Monnie's Manga

Quality of translation was questionable even for a fansub but production value for the actual text, fonts, and onomatopoeia was very good; the story was cute and the characters were pretty lovable. The art is also gorgeous!

Teraoku was definitely on the weepier side for ukes, but I kind of loved just how atypical Mutsu was for a seme - a hikikomori, unkempt eromangaka who has trouble interacting even with his editor, and who definitely considered Teraoku his strength and support for getting through the day. Also, the fact that their first attempt at sex was just plain bad and they had to go get advice and outside help to make it better? Both cute and, ultimately, pretty hot.

The art isn't my favorite style, but the spare nature of it really adds to the story - and my goodness, they are really sweet, that wonderful combination of tough and vulnerable. The dark parts are REALLY dark, but they add dimension to the story and color to the side characters (who I would love to see more of!) The unrelated story was cute, too.

I had forgotten just how much I liked Mitori Fuji's art style. I LOVED their chemistry and just how sweet Matsuno was, combined with Rin's experience and his early acceptance of himself as being gay. The hints of realism and consequences made it more believable without detracting from the sweetness. I also thoroughly enjoyed the side characters (I know Master and the owner have their own story, but I wanted to see more of Rin's tanned friend too!)

Art was lovely. It started out a pretty typical one-sided love/sex situation, but definitely took a wonderful turn along the way--no pushing, just the evolution of a relationship into a partnership. So many awwwws!

Originally read in Japanese - I read the first three (didn't know there was a fourth!) I didn't enjoy it as much as Calorie, but Tokumaru is adorable.

Not my favorite work of hers (tsundere isn't normally my thing) but still cute.

I read this in Japanese. While I'm not the biggest fan of the fact that Toshiyuki is such a crybaby, it actually sort of serves a plot purpose... man, Jun is just SO sweet, and the little moments of achiness and hurt are so good against the backdrop of the fact that they are both working hard to be really good to each other. The first Sasuragi Yaya book I read and I immediately went out and bought as many as I could find.

One of the first yaoi manga series I bought in its entirety - I still read them regularly. =)