Be Beautiful Embraces Embracing Love: Book 1

New York, NY (August 15, 2005) Be Beautiful is proud to present the upcoming release of Embracing Love: Book 1, the first volume of Embracing Love, the top-ranked manga on the American fan’s most wanted Yaoi manga list. This popular Yaoi manga series (also known in Japanese as “Haru wo Daiteita”) was created by Ms.Youka Nitta, one of the most acclaimed Japanese Yaoi manga artists. Ms. Nitta’s uniquely dramatic drawing style, and her deliberate story telling technique are sure to fascinate American Yaoi readers.

“Ms. Nitta has been creating Yaoi manga since the mid 1980’s. It is our great honor and pleasure as a publisher to release Ms. Nitta’s most important work Embracing Love which was suggested for publication by many American Yaoi readers on numerous occasions. Ms. Nitta’s drawing style is so ‘metro sexual’ and flamboyant that you’d enjoy reading or viewing her books over and over again,” said Masumi Homma O’Donnell, Publisher of Be Beautiful.

Embracing Love: Book 1
Story and art by: Youka Nitta
Also includes an extra bonus story.

Life reflects art for Iwaki and Katou, two hugely famous adult film stars who are considering retirement from their steamy careers. However, when they are invited to audition for a new erotic film, they realize that this may be their last chance to achieve mainstream success. What follows next is a roller coaster ride of romance, longing, and passionate relationships.

Be Beautiful is America's leader in the publication of Yaoi manga graphic novels, aimed at college age and older female readers. Yaoi manga are illustrated romantic graphic novels, featuring stories about love and relationships between impossibly beautiful men, written by female artists for female readers. Be Beautiful is an imprint of fifteen-year old Central Park Media, one of America's oldest publishers of Japanese anime and manga.