ArtemisFowl's manga / #interesting(171)

Ha ha ha, another mask manga for the pandemic of the century (discounting the 1918 Spanish Influenza). This story has nothing to do with a pandemic though. Sayama, regular guy with a penchant for wearing a mask, ends up in the nurse's office after some douchebag (read: the main romantic lead) falls hard (literally, not figuratively) on Sayama and doesn't even apologize properly. Therein lies the set-up for the romance, and our mask-wearing hero is pursued. Update: Sadism, weird, creepy...Saikawa's got some issues... Update on update: Like, I understand why you've got the hots for him (bc he's a good kisser and smexy and whatever) but the feels? I don't get it brah... ~Chapter 7

Gay couple end up getting married in a ceremony that includes their parents. Talks about them parenting the daughter of their childhood friend, Ayumu, and their family life as she travels abroad.

Yaaaasss this is so good!!! Chapter 26 so far. The characters are all so defined and likable. Summary: There exists, in this world, muses, a type of human that must be wound by a key in his/her neck (where a keyhole sits) in order to function and prevent rusting. These humans, who are rare but not wholly uncommon, can give their keys to people called conductors, who they are supposed to trust and have the position of winding the key for the muse. In exchange, the conductor can hear the music of the muse who entrusted their key to them. The mc is a human that can hear the sound of any muse, whether or not s/he has handed his/her key to the mc. He can't turn their sound off, and many muses in one classroom means a cacophony of noises in his head, and has always hated muses as a result. The main character, after one trauma at his last school with a particular muse, has come to another school where he knows (somehow?) that this school doesn't have many muses. He then encounters one (whose music sounds beautiful to him), and the rest is history. ~Chapter 50

A boy almost gets hit by construction materials after working hard one day, only to be saved by the stranger he never knew he needed in his life: a one vampire, who can never die (although he's tried). They end up striking a bit of a friendship, with the human going over to his house, only for the human to realize he has 'certain feelings' for the vampire in question. Trouble comes at the door soon enough by the time they become solid friends, when the vampire who made the ML a vampire swoops into the picture, wanting something of a show from the human and his new vampire friend. Can they survive this sense of madness that comes knocking at their door? ~Chapter 8

Big master and little master live together, two vampires whose relations are a mystery. A student (potential student) named Hansoo lives there and works for the family. Big master couldn't care less about human life, while small master only cares about finding a way to become human. An excellent exploration on what it means to be human in the setting of a blood bank business run by two vampires. ~Chapter 27

This is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve read. Timeless, warm, filled with characters who love each other but have insecurities and the fragile feeling of what will become of your relationship once you change it. Hayakawa Nojiko isn’t one of my favorite authors, but she really nailed it this time. The watercolors are beautiful, and the effects of the paneling that shifts into metaphor and foreshadowing are fantastic and retain a sense of depth. Perfect for a day when you’re wishing to immerse yourself in something beautiful.