Asterisk (torino Shino)
This is underrated bec of the "cheating" seme. If you concentrate on that, you'll miss the top-notch quality storytelling this manga had. Give it a chance. It has a certain realism to it, not the idealized, magnified KYA-KYA STEREOTYPICAL BL w/ tons of reviews. No, this manga gave life and breathed out two men's life story and their imperfections. I cannot describe it enough. #sex friends to love ~ reencounter. #sex friends #tutor x student #older seme #3 yrs age gap #young, unrequited love that mc (uke) let go only to #reencounter 12 yrs after. #art - At first glance, the art looked like the mature josei style and I appreciate this mangaka's foray to BL. Sawa is a private tutor of Nanao, a highschooler who does ballet. Popular & a player, Nanao never lacks girls. But one day, he got a taste of sensei & he just can't stop. It turned into more than that but it took them forever to realize the feelings of the other.
Cry for me
(It's rare for me to get attached to the characters but I did w/ this one so until the end, I had reservations against Xiao Shiu. LOL) The way it was narrated jumping back and forth to past and present is pretty clear and interesting. It's quite the rollercoaster of emotions #childhood friends-to-lovers story. There were lots of painful moments in the past and they separated just like that. #Reencounter after 4 years and uke has greatly changed.
Shuraba Maker
Ch. 1-4: Shiina may be popular but his luck w/ men is the worst. He's like those poor, battered women who kept going back to douches. #Reencounter@ college 2 yrs later. It's awkward to meet Hayase(seme) now since the guy is witness to his breakups every-freaking-time. Mushy story but it's not that bad IMO. .//. Ch. 5-6: Super cute crossdressing story. Ordinary salaryman was pulled in a crossdress shop by his officemates and got acquainted with the manager. At first, he's lying about his hobby (because he's straight and all) but the manager and his shop helped him free his guilty pleasure, even if it's just with the two of them. #older uke by 2yrs, #29-uo salaryman.
Imitation Happy Life
EDIT: FIN@mar2018. I made a summary at (+). I need rereads for this LOL. It started w/ them as somewhat-lovers-but-not because Sensei doesn't want a commitment. There were 2 flashbacks. 1st when seme graduated & they became co-teachers. 2nd Back at high school. Sensei was an asst. teacher then. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY: Uno is working as an assistant teacher at a certain highschool. There is this one kid that is very friendly to him more than others, Someya. One day, Someya cheerfully asked if he could live with him. Sensing the highschooler's voiceless call for help, he agreed. Living together, they got close, fell inlove and slept together. The first lie is his bad home where he doesn't want to go back to. Second is blindfold (I'm thinking he has some marked received from women while he does compensated dating). But one day, when the "parent" visited their school, uke figured out that Seme is lying. Since he can't trust Someya anymore, he broke up with the boy. (I believe the "guardian" is one of the women.) At chap. 3, first page, he did said that he really hated whoring himself out and just wanting to forget just about everything. One year later, They met again as co-teachers in a cram school but somehow, what Someya remembers from the breakup is different from his? He did not paid much attention to it but focused on how Someya wanted to get back together with him. OFC he did not agree so they got into this more-than-friends-less-than-lovers arrangement. It's understandable because till now, Uno think that Someya is a liar so he said no despite him still having feelings for the younger man. But then next lie happened again: He saw Someya walking towards the hotel with a woman. So they had a fight again. But this time, as Uno looked back, it feels weird. Someya actually might have amnesia? he kept mum about their fight but really didn't want to get hurt anymore so another year later, (chap 1) the relationship between them is the same. Meanwhile, Uno (uke) started thinking that Someya might have forgotten all the bad things while retained the good ones. Finally, Uno asked to go to Someya's house and all he see is an unkempt house and no mother came back despite how long they waited. He decided to just live together and keep Someya close so even if what's between them might be fake, or if he's going to get forgotten too, as long as the younger man is happy then it should be okay. But then again, keeping the secret that Someya's parents is wearing him down so one day he just told the latter. At last the truth came out. Someya confessed that he did remember everything, including his parent's death, and his compensated dating. All he wanted is Sensei's love as it had became his oasis of support so the boy foolishy kept at it for as long as he could. But now the cat's out of the bag, he has no face to show sensei so he intend to disappear. Because confessing the truth would just drive it home that he just whored himself out to women. Thankfully, Uno-sensei had a good sense to look for the younger guy and they finally had a good talk. How they were both at fault. As Sensei carried the injured Someya to the hospital, he expressed how it's better if they work it out together, and lean on him too. Good words,uke. #bittersweet but I'm glad for the happy ending. I like it 3.5
Tenkou, Sei - Ore ga Nonke de Aitsu ga Gei de
New from mangaka vitamin the comedy goddess Araya Miki. Auto click! #body swap mess. salaryman Kono #reencountered his highschool classmate at some subway stairs after 10 yrs & first epic thing they did: bump onto each other's head. Then woke up WITH SWITCHED BODIES. How will Kono cope especially when he discover Nanri is a gay & a perv?
Shitasaki ni Yoake no Aji
#ramen manga + manly couple. What's there not to love? Ramen master Yoruji has reached his plateau and is quite stressed about it. He suddenly remembered the ramen enthusiast he met 5 years ago and coincidetally met the man. He didn't waste any time to take ahold of this guys tongue (LITERALLY!) to assist him in improving his shop. btw, i love the #sexual tension. they were not enemies but... but... the mangaka was able to put sexual tension between them somehow? it's sexy. 2018-02-17 20:44 marked
Hinekure Sakura ni Koi ga Saku
Firstly, PRETTY ART! Despite being a new mangaka, she's doing a greate job already. Amusing uni romance. Eventhough he's a campus crush himself, Somei can't help inwardly fangirling over Yukihira, the other cool guy of the uni. Just the first chap and I already fell inlove with Somei. Such an interesting character. A Hottie became a stalker, quite narcissistic but actually timid. He's cute. Damn that end with the seme. Made me want to check the raws, lol. Thankfully mangago has it. #2 years unrequited love.
Shitsuji Kyoushi no Renai Jugyou
the multiple couples in this vol. are mostly bocchamas. *(Main story): Butler/teacher seme x rebel uke. A rich kid and his minions rebelling in a elite rich kid school so an exceptional teacher has come to reform them *Page 90-end: #school #dancing. president of the school's social dance club is allergic to girls. desperate for his club to enter, he tested just about every tall person in their school. found this timid guy who can't say no. Funny thing is, the guy is son a renowned pro dancer AND was formerly his rival in dance when he was younger.
I Fell in Love with My Sister's Boyfriend
#chinese webtoon. Ohh scandalous title. Let's see how this will turn out. #one night stand, #re-encountered the guy 3 yrs later and is now his sister's boyfriend?. AWKWARD. Something's up with that smiling devilish man. Still handsome but what is he plotting?
Uruwashi no Tinker Bell Sou