came for the komukai's household's circumstances, ch2, which was decent, but the other stories about the bum and the shinigami were really beautiful.
my god, a seme who actually controls himself? and respects the feelings of his partner? difficult subject matter handled well- especially healing the trauma with patience and kindness. poor kenga, so whipped.
really sweet, fluffy, heartfelt one- and two-shots. i especially liked the cats' stories and the delinquent and the book enthusiast. and the art is pretty great.
a gay man falls for his neighbor, who happens to be a fudanshi. really like the meta-ish quality of the fudanshi evaluating his circumstances based on what he's learned from BL manga. Kind of sweet, mostly funny, nice art. Should be two more chapters that aren't translated yet though, according to table of contents.
really sexy art style, i like the pace of the story and the way it turns on such a small, interesting thing.
made me choke up.
i have no idea what i just read. something about a nudist, a guy making dick jokes, a teenage girl MC, and unclear backstory all make for a weird but hilarious mix that is probably a parody of the shoujo genre itself. if you like this, also check out 'Mud' by the same author.
at least four stars, maybe five if i reread. very sweet and touching. shoujo.
great historical drama about brides along the silk road. by turns funny and romantic. art is amazing.
girl meets lecherous god at a shrine and hilarity and romance ensue. shoujo.
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What’s top drawer means? Top arts? Or mangas that always draw you to re-read them again and again? XD I love your list btw...
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy the list! I always wondered if people understood the reference in the title, so I am so glad you asked about it! And your take on its meaning would have never occurred to me, even though I really do appreciate great art in manga. So, thank you for sharing that.
Anyway, the drawer in 'top drawer' is like a chest of drawers, one you pull out of the wall or a cabinet and put stuff in. The phrase 'really top drawer' is old slang meaning 'of good quality.' It's in the movie 'Auntie Mame' (the Rosalind Russell version)- this snobby woman refers to some of her equally snobby friends as being 'really top drawer' and I always thought it was a funny phrase, so I used it for the title of my list of (in my opinion) 'top quality' manga. You can look up the phrase on YouTube, it's only a couple seconds long and it's worth hearing in all it's affected glory.
Thanks again for asking, you made my day!
Hey I love this list, I'm so glad you put your opinion in the notes too because it helps me get an idea of what to expect more than just the description. Love this, tysm for putting it together. It certainly is "top drawer"!