it's the first decent shonen-ai series to come out in quite a while.....there've been others, like junjou Romantica (which is horrible and full of rape) Love stage (which wasn't completely awful but was predictable...also the author has a weird relationship with her brother,
, and Super lovers.....which is actually borderline shota based on what I've been told
basically it's the first non-creepy shonen-ai series of this new cycle of shows