I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #megane(28)

Abandoned and betrayed by his lover, Shinshu must also fulfil his contractual obligations whilst healing from a broken arm. Fushimi is assigned to assist and help him cope, but because of the recent betrayal, Shinshu feels too pitiful and vulnerable. His pride won't allow him to accept Fushimi's kindness, especially when it seems that Fushimi has other motives. It is more than Shinshu's broken arm which gets stitched together in this lovely romance about healing, forgiveness and moving on.

Hotaro, a self-absorbed graphic designer, is roped into cleaning up his scruffy nerd of a boss, Honjou, so he will be more presentable for matchmaking. He certainly doesn't expect to fall for him, but once he does, Honjou's personal integrity about love and commitment doesn't suit Hotaro, who prefers to keep things casual. Fate and a fresh rival push the issue. Will Hotaro change, or lose Honjou forever? Followed up with a sexy extra. Three other lighter-than-air short stories deal with men who are reluctant to enter relationships even though they are attracted to their lovers, all rendered with Takatsuki Noboru's gorgeous line drawings.

On his way home from school one day, Horikita Mei rescues a cat in a tree and falls on top of the extremely near-sighted Akihiko, breaking his glasses. To compensate, Mei works at Akihiko's secondhand/recycle shop and starts to fall for the easy-going flirt, but Akihiko has a secret which Mei wants to learn, and Akihiko won't share it with him. Can Mei become the sort of person Akihiko can depend on?

Waturu, a high school teacher who is deeply insecure and secretive about being gay, attracts attention from a volatile Yakuza gang leader after compelling his delinquent son to attend a parent-teacher interview. Kazushi is sexy, but also dangerous.

Cute and fluffy story about a clumsy and overly persistent men's underpants salesman and the stern, megane department store procurement officer with a taste for sweet pastries who figures out a much better way of retaliating for the young man getting under his skin. Oh-ho-ho!

Lovely art, interesting story. Hakuyou, a wolf demon, leaves the supernatural world, where he is treated like a repulsive freak for his silver hair, and embarks on a journey through the human world. There, he befriends journalist, Shouji, who gives him his name and shows him respect and kindness, but Hakuyou needs 'essence' to live and Shouji needs good stories ....

Yakuza politics feature largely in this story about two lovers who are also members of rival yakuza factions. Homura and Touji have been secretly involved since university. Their secrecy and the difficulty of their situation means that Homura has attracted a very persistant suitor in his employee and number one host, Kyouya. When Touji manipulates his newfound power as head of his faction, it appears that he and Homura must part, but has Homura read the purpose of his actions correctly?

Hero or sponge? Akira spots Oodoi being a hero and, afterward, collapsing from exhaustion. Impressed, he brings him home to nurse him back, and discovers a less fragrant and freshly pressed side to him. In spite of witnessing and, even, being on the receiving end of Oodoi's heroism, Akira remains skeptical. Oodoi isn't exactly forthcoming either. So much drama and comedy that could've easily been avoided with a little communication and less plot.

Two stories. First, the story of an entertainment company president who harbours unrequited love for his secretary, and constantly pushes into his space up until the "last 3 centimetres", which he leaves for the secretary to complete. The second about the reunion of an aging and lonely tutor with the student who harboured a crush on him for years. Both of the stories are about love triumphing over loneliness and resignation, and like most of Chidori Peko's yaoi manga, are sentimental and light.

Kamon Saeko makes sex fetishes seem sexy as hell — in this case, cross-dressing. Honda has no lack of casual sex partners, but he continues to demand time from his former swim-team senpai, Momotani, who's fed up, for his own secret reasons, with Honda's fooling around, and wants to stop visiting. The pair get drunk, go for a last swim together in the pool, and Momo ends up wearing the only swimsuit available, a woman's athletic one-piece ...