I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #drama(235)

Hideo and Tomohisa, the two sweet characters we first met in Kimi to Parade, now share a sweet life together as lovers when their busy schedules allow them to meet up, but the couple must go through some heartbreak together.

A tragedy places orphaned Tooru in the home of his grandfather and Uncle Yukihiko who has secretly nurtured a forbidden love. Shame and despair suppress the honest communication that needs to happen in order to sort the same feelings rising between Tooru and Yukihiko years after the grandfather's death. There are emotional casualties, but the story is sensitive and shows awareness, even if the subject matter is unusual.

Oneshot about fraternal twin incest where each partner is dishonest about their love for each other, treating their trysts as casual rebound affairs. Not bad, but not particularly exciting and new either.

A strange two-part short story by Yamane Ayano, whose two parts seem completely incongruous with each other. The first is almost comic, involving train chikkan and a heroic rescuer who is little better than the molester. The second is a touching and frightening ghost story which is almost too tragic to belong in such an otherwise light piece. In either case, it's engaging.

This starts off as a comedy about a boy with incredible misfortune who gets conned into joining his school's gardening club so the sempai who run it can scam the school for money. Then the story gets dark and serious with tragedy and treachery in the past.

Mystery, intrigue and family drama surround Touru, when he inherits the family fortune out from under the noses of greedy relatives, one of whom he must choose as a guardian, as his grandfather and benefactor wills, in order to create a family for himself. While confiding his plight to Tsukitani, his caustic prep school teacher, Touru discovers he has one last relative upon whom he can depend, but Tsukitani can't stand the smell of the Agake house and business on him, not even on his clothing, so family entails a makeover on fundamental levels.

Akane Kazuma, abandoned son of a deadbeat and an alcoholic hostess, gets top grades in every class but cannot make enough to pay the rent, heating or electricity. Hamuro Kyoichirou, the popular son of a wealthy businessman, always comes in second. So far, they hate and love each other. Hamuro can't decide if he wants Akane to prostitute his body or fail every test until graduation. Akane can't decide if he wants to have sex with Hamuro or ignore him, which would drive the boy even crazier.

Fuwa Shinri is great at yaoi soap operas. In this series of short stories, we read about gay men who stay closeted for the sake of family, pesky fan girls who want to out them, divorce and child abuse, rape and the odd ways survivors punish themselves for having been raped ... They are generally quite authentic apart from some of the outward emotional reactions which seem a bit overt, but still within plausibility. One very realistic element is that not all the conflicts are resolved or the injuries healed. Fuwa Shinri is good at this sort of story.

Baby-faced Yuu is sex friends and roommate with Tasuku, but since he thinks Tasuku doesn't return his love, he whores around with all the man-sluts, even when they beat him up for his efforts.

Two businessmen with a past are trapped in an elevator, which gives them the chance to explore suppressed longings, regrets and bittersweet ruefulness.