I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #stalker(9)

Burnt in the past, Kazaoka has made it a rule never to spend more than a single night with his lovers. Masato shares a key moment in his life with Kazaoka, one which has left him languishing with a secret crush. Years afterward, he sees Kazaoka's picture on the back leaf of a book published under the pen name of a popular, prize-winning and very successful author, so he tracks Kazaoka down. When Kazaoka doesn't recognize him, Masato deceives him in order to release his pent-up emotions. What happens when Kazaoka discovers he has been tricked and the other secrets Masato is hiding from him? Classic Minase Masara, with the most hilarious letter from a mangaka published on the back pages that I've ever read.

Satoru is being stalked and, when he reunites, during a casual sexual encounter, with the former chubby boy, Hosokawa, whom he used to bully in school, and discovers that Hosokawa feels entitled to sex and respect, he assumes that Hosokawa is the stalker. But is he? It seems that Satoru attracts stalkers.

Natsume hides his depression by burying himself in work and overtime, but neglects his home. Touji is a cleaner at the company he hires to shovel out his apartment. On the pretext of losing his phone in Natsume's apartment, Touji handcuffs him to his couch, tells him he has had a premonition that they are meant to be together, and procedes to fellate him. Natsume is outraged, but after an electrifying start, Fujiyama Hyouta tones the story down to something much more subtle. The appearance of Touji's cousin sets up the premise of a mystery, but it isn't revealed in this story. Readers have to tackle the sequel, Akutai wa Ude no Naka de Futatabi, for that.

In this sequel to Akutai wa Toiki to Mazariau, we learn the tragic mystery in Touji's past which explains his strange behaviour toward Natsume and that of his cousin. A harrowing story with a real Boo!Hiss!Villain involving murder, kidnapping, assault and rape, but with the realization of love to warm our heroes through it.

A series of short stories which positively erupt with Mio Junta's sparkly yaoi magic. (1) A boy is scared of an over-enthusiastic suitor who might be a stalker, until his suitor backs off. (2) A college dorm roommate is afraid of invading his lover's space ... These stories explore the edge between eager confessions and coming on too strongly. The illustrations, as typical of Junta Mio, are gorgeous.

Childhood friends: one's a doctor, the other's a host who visits him to get his booboos patched up. On one such occasion, the doctor casually mentions he has a girlfriend which sends the host off in a fit and the result is a formulaic romance story trope.

Hibiki's school friend, Chiaki, attracts a lot of attention from other guys even though he's straight, something which Hibiki uses to his advantage in order to score. He overplays his hand with Chiaki's latest "stalker", Nakamura Hajime, in a surprising twist, but everyone goes home happy.

A street-curb pick up leads to a drinking session and gay sex for a young man who is concerned about keeping his guest safe from physical abuse.

Nope, no WTF!Japan moments here. No bird-luvin' or eating of eggs that may contain the embryoes of your half-chicken children like in one manga which will remain nameless. Here, chicken means wuss in the wateriest sense of the word, and Tatsumi is one gay stalker who can't even talk to his prey without dissolving into tears. When Queen of the BDSM Floor Show, Rai, gets the handsome bouncer/receptionist Taira to look after his stalker problem by teaching Tatsumi a little discipline, has he chosen the right sadist for the job? Takarai Sai can really lead readers into some strange back alleys in the city of yaoi, but this hasn't turned out to be one of them ... yet.