Masterpiece - A cut above the rest

A pair that is truly made for each other. Satoru is an extremely smart and successful individual who is easily bored. But he has to be at the top of his game (no pun intended) to go toe to toe with Makio. The stakes are not trivial in the game they play because Makio can and will exploit every chink in the other's armor to come out on top (again, no pun intended). This dance where you never know what's coming next is a pleasure to watch. Also, the story doesn't regress into the sappy territory.

This is a set of 3 stories about hybrid children (AI dolls that can be brought up like children and trained to mimic human behavior) and their owners. The mangaka is a genius, seamlessly integrating drama, emotion and humor into a tear-jerker that is also very fulfilling. The intensity increases exponentially from the first story and the last story is the best. Must read.

Beautifully crafted. It's almost like reading a novel. Warning: It's not a happy ending. Worst part is that it could easily have been one but the mangaka just decided he/she wanted to rip the reader's hearts out. I guess it was a trend back in the 90s.

A huge fan of this artist. The best thing about her manga is that there are so many characters and many different couples and their relationships are very different and distinct. So, even if there are some you can't stand, you'll find at least a couple that you can get behind. Interestingly, I hated the first couple in both this one and in Ze but loved some of the others. The best part is that the artist gives a lot of attention to the supporting characters and manages to breath life i

This is one of the best gay man + straight man romances I've ever read. Both the characters are lovable while having their own flaws. It also beautifully captures Deguchi's fears and insecurities as he struggles with whether to be happy with what he has or to confess his feelings. Onoda's kindness as well as his indecisiveness as he struggles to respond to the confession is also quite realistic and well captured. Excellent plot, characters and pacing.

Excellent story and characterization - lovable but flawed characters, love, angst and a happy ending. What more can you ask for?
Sawa has an unrequited crush on the ballet talent, 17 year old Nanao that he is tutoring. Nanao is a confident, happy-go-lucky high schooler who doesn't give much thought to feelings as he goes through one girl friend after another while also having casual sex with Sawa. But just as Nanao starts getting more deeply involved, Sawa walks away without any explanation

One of the best office romances ever.... Mikado is a closet idol fan. His boss Anezaki is a slave driver and tactless person who pushes all the grunt work to him, forces him to do overtime and steals his stash of junk food. After an office party, a drunk Anezaki mistakes Mikado for a one-night stand and rides him while asking to be filmed. Mikado uses the video to threaten Anezaki into treating him better until Anezaki sneaks his way into Mikado's flat full of idol posters and memorablia.

An excellent manga that handles the theme of coming to terms with one's own (or a friend's) homosexuality as a young adult. The motivations of the characters and their interactions are handled very realistically. The main characters are lovable and worth rooting for. Extra points for noting that not everyone is interested in everything that happens in the lives of those around them.
This manga takes forever to update though.

Omegaverse about an alpha, Hyeono, whose new subordinate is an omega, Gyojin, a classmate from his school days with whom he has an axe to grind. So he does petty things to make Gyojin's life difficult whereas Gyojin assumes that he is doing all that because just like all the other alphas around him, Hyeono wants him to put out.
An omegaverse worth reading. The matter-of-fact way in which Gyojin treats the lewd glances, words and behavior of the alphas around him is heart breaking.

Warning: Incest
Ryou has hardly any memories of his father. At 17, he goes to meet his father at his family home and gets transported to the past. There he helplessly, hopelessly falls in love with the 15 year old version of his father before being transported back to the present. He does not want to give up on the relationship but the period between their separation and reunion that was a few seconds for him was actually 22 years for his father and that gap is not easy to bridge....