I had seen the OVAs then went back to find the manga. As you can see, it ended almost 10 yrs ago and it debut another 10 yrs before that. The drawing might be dated, but the art is still beautiful. Someone once said this is a gloriously porntastic, and I cannot help but agree. The story line move along beautifully, you get to see the maturity of the characters, Iwaka and Katou grow over time and their love for each other. There are tons of comedic moment, so it's not all intense. But it also shows flaws inpeople and how they come back from it. The art work is beautiful, I do look forward to the color pages, they're so nicely done. I am now going to see if I can find the Winter Cicada OVAs, just to make the story whole. That's also a very beautiful story that is a subplot of Embracing Love, more importantly, that was the goal of the two main characters focus of work. So glad they made OVAs for this. Sensei did a beautiful job, love the characters.