I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #misunderstanding(10)

One of Kawaii Touko's light, sweet stories: sales license procurement officer, Haruna, tries to secure a contract with the dreaded and renowned Nakagawa Sake company, whose owner is so rude and ornery, he throws things at people he doesn't like. But his son is just Haruna's type. Haruna throws himself at the computer technician unreservedly, but Nakagawa has his own reasons for playing things cool, and he will not put up with betrayal. Will Haruna persuade him?

Tokiwa, a designer, rejects the romantic interests of his young cousin, before Ai fully realizes them. When Ai becomes a gifted fabric colourist, he takes the opportunity of Tokiwa's desire to use his talent in order to coerce him into a sexual relationship through contractual obligation, but after a terrible secret is revealed by a member of Ai's family, he wakes up to what he has done. How does Tokiwa feel about it? A classical romance. The three subsequent one-shots are less interesting.

Waterworks uke. This could've all been avoided with a little honest communication.

A boy with a tendency to burst into tears nurtures a love-at-first-sight crush on his rescuer all through their school years, but when they finally become adults, sees his beloved showing affection to another childhood friend.

Finally! A yaoi romance where the beloved, a florist named Haruto, asks his suitor, a half-Japanese restauranteur, Luka, why he is admired, since there appears to be no basis for this fascination; neither man having any cause to interact beyond the transaction of Luka buying flowers for his restaurant. We need to wait for the next installment to learn why, though.

Jealousy, cruel words, regret are the theme of this romantic comedy about Kaidou, a schoolboy whose personality is seriously misunderstood as a violent delinquent and who actually works as a costume actor for a department store hero mascot, and Honda, the schoolboy who considers himself unremarkable, who discovers his secret. Very cute school story with a great resolution, nice pencil-style drawings and a college-aged extra by Aomiya Kara.

Jin, a stock trader and used bookstore owner, takes his friend, Touma's, recommendation to use Seina, a tattoo artist, to cover some messed up ink on his back. Seina intrigues him, and they develop a friendship before Touma drops the bombshell that Seina is his estranged brother. Jin refuses to get involved in Touma's family problems, but when Seina discovers that Jin is friends with Touma, their friendship takes an unorthodox turn. A gentle and slow-paced friendship-into-love story with some striking tattoo designs.

There isn't a socially awkward situation that Tsuchiya can't aggravate by making it even more socially awkward, but Serizawa does himself no favours by holding his cards a little too closely to the chest. Serizawa wants Tsuchiya to help out with planning school field trips to a region of Japan he seems to know intimately, but that's a cover for his real feelings, and Tsuchiya knows it and throws it back in his face. Asou Mitsuaki has a great sense of drama and can make the unlikeliest characters seem alive and in the moment. It helps that her artwork is so beautiful too.