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

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

A near-decade-long age gap between childhood friends means that Kengo is never on a physical, emotional or mental level equal to Fumiya, upon whom he has a crush. Kengo sets up a quasi-competitive set of stick-and-carrot rewards and punishments for himself as motivation to keep trying, centered around kisses — even though Fumiya has already dismissed the need for such barriers and pitfalls by falling in love with Kengo. This leads to misunderstandings and needless conflict. The gap is also in understanding, not just age. The second story is also about the age-gap between an older man and his younger suitor, and the misunderstandings that come up because of disparate needs and ways of viewing the world which such a difference in life experience brings. The disparities and differences are not seen as insurmountable, however, although it requires the older person in each story to adjust. Sadly, Katou Setsuko's beautifully simple line drawings are marred, in the second story, by the scanner's oversized watermarks.

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.