cmdrbanger's manga / #unrequited love(44)

Read chs 1-3 elsewhere - don't like the dynamic "he's being rough... and I like it!!" The top is pushy and kinda mean, and not in a fun way, and there's a B character who could've been a much more interesting (and fluff) love interest imo.

Wow, comment weren't wrong. This is SWEET. two people with unrequited love find friendship and love with each other. I wish there was more! But the last chapter being a time skip was nice, since there's a glimpse of their future.

So straightforward! Uke knows what he wants and isn't afraid to take the lead to get it. Steamrolls stereotypes in order to have a funny romance that starts with lust and immediately catches feelings lol.

This is fantastic! A friends to lovers story where the label is less important than the actions. Doesn't waste (much) time backtracking either. Character's actions are allowed to speak for themselves, instead of being willfully misinterpreted (or not interpreted at all). I love this, wish it was longer!

College neighbors

The one I was looking for about the filming locations pilgrimage! Also the one with the punch on the beach+confession.

Definitely read this, but didn't rate it? Nope, I hadn't read it. I didn't like it! The whole thing is based on pretend relationships and what (I assume) is a made up social media trend of "BL Idols" (like some kind of imitation of the actual couple marketing for danmei dramas). Fake relationships are always two steps forward, three steos back. It's so I satisfying.

Short and sweet oneshot. Kawanami and Mifune.

Wow I did not like this lol. I finished it just to see if it redeemed itself somehow — it did not! There's drunken dubcon flavored non-con (if that makes sense), an apology for the non-con, a vague non-confession, and ends with them being friends... (?) and teammates on their pick-up baseball team. On the one hand, it sure is a unique take on the trope. On the other hand, it still sucks!

4/17/25 Skipped the first story (ch 1+2) b/c 17 seme/40 uke. Teen is the son of the old man's childhood friend, and looks just like him (according to comments). Nooooo ty. Read the second story (ch 3+4), one-sided fwb re-encounter. Constantly at odds, seme was pushy and it all just works out because persistence. Didn't like it.