RoseMary's manga / #Slice of Life(571)

Interior Designer (23|24) x Tailor (37) - I really liked the idea of the tailor shop, as there aren't many stories like this, and I liked the whole atmosphere, the shop's antique furniture and the interiors of Tetsuya's house. I also love this type of couple with a much younger shorter seme and a much older taller mature uke. It's just that, while I loved the story overall, the dynamics and build up of their relationship wasn't exactly what I expected. I mean, I loved their how they met and their first interactions, like when the tailor took the measures for the suit etc., but then the seme comes to Tetsuya's house drunk and kisses him and just like that they are boyfriends. Then, when they're doing it and the seme asked Tetsuya if he was ok with being the bottom, they say that was already the fourth time they did it, so basically when they went all the way for the first time, they did it off-page and I don't like when they do that. Then we find out that, 15 years before, Tetsuya was married but his wife left him for another man...so, was this his first time with a man? And the seme, was he a virgin or what? Somehow, when I read, I want to know about these things as well. Also the thing with the seme's sister interfering was a bit annoying, so yeah, let's say that the further developments seemed kinda awkward to me and they simply were not much my type. And the construction itself of the story seemed a bit off. In my opinion, it needed some polishing. But it was so cute that in the end it was still very nice and I think it's worth reading.

Oneshot included in "Kogoeru Kimi wo Atatameru" (not scanlated)

️5 stars for the main|title story! I really liked the way it was written...so good! Est Em's stories are always unique, not only for the art style but also for the concepts and the writing style, and I love that! Here, the theme of traditional indigo dyeing was very interesting. And I liked how the conflicted feelings of the two protagonists were portrayed. Their feelings could really be felt. As I love family-affair stories, I really liked this. By the way, I liked the quote about dyeing which was used as metaphor for their feelings and relationship. I also liked the parallelism of the parts about their respective "returns": first when Taisei returns home, as we see better in ch. 6, Kouta is inside and sees him through the window and calls out his name; then when in the end Kouta is the one returning home, Taisei is the one inside and seeing him calls his name. An impressive story, as expected from sensei. Too bad that here it's so criminally underrated!️ # Brother x Adopted Brother (Kouta's mother died when he was little. Then, when his father died, he was taken in by Taisei's family, as his father was working and living at their dyeing studio.) [[Ch. 7 & 8 are two unrelated oneshots included in this volume respectively called "Swim, Drown, Swim" and "Snow Falling Silently" // I honestly didn't care for these two short stories. Ch. 7 was not my thing and ch. 8 was not bad but it was just a peek at a couple of roommates on a snowy day. They weren't even exactly BL, but they certainly were unique as well.]]

Collection of Stories: • Ch. 1-3 + Extra: Koi to Kedama to Otonari-san - 3 stars // Cute and funny simple story! Haha especially chapter 3 was so funny, with the cat Maru's fear of bathtime: when it sees Tsuchiya being dragged out by Ichinose while bleeding (nosebleed due to Ichinose's sexy first blowjob attempt), it's even more scared now of the bath haha [[The title story is completely scanlated]] • Ch. 4 Koi Wo Musubu Houhou • Ch. 5 Bakana Inu Hodo Itooshii • Ch. 6-7 Uchino Tamawa Shinryaku Sya (cat. 1, cat. 2) 1 Volume (Complete) - Raw available here.

0 Volumes (Hiatus) - Just from the first chapter, I already love this so much!! How come it's on hiatus?? Hope it will continue!!

1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.xyz / colist_198449.html

Adapted from: Mankai Darling - Haruhiko and Takashi from Mankai Darling appear here in Bokura no Negai from ch. 4, when Hayato, one of the brothers protagonists here starts working part-time at the flower shop of Haruhiko, who is now 34 y.o. Hayato works there till the end of the story. ≪✿✿≫ I really like BL stories revolving around the members of a certain family. Especially if they're a bit long, so that I can take it slow and taste it well. Also, I like stories with time progression, because I like to follow all the characters' events in different periods of their lives, to see them grow up and such. I really liked the whole atmosphere and all of the characters here! About the side couple, Haruhiko and Takashi from the flower shop, I must say that I actually wasn't crazy for them and their story (from Mankai Darling), but here they fitted so well with the whole story and they gave a nice contribute, especially Haruhiko really made things funny and in the end he also helped in getting Hayato and Ryou together! About the main couples, I was really satisfied with Kento and Take. For Ryou and Hayato, I have to say that in the end I wanted to see a bit more of them as "lovers" and not "brothers" anymore. Because while I really liked the whole process and the pace, with Hayato's conflicted feelings, he talking about it with Haruhiko first and then with Kento as well...then confessing and in the end finally getting together. But that's at the end that they get together, so I felt that I needed a bit more. But I really loved everything about this story! One of my top favourites by sensei!! • Ryou, mistakenly translated as Ame in the first chapters (Eldest brother, not related by blood to the rest of the brothers // 19 y.o. in the 1st chapter, 20 in the 2nd chapter, by the end he's around 23 // Straight and Virgin Uke // After their parents die in the first chapter, he takes on the family business and runs the cafè) x Hayato (3rd brother // In the first chapter he's about 13 (he's an eighth-grader, so a 2nd-year middle-school student), 14 in the 2nd chapter (3rd-year middle-school student) // Virgin Seme // He falls in love with Ryou first // After completing middle school and high school, he is admitted to uni by the end) // Step-brothers // Age Gap // Older Uke // They get together at the end • Kento (2nd brother // In the 1st chapter he's probably 16, in the second chapter 17 (3rd-year high-school student), by the end around 20 // After graduating from high school, he helps Ryou running the cafè // Gay Uke // He's in a physical relationship with his first guy, an older salaryman, but then he get with Takeya, although at first he rejects him) x Takeya, mistakenly translated as Yuya in the first chapters (Masato's classmate // At the beginning he's a fifth-grader in elementary school and he's about 10 // By the end he's about to enter high school // He confesses his feelings to Kento at the beginning; they get together a bit after but they do it after Take is accepted to high school) // Age Gap: 6 years // Older Uke • Masato (4th brother // At the beginning he's a fifth-grader in elementary school and he's about 10 // By the end he's about to enter high school) [[The dramatic part is mostly in the first chapter, where Ryou's father dies in a car accident and then the three brothers' mother dies because of cancer. After that, it's actually a warm and fun series]]

Really good and fun story with cordial and warm vibe! I really liked all the characters and the whole crazy family situation! A "Home Drama" for real haha I liked how, despite having all different mothers and being so different themselves from one another, the brothers get along so well and are comfortably living together, and also being together in somehow always driving away housekeepers one after the other haha They really needed someone like Shinnosuke, so capable in everything and also tough, literally able to knock them down ohoh he was cute and cool at the same time! In the end, I gave 4 stars to the story though, because I felt like something was still missing there to make it really completed. I loved the way Shinnosuke and the 2nd bro, Ryuuzou, became a couple, from their earlier interactions to the following development...but, while there was a good building up, I felt their sex scene was too brief. I wish it could have been felt a bit more! And the end felt a bit abrupt, with them becoming step-brothers at the very end: I mean, it's right there at the end that an actual "step-siblings' love" story would have begun! Also, its' a pity that things didn't work out for Kouji and Kyougo, the eldest and the third brothers. Too bad the third bro's feelings were one-sided. Especially since, although they didn't tell it to him, it turned out the third bro was actually their father's best friend's son, so it wouldn't have been even incest. Actually, even if the eldest said he couldn't return his feelings, at the end it felt like their situation was still unresolved, because even Ryuuzou said the thing with them was still hanging in the balance, so we needed more! Also, in the end, the little bro receiving a love letter from a third-year student and thinking about it...we definitely needed to see more about that as well! Yep, without a doubt, it would have been really nice to see more of all the other brothers! In fact, when I read stories with brothers, I love to see all of their events. That's something really amusing! So yeah, I kinda needed a second volume to see a bit more of everything! But it's still a favourite of mine!! I really enjoyed reading it! >> Note for myself: [[Toura brothers - 4 half-brothers*: Kouji (31, Eldest bro, Salaryman, Straight); Ryuuzou (28, 2nd bro, Scriptwriter, Gay); Kyougo (17, 3rd bro, High-school student, He's in love with the eldest bro, Gay); Koroku (14, 4th bro, Middle-school student, by the end he has barely just started questioning about love and sexuality) - and the new housekeeper, Shinnosuke (23, Tea Ceremony Instructor, Currently housekeeper at the Toura Household, Straight, He suspected he also was an half-brother of the the Toura bros, because his mother knew their father around the time he was born, but that wasn't the case at all. But in the very end of the story he really becomes their step-brother due to his mother and the bros' father meeting in Alaska and getting together. // *It turned out the third bro is actually not related to the bros]]

Male Prostitute, Natsuo (20) x Innocent High-school Student, Kichiro (17) > Now I want a story for Kichiro's friend Shinji and Natsuo's boss, Josaka! As soon as I saw the boss (an ex male prostitute himself), I thought I so wanted a story for him. Then, when he was about to take Natsuo to the Karaoke place, where Shinji also brought Kichiro, I got ahead and immediately started thinking that they'd meet there and that that would be a nice beginning...they look good together, so please sensei give me a story for them!

Unique story, the general idea was interesting! I must say that in actuality I honestly didn't care about all the cases they investigated, so it was boring for me to read those parts. At some point, I went through those pages quickly. But, apart from that, which also depends on one's personal tastes, it's a well-done nice and fun reading. Especially the characters were charming. I really liked Chiaki and Natsuki! I liked them together. I actually always like sensei's characters: I like the way she draws them, their personalities and behaviours...they never fail to fascinate me! In this story, I really liked this type of couple, which was also kinda unique I'd say, and that's definitely what made me read till the end! Their romance seemed marginal, and it really wasn't the focus of the story, but it slowly evolved and the ending was really nice! For the characters and their relationship, I'd have given it 4 stars!