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salesman x it company staff, different company
One of the best salaryman stories. Pair started out as drinking buddies
One of the 3 main characters in Doushitemo Furetakunai. The spurned third wheel, Onoda.
Melancholic and bittersweet story of a love slowly realized and how it eventually turned into a painfully unrequited one.
⟫ Doushitemo Furetakunai > Soredemo, Yasashii Koi o Suru.
1-salarymanxshopkeeper
2-salaryman x salaryman.
old college buddies, from diff. companies.
it all started with a drunken joke proclamation of batting for the other team bec. of a broken heart. a sweet story of long-time pals. also, i love how solid these group of guy's friendship. Calls themselves power rangers. Two gay couples came out of it & poor, happily married friend who is unaware that everyone except for him turned gay.
salaryman x salaryman.
funny but hot. and despite being funny it gave me the feels
playboys, hate x love meshup, #bi-sexuals in denial but they are actually inlove. all it takes is a yuri couple that is eerily similar to them to make them realize something... perhaps?
one shot collections.both features younger seme and older, cool-type, overachieving uke.
no.1 an elite salaryman and a sous chef.
3. is an office romance. warning: features non-con
HOT. DAMN. UNCENSORED. SMUT!!
chap. 2-3: business partners, bickering couple.
ch. 5: boss uke x subordinate seme
〚A series of salaryman stories 〛
businessman x salaryman
seme is the nephew of the company president... at the surface.
Ch.1-2: kinda cute story of a guy judged bec. of his high social standing & this normal salaryman. they had a horrible start yet they actually feel for each other.
rape sex friends to lovers.
ch. 4: salaryman x salaryman, cute #unrequited love. sweets.
businessman x normal salaryman
seme is a bocchama (with noble blood) slated to be the head of a conglomerate
a great, matured story. sorta fairytale-ish. i like how realistic their relationship it. kudos to the mangaka! a great men in suits romance indeed. i would love to see the prequel and sequel of this pair be scanlated someday (thanks scanlators). features one emotionally tough uke.
social standing gap
attempted rape by the ex-bf
boss x subordinate
boss later resigned to start his own company.
an amusing makeover manga. handsome uke, scraggly boss to hunk.
ch. 1-3, 6: graphic designer x boss. boss is a weird health nut and otaku collector. #love triangle with bad guy who stole his design while his boss is transferred to marketing.
office guys. sweet and good relationships where no one is forced. and great, beautiful art too!
ch 1-3: pres x secretary. uke is the cool type, work-oriented and a little bit stuck-up secretary and the puppy-like pres who gets jealous a lot. so cute. and funny... except for that effin last chap! made me cry.
ch. 6-7 (page 130-end) : superior x subordinate. wah, it's so sad... it's like nothing is working good in uke's life. beater ex, gotten scolded at work...
sad ye
manager x subordinate
serious uke boss with puppy subordinate seme. salaryman seme even made himself get transferred from the main to a countryside branch just to work with the guy. also, he's practically the only one who thinks that this grumpy, spartan boss is cute.
light-hearted and very nice pacing.
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Thank you for the lost. For some reason I always have a hard time finding boss/Employee manga.
So I read your number 2, going to read number 4 and 5 but I think I might have a bit more aggressive interests. I agree about the first couple totally!! Maybe she didn't like having the kid? I like Fujisaki Kou too because her couples are kinda like 2 Asamis almost haha. Especially with Daigo/Kaoru. I also like the drama of the corporate side vs. The slice of life kind. Still totally obsessed wth your lists though. Any of these cliche like that?
Its because I'm a sucker for kids haha. But I guess so. Most likely the chiharu couple were a hit that's why the series became about them and I don't blame her. We all love it! I like this, tho I think it's largely underappreciated http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/hada_made_aishite/
BTW do you know nitta's secret diplomacy? I did not include it here because it was sort of on hiatus but it was a corporate world tryst. Another favourite that's in hiatus is Ice Eagle, Fire Hawk
I think I like the unique way Fujisaki Kou's semes are all gentle beasts and the ukes are tough foxes. I love the way that pairs with the powerful kinda shady side of corporate business. I can see its more of a romantsu style for you. My romantsu is more like Koshino
I'm more on what's available, haha. TBH there's not that much business-driven type of BLs around so I just make do what I can so I collect salaryman stories of different type of coupling. And oh, those types of ukes that are I like are at 31 & 34 http://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/22964/?filter=&page=4
Ooooo I'll read those next! If only to get a sense of your taste hehe will report back!
I love everything you do! You are like a Yaoi master and I love your perspective. I am such a big Fujisaki Kou fan. Her pairs are always strong and competent. Do you have any recommendations for similar salarymen stories?
me too, since Fujisaki Kou's is the first yaoi series that religiously followed thus, it influenced my taste in pairings.
Check number 2 in my list, also, yoneda's Soredemo, Yasashii (sequel of doushitemo). Read nos, 4 and 5 too for manly couple. (I have a thing for them)
Style-wise, "Yebisu Celebrities is a bit close as it is an earlier-made manga and it has multiple pairings
Thank you so much!! I will let you know what I think. Gotta ask....Daigo/Kaoru or Chiharu/Kazuki?
i'm more of a daigoxkaoru fan but my like for the chiharu pair is almost equally the same. I would have wanted more of the first pair tho, The original happy yarou couple. I think they had a lot of potential.