reading manga's manga / #re-encounter(49)

boring and predictable plots ch 1-2, 6 mc is a scammer, ml is an antique dealer who has mc pay him back for scamming people "with his body." ml is pretty pushy and coercive. plot is cliche ch 3-5 mc works at a laundromat within his home, ml is an art student who claims mc is his muse.

mc is antisocial, does a moving-in job for an old classmate. old classmate tries to talk to him but mc is reluctant to open up. both men are hurting, have traumas. their relationship is slowly developed

ch1-3 mc wants to get revenge on someone he knew from high school now years later when they meet again. mc fake dates ml and plans to break his heart. ch 4-6 coworkers that are fwb. one of them wants to start dating, but the other one isnt ready. this one is pretty angsty. i relate a bit to mc and his identity crisis and how he clings to the past.

kind of a goofy premise. when they were kids, mc was proposed to by his friend and he replied that they cant get married cuz its not legal. years later, that same friend grows up to be prime minister to make it legal it was okay but never showed their marriage. and ch 1 sex scene was pretty dubcon

pretty unserious mc loses his virginity to a guy at the bar. but ever since then he's been limp dick. 10 years pass and he runs into the virginity thief again - but as his new boss! not completed. it's okay. chapters are short

childhood friends do a marriage trial

it was cute. guys raise a kid together. one is in love with the other and can't stand it so he leaves. then they reunite 20 years later when they're both old men

mc is in love with his childhood friend. in high school he starts a fwb with the class president. years later, after mc distanced himself from his childhood friend, he sees him again--but this time he's divorced and has a child, and wants mc back in his life!