Mimi's manga / #BL(768)

That one person who was like Mishima deserved so much better followed by three throwing up emojis, I felt you. Your energy was so powerful and I felt you. What do you mean we were going to have a "proper conversation", do absolutely nothing, and then have a sex scene...? What do you mean? Don't put emotions in front of my face like keys and then throw the keys out the window for a sex scene! Sure, they finally did talk but it should've been at the end of chapter two not whatever the hell that was. On top of that, Hozumi kind of rubbed me the wrong allowing Mishima to take on some of that blame. To recap: Hozumi broke up with him so he wouldn't be sad when he moved off the island for college but did not properly explain that. He comes back after seven years to an angry Mishima and pesters him until he eventually gives up and spend time together. To which Hozumi takes advantage of the situation and forces himself on Mishima instead of having that conversation that we were promised, that they should've had and didn't happen until chapter three. This left Mishima frustrated and confused to the point where he didn't attend to the lighthouse causing the boat Hozumi was working on to get into a little accident and him falling off. After that, it all became his fault in Mishima's head. Even the high school stuff?? He already feels like he doesn't have his own backbone to say "no" or "let's wait" because of "those eyes" (I'm rolling mine), I'm just not here for that. I'm not ok with the person who has every reason to raise hell taking the blame and it's seen as a good thing. It's not like Hozumi doesn't blame himself for the shit he's done but Mishima shouldn't be blaming himself for anything. Even the lighthouse incident. Not after the night before. Also... What thought processes did Hozumi's brother have to come out for him to their parents when previously he expressed being nervous about?? You don't do that. You don't come out for someone else no matter how understanding anyone is. I don't know, fiction is fiction but Jesus to fucking Christ. Other than all of that, along with the art style not being my favorite to look at, this was just ok which I'm very sad about because the bonus chapter was everything to me. If this was just their high school year together followed by the breakup and a volume two with a better get back together story, peak 4 stars.

The relationship dynamic here is very similar to the couple in Long Period. Wataru has been in love with his friend for years but has kept it to himself despite all the obvious signs Minato was giving that he loved him back. It does feel a little different in that Minato is and has been even more oblivious about his feelings so now we're spending the whole book waiting for Wataru to stop being stubborn and see that. While I was annoyed by the obliviousness in Long Period, I think I'm less annoyed about it here because it only lasted a chapter and didn't string me along for two whole fucking books. There's still a hint of "are we really gonna have this song and dance?" because Minato was not subtle at all in high school about his interest. It's just not as bad here since it's we're not reading about Wataru being an idiot. We're reading about him being stubborn to preserve his friendship based on past romantic experiences. I love slow burns but ignoring the signs for two books and then act all surprised when you do find out they like you back was definitely my limit. So I'm glad this is more about seeing them be cute together and Wataru slowly taking Minato seriously after chapter three. Ya know what I did find much more annoying, though. Chapter two page 26. "I'm grown up now" "I'm the grown up Wataru" The hell are you, 15? What the fuck is this dialogue right now? Bonus points for Lil' Boss. We respect Lil' Boss in this house.

idky I have this on my MD wish list when I have it's prequal 1 star but I do. Not only that, I have another book by this author on my list (???) so... I guess I'm giving them another chance? Will update this later.

Kind of started out rocky on the first chapter for me, I didn't really like how Reiji was just a 5yd kid in an adult's body. Dude just said his apt doesn't allow pets, he lives on the second floor, and here's this grown ass man banging on the floor for him to take in the cat... I didn't like that. At least it got better and ended nicely. Even though it got cutter later on, I found that I really don't like when authors spend the whole book on the journey but only give us one chapter of them finally being together. It's different from a slow burn for me, I don't mind if it takes a while for the relationship to begin. It’s more of me wanting an extra one or two chapters of them dating instead of ending it immediately after they officially started dating. This was basically just fine. I would've loved a second volume of all three of them just being and living together. I've come to like Reiji and Koichi by the end but there wasn't enough to make them memorable to me.