tsukineko's manga / #slice of life(453)

I really want to read this, even though it's 'only' shounen ai.

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed that. I like the art style, and the stories were fun.

Apparently hilarious.

Apparently, both of the guys are manly, so I'm looking forward to this! For Tora's younger brother Ryû's story, read 'Nirameba Koi'.

The couple from the first story also appear in 'Signal', which itself, is a side story to 'Arashi no Ato', (and its sequel 'Hatsukoi no Atosaki'). 3.5 stars. I really liked this. The relationships were relatable. The love between the characters was palpable, despite their various relationship problems. It was really sweet, but not in a soppy, vomit-inducing way. I loved most of the characters and their stories, apart from the one with the coffee shop owner.

3.5 stars. I really liked this, but tbh, I preferred 'Not Enough Time'. The main story in this one seemed a tad unrealistic, (I mean the whole special monthly cocktail thing).

3.5 stars. As someone else commented, this neads a couple more chapters to stabilise their relationship. Also, I'm a bit confused as to whether they just talked about breaking up, or did they actually break up and then get back together again at the end??? I'm about to read 'Hatsukoi no Atosaki', so maybe that'll clarify things for me.

Side story to 'Arashi no Ato'. I just finished reading all 4 of the manga in this series of related stories. A strange thing happened: I enjoyed each volume progressively less! I liked them all, and it's not that the later ones were less well written/drawn, it's just that I could feel the love less in the later couples, and I was less sure that their relationships could last. Maybe too much focus was put on the distance between them, and not enough on how they were working on closing that distance in the present.