I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #otaku(7)

A series of short yaoi stories based around generally clueless ukes and bullying semes.

"I am not an otaku." Hasegawa doesn't like the stigma attached to being an otaku, so he's nonplussed when he keeps finding himself in situations where he rescues one, and even more unnerved when he discovers he's in love with him.

A misbehaving diva of a failed actor, Nanami Jin, is sent to a doujin mangaka's studio to learn how to be a proper model, the career he gave up when his idol, supermodel Kase Yutai, retired. Jin keeps up his tantrums and egotism until he discovers that this mangaka happens to be Kase.

Seiichi Kawa, father's friend's son/childhood friend, re-introduces himself to Yumemi Kanata, fudanshi and terminal daydreamer, with a bang or, rather, a threat to rip off his penis in one of the wildest incidents of masturbatis interruptis in yaoi history. Yememi has confused Seiichi with a yaoi manga character, instead of the tutor his mother has enlisted to get his head out of his butthole and back into university exams. Sensing the potential for some great carrot vs. stick incentive work, Seiichi agrees to play the part of Yumemi's fantasy seme, Seijirou, if he stops balling up his marks, and I expect it's just a matter of time before we discover that he doesn't mind playing the part and getting the chance to plumb Yumemi nearly as much as he pretends. Reminds me of Katekyo! with some fudanshi teasing in the mix. Takaki Ryo's distinctive drawing style is attractive, and if the story doesn't lose itself with bad translation or strange non sequitors, it might be quite a romp.

Usual storyline about the high school otaku dork who transforms into a lovely swan when his glasses are removed, and who falls for his childhood friend, a looker who tries to protect him from those psychic slings and arrows of self-absorbed teenager types.