cmdrbanger's manga / #Interesting(154)

Didn't I read this already? Can't remember the story, lol. - Well, I'm not sure if I did but it's a good one! 5* for basically everything. Art, smutty art, story, character growth, drama... It's all great! The only thing missing is a reunion/reconciliation with Hayashida's ex, and I'm not sure if that's supposed to be his high school friend from the first couple or not.

A rare serious manga that believably redeems the bad ex, but NOT with the same partner. I didn't read much of Yumi's story only because it sort of undercut the impact of his and Kan-chan's (Hayashida's) story, and the abuse didn't need belaboring to get the point across. Hayashida's story is just the more interesting one, with more unexpected twists and turns and general subject matter. Maybe not the most cozy and rereadable favorite, but a favorite nonetheless!

At this point I'm used to the flavor of Ogoretsu Tanaka's work. The stories and characters are thoughtful, and the scenario's don't play out according to rote tropes. Not to say it's boring, far from it! Every story has something unique going for it, especially the characters themselves.

Established relationship drama, yay! I need lots of these.

Is being released in English!! Vols 1-2 available, Vol 3 just published in Japanese Jan 2024, hopefully coming soon... Hmm... I want to like this more, but the tone is so... Restrained? Everything is being funneled through office politics, and the constant strong beast reiatsu from Atlas is getting old.

Skimmed it because it's practically short form comedy I wish it didn't just end without showing them in an actual relationship. One assumes all the spoiling along the way is how Sakon would be in a real relationship, but the ending suggests he'll spoil Nonoka EVEN MORE that he already was. Bit of a let down tbh, but at least I didn't read it fully straight through.

THIS IS IT! THE FINAL FORM OF BL+FRIENDS TO LOVERS!!! Absolutely god tier portrayal of friends to lovers Heavy on the sex, but the confession scene is the best I've ever read, ever.

This is cute but so short!! The drama has to be super compressed. Apparently there are actually 6 chapters...

First story is a slave auction trope, surprisingly tame and wholesome bc the MC quickly becomes the secretary of their buyer and they become proper lovers instead of slave/master. Second story is a chance meeting between a d delinquent and a salaryman, with the delinquent being a gap moe bottom. Salaryman transforms himself into a hot guy out of love (and exercise, and a haircut, and a more outgoing attitude), and they live happily ever after.

This is UNBELIEVABLY sweet. Quite literally THE sweetest BL story (maybe any) I've ever read. There is SO MUCH emotional maturity and honesty and sexual openness between the characters, and I love it.