don't let the bad cover deter you. it's an adorable office love affair story of officemates.
#manly couple #dominant uke #manipulative uke
ch.1, 3 & 6: kind and hardworking newbie and his overperforming boss. local sales dept.
bad start but seme fell inlove with his real self hidden behind the cold mask./
ch.2: pretty younger boss uke x playboy aggressive bearded seme.
the seduction for revenge of the beast that bounced back at him full force.
co-workers, research team / salaryman-sales dept.
drunken one night stand
ch.1-2: I ADORE THE SEME. despite being a non-committal gay man, he's hands off the uke the moment he realized that uke's the type who is serious in relationship. But uke's ditzy nature awoke his caring side lol.
fluff still around
p. 135-end: well, it actually turned out cute. It's uncommon to see a manga starting in the relationship part so it held my interest. a non-tension, nice slice of life story of two matured (but the other non-somature but aren't we all?) working men.
they've been living together for quite some time so living together woes started to accumulate until uke can't bear with it and got mad. quite well made pleasant oneshot to spend time reading on.
president x secretary.
ch 5: side story- the quest of seducing of the company president at the gay bar. company president is a regular at the bar this volume is based at. discovered secretary is gay and the guy kept him getting any.
younger seme. #age gap of 12 yrs.
Secretary has a really diff. image when he's outside office. so hot.
president x secretary
continuation of the minor couple from Shinshi to Norainu.
president starts to wonder about their relationship. sweet. 42-yo man getting heart squeezes. also NO-GLASSES EDA SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
younger seme. #age gap of 12 yrs.
right amount of romance and smut
sure the art is just decent but with developed stories despite being oneshots it should not be an issue! this really good & sweet and most of all has no #rape to love stories like most do.
ch. 1-2: he stumbled upon a pushy architect who seems to have an interest in him. #accomplished #aggressive #megane seme x #ordinary salesman uke.
ch. 3-4: freelance photographer x publisher. #unrequited love. sweet #reencounter story as if it's destiny. LOVE IT.
ch. 5: boss x employee #hate to love.
department director x college student seme.
As a young virile man, he's got no reason to approach a world-weary divorcee but he is the one that came on the older man at the bar.
#a divorcee's younger lover problems.
seme blackmailed the uke to spread the news that he slept with a man.
social standing gap age generation gap
not for everyone: seme - gradeschool level of affection
Salaryman x salaryman, one fluffy #office romance with two straight guys.
Ch. 5: They entered in the same company thus been friends eversince. They are close enough to let the other guy fix him like his necktie and stuff but do normal friends do this?. #caring seme x #clumsy uke (yes, he's a full grown adult but he's being cute!)
ch. 3-4: former manager. the guy he respected and admired became this filthy slob of a loser. he may be like that but he's still awesome. but contrary to the rumors as to why he resigned out of the blue, the old man's gay. tachibana kept visiting the guy for work purposes but it slowly started having a different meaning.
uke - working at the branch office as the newly hired as the manager where met his future partner. later, him being the future successor and having a male lover will cause problems.
hate-to-love bec of nepotism: ofc, seme expected to be the manager but got beaten by some newly grad just bec. he's the heir.
bocchama/ boss uke x veteran employee seme
financial social standing gap
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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.