stressedpenguin's manga / #10/10 background characters(32)

Bruhh the domestic fluffffff. So cute! Sojiro is so perfectly doting. Also uke isnt afraid to say what he wants. It's cute, its fluffy, it's funny. 8/10 wish the side characters were there more

Tough high schooler wants to be pampered so he hires a rental older brother and is not long before they're doing things brothers should not do lol. Junta is cute! I like his kinda awkward personality. Hes tough but sweet especially to his siblings. Arata also really nice. Hes got a fun, outgoing personality and he takes good care of junta. We got some good background characters and a solid fight at the end Kinda keep forgetting junta is a highs schooler which makes this whole relationship weird. Overall 7 or 8/10

HAHA yessss FINALLY a story that focuses on the kid! Too bad it's short. 10/10 adorableness. I want more about this kid, hes a riot. It's too short to really give a rating but eh fuck it. 9/10! And a 10/10 in my heart.

Lmao if they're all transferred then who's at the other branch? Honestly really funny cast. Also this ain't yaoi it's just shonen ai, a very comedic shonen ai. 7/10

dropped at ch 10. this is cute. i like the dad. the character are fun. i'm just kinda.... not that into it rn. ima put this on hold

last read ch 225. probs not gonna continue this, but i don't wanna mark it as dropped so... limbo it is THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE THE PLOT ABOUT SUN JING NOT SHOWING UP AFTER THE BDAY PARTY??? and what was that whole thing about Qi Fang and that other girl??? Welp. Looks like this is dead (thank you homophobic Chinese government. Frick. I was really enjoying it name on MAL is SQ: Begin W Your Name!

Listen the penguin shows up in this girls fridge and everyone just rolls with it and I think that's beautiful 8/10

Guy happens to see a very skeletal looking salaryman on the shinkansen one day and cant stop observing him. By chance they start talking and bond over horse racing. It's a slow story. Everything is revealed through Tohru's internal thoughts and his conversations with his friends and with Makoto. These two create a safe space together. The story has a strong atmosphere and sense of direction. Makoto crying because he's so overwhelmed that Tohru would cry for his sake is incredibly touching. There's so much about this that I love; I just cant express it well. I was rooting for Makoto to quit his job but I'm actually happier that it seems his power harassing boss has actually improved. Rather than running away, i love the aubtle message that these situations CAN improve and that we should aim to improve them. It gives me a bit of hope. (But also I'm all for starving out companies that dont treat their employees right bc we cant all afford to play the long game.) 9/10. This is a masterfully crafted story.

Uke's entire family died in a tragic accident, and now it's just him and his nephew trying to survive life together. The hot and mysterious guy running a small restaurant in the town they move to takes in interest in them and they start building a relationship. The overall tone is melancholy as all three main characters are suffering from painful experiences, and it's sweet how they fumble through supporting each other in their developing relationships. There's some angst, some drama, and some ghosting, and there's a This story gets two big pluses from me: 1) The kid actually has agency. He's not used as a plot device. The story takes him seriously; it doesn't do that thing where they just call him cute and ignore that he's a real person with real feelings. Still looking for a story where the adults validate even the silly things kids get upset over because... like it's silly to us but very impactful to them and--I'm getting worked up lol. Anyway, this story did the kid justice. 2) The single mom the uke makes friends with is amazing and feels like a real person. For all the degrading the seme did of women, I was worried this would be another BL where everyone woman is shitty. But this mom was incredible and her handling of her son was incredible. I know this is like almost the bare minimum, but I'm happy to see it. Also a plus is the sex is consensual. Aside from the somewhat dubious bit because alcohol, the seme doesn't force the uke into anything sexual. I appreciate it. This is an 8/10. Would be 6/10 but it gets +2 for the kid and mom friend

That was an absolute roller coaster of emotions. Simultaneously heartbreaking and sweet and smutty and so fuckin FUNNY. The art went HARD on the emotional moments, you can really feel Naruse screaming his emotions out. This had me in one kinda tears over the bag swap and then in a different tears again during the running scene and the end. It was wild. The art really makes them seem almost insane sometimes. If it was just a bit longer I'd give it a 9, but for me this was missing something so it's an 8/10.