muse ✨'s manga / #prequel(6)

Side-story to Yondaime Ooyamato Tatsuyuki centered around Rogi. Following that story, a young man flings himself in front of Rogi's car hoping to extort him for money, but Rogi takes him home instead and his daughter takes a shine to him. Unable to refuse her, he lets the man stay as a pet. Contrasted with these newfound domestic moments are scenes from Yogi's past and Ooyamoto Akitora, the young yakuza leader he fell in love with when he was twenty-one. I have a feeling we are headed into extreme heartbreak territory since we know he can't be with Akitora in the present. His son is Tatsuyuki (as in YOT). Desperately waiting for Tetsuya to make a cameo as a bartender! I want the history of his scar! I also 10,000 more volumes about him and Oumi!

A short prequel to Haikyuu! where Hinata and Kageyama once meet in a garden over a cat. Very simple art and story, but cute!

The prequel to Rouge and deals with why Ai is so indebted to Yamato. It explores his abuse a bit more and Yamato's kindness to him. (When Nagato showed up toward the end, I screamed.) It's also the romance between Yamato and Yukio.

The story of how a serious chemistry professor and a free-spirited art teacher get together.

Prequel to Gravity Eyes Long-time lovers and heirs to rival yakuza groups hit rough waters when one agrees to marriage and the other is pursued by the puppy-like host Kyoya (who will get his own happy ending in Gravity Eyes). Injured over his lover's seeming infidelity, Homura temporarily dates the sweetly persistent Kyoya -- something that set the comments section aflame. I thought it was a totally reasonable move by someone who is heartbroken and devastated, but then I've been heartbroken and devastated. If I'd read this while younger, I might have been mad too.

The prequel to the one about the couple who takes care of their best friend’s baby. This hit all of the right emotional buttons. I loved it. and we got to see more of the teacher who will eventually be the father of Tomoe’s baby.