I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #O Henry twist(3)

Abandoned by his mother, Reo has recurring nightmares/repressed memories of being raped by the only person upon whom he can depend, his foster father, Shuuji, and so confides in his friend and neighbour, Kenta. But neither Kenta, nor Shuuji are who they seem to be. Takarai Saki's stories always seem to feature an off-kilter, possibly outright lunatic, character, and her sex scenes are often depraved enough to make this reader squirm with discomfort, but the long and soothing resolution to this story pulls it away from the edge of crack and back into plausibility. It can be maudlin, but there is sweetness at its core which also redeems it.

Hibiki's school friend, Chiaki, attracts a lot of attention from other guys even though he's straight, something which Hibiki uses to his advantage in order to score. He overplays his hand with Chiaki's latest "stalker", Nakamura Hajime, in a surprising twist, but everyone goes home happy.

Three brothers with no housekeeping skills are left to fend for themselves, so the oldest hires a male housekeeper who comes with a surprising twist.