Lex's manga / #BL(580)

Godai Manami is a loan shark looking for Karekura Shinji, a debtor who disappeared with no more than a million dollars worth of debt. Manami and his coworker Shinji decided to go and get the money from Shinji's two sons, Makoto (28) and Haruki (17). After meeting Makoto, Manami was delighted to see that Makoto happened to be just his type. He then offers him a deal: if they to have sex together, he'll take 20.000$ off his debt each time. ---------- The main story was cute. I liked it. A short, nice read. But what the heck was that side story tho?

I've already read it twice but I don't want to take it out of my "reading" list. ;-; ------------ I've a lot to say about this one, just haven't had the time to sit down and write the review for it yet so TBA.

To the outside world, Kyujin and Doyeol are cousins who live together. But behind closed doors, the younger Doyeol is a reckless lover that Kyujin somehow can’t disobey. Unwittingly, Kyujin triggers Doyeol’s possessive side as he finds himself entangled with Jimin, a rebellious high schooler he’s tutoring. Cousin, teacher, and student—all roles and rules are bound to be broken. ---------- I-...... I don't know what the f*ck I just read. I liked this story's build-up but, what? The tension between Doyeol & Kyujin is quite nice. I liked the build up to it. But I feel quite bad for Doyeol. I didn't have any particular feelings about Jimin's character, and Kyujin's lack of spine really made me want to throw fists. He's such a coward and it made me mad the entire time. If only for that the ending's perfectly suited. It stamps his character as just that. He's really pathetic. Was his character handled a bit differently I might has sympathized with him, but as he is written now, he's just a pathetic man who's indecisiveness and selfishness hurts the ones he's involved with. Also, Doyeol needs to see a therapist. In any case, I feel like this vould have been an okay read if it'd have been better structured and thought-through. A lot of the plot seemed shallow and rushed. As well as the characters not being written in enough details. Leaving only few traits to make up their personalities. It's not the worst BL I've ever read, but it wasn't good either.