Youchina Koi O Dou Shiyou
I recommend this to people who had an opposite taste from me (for those who likes super girly uke) *shrugs. #Omegaverse, beta seme x omega uke. BUT what made it interesting is it's set in a world of betas. Quite rare since I only see a "soulmate this, hierarchy that" world. But this uptake where an irregularity like an omega lives in this totally ordinary and normal town connects omegaverse world to the reality more. It's like mangaka dropped an omega in a very slice-of-life-ish manga and I am able to see the perspective of the ordinary people living their normal lives. That, I appreciate.
Sparkling Days
I was cracking up at the editor's scary face. The poor, timid writer is scared shitless and it's just them in one room ROFL. This is amazing! & I'm amazed at how shallow I am laughing at the "sparkles". Finally, the glowing dicks got recognized! Aside from the humor there really isn't anything going on with it. Ended abruptly as it started. However, it was handled masterfully so I didn't mind it at all. Truly a simple comedy smut oneshot. -Pressured writer searches for the missing sparkles and about to give up but this scary-faced editor made it come back. Turns out that the uke (editor) is his fan and was a delinquent but changed his ways after reading the book.
Beautiful Days
Ch. 1-5: Kind to a fault, a hopeless and out-of-sorts guy kept on taking home and taking care of animals and even pets. It's no different how he, came to live here and grew up taking care of everyone, even the "human strays" that were later picked up and eventually enter into a relationship w/ natsume... then came this old lover along with his changing feelings to his guardian. #loser-type seme x adopted, abandoned uke. #13 yrs age gap, 9 yo when he got picked up, now a 16 yo teen. It has all the tropes i like... guardian raised up kid, cute pets but somehow i can't make myself love this manga. or maybe i dislike the seme too much? i did find him irritating. It IS a beautiful story tho. Especially the last chapter where natsume broke down in the middle of the road and professed his weird way of showing love. 3 stars. .//. ch. 6-8: "You have to be happy in the expense of those who hurt" It's just sophistry. Fucking hatefuuuulll !!!! *wipes tears angrily. The story of using and being used, all told in each of the MC's perspective. In the end, everyone victims and got hurt. It started with just the two of them. but then the girl twin has died and that death became a dividing wall that started all this circlejerk of love full of suffering. It's their karma and they need to accept it. Fucking no happy ever after. 4 stars.
Koishiteru!?
the #rape to love trope in comedic tone. set in high school. main couple: if anything, this should be called a "love at first rape" story. playboy seme who I think has several loose screws (haha) goes by the instincts... even cannot remember the face of his beloved so he goes into this sleazy Cinderella search with goes on kissing everybody. playboy seme x pretty uke. SC president x 1st uke's classmate. president served as some kind of villain for the main couple. turns out this guy and the first seme were related. #douchebag seme fells inlove with ordinary glasses boy that is really not ordinary. I like their pairing better TBH.
A Song of Blood and Fire
(#webtoon in manwha format.) LMAO title reminds me of game of thrones. Totally digging this magic-summon thing. Koreans should do more of this in BL, they excel in the fantasy trope. King of Fire Elemental, Bismuth woke up to see he was summoned by this scrawny, dumb-looking guy who turned out to be a flunkie mage-in-training. Later, he saw how people kept on underestimating his summoner and he just snapped. Circa, the flunkie mage fell inlove at first sight but Bismuth needed to go back to the spirit world. In order to summon him back, Circa became a changed man and started to study the magic arts seriously.
Where A Person Is Most Vulnerable
Slice of life, feel good multiple oneshots cuties. Ch.1: LOL adorably scared of ants even when he's now a salaryman. Got helped by his (bug lover) neighbour to deal with the mini monstrosity. So cute, this one. .//. Ch. 2: two guy BFFS are so inebriated they had sex last night. The morning after they had an argument about it that escalated into another round .//. Ch. 3: Poor college guy accidentally spray paint on an expensive fur coat. Somehow end up sleeping together. Uni boy fell inlove with older guy while visiting for a cleaning but can't get himself to confess. Aw. .//. Ch. 4: Tamaki has a high school friend who lives off women and runs back to him when they broke off. Poor guy is secretly inlove with this stupid friend but he just can't confess to a straight guy who is like a stray cat... Collar him perhaps? .//. ch. 5: Poor highschooler always have to cope with his spacey, muddle-headed bff. But it seems like he's the one that cannot live with the other? .//. extra: Hilarious shortie with a man who got saddled with an unrelated child. Awkward parenting ensued, and the kid planned to "overthrow" dad in the future lol.
Kiss Made Ato 3 Senchi