Demian Syndrome
Well, the ending certainly leaves the reader a bit unsatisfied, like one was expecting something more, something definite, you know, a final scene that would seem like a proper closure. But I actually think it's understandable that the author ended it like that, because after all that's just they way Jou and Azuma are, the way their very relationship is all along! So, there wasn't really the need to say anything more and imo a sweet, lovey-dovey scene would have actually felt forced for them. Just Azuma simply asking Jou to go to Nagano (where his real house is) with him for spring break and Jou agreeing conveyed their unspoken understanding and let us know that they'll stay together in the future. The wall Azuma put up around him finally has been broken down and he is now resolute about accepting everything. They feel the same about each other...just like the author said, let's hope they can officially call themselves partners soon! So, I can accept the ending just as it is! Overall, the story was great and I really loved it! Not a masterpiece, but it's an impressive story...one of a kind! # Private|Prestigious School, Catholic School, All-Boys School, Friends "become Lovers", Beautiful Art, Unexpressed Feelings, Friends Grow Distant, Family Drama|Complicated Family (Azuma's), Transfer Student (Jou returns from the USA), Soccer, Love-Hate Relationship|Bickering Love, Sickly but Strong Uke, Strong Seme, Stolen Kiss (when they were younger, Azuma kissed Jou while he was asleep at the hospital. So they were each other's first kiss), Roommates (for a part of the story), Injuries (Jou somehow always ends up in some kind of accident|trouble and Azuma has a motorcycle accident and a stomach ulcer)
Utsukushii Koto (INUI Nao)
[From Good Girls Scan BL] Matsuoka is addicted to the high he gets when he’s showered with stares of men when he walks the streets at night, dressed in the clothes of his ex-girlfriend. One night, his gloomy superior from work, Hirosue, rescues him after he’s sexually assaulted by a man who’d been passing by. Though Hirosue was infamous for his awkwardness and dullness, Matsuoka found himself attracted to the former’s sincere affections towards him. Dressed as a woman, he meets up with Hirosue and ends up receiving a confession of love. I won’t see you again. I can’t see you again. When Matsuoka realises his feelings, he…?! The long-awaited manga adaptation of Konohara Narise’s masterpiece of the bitterness and beauty of an impossible love! Novel: novelupdates.com / series / utsukushii-koto /
Ai no su e Ochiro!
[From Good Girls Scan BL] "I didn’t think senpai would be like this!!!” By coincidence, the low-class gossamer-winged butterfly Tsubasa catches sight of the son of a distinguished tarantula family, Nagumo Sumiya. Saved by his words, Tsubasa holds admiration for him. From a single glance, he wants to meet him, and he enrolls in Sumiya’s school Seihoku Academy, where only the elite gather. However, hardships due to his low-class awaited him there. On top of that, Sumiyaーhis only hopeーtosses him aside, saying, “I hate gossamer-winged butterflies.” Tsubasa had believed that he would be acknowledged and becomes depressed. At that time, he becomes trapped in the web that Sumiya had laid, where he’s injected with an aphrodisiac venom and is held down…? An academy caste love story between an arrogant tarantula X a gossamer-winged butterfly with admirable reasons.
Honto ni Homo na no?
Oboreru Sakana
Oneshot included in Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru
Kari Kare!!