❀'s manga / #slow relationship(469)

main story is pilot and mechanic. pilot's dorm needs repairs so company puts him with the mechanic. pilot has long liked mechanic but mechanic didn't know and hated him a little cuz pilot is very popular. living together, mechanic uke learns seme is huge aeroplane nerd and they start getting along talking about planes and stuff. uke also trying to get some mechanic license and seme encourages him. but then uke gets injured and his licensing is delayed. but seme confesses his feelings and uke pretty much feels the same. very weird suddenly seme says he is getting transferred and leaves. we see them fuck on their last night together. and then same chapter, it says some years later and seme is back........... the end except for some extras. oneshot shounen-ai story afterwards. dog groomer picks up a random guy and grooms him like a dog. they start living together and groomer is very happy to have dog guy in his life. then he overhears dog guy talking with an old lady who seems to be his previous landlord. so dog guy had an apartment this whole time and was just staying at his house anyway or something. so groomer gets mad and dog guy leaves. groomer is depressed afterwards. then dog guy shows up at his house again, this time in a suit and with a job and all that. also he moved in next door lol.

neighbours. seme is regular office worker with girly personality. uke is shoujo mangaka. they never actually have penetrative sex. seme huge fan of uke's work. they live next to each other but never spoke much. at uke's fan signing event, they recognize each other as the neighbour. after that they start speaking a lot cuz seme such a huge fan and always comes over to talk about uke's manga after each chapter's release. also seme starts cooking for uke. soon seme develops real feelings and kisses uke in his sleep. uke runs off uncertain about things. he can't decide right then if he wants relationship or not. after some days, seme is deciding to move away. uke sees him holding some papers about other apartments and he angrily takes them away. then they reconcile and jerk each other off.

younger seme 21. uke 32. translations are dubious sometimes. uke has a flower shop and seme works there part time. one day uke's sister asks him to go meet her internet friend cuz she's sick. he goes and finds out the internet friend is seme who works at his shop and they never talked much. seme gets excited thinking uke likes this girl group they're going to see. uke kinda pretends like yeah he's a fan and doesn't tell seme that the internet friend is his sister and not him. anyway after that they are friendly at the store and uke confesses somewhere i guess idk bad translation or i missed it. then uke introduces seme to his sis for real and uke tells seme to get close to his sister. seme is upset that uke is pushing him towards the sis and their relationship grows kinda cold and back to how it was before the whole internet friend meeting thing. then uke thinks about it more and realizes he likes seme and asks seme out this time. seme is kinda resistant at first but uke calls him out to talk formally. uke get caught up in some drama with a sick person going to hospital and is late to the meeting. then he goes to seme's house and takes seme out on a driving date. and they talk and get together. extra shows them having sex and seme being too careful after exhausting uke once. now uke is always asking for more sex cuz he doesn't want seme to be so gentle and holding back.

seme asks out uke and wants to date just 2 weeks as a memory before he graduates. uke agrees. uke is shy reserved quiet type while seme was captain of baseball club and more outgoing. so they start dating but not really doing much. seme had promised to stop their deal if he did anything untoward lol. uke starts feeling flustered at his hand being held and stuff. then there's some soft drama with seme's ex-gf from junior high coming to their school. but nothing happens and she just wanted some closure after ending their relationship and moving away before. then seme thinks uke is not into their fake dating anymore and kisses uke, thereby ending their relationship cuz seme went beyond their agreement. uke is sad now about it ending and goes to confess to seme. they get together. extra chapter, seme has a sex dream but they haven't had sex yet i think.

WTF THIS IS SO TENDER AND SWEET AND ONE OF THE CUTEST BESTEST RELATIONSHIPS I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! uke transfers into seme's class one day and seme is interested lol. notices uke frowning a lot and seeming unapproachable. one day he notices uke outside of school at a place where ppl are watching a rocket launch on tv outside a shop. then he helps uke speak up at school when second place gets jealous of uke getting first place on the tests. after that they get close cuz seme talks about space and rockets and uke is interested in this subject. seme trying real hard to keep uke's interest but it's ok cuz uke just likes him and was only glaring cuz shy and sun too bright lol. one day uke reveals he transferred to this school cuz he got sexually assaulted at last school, or almost, and had a fight and won. he did this to bring them closer cuz he realized seme was holding back from asking questions and uke just offered the answers without prompting. after this seme blurts out asking if it's okay for him to keep liking uke. then seme escapes lol. when uke catches him again, seme pretends he meant liking as friends and then uke escapes........but next day they talk it out. seme says he meant like with kissing and touching and uke says he gave it some thought and thinks he likes seme the same way. so they start dating and it's super cute, i love how straightforward uke is!!! they enter exam season to get into uni. seme wants to get into the same school as uke but seme needs to study hard. he fails the first time and is almost giving up like usual, like giving up on his dream of rockets in the past before the passion reignited after meeting uke. then uke is here again now to tell him not to give up and to study harder for the second exam. so seme does and they have a super sweet moment of reunion after seme studying 1 week for the test. seme passes this time and they have sex lol that was their plan for after receiving the results. then we see a little bit of them moving in together for uni and uke still talking so straightforwardly about how much he is into seme and stuff like this, I LOVE IT. i want to be uke lmao i want his personality, he's perfect to me, my fucking role model. but i also see myself in seme and how easily he gives up.....i fucking need an uke or i need seme's determination to finish my thesis. anyway, loved everything. a super good slow read.

SO CUTE SO GOOD I FUCKING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KUDERE SEME IS MY FUCKING FAVOURITE AHHHHHHH AND A KINDA DELINQUENT DUMMY UKE. so seme and uke were classmates in high school. uke is a delinquent kinda getting into fights and people avoided him. seme was a slightly popular normal guy. one day seme sees uke crying behind the school and gets interested in him. he starts calling out to uke with his kudere face lol but seme has a super cute personality. they're both kinda idiots. so they get to be quite good friends. then at the graduation party seme drags uke to, seme loses a game on purpose to get the punishment of kissing uke. uke is fucking shook lol but he realizes he loves seme. seme goes to uni in tokyo and uke just stays in their town and gets a job. they kinda talk a little on the phone but lose contact eventually. after some years, they're 24 now, and seme has come back to town to work. they met accidentally at uke's workplace, the convenience store. uke is in the habit of always going to seme to talk about his guy problems. uke keeps trying to find guys to replace his love for seme but ofc can't find. seme hears uke say he likes straight guys cuz uke thinks seme is straight ofc lol. and seme keeps playing up his straightness to appeal to what he thinks is uke's kink for straight guys lol. a mess. somewhere along the line they started having sex cuz uke says something about being lonely and seme ofc takes the opportunity to have sex with uke. anyway that was basically all back story lmao. in the present we see uke latch onto random guys he meets at work and in cafes. seme is obviously jealous each time and when uke says what he likes about the guys, seme always says he's like that too lmao. and he steps in to block uke from the guys. and he kinda gets too jealous and forces himself on uke but in a slow way and he does get uke's consent to keep going to actual sex. big climax happens when one day uke sees seme out with a girl and uke thinks their weird sex friend relationship has to end to help him get over seme. so he starts avoiding seme and seme is super depressed. seme goes to a gay bar with work colleagues to talk about his woes. uke just happens to go there too and gets hit on by a drunk guy. seme steps in to help uke. work colleagues reveal to uke that seme loves him. seme runs off home but uke follows him and bangs on the door until he gets in. seme thinks uke wants an apology but uke just wants to be told seme loves him! so they cutely confess and kiss and seme wants to hold back and do things properly. but uke is like no let's just fuck already and they do. very cute and love the whole story and characters!

it's what it says on the tin, the summary. two teachers at a school are reincarnations of some students who studied there like 50 years ago. they start getting back their past memories. seme unconsciously wrote his memories down as a story cuz he thought it was his imagination i guess. and uke saw it and it triggered something in him. then he sees some old student files and sees the pen name seme used was an old student's name. and the character in seme's story had same name as another student. anyway so uke goes to find out who wrote the story in the school newspaper and turns out it's seme. they were already kinda friends and now they just live life and trigger memories and stuff. seme's memories definitely came back earlier. at one point he's like overtaken by the guy of the previous life. and uke is all sad about it. then past uke comes to talk to him and together they go to meet seme and past seme. there's a confession between the past selves and then the past selves kinda fade out. seme and uke get together too and basically fuck right away..... honestly not super great imo but just cuz it's not my type of story nor characters. i can appreciate that the story and art are quality though.

4 stars cuz i can see quality, but honestly 3 stars for how much i enjoyed it. uke is suicidal cuz life so hard. but he is drawn to a storytelling place and sees seme telling a story. suddenly seme's head turns into a cat head and uke is shocked. he kinda runs off but seme follows after and tells him that he has to die for knowing the secret that cat creatures exist. or seme gives another option of them marrying and uke agrees. then they get closer together uke falling in love for real. seme says he fell in love with uke when seeing uke enjoy his stories. but seme hesitates to get closer because he is scared that uke will die and devastate him cuz human life is much shorter than supernatural cat's life. they also have a wedding ceremony kinda with the cats leaders and others. well uke runs off a bit after that cuz he tries to get close to seme but seme is still a little cold. then they have a dream together and seme realizes he just needs to cherish the now and stuff. so seme goes to find uke in his hotel and they go home together. then all is good i guess but uke says he has erectile dysfunction.......well in the extra they do it so whatever i guess cuz bottoms don't need dicks anyway

too artsy deep for me. usually enjoy this author's arty deep stuff, but this is bordering on bullshit level in pursuit of so called art. okay not that harsh. but did not truly enjoy either couple and structure of story is confusing. chapter 1 3 5 are couple 1. chapter 2 4 are couple 2. and both show up in extra. also they are connected in that seme from couple 1 draws manga and couple 2 are fans of the manga and produce fan works from it. couple 1: they meet in uni and are kinda friends somehow special to each other, senpai uke and kouhai seme. seme always asks uke for lunch and uke obliges. uke always wears gloves so ppl think he's weird but seme doesn't ask about it. one day uke decides to show why he wears gloves, it's cuz he has burns on his palms. seme then confesses. uke is shocked and kinda rejects him even though he also loves seme cuz he also has problem on back of hand. he pinches himself when he's nervous and has scars on back of hand. uke thinks seme won't like him for that so he rejects the confession but still wants to be friends. seme is cold afterwards but uke keeps talking to him like normal. eventually seme kinda comes around and acts like nothing happened as well. some years pass like this, being normal friends. but uke never sleeps over at seme's house. seme thinks it's cuz uke avoiding him, but uke actually thinks he can't hold himself back... and one day he ends up showing the back of his hand too and confesses. seme accepts him, can't remember who started it this time though and they date. i do not like this poor disabled traumatized uke shit. couple 2: they are online friends who bonded over shared love for seme1's manga. seme produces fanfiction, uke produces doujinshi. one day uke shares online that he's at the wrong stop. seme realizes that's his stop and recommends a manga cafe for uke. then next morning uke just happens to sit next to seme at a cafe eating breakfast. seme sees uke drawing and realizes it's uke and speaks to him. they start being great friends. seme has liked uke since their first meeting. but uke slowly realizes his feelings, especially when he sees seme with a girl. then one day they're going home from a comicon event thing and uke kinda asks seme if he's got plans with a girl. then seme is like no i don't cuz i already have someone i like and that's you ahhhh and they're holding hands while seme says this. uke realizes their stop is here and takes seme over to his house. they kiss and get together too.

super cute story but the rationale was not as good as expected. some weird turns thrown in there for drama and not super well executed. uke is too pure and innocent and feels very much like typical cute shounen ai. uke frequent customer at seme's cafe. seme falls for him and thinks uke might like him too. one day he says to uke, i know why you're always coming. uke rushes to say it's cuz he has a crush on the waitress. seme then says he'll help uke get close to waitress. but they actually end up getting closer through texting and going on a practice date. then seme's close friend from high school suddenly confesses to seme. he kinda asks around the cafe for love advice and makes uke jealous. literally nothing happened with that friend. he rejects him and they stay normal friends like before.........just added a confession to create drama but zero consequences on this side. then seme sees uke is acting jealous and seme confesses all of a sudden. uke just accepts shyly and seme is surprised at what he did and uke's reaction. then uke says he actually did like the girl at first but slowly liked seme. did not like this explanation as much as if it had been uke lying about liking the waitress girl just to get close to seme cuz he was shy. but ofc uke is perfect innocent pure guy so he can't lie......... then extra chapter showing them all on a hot springs trip, with seme's friend and the girl.