Yume No Kodomo
#introspective. the super long-ass #unrequited love titan of a manga. #age gap of 7 years. #pro writer x student, a BFF's younger brother. #seme who had a difficult love life: left him with trauma on loving and tried to escape his way out of the oasis that he found. #age gap. #drama. wowww, the feels are throwing me left and right. #sister complex, #family issues: i felt that there really something weird between the parents and youji in contrast to how he sticks like a glue to his sister. When I learned about it, it hurt my heart the same way seme shed tears from it. It started from mid-90s so the artwork slowly shifts towards the modern look. But best part of this manga is the story. A very good age gap manga that should be a standard in this genre. A certified classic. A teenaged boy who had a gf suddenly had to live with his sister's friend. From compassion it slowly started developing to love which gave him a lot of confusion. #amazing secondary characters: TBH the character I like the most is the ex-GF's best friend. She's great.
Kozure Ookami (INOUE Satou)
⟫ Kozure Ookami > Ookami No Ketsuzoku. Page 1-71, 170-184: My favourite yaoi child-rearing manga. centered around taking care of the kids. great art, mature, heart-pinching story. #manly couple galore. yay. Nobody's a fake chick. Two amusing neighbors who had a lot in common. The hard life of a single father w/ a toddler on tow. Started getting cozy but they kept on bickering until it degenerated into stupid petty fights. Unfortunately, the son takes priority than his own lovelife so uke had to go away. Or so he claims as he ran away from his feelings. #reencounter proved that they are destined for each other. No more denial. (I could have used some little punishment for uke tho but I kind understand his hard position as a father. I guess the additional son is enough punishment for him) P. 185-end: Time jump omake, situated AFTER Ookami No Ketsuzoku. Akkun finally figured out the mystery of the back snuggles that Non claimed that he loves so much. --------ɫ ⬧ ɫ-------- *Story 2 (pg 74-153) They are both straight & perfectly alludes the title (Wolves), since both of them were manly and dominant. It's just funny how they decide who bottoms. nevertheless, how these two straight guys fell in love is beautifully well done. No girly, sparkly doki-doki shoujo-ish love, just plain manly love (bruhhh) which I appreciate so much amazing little sister - not just bec she's a fujoshi but she's been their cupid and gave them good advice. (I'D LOVE TO ASK FOR A COPY OF THE PIC SHE TOOK TOO) ./. *Story 3 (pg 154-169) : Lol Another one of those apartment that has an all-gay residents in. Just a simple oneshot about two gay couple who don't have anybody to turn to, as gay men who both have been thrown out of the house. They were going pretty strong just that they had this kink of pretend-cheating to make the other jealous and stage this pseudo-breakup when in truth, they just wanted to have an intense makeup sex. Second story synonpsis: FOR THOSE WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND (I don't it... Someone tell me. Are you girls too young to understand? It's your beloved fudanshi romance in a realistic way. And it's even properly narrated.) So we started up on a shocking sex scene in the mirror but on a closer look, it's a realistic yet SUPER AWKWARD experiment of two straight dudes who are were trying to figure out gay sex themselves. So the story rewounded back to three months ago of how they got acquainted. They got intrigued of the other at the get to and started to spend more and more time together and slowly, desired each other's companionship without other people. Not to mention they kept thinking/obsessing about the other guy when he's not there. All the while they thought it's normal friendship lol. What they didn't realize is they missed one big thing. That it could be possible to fall inlove with another man too. Not until (the fujoshi) little sister pointed it out on their face. But that's not the end of the problem tho. If anything, it's just the beginning. They're like newlyweds in honeymoon period. They're crazy for each other so much that their careers/businesses were taking a big hit. So they call it off. But that never put out the fire. A couple of weeks has passed by and seeing the reality that they have really broken up hit the bar manager. So he snapped and asserted his rightful place, which is beside businessman. On the other hand, businessman has also been thinking about them. Both tried moving on and he even got a gf but in the end, his feelings for the other man has grown this much. Touched with how the bar manager came back to him, he obliged the guy and told the girl to go away. (Really, even if the accident did not happen, sooner or later one of them won't be able to take it and just plan a way to get them back together). The pinnacle of the story is when they both searched in their minds how and when they fell inlove. rewind, rewind, rewind and we got back to the lighting of cigar. It's so poignant and sweet. And they lived happily ever after... with all those BL books that the girls around them were circulating too, hahaha.
Kimagure na Jaguar
So happy whenever I see a manga uploaded in one go. (NEWS: READ AUTHOR'S NOTES PPL!) Disbanded & now each one had their own lives. The MCs, the guitarist & his childhood friend were ALREADY LOVERS at the start of the story. Everyone lowkey hoped to re-form their band but it's all up to the flighty but genius guitarist (& his hearing issue). #flashback of how the couple hooked up in the middle of the volume.
Puchitto Hajiketa