for the plot. It makes sense for Shirotani to feel divided between the urge to not be touched and the ... want to be intimate with Kurose. I enjoyed how they slowly stepped foward in their relationship. Plus the art is of great quality, the characters are so beautifully drawn.

I know some people may dislike this story because of the dubious consent and the relationship between therapist/patient, but to me it was a really nice read and the ending was heartwarming. I'm glad I took my time to read it, and I'll likely have some "10 Count" volumes in my manga shelf as soon as I can get my hands on them.

Ten Count is a great example of how to ruin a good idea with stereotypical yaoi stuff.
Story
The topic discussed at the beginning is quite original, because it gives a field for showing off and developing the topic well, but well not in this life.
The first two volumes are quite neat, because we have psychological motives here, including work with a psychologist i.t.d. The subject is well developed and then it flies down at the speed of light. Yes, the typical yaoi pwp starts. Plot what plot? The next two volumes are typical bad yaoi porn, in which seme looks like he has no emotions ... and was a soulless, deaf stone, and uke also begins to show typical stereotypical character traits. In Volume 5, at least we have the reason why the main character suffers from misophobia. Okay, at least we got it, but it's a shame it didn't get further developed. I cannot say anything bad about the last volume neither good too.
Characters
Due to the fact that they lack depth and more detailed presentation. Although the main character overcomes his problem, he does it in such a strange and non-realistic way that I have no words. There is no question of any good representation of misophobia. And the second, although it intrigued me, his character is actually quite damaged.
Art
Fairly well done, but it does disappoint a bit sometimes, especially towards the end.
summarizing
The story had a lot of potentials, but oh well. It was destroyed by the author who, apart from this series, has some really good manga, but they aren't very popular. Maybe she just wanted someone to be interested in this series. Bad idea. But maybe she just didn't know what to do with the plot. It's a shame.

My friend made me read this... Now, I'm gonna say - yaoi isn't my cup of tea. But it started really nice. I liked the concept!

Then it went downhill from there... The relationship between main characters could be so much better. Instead, the author just made a huge mess halfway through the story. Really. It started as really heartwarming and interesting story. Then it became porn
I really wish that characters would be more fleshed out too.. Shirotani is your typical uke, just blushing and being submissive. I really doubt a real person would act like he did. I really wish he'd stand his ground. Instead ... the fact that he was raped was potrayed as very romantic

I'm not buying it. I had fun reading first ten chapters. But after a while it's just porn without any plot