RoseMary's manga / #Multiple Couples(89)

Sports-themed story focusing on motorcycle racing. There're seemingly three pairs: high schoolers Sou and Fuwa (the main couple - Sou is an enthusiastic racer. Fuwa is a playboy who at first pretends to know about bikes to get close to Kusanagi Sou, but then he becomes serious about racing too); Sou's older brother Kou (who was also a racer but had to quit after an accident) and Jin (the current champ racer who debuted when Kou was still racing. And it was actually because of his reckless driving that then Kou got into that accident); Ekuni (Ekuni engineering President) and Shirube (Ekuni's lead assistant and secretary). While it's a shounen ai, it's actually more of an ambiguous / subtext thing, as any possible romantic feelings aren't really pursued and aren't the focus here anyway. Things stop mostly at jokes and funny moments. The two side couples didn't even have a kiss scene and such. Sou and Fuwa had some interesting moments, especially at the beginning, and I was really loving their dynamics, but it's mainly Fuwa's doing, because Sou is really always thinking only about racing lol. But I loved their bond and reciprocal understanding, especially after Fuwa became serious about racing too (and speaking about Fuwa, I really liked his personal evolution!). Then, in the second part, the story becomes totally focused on them preparing for and doing the racing. Anyway, while I admit I'd have wanted to see a bit more of the characters' relationships, the story is pretty good! Overall, I really liked it, because it's not your typical BL, in terms of plot and characters' interaction etc., and it's attractively manly! Anyway, as long as the mood between the characters is good and the way they behave towards each other is authentic, it's not really necessary to have confessions / proclamations of love and such...theirs was really like an unspoken understanding and I think that's also one of the strong points of the story, which ultimately is an actual sports story and I really appreciated that!

Story revolving around the members of the school's basketball club: • [Main Couple] Ikeuchi x Shinoda // Straight Freshman Seme x Gay Older Uke // Senpai x Kouhai // Virgin Uke • [Side Couple] Minagawa Haruhiko (who had a crush on Shinoda) x Childhood Friend Shin // Gay Uke / Seke (actually a seme who bottoms only for Shin) // 2nd-year Students // Classmates (in the same class as Shinoda) > The main couple was cute and I liked it, but I think the vibe of the relationship between Minagawa and Shin and the characters themselves were more interesting! Too bad they had so little space and their situation wasn't really definitive yet, so I wish sensei had done a proper story for them too! > Oneshot included (Ch. 5.1 Hug Me, Hold Me) - Coworkers // Salaryman // Gay Uke x Straight Seme // Adult Couple - 3 stars for this.

While I generally like Asou Mitsuaki's stories, surprisingly enough, I found this one kinda boring. I mean, I still liked it, but I don't know...maybe it was also because of how it was structured that I found it flat. Also, regarding the second couple, Ichita's younger brother Kenji and Ichita's best friend Tomoe, we see them having sex in the last chapter when they were already together...but I'd have wanted to see the moment they got intimate for the first time...so, yeah let's say I didn't like the structure of the story. And well, to be honest, I wasn't much fond of the characters either...

2 Volumes (Complete) - Dropped...

Ch. 1-3 Tadashii Ace no Kouryakuhou - Inter-linked oneshots revolving around high-school baseball teams and cross-dressing boys. • Hiroto Fujiki is the ace on his high-school baseball team. He takes an interest in one of his groupies only to find out that she's a cross-dressing guy sent as a spy by an opposing team... "Please teach me how you grip a ball"..."Please grip my balls" haha this is hilarious!! • The manager of another opposing team borrows a book from his sister to help to improve their chances in the upcoming match against Fujiki's team. Following the book's instructions, Ayumu starts cross-dressing for the team. • Filling in on his sister's baseball team, Masaki gets close to the team's ace pitcher Hirona Fujiki, Hiroto's sister. Ch. 4 Hypnotism Trick - // Missing // Ch. 5 Ani Tsura - Kazuki started interacting less with his younger brother Kazuomi after their interests diverged. Kazuomi started getting interested in anime and became a shut-in; because of that he has been doing bad on his tests, so Kazuki agrees to dress up as a magical girl anime so that his brother will put more effort into studying. Ch. 6 Khaki P to Sumire-hime - // Same school of ch. 1 // High-school band Violets is not very popular, so its vocalist Rei goes to ask the advice of a popular composer who posts his songs online under the name Khaki P. "I know that you're cocky pee!" Haha it's khaki p! Anyway, apart from cross-dressing to fit the songs, Khaki P suggests a drastic method to make a high-pitched voice...xD Ch. 7 Moshi Bare - // 4-koma // - mangago.me / read-manga / tadashii_ace_no_kouryakuhou / mf / manga / tadashii_ace_no_kouryakuhou / c006 / pg-23 / Transfer student Rin Aihara tries to keep her intense love for baseball a secret.

4 Volumes (Complete) - Dropped since forever... > Oneshots included: Vol. 1 • Warui Yume (Bad Dream) Vol. 2 • Ori (Cage) - Brother x Brother // Incest • Areno no Gotoku (Like the Barren Wasteland)

1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_195988.html > Note: ch. 4-6 "Gaku Ran" - Non-BL story that was not scanlated. I didn't like it anyway from the raw.

There are so many weaknesses of mine in this story that I can't even think straight anymore!! Every chapter gives me a heart attack! Something like this, I could read it all the time without getting bored of it! It's truly addictive and it has is all: it's super funny, interesting, cute, cool, sexy with hot characters, whom I love all! And the art is cool...I literally love everything about this story! > Short animation from Tencent Animation Application to promote 19 Days and Tamen De Gushi. - Available on YouTube ➽ Actually, it's been a long time now since they had announced that 19 Days would have been adapted to live-action with the involvement of Chai Jidan in the project...