I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #Comedy(251)

Stories about high school boys who develop crushes on each other. The art has a gestural quality.

One schoolboy falls for another at first sight, simply because his face resembles that of "an angel", or rather, a porcelain doll that his mother collected. Unfortunately, when he realizes his angel is a boy, and a surly, bad tempered one at that, everyone freaks out at "the homo" proving the general adage that school is shitty and soul-crushing. Fortunately, "the homo" seems to have some good friends who don't care about that.

Bodyguard x young master/college who wants his independence from rich parents. Over-the-top tsundere overreactions which are intended to be funny. Train molestation scene. Kinda meh, so far. At least the bodyguard doesn't rape him.

Sakisaka, a gay salesman, cannot make up his mind whether to treat his touchy-feely mentor at work, Toujou, as a love interest or a rival, and Toujou persists in sending him very sly and scheming mixed messages. Since this is yaoi, which has foregone conclusions, I expect Toujou will end up every bit as crazy over Sakisaka as he hopes; it's just a question of how unpredictable or original the journey to that foregone conclusion will be. So far, with Toujou's wild marshaling and maneuvering, it looks promising.

Unfortunate circumstances contrive to set up business student, Sahara, as his thesis advisor, Masaki's bedmate-without-benefits. Masaki seems to have been the victim of treachery which makes him unable to sleep. It takes some twisty logic to make Sahara comfortable with this set-up, until suddenly the "without benefits" part changes and sends him into another tailspin. Now there's a rival in the picture, and he doesn't even know this guy's a rival yet. Looks like this is a story about the "vibes" of honesty creating peace and calm and safety for sleeping, except it's yaoi, so of course that will include more.

(1) A story about a pair of lovers, one of whose sense of smell is so acute, it leads to sexual encounters that leave the other feeling less than his natural odour. I don't know how that's sexy, other than that it leads to sex. (2) An incubus is attracted to a schoolaged boy.

A series of earthy oneshots based on the hilarity and weirdness of sex, its humiliating aspects more than its transcendental romance. In this sense, the stories are truthful and realistic, but not easy going. Some of them are almost painfully embarrassing, but there is a kind of beauty in that. I have a lot more respect for Aniya Yuiji after this volume than I did before. Her artwork used to bother me, especially the sweatier, gruntier images. Now I appreciate what she's trying to say. The last story really sums it up. It's worth reading for that alone.

A clothes designer's assistant falls in love with his boss but doesn't realize it.

Hilarious! The Cheetah Service Delivery Man provides hours of erotic fantasies for a lonely man, who keeps ordering weird items up to catch a glimpse of him. Third Wheel interjects himself into the fantasies.

Good stories about mutual attraction and patience in love. These couples wait for each other to be ready. Very realistic, if simple and straightforward, and this gentleness gives them a romantic quality. Kujou Aoi's art is very beautiful, if somewhat traditional.