I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #Suzuki Tsuta(5)

Two stories about men plagued with insecurity about their sexuality. (1) Iizuka blacks out after getting drunk and, on the morning after, suspects he said some deeply personal things to his boss, who suddenly starts treating him strangely. (2) A lonely stage carpenter longing for companionship has his wishes fulfilled when he looks after a little girl running around unsupervised at night on a crowded Tokyo street, and she leads him to her father. As usual, Suzuki Tsuta's stories are very realistic and engaging, with interesting characters.

Basically, a meet-cute between Yoshimatsu, the office ashtray, and Tsujimura, the gorgeous "rumoured-to-be-gay" guy in a completely different department. I like it because Yoshimatsu pretends to himself that he's a tough, cynical chauvinist, but he's actually very gallant and attractive.

A collection of one-shots mainly about men who thought they were straight (or, in one case, a teenaged boy) coming to terms with being gay. In the first, Suwazu wakes up beside Udaka, one of group of five guy friends from university who had gathered for a consolation drinking party after he lost his job and girlfriend. The second involves a couple other friends from this group. The third has to do with a very finicky man who has trouble expressing his appreciation for others. The third has to do with a curious boy and a male porno website creator, and there are some disturbing elements of sexual grooming as the age difference is quite large. Like Suzuki Tsuta's other works, the emphasis is on the subtle emotional side of people, rather than the action and plot. Her stories are very engaging.

This isn't a one-shot. It's part of a larger work.

Radar love: Yuu seems to have a telepathic connection, and when Minoru turns around in what seems to be a response to a thought signal, Yuu impulsively asks him out. They end up having sex within minutes, and Minoru is so frank and easy about their relationship, that Yuu can't quite believe it.