I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #shibari(3)

More classic Zaria: Kazuma belongs to a religious order that forbids all forms of sex, and Kizaki-sama, the landlord of the temple, refuses to accept this. As usual, Zaria pushes the envelope between rape and consent. Sexy and bittersweet.

Beautifully drawn yaoi oneshot about a realistic D/s relationship between two gay men. The Dominant man was always in second-place during highschool and college to the subordinate, and asserts his control through the use of shibari and potentially compromising photos. He withholds his verbal affirmation of love to Watari, the subordinate, but continues to make love to him, expressing it nonverbally. So the power exchange is balanced. Again, I'm always surprised by the low ratings which Rocky gets when her stories are so nuanced. For all the emotional insecurity they appear to inspires, this mangaka's work is not as ambiguous as it seems.

♪ It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A ...♪ Circa 1980s style made popular by Pink Panzer scans of gay sex group, screened for HIV negative, who get together to indulge in hardcore sex play, BDSM, humiliation and fetishes. Bara style drawings. Ugly women who are also emotionally unattractive. Touches on themes that could be better developed, like ageism and classism, but doesn't let them become enough of a conflict to really get the plot moving. Lots of explicit sex, but feels cold and rough.