kyokosama's manga / #Rivals(12)

Everything about this is beautiful, relatable and true. I've laught a lot and sympathize with the main character all along but at the same time I love the other characters as well. The one-sided love that confess wishing to be liked back, the coward and secret crush, the friend that is there but don't know how to be more supportive. Everything about this story is lovely, real and relatable. 01/09/19: Ok, after reading the whole thing in one go, I just have to say that this is the first time that I really wish the protagonist doesn't end with his crush. Man! I'm heart broken!! How I wish there would be a second season or a story with their life as adults or something like that just to show me that he did choose right and that the other ones are happy as well.

Suzu is the grandchild of a western tailor shop and Younosuke is the grandchild of a kimono tailor shop. They are childhood friends and have been together since then, but now both of them are adults who has to decide about their futures. When Younosuke is taken by his grandfather to a marriage meeting Suzu is forced to face his true feelings for his friend.

Just re-read the whole thing and God!! I'd already forgotten that this manga gave me soo many heart troubling moments. It's really good, despite the fact that it doesn't have sex scenes or anything hardcore. It's super sweet and relatable due to the fact that Sou is really shy and just blurt out whatever out of nervousness.

During highschool they were rivals in the tennis court. After a final defeat, he swears to take revenge during college but to his own surprise his rival is now his team mate.

I liked their explanation for the opposite of love: indifference.

A re encounter with an old rival takes place 10 years after his the sudden disappearance. Their long awaited requited love has now another chance to start over but it might be blocked by their opposite life paths: the first is a police officer and the second is part of the Yakuza.

A boy who loves desserts find himself in an abstinence since a classmate started to snatched all of them. Now, his lack of sweetness would be taken care by this classmate.

Shun, a gay, promiscuous, business man, goes to work with a vibrator in his ass and unable to bear the pleasure any longer, he goes to the bathroom to relieve himself and there he meets with Ichinose, his boss and the person he hates the most. After blurting out that he has a vibrator inside, Ichinose offers his help and they end up having sex at a bathroom stall. After that, Ichinose offers to help Shun with his sexual needs until he finds himself a lover that actually loves him and this would lead to a close relationship between them. I liked it. It's kind of funny how Shun wanted to be manipulative and all just to fail. And Ichinose being all out going about Shun and his feelings... Priceless.

Kurihara and Kawase are second and first place at the school grading board and that's enough for Kurihara to hate Kawase. When they had an argument in the library Kawase start to notice his classmate discovering that he is, in fact, giving his best, finding difficult to take his eyes out of him out of concern, meanwhile Kurihara is giving his best just because he's trying to live on his parents expectations. I love this story. Super fluffy and heartwarming. They relationship doesn't feel forced at all and Kawase sisters are the best.

Soji and Makoto are actors who now have to work together on a new film about a gay couple and they're the protagonists. As to gain credibility, they are forced to live together during the time that filming takes and this gives the opportunity to Soji to seduce Makoto to his hearts content.