Touched by Twilight v 1 & 2 by Yukiaki Uno
Finished September 20, 2026
So call me lazy but the synopsis on the back cover does it better than I could at the moment:
Shen Feng, the youngest of the Shen family, once vowed to surpass his childhood mentor and first love, the powerful and graceful Xiao Xing.
But when a deadly feud erupts between their families, their bond is torn apart by betrayal and bloodshed. Ordered to destroy the Xiao family, Shen Feng defies fate and spares Xiao Xing — knowing it means losing him forever.
Fifty years later, after his father’s assassination, Shen Feng returns home… only to come face to face with the man he thought he’d lost for good.
I love the whole “fifty years later” thing because every time I saw it in the manga itself I wondered if it was some sort of mistranslation or if I missed the part where everyone lives long, beautiful lives or what. But it’s cool so whatever.
Young kid idolizing/first-loving his mentor is pretty much always a safe bet with me. The story is very cute, the “intrigue” is extremely predictable and that’s fine. Quick read, pretty to look at. Manages to be the perfect amount of Chinese and Japanese at the same time.
Rating: 4 stars. I initially thought 4 might be a smidge high but the first thing I did after finishing volume 2 was try to find volume 3 which apparently doesn’t exist (yet?) so four stars it is.
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