I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #shounen ai(99)

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?

Incredibly beautiful artwork and a realistic, thoroughly absorbing and (so far) somewhat scary storyline. A Mama at a fishermen's bar, renowned for rough customers, uses her cross-dressing son to attract custom. The story starts off edgy and dangerous, but shifts in Chapter 3.

The intertwined lives of ultra-comely alien shapeshifters who band together into their own entertainment company and restaurant for safety. So far, it just seems to be a vehicle for admiring bishies, all of whom are incredibly hot and talented and perfect, not that there is anything wrong with that. I just hope that the intrigue ramps up soon as there is only so much "Gee, you sure are handsome and perfect and ultra-talented" before it gets a bit more of the same.

Kashii is an up-and-coming fashion designer surprised to be pursued by popular actor, Mika, who wants to be the exclusive model for Kashii's designs. The unequal stature of their professional relationship troubles Kashii, but Mika insists that he has always been following Kashii and Kashii can't remember under what circumstances he met Mika at all. Like all of Tenzen Mamoko's works, it is bright, engaging and fun. Enjoyable! As it's been years since the last update, however, I assume it has been dropped and will mark it incomplete.

College student, Shousuke, comforts his childhood friend, Tomoki, every time he gets dumped by a new girlfriend. Tomoki never realizes that Shousuke is suppressing his true feelings for the sake of their friendship. This is the story of what happens when these feelings build up too much. Ichikawa Kei's art has a rough beauty which makes these characters and this story quite charming. The first chapter "The Day They Became Lovers" is hilarious, or would be if it weren't also touching and real in a slightly overblown way.

The sweet and fulfilling story of Hideo and Tomohisa, two people who, having been betrayed by previous lovers, find comfort and kindness in each other. Fluffy without being cloying.

What a fantastic story! So warm and real. Okay, it's got a touch of crack, but in a good way. I suspect the reason older bro is so down on them is because he has an unrequited thing for the other older bro, too. That would make for a promising yaoi-land fairytale ending. That, and sex.

A sweet little oneshot about a schoolboy whose friends play a cruel trick on him, and the other schoolboy who turns it right around and makes it all okay.

Raberu/Label/Ravel is the son of a king who was killed during a rebellion. The king begged his court sorcerer to save his life, so the sorcerer shrank him to about the size of a nut, swallowed him and "gave birth" to him about half a century later by ... well, through ... the anus. Now the boy is his apprentice. Apparently this story is going to become a yaoi story and, so far, the sorcerer has broken some spells by proxy, but I'm still stuck on the whole rebirth thing. It just ... Dies.