ISHIBASHI DEFENSE CORPS INDIVIDUAL
Ohoho i do love it when two manly men shuffle their feet like grade schoolers because they're too awkward with romance. And this one is a friends to lovers too! Very nice.
When the Killer Falls in Love
I've been following the raws since it came out and it's freakin fun with a premise best suited for an early 2000s super angsty korean melodrama but instead it's filled with hilarious rom-com tropes. I love it a LOT. Can't believe it's finally ended, im gonna miss it like crazy.
Tokyo train
Aiou Futari
Oooh yep there goes my tears. Reading this, especially as a gay man who went through the process of coming out and being rejected by people closest to me, was like prodding on an old injury, but also very cathartic because i can relate a lot to ML-- his situation, family, and feeling of simultant jealousy and happiness seeing MC work things out with his mom. I wish there were more development between the main couple before they got together (bc it did feel rushed) and more insight about ML's background.
Trap of Desire
Buddy cop romance! Relationship between main characters is good, i always like friends to lovers trope, especially in the action genre (those "please dont get hurt"s "be careful"s and "ive got you"s.... chef kiss). However, the plot was pretty....lacking? Lots of them started without proper conclusion. Panels are confusing sometimes, and i couldnt get into the cases they worked on, probably bc they were so short with so little details.
Kimi no Ahimoto de Ai wo shiru
TW: subverse, pheromone / biological bullcrap, dubcon The title is so pretty phew... It's healthy and consensual with the exception of chapter 4's ending. I would LOVE to see a setting like this in a normal world rather than a subverse. Because healthy and fully consensual SM dynamic portrayal is incredibly rare in BL works (usually it's "masochists deserve to be raped" crap), and i wish more authors would touch on that issue.
Hiyoko to Yoru to Yuenchi
Oho i like this a lot! The chapters are short but you can clearly see how comfortable and in love they are with each other. They're so different as individuals but they easily choose to accommodate the other's preference regardless. There is very minimal intimate scene, but you just KNOW that they're in a committed relationship just from the mundane, little (but loving) things they do for one another.
Moratte Kudasai
TW: drunk, dubcon Aaah cries I've never read something like this before. Both of MCs are in love and Very Horny for eo but that doesnt cloud their judgement (much, lol) and they take their time to treasure each other. Not only that, their banter and interaction is hilarious, sweet, and super fun to read. Also very worth mentioning: men with natural bodies and hair! Seems inconsequential but so rare and important to see that depicted in BL works. I'm so thankful to the author for creating a story like this! Ps. I wish the summary was better, the current one seriously fails to showcase the wholesomeness of this manga.











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