Murdock's Manga

I find the uke extremely annoying. Super hard to continue, and the seme has little to no personality

Soooo cute. The uke has an unrequited love for his childhood friend in a different idol group. One of The members of his group notices and decides to tease him on stage by kissing him. Afterwards the seme can’t help himself and gets more involved with the uke and is trying to help him overcome his unrequited love. After the uke’s heart is broken he proposes to be sex friends with the seme and they both fall in love from there. The art is beautiful to look at, the seme is actually very likable, and their relationship is very cute and passionate. Would really recommend!

A very good read. For starters, the characters are what stand out to me the most. They both go through arcs and develop throughout the story, and the writing shows that they needed each other for that development, and how much of a positive influence they had on each other. There is some non consensual touching through clothes between one of the characters and his ex’s but it doesn’t go far and the ex is never seen again. Both of them were drawn to each other from the beginning, and they do nothing but help and support each other. A really great read

Very light and cute read. There’s no real drama or any of the regular gross tropes often found in Yaoi. All sex is consensual, and the uke is usually the one that initiates which is a breathe of fresh air. The seme is very good at communicating and is such a sweetheart, and the uke is just adorable. The story picks up after they’ve already been dating for a while, and Azusa wants to see Asahi lose control when they have sex and that’s mostly it. There’s no rival side plot and no sexual assault. It’s very cute and surprisingly wholesome. Not the most deep and developed plot, but it’s still a nice read

Uke meets the Seme at his work, the seme then explains that he has psychic dreams, and they’re meant to fall in love. After the uke resists for a bit, they end up falling in love and getting together. Very cute and sweet. Then a very real and depressing tragedy strikes. SPOILERS! The uke dreams of the seme’s death, and low and behold the seme is hit and killed by a car after saving a child. The uke is then presented with the chance to go back in time and remove the seme’s physic dreams to save his life, even though it means they will never meet again. Well to uke’s surprise, they do meet again. Seme is a different person, with a few details that remained the same. They were destined the fall in love, and the seme falls in love with him and they end up together. Definitely feels a little bitter, as the seme really is a completely different person. But it has a happy ending.

Please know that there is blackmail and rape in this story. The seme was bullied for his weight and after high school he came into his element. He reencountered someone who he remembers not treating him well and they end up in a friends with benefit relationship. It’s revealed the uke always loved him, but was blackmailed and raped all throughout high school. It’s very sickening. It left a pit in my stomach and it makes me want to cry for him. The main couple themselves are cute and nice, but I feel sick whenever I read it

It was pretty solid up until that ‘incident’. It’s a story about a love story first sight, they’re pretty cute but the seme is very anxious and possessive, to the point where he uke being with friends upsets him. They start of strong and then their relationship starts the spiral a bit until the seme loses it and strangles the uke to the point where he’s about the pass out. Then the seme avoids him because he feels bad and the uke tracks him down. After that they got back together and lived happily ever after. Personally I don’t think that’s something a relationship can come back from. I also hate the the uke is the one that has to find him, the seme should just apologize and take responsibility. I would’ve liked it better if they moved on from each other cause it was clearly toxic and violent. If you can look past that then the story is pretty solid, but it’s not something I can get over.

Rare miss for the author, which is a shame because the characters are compelling and it has fine world building, but the problem is in the beginning. Uke who is a 9 tailed fox is regarded as a freak and a monster, and is sent to kill one of the leaders of the wolf tribe by pretending to be his bride. Wolf sees right through it and uke tries to run but gets captured and gets brutally raped. After this uke is hoping to be killed and seme’s personality gets a complete turn around. He’s interested in the uke and is trying to keep him alive and happy, despite how horribly he was treated in the beginning. Of course they fall in love and get a happy ending despite the prejudice of the tribe, but overall I didn’t like it. It wasn’t even like the ‘normal’ yaoi rape where the uke’s body responds despite not liking it, it is a completely one sided, violent attack and it leaves uke needing to be under medical care. I would skip.

Surprisingly is very cute. SPOILERS! The seme who is a porn actor finds an old classmate Hiroto passed out in the dumpster. Hiroto recently had his heart broken after finding out his boyfriend wasn’t actually in love with him and just wanted his body. Seme comes onto him and Hiroto has given up so he’s fine with it. The seme then falls in love with Hiroto and confesses and Hiroto is having trouble believing him, but they both fall in love and the seme leaves the industry because he’s dedicated to Hiroto. There’s a good amount of communication and both of genuinely in love. While seme doesn’t start off the as the best person ever he learns and grows and Hiroto opens up as well. It’s a good read!

The only good stories were the first two ones. The first one is between a student and a tutor. It’s only 2 chapters so it moves pretty fast but is overall cute. The second story is my favorite, two coworkers where one is super cold to the other and that makes them interested. Turns out they were in love and is very cute. Third story is about an employee at a bathhouse and a customer. It’s fine but a little boring so I mostly skipped it. The last one is between two brothers and has some SA in it. I didn’t enjoy that one as incest and rape are my least favorite genres. It gets cuter towards the end but personally not my cup of tea. The art is good although sometimes the roughy shading makes it a little hard to make out what’s going on. Overall a 3/5.