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

Uncle (26 or 27) x Nephew (18 or 19, first-year uni student) // Age Gap: 8 years - Cute and funny story, nothing special though. The characters weren't much interesting in my opinion, but it was a nice quick reading.

Brothers-in-law - "In this world, there are some people who you are not allowed to fall in love with, such as your older sister's husband". #Pining, Suppressing One's Feelings, Uke Falling in Love First, Guilt, In Love with Family Member's Spouse, Finding Love Again, Dead Family Member, Dead Spouse

• Ch. 1-4.6 Familiar - Step-brothers // High-School Student Straight Seme x Older Gay Uke (tbh I'd have liked to know how old the characters are! Especially the uke: he's a working adult, maybe a young adult, but his age is not told and that bothered me a bit, as I like to know such details about the characters) • Ch. 5-5.5 Fairytale Game - Part-time Job // Coworkers // Older Uke // Age Gap // Adult Couple // Young Adult (21) x Adult (26) // Shorter Seme

[[Author: Sakuragi Chisako; Artist: Honami Yukine]] Honestly speaking, I couldn't put up with their mutual misunderstandings anymore. In that respect, it was a frustrating almost ridiculous reading, especially regarding the uke's thoughts. At some point he himself said "maybe I'm overthinking too much" and I really didn't know what to do with him anymore. They seemed both pathetic and hopeless, but especially the uke. Anyways, overall I liked it. Mostly because it's a cousins' story, which I always like to read, and in the end, when they FINALLY get together (after dragging the misunderstandings for so long that it tired us out), it was nice! And Honami Yukine's art is nice as well, so it made the story more bearable! I must say that the character Issei, the uke's childhood friend and uni buddy, was so much more interesting then the two protagonists! He even took the situation into his hands and convinced Mizuho to go to see Enji, otherwise the uke would have still been there not knowing what to do with himself. So yeah I wish there was a story for Issei, especially since it was said that he could be bisexual! And in the end, when he accompanied the uke, I liked how he met Yoshimi-san, the seme's tutor and physician who is gay, so that could have been the beginning of a story for those two! #Cousins, Uni Students, 1-year-older Uke

Age Gap: 7 years // Uke: about 30 y.o. // Seme: about 23 y.o. // When he was a 2nd-year high-school student, Daisuke molested his little sister's friend Masa // Reunion after 13 years // The now adult Masa rapes the older guy. > Note: the older guy was a minor himself back then, he was about 16 or 17. Still, the younger one was still a child!

Well, I kinda liked it almost only for the art: Sadahiro Mika is one if my top favourite BL mangaka and I love her art style. So, I liked it here as well. Although I have to say that the art didn't feel that special here, it lost its charm because of the story itself unfortunately! In fact, this harlequin's plot is not that good. I didn't like the characters much. I understand that the male lead, J.B., had his own situation, being afraid to love again and lose someone he loved again and so on, but he treated the female lead, Terry, so badly. When in the end he said he loved her from the bottom of his heart, I thought that it sure didn't feel that way. He was hot, but that's it. And Terry was a plain and weak character, so blinded by love that she so easily forgave all the hurtful things J.B. did and said. Anyway, this harlequin is nothing special, it's just ok. The extra star is for the art, which was almost the only good thing here, like I said.

// Complete // - 15 Volumes (Complete). Such a funny reading! And it also had its share of touching dramatic moments. All in all, a great family story! It was so entertaining and heart-warming. The romance component was great as well, although it wasn't the focus. And I also really like the art style. Anyway, it's truly such a pleasant reading! Just a little time to get things started and warming up that it really grows on you, especially because the characters were so amusing and lovely. Hotman in its simplicity and genuineness is really a masterpiece! (Btw, it's such a pity that there isn't an anime adaptation for this! I really wish there was!) > At least here the pages aren't cut at the bottom: mangakakalot.so / comic / hotman Adapted to Live-action: • Hotman (2003) • Hotman '04 Spring Special (2004) • Hotman 2 (2004) Side Story: Hotman 2003 (not scanlated) Spin-off: Chinatsu no Uta - Enzo appears in a few scenes as a teacher at the elementary school the protagonists of the story, Chinatsu and Fuyuki, go to. Towards the end, Nanami appears as well, saying to Chinatsu she had transferred to that school before her to recuperate better in a place with clean air. So the story is set a few years after the events of Hotman. At some point, maybe when Nanami's condition got better, Enzo and Nanami probably transferred back to their homeplace, where we see them in fact at the very end of Hotman, after the 10 years time skip.

High-school Student (18) x His older brother's Friend (27) 4 Chapters (Hiatus) - Hope it won't remain unfinished forever.