Loved the art !!! The stories/plots are very sweet with some angst here and there, some confused feelings here and there, but mostly an enjoyable read !
Stories of varying length. 1) A high-ranking executive at a small company has hit rock bottom: his boyfriend of three years has left him, he broke his arm, and now he has to deal with the constant companionship of a new assistant. This is a really nice, mature story about falling in love for the second time and learning to accept affection. Lovely. 4/5 2) A gay man gets plastered at a bar and a stranger brings him home. Turns out, this stranger is a playboy he had a huge crush on years ago. Now this stranger is pursuing him relentlessly, and he finds that he still struggles to forgive him for rejecting him before. Not a bad read, but a bit perfunctory. 3/5 3) A man on the verge of proposing to his long-time girlfriend drops by her apartment only to find her brother in her apartment. The brother tells him that she has gone abroad and dumped him. After returning to get his things, the man re-encounters the brother and finds that the brother rekindles feelings in him that he has not had since he was in school and that the brother has a bit of a thing for older men. This is a fantastic story with a nice buildup; emotionally complex and well-executed. 5/5
The stories in this manga, while they are each distinct from one another, share a theme of learning how to love again after loss. Each explores the theme in a different way and are immensely satisfying reads. The manga also gets kudos for actually being about gay and bisexual men and having none of the "I am gay only for you" or "how can we love one another if we are both men" thing going on. Recommended if you want something slow and mature without any of the overly romantic histrionics of more conventional yaoi manga. No rape/dubcon
alright one + shots. in the first three chapters, salaryman with a broken arm gets assistance and love from a coworker. then longtime friends further their relationship. then a rejection turns into a confession years later. finally, a guy who was dumped meets his ex's brother. the last was the most interesting, but none of them really made much of an emotional impact on me. alright art.
