cmdrbanger's manga / #Slice of Life(140)

Very wholesome friends to lovers shounen ai.

A very sweet romance in the vein of Classmates and Blue Sky Complex. These are becoming a favorite vibe! High school boyfriends that grow up together through college and beyond. <3

Ah, mutual pining. This is wonderful in that both characters are on the same page in terms of disbelief that their feelings could be mutual, and awkwardly happy when they've cleared the air. They're very well-suited as friends that fell in love.

Cute! Almost no actual romance content, mostly focused on becoming friends and then catching feelings. No gay panic! A little lacking in resolution.

Exceedingly beautiful art and fluffy slice of life scenes. A little thin on story, but excellent snapshots of their family life.

This was an EXTREMELY delicate size difference BL, but I think they pulled it off much better than I expected. Accepting that there are, undeniably, shota/lolicons that will get off to this sort of thing for the "wrong" reasons, the reality is that there are people IRL who get mistaken for being much younger than they are. At least in this case the characters are the same age, and their behavior and personalities are shockingly and refreshingly realistic. Also!! They're an established couple that had never faced societal rejection. Everyone around them from friends to family has been accepting AND supportive from the beginning. Truly amazing. I'm actually bumping this to 5 stars instead of 4 just for that. Inspirational good vibes. Lastly, to find a big dick trope AND friends recognizing that's a sexual barrier not a bonus AND realistic portrayal of the bottom needing significant preparation ANNNNND the top is enthusiastically involved?? Honestly I'm not sure what else this could de besides not be what it is. Sure the bottom could be less of a baby face, but they are and that's just the way it is for this story.

Aaaaand the spinoff! Mikami and Oono are together in this one, which is awesome. And there's a hint of drama (angst) in the brief glimpses that Asada's parents don't accept their relationship. Nimiya has tried to win them over, but they reject him (and Asada) completely. It's even mentioned that Asada lived with Nimiya's family for a while, and that probably explains why he gets along with Nimiya's mother so well. It's so incredibly grounded and realistic, including the sex (preparation and safety are very important). While the main story was just average for vibes, this oneshot is five stars easily!

I hope this one gets finished because it's gooood. We got mutual pining and self-sacrifice alllll over this. And!! A spinoff sequel where the incubus gets his own love interest! And the love interest is the cousin of one of the guys from the first couple! Hey yeah, it has everything! 4/23/25 — oh thank fuck he came right back!! I wasn't sure what I'd do if this chapter hadn't (positively) resolved the cliffhanger from ch 15 .

Dnf after ch4, honestly it just got boring. Their feelings are mutually confessed right away, the rest of it is figuring out how to have sex while using bl manga for reference and it's lame. It's so centric on the (presumed) top being overly horny (although the (presumed) bottom is also horny).

+1 for the unusual isekai angle, -1 for the aggressive chubby chaser. (It's not funny.)