stressedpenguin's manga / #cliche(68)

Ai, See You

Ongoing | Masushita | 2019 released

Guy is so desperate he rapes a ghost but it's okay cuz hes got a dead mom, that's how this works right? They keep flip flopping between him being an annoying asshole rapist and being a sad depressed kid who misses his mom. I guess people can be both both when its literally back to back panels, I just... ugh Story could have been fine. Ending was fine, decently cute. Pretty standard all around I guess 4/10

Matsuyoi no Oni

Complete | Fumi tsuyuhisa | 2019 released
2022-10-07 15:39 marked

Very typical writer x oni plot. 6/10 I'm a sucker for these

Kaeru no Prince-sama

Complete | panco | 2012 released

anxious, gloomy uke gets confessed to by the sales teams' prince. translation and story is a bit rough but overall okay. watching him sign a contract for an amount he can't promise stressssful someone please train this kid jeez. overall this was a 5/10 for me

Futari de Papa Hajimemashita

Complete | NIGARI Shio | 2000 released
2022-10-25 07:21 marked

Another one where the kid is used more like a prop | plot device. Kid's cute but has little will of his own. Also were they seriously fucking on the bed where the kid was sleeping??? Did the mangaka just forget the kid was there!?!??! Someone give me a truly kid centric family BL. Maybe that's what I want rn. Overall cliche. 4 or 5/10

Shinigami wa Korosenai

Complete | Mikka Mita | 2000 released

Hold up. What was that flashback from the shinigami??? Was he the uke's dad?!??! Or am I dumb?? EDIT yeah I'm just dumb Guy nearly dies on the daily but theres a mysterious black shadow that seems to save him. Turns out shadow is a shinigami who's protecting him from death. Guy and shinigami fall in love and fuck and theres some angst. 6/10?

Oku made Furetemo Ii desu ka

Complete | Akira Yoshio | 2017 released

Teasing office guy (uke) notices his normaly stoic coworker (seme) has a crush on him and they start going out. Seme is very pure and wants to at least have one date before sex. Yeah this was boring for me. Generically cute. Very standard plot. Very standard family drama that gets resolved in one conversation. Very standard "it's all thanks to you." ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 5/10. Would've been a 4 for being boring but the relationship is pretty healthy and consensual

Osananajimi Dakedo Seiteki ni Suki desu.

Ongoing | Sakumoto ayu | 2022 released

Dropped at ch 1. Well that escalated quickly. (I say that as most BL doesn't) Another childhood friends that are secretly in love with each other and also very dumb and they have sex to graduate from virginity I've read enough similar stories that I don't feel like continuing. Uke is a dumbass airhead. Seme is an expressionless cool guy and is pretty manipulative. -/10, cant really rate but that first chapter gets a 4/10.

Hatsukoi wa natsukanai

Ongoing | Shinozaki mai | 2019 released

Guy comes home to his fiance aboutta sleep with the seme, leaves, seme chases after him. He moves in with seme because sure, and then BL happens. Seme seemed sus at first but so far it's looking like it was just a classic BL plot ass-pull so we good. Also there is a minor stabbing, because of course. Pretty cliche plot. Just kinda whatever for me. 4/10

Honey Bear

Ongoing | | 2022 released

Dropped at ch 30. Yeah technically there are more episodes, but I'm good here. Hot, beefy seme saves a beautiful sexy baker uke and wind up working for the uke. Seme has a massive crush on the uke ut the uke only has eyes for those big tiddies and glittering abs. Seriously this uke is absolutely drooling over the seme. Some silliness ensues and the uke finally falls for the seme. I have no interest in whatever drama they're gonna throw in next so I'm tapping out now 5/10

Sore wa Are da, Ai Kamo ne

Complete | NISHIHARA Keita | 2017 released
2023-10-28 16:46 marked

Guy who loves pastries works at his favorite patisserie. His grumpy boss suddenly confesses to him because there's no one else who loves his pastries like the MC. A bit cliche maybe but still cute. (That's what happens when you read so much BL lol) 5/10