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Two of the things I really liked about this story was the authors attention to Kaede’s Swedish heritage, as well as how the characters handle the trauma (stabbing, gangrape) that occured to Kaede before he met Kuroba. The build up of their relationship felt more belivable because of it.

A depressed 20-year old finds an outlet for selfharm in Niichoume as a kind-of-prostitute, and a 28-year old salaryman helps him heal and find love instead. This is one of the first yaoi I’ve read where the aftermath of rape is handled properly; as in that our protagonist actually goes to take an HIV-test (which fortunately comes back as negative).

The mangaka for this story wrote ”...and I thought ’wouldn’t boys interested in nail art be kinda cute?’ ” and after reading this one, I must say, yeah.

The story otherwise is pretty straight forward, and it’s really nice to see how their conversations make them grow closer as the story progresses. Also, the ”hey I work part time in a store, it’s no biggie for me to buy condoms - OH SHIT MY CO-WORKER HAD TO BE WEIRD ABOUT IT!” episode was so

story about a lawyer/paralegal and a worker at a live music place. They met because the younger of them (the worker) got hired to break up the lawyer’s relationship (good thing too, the married-with-kids boyfriend was a real ASS!) but they fell in love. As in real love, with kinks and all.
The lawyer comes across as cold and unfeeling, but in private he is this very needy, loving and mashocistic person. The music worker is this extroverted, happy and bubbly personality, but also a little S

Two brothers who were the sad product of parents playing favourites.
ch.1-7: the youngest brother's story.
backstage crew love story. Could be straight x straight. cute story with an awkward uke who evolved from being an cold prince to cute. Paired up with a meddling, caring type of seme.
ch. 8-11: the eldest, who developed an intense insecurity complex. A story of a physical relationship changed to love, a puppy type cheerful seme and a stoic, gloomy and in the end very feely uke.

It think this one was a slightly more realistic depiction of two childhood friends finally falling in love.