I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #Series of one-shots(2)

A near-decade-long age gap between childhood friends means that Kengo is never on a physical, emotional or mental level equal to Fumiya, upon whom he has a crush. Kengo sets up a quasi-competitive set of stick-and-carrot rewards and punishments for himself as motivation to keep trying, centered around kisses — even though Fumiya has already dismissed the need for such barriers and pitfalls by falling in love with Kengo. This leads to misunderstandings and needless conflict. The gap is also in understanding, not just age. The second story is also about the age-gap between an older man and his younger suitor, and the misunderstandings that come up because of disparate needs and ways of viewing the world which such a difference in life experience brings. The disparities and differences are not seen as insurmountable, however, although it requires the older person in each story to adjust. Sadly, Katou Setsuko's beautifully simple line drawings are marred, in the second story, by the scanner's oversized watermarks.

(1) A sexy and sex-driven story about the usual problems which arise with the thin insulation and sound-proofing. (2) The relationship between childhood friends changes when one of them appears to become a womanizer. (3) An insecure megane, scouted for modeling, cannot believe the stylist who tells him he's attractive. (4) Four years incommunicado, after a hit-&-run love confession, the culprit returns.