Reception
About.com's Deb Aoki lists Seduce Me After the Show as the best yaoi manga of 2008. The stories are considered atypical for the genre as they are melancholy, without a clear happy ending. est em's art is also considered atypical as she uses little screentoning or shading, creating a "rough and raw" and "challenging" feel to her art. Deb Aoki expressed surprise that est em's characters were adult men, even "old and wrinkled" men, rather than boys, and described the tone of the manga as "wistfully romantic". David Welsh praised est em's skills at showing character development, creating stories which feel tailored to the characters. Seduce Me After the Show won the "Best One-Shot/Anthology" and "Best Yaoi" awards from PopCultureShock for 2008, with the reviewer commenting that the characters have lives and goals outside of their relationships, which they regard as expanding the appeal of Seduce Me After the Show to more readers than those who are already fans of boys' love works.
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