“NYC detectives Ryo and Dee protect orphan Bikky while romance blooms between partners.”
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Synopsis
NYC detectives Ryo and Dee protect orphan Bikky while romance blooms between partners.
Half-Japanese Randy "Ryo" Maclean is assigned as a new detective to the 27th precinct at the New York City Police Department. His boss pairs him with Dee Laytner, a good-looking veteran prone to impulsiveness. Much to Ryo's confusion, Dee takes an immediate interest in his new partner. In their first case together, Ryo and Dee must take care of Bikky—a young boy whose father was killed due to his involvement in a shady drug trafficking business. Bikky denies having any knowledge about his father's actions prior to his murder. Even so, it is up to Ryo and Dee to protect the boy from those wanting to get rid of him and preserve any evidence he might be holding back. As time goes on and the detective duo works increasingly more together, the distance between them gradually shortens. But could Ryo ever reciprocate Dee's feelings?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.43 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.25
Running avg · Apr 2008 → Nov 2011
- 9 “FAKE is possibly the most romantic series--shounen-ai or not--I have ever read. The story is pretty much two NYC cops falling in love...not much to it. They go on cases, chill after work, etc. Some...”
- 10 “This is one of my favorite manga, and also my first yaoi. It’s a must for any yaoi fan. Story: Not a very complicated story, not hard to follow but very interesting. It isn’t like most love story,...”
- 9 “Fake, really it's anything but. The story is a-ma-zing and wonderful. I've yet to come across anything half as romantic, yaoi or not! Story- 10 Alot of the time in yaoi manga, once the romance dies...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Jan 1993 – May 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0304 catalog