RoseMary's manga / #Slice of Life(570)

❂ [Baka-Updates] Suddenly stricken with lupus, a photographer loses sight in one eye. Faced with an uncertain prognosis, he feels an urgent need to revisit the South Pacific island that inspired his career. Can he convince the man he encountered there years ago, now a medical researcher in Southern California, to accompany him on his journey? > I really loved this story! Especially when they went back to the island together and when they finally made love immersed in the nature...it was truly beautiful and fascinating! Also, Mani's tribal tattoos looked so good on him! # Half-South-Pacific Half-French Uke

Kokoro: "Next time may I be on top?" - Seriously, why do authors always tease us like this? XD Anyway, it was such a cute reading! How romantic that the uke went to Japan also hoping to find a precious partner just like it happened to his father! I'm so glad he found a sweet and capable guy like Haiji...they're so cute together! # Half-Japanese Half-Italian Uke (18) x Japanese Seme (20), Seme with partially blonde-dyed hair (Bi-color Hair)

A true gem! One of the best age-gap BL! (When they met they were 14 y.o. and 29 y.o. Then, they reunite 9 years later when they're 23 y.o. and 38 y.o. // Age Gap: 15 years)

Spin-off: Love Me Love My Dog - It's the story of Harukiyo's older brother Akihiko, a writer x Editor

୧୨ Dame BL Anthology (some stories are shounen ai): • Ch. 1 Be Here to Love Me by Kumota Haruko - Coworkers // Salarymen // Senpai x Kouhai (Older Seme) // Straight Seme // Leg|Foot Fetish // Blog // Smoking // Megane Uke // Cute - "Was this all...a trap?" haha sly uke! I liked it! - 3 stars. • Ch. 2 Kou no Kawa by Morozumi Sumitomo - Historical // Ancient Times // Village // Village Chief x "Cursed" Man he found by the river and saved // Outcast // Carving // Natural Disaster - I really liked this! Interesting and kinda bittersweet (from what we see at the end, it means at some point the sculptor returned to him at the village after his travels and they lived together, but then they died from a natural disaster. Kinda sad) - 4 stars. • Ch. 3 Khaa Thoong by Est Em - Boxing // Kickboxing - Quite unique and interesting this one! No doubt, it's by Est Em after all! • Ch. 4 Natsu no Saigo ni Yosete by Umematsu Machie - Oyaji Romance // Megane Uke // Hospital Patient // Old Couple Reminiscing their past together // Memories // Death of Loved One // Tragedy - Sad. • Ch. 5 Locas! by Okadaya Tetuzoh - Internet // Love Develops Online // Novelist|Poet // Gay Nightclub // Bartender // Secret|Mistaken Identity // Uke with Ear Piercings - 3 stars. • Ch. 6 And Robo by Chiba Ryouko - After two lovers had a fight, one of them rented a robot made to look like his lover, but in the end he's just a substitute that needs to be returned after a few days and what is more his data will be erased and a new image will be given to him. Before that, he manages to have the two lovers make up with each other. Kinda sad the robot's purpose|fate! - 2 stars. • Ch. 7 Shinumade BL Shindemo BL by Takeuchi Sachiko - [[not scanlated]] • Ch. 8 Tonari wa Nani wo Suru Hito zo by Uno Jinia - Unorthodox Male Love Interest // A Man and his Fan // Megane Seme - I didn't liked this one! • Ch. 9 Soldier / Through the Darkness by Zin - Historical // 20th Century // About a Nazi sadist and a prisoner of the camp // Tragedy // Military - Sad. • Ch. 10 Muhou no Shounen by Mochimeko - Yakuza // Kidnapping of a group's boss' illegitimate child // Kidnapper Seme x Hostage Uke // Age Gap (Older Seme) // Straight Seme // Strong Uke - I liked this! The strong uke turned the table right away and settled everything on his own! - 3 stars. • Ch. 11 Ima Doushiteru by Rotta Ikumi - Fetish for soft|chubby things // Otaku // Internet // Love at First Sight // Chubby Seme // Megane Seme // Height Difference (Shorter Seme) // Artist - 2 stars. • Ch. 12 It Must Be by Momoyama Naoko - About two professional cyclists - I really liked the idea and how the story went, but in the end I wanted more! Like, I wanted to see something concrete happening between the characters...

Florist x Artist

High-school Student (17) x Older Sister's friend|Novelist (24) One of my old favourites. I think it's one of the best BL from the 90s. Probably many works took inspiration from this later on, especially in regard to age-gap theme, so it's a story to read! To be honest, I don't like psycho ex-lovers still hanging around in an obsessive, stalkery way, trying to take back the person even with force, rape etc., so the whole drama with Ren's ex-lover Hirose was not exactly my type of thing. But overall the story was really good and engaging! Also, I'm weak when it comes to age gap / youth x adult, cohabitating due to certain circumstances and such, so I really enjoyed the interaction and the development of the relationship between Ren and Jouji! In the end, I was so glad to see them looking happy together! > Note: The title "Yume no Kodomo" is actually the title of one of the novels written by Ren. And that novel is Youji's favourite, but at the beginning he doesn't know that his favourite (female) author is actually Ren, whom he hates at first...Ahhh such fate!! > Vol. 2 ch. 4 - First Kiss. > Vol. 3 ch. 3 - They kiss again. > Vol. 4 ch. 6 - Drunk Ren gets more intimate with Youji till giving him a blowjob. > Vol. 5 ch. 2 - Getting intimate again without being drunk. > Vol. 5 ch. 5 - They do it for the first time together. > Vol. 6 ch. 4 - Youji topping for the first time. # Straight Uke x Bisexual Seme (Uke in previous relationship) // Seke // Reversible Couple // Love Confession // Slow Romance // Unexpected Feelings // Unrequited Love Becomes Requited Side Story: Tsuioku no Shounen (not scanlated) - mangaupdates.com / series.html?id=11528