stressedpenguin's manga / #light smut(118)

The women in this one suck, but I guess that's common in BL. Lame. The relationship was very cute. Both seme and uke had massive insecurities. The semes stems from his codependent, over attached mom. I wasnt expecting that tbh. Also, the cover scammed me. I thought there would be more cats. This one was a 5/10. Didn't quite flow and spent more time in the past than I liked

Haha they're so loud and chaotic but I really liked this couple. I love that they explored a bit of the seme's size preference. Also fully consensual sex! It doesn't quite hit 8 for me but definitely a high 7/10

Don't have much thoughts here. Shy, insecure, college aged uke x popular sitcom high schooler seme. No reason the seme couldnt also be a college student? Kinda weird he was a high school kid. Anyway. Pretty standard popular x unpopular dynamic (not a bad thing) 5/10

Ch 1-2: flower researcher is sponsored by a beautiful rich man who eats nothing but flowers. It's a bit melodramatic but I still liked it. 7/10 Ch 3-4: pushy top chases cute classmate. Classmate assumes hes just teasing and is hurt. Top finally realizes hes serious. Didn't vibe with this one much. 4/10 Ch 5-6: a prequel of sorts for another story that I haven't read, and I wasn't very interested in the characters. 4/10 Overall, wound up being a 6/10 for me

Really liked this one although I wish they had told the two couples stories in blocks instead of jumping between them. It was a little distracting and less satisfying. Now I really wanna read the story within the story, but perhaps its better as just brief glimpses. This had a really strong bittersweet vibe despite the endings for both couples being very lighthearted. 8/10

Very cute and sweet story of a gomi yashiki being pulled out of a depressive dump and gaining the courage to change for the better with the support he needed. It takes longer than just a couple weeks to break through something like this, but the story still felt realistic, giving the character a little thing here or there to nudge them along to recovery. I wish I would be longer to delve more into the internal problems it set up for each character, but given the time constraint, I'm glad it was resolved happily. 7/10

Love me a gentle sugar daddy. I really love that the seme was just a kind stranger who was unconsciously trying to find a way to help a clearly exhausted guy without being too creepy about it. This is my kinda fantasy lol 7/10

I've been meaning to read this for years and I'm glad I did! Despite the seme being super rich and famous, the relationship felt balanced. Even the jealousy drama wasnt' unnecessarily drawn out. 7/10 name on MAL is Oujisama no Riyuu

1st story: A CEO falls in love with a window cleaner. This I feel like had potential but I felt like there were missing scenes to tie the story together. 4/10. 2nd story: Virgin writer working for a BL game company struggles to write sex scenes bc hes never had sex. Naturally his hot younger coworker teaches him the ropes. Very standard. 4/10 Overall, 4/10

Aww!!! They're so precious. I really REALLY appreciated the more realistic, step by step depiction of sex, the mild homophobia of the seme's friends who get over it because they care more about the friendship than being bigoted, and the extremely soft boi energy of both seme and uke. The relationship was built up slowly despite being just one volume, and the character actually communicated. Their one major drama stemmed from an understandable "one character comes to an internal conclusion to match the pace of the other and doesn't see a reason to communicate this directly with words leading to a sudden change in behavior that sets up the other for a bit of miscommunication." That's not a problem because the characters reach a tipping point and c o m m u n I c a t e I really liked this one. The main couple was lovable. The seme's friends were lovable. The uke was loveable and also had friends of their own, just less because they're a less social person. The conflict was the realistic progression of a romance. My soul is cleansed and my skin is clear. Also shout out to the seme's friend specifically for meeting glasses guy in the middle actually considering an environment he'd be comfortable in. I love them. 8/10