I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #teacher x teacher(4)

Schoolteachers Igarashi and Ousaka have been lovers since graduating high school, and Igarashi is infatuated enough to play the part of submissive in their D/s relationship. But he isn't naturally inclined that way and feels uncomfortable about their dynamic; he wonders if Ousaka loves him, or if he is being used, even when Ousaka tries to demonstrate his love through paying him so much attention.

Sakurai Ryou's beautiful drawings of male bodies and emotional expressions add to a light story of two gay, but very masculine and sexy, teaching colleagues abandoning uncommitted hook-ups and "hitching their wagons" to each other. The second story broaches the serious subject of closeted gay men and homophobia in the workplace, but within the context of such a jokey D/s relationship with blackmail and humiliation, it left me cold and cheated. The first story is definitely the winner.

Two-shot by Chiba Ryouko featuring teachers, one sloppy, one neat, who work alongside each other and gradually fall in love—in the latter case, aided and abetted by one colleague's attractive smell. The second story involves neighbours and childhood friends, one weak, the other stronger, who have always been attracted to each other, but never knew. The stronger (and much younger) boy is always getting into fights, and it's sad to see his injuries.

This one goes into the "Be Careful What You Wish For" pile, except this time the Wish-Genie isn't a jerk.