takame's manga / #japanese culture(46)

{waiting to be finished} It's a cute story of two promising youths of the Kabuki world that became rivals of each other. One day the two kabuki families had a collaborative play and they needed to act together as husband and wife. And that's how Gensuke had this offlandish idea of "falling inlove" in order to properly act the play out.

What's this? I Can't believe it's not marked as "manga's I've read" yet. WORTH REREADING MANY TIMES OVER! I like the fantasy plot and the mystery that surrounds the place #family manga - the people who adopted him are genuinely care for him that it doubles his guilt and low self-worth, hiding in a cruel mask. and the character. The way the mangaka reveal the missing puzzle of uke's lost memory and the mystery of seme's odd acting kept me in anticipation. That final self-sacrifice in the end is touching. Aww. (It's a sweet happy ending). BTW, there is a real life nara prefecture in japan, and nara means "deer" so his family is the local god/animal diety of the place. #heavy-baggaged uke #suicidal character

teenager seme x spirit of kodomo no hi (children's festival). this highschooler who had gone far down the gutter of no return started molesting the spirit as little as his palm and proceeded to rape the thing when he grew up to normal human height. note: #shota. the spirit should be at least 9-10 years as an oldest age of that festival. BUT he's an immortal spirit so there's our excuse lol.

Artwork is not that good but the oneshots are okay. A volume full of dub!con sex. Best story is the first story. It's cute. Others are meh, Last story annoyed the hell out of me. ch. 1: #red light district era. #family issues: the errant playboy is actually a nice guy who wanted to repay his stepmother by stepping down the inheritance. sensei (seme) saw through that... actually the saw through each other in the middle of all that S&M play they are doing lol. But in the middle of the family issue, seme went missing. uke realized his feelings. #happy end. #bold, #playboy uke x #looks innocent but actually pervy seme (always the silent ones). ch. 2: Still at the red light district era. ugh, some cheating asshole who tried to justify to himself as to why he sleeps with women. poor uke, despite all is still being devoted to him. had gone to lengths just for the seme "not to get tired of him". in all actuality, seme is being tsundere but it's just making him out to be cruel. ch. 3: This time, it's set in the modern era. a shortie former student x teacher oneshot. now #divorcee #single father (uke) x (uke's) son's teacher seme. #younger seme. #smut. younger lover thought he's still in an unrequited love but the older seme is just not being honest. ch. 4: Another shortie that revolves around pastries and sex. ch. 5-7: another #douchebag seme that just made me mad. more unreasonable than the guy from the earlier oneshot. sempai x kohai. i would have liked to see the uke to get more angry or best is to break up with this shitty guy. #features japan summer festival. - hanabi

> 3.5*. A volume full of dubious consent but *shrugs. At least it's better than others since the uke's are willing to be ravished by the excitable seme who tried to contain their lust. ch. 1: (TBH it's kind of creepy haha) #supernatural. somehow, he has crossed times in order to hear the strong message that this guy who visited his room wants to go across. #ghost #obon festival /. ch. 2: !!the only no-sex chapter. chinese historical romance of a forbidden love between a young master and a poor, ordinary guy assigned as his martial arts tutor. #elopement #tall, kung-fu sensei (seme) x #cute yet beautiful nobleman uke. / ch. 3: Silly oneshot that despite being incest, I find it amusing. Gay father and son reconnected with the long-separated youngest son after mom died. The two comically hide the fact they're gay but in the end, the can't resist the boy's charm. I was cracking up in the end when the mom's memorial tablet falls down angrily. #threesome #incest #father seme x youngest uke x eldest son seme. / ch. 4: #prince uke x "butler"seme. - shota. 15-yo uke x big, towering (and macho) adult seme. Butler tells the dragonknight's story every bedtime to this prince that he got inspired to go to an adventure of his own. and as the seme said, the dragon knight could be "closer" than he thought. #spoiled uke #agressive seme / ch. 5-6: #jail time. The uke said "I think I'm 14" LOL OMG. shota. JAIL-BAIT. But then again, they were already in jail. Well, if not for the boy's lie, they won't met. The way they met is horrible tho. It's like he's the sacrificial lamb to sate the most powerful prisoner there. Horrible first time. #rape to love story. It got sweeter in the end as these two prison roommates start to fall inlove with each other at the same time. Suddenly, horrible seme started getting all tsundere hahahah.

Hahah, I love it. It's like a lighthearted version of the Days of our Lives drama, BL version. BTW, this manga is a case of "don't judge the book by it's cover". The art inside is good and it suit the type of story very much and most of all, the story is great. There's a reason why this manga spanned for three volumes. #straight seme x #gay uke. uke had ben gay from the beginning so he shamelessly pursued the seme bec he's so inlove. however seme is straight but miraculously (more like bec. of uke's tenacity) he started responding positively. #first man.

⟫ Hana to Ryuu > Sessa Takuma > Kizuna 〚 The Sagano brothers side of story focusing on Ran x Kei (older brother)'s college life〛 main couple: enjouji kei(22), seme - the elder sagano brother. x samejima ranmaru(22), uke. minor couple: masanori araki (37), seme. - sagano group wakagashira x sagano kai(20), uke - the younger brother and young master of the yakuza sagano group. other couple: roy (toshiro) x j.b the kickass assassin pain. #oyaji seme x handsome uke. #age gap. Vol. 1: The arrival of the younger step brother whose infatuated with his bf. Turns out kei's estranged father is a yakuza. I was actually mad at the rape part it almost spoiled the rest of the story for me. Fortunately, younger step bro had a character growth. Vol. 2a: kei x ran backstory in high school. #car accident #childhood friends #school life #kendo Vol. 2b: masa x kai backstory. bodyguard seme x spoiled yakuza young master uke. #kidnapping/rape #saved by seme. Vol. 3a: continuation of recent story. kei x ran lover's quarrel. seme's #host life. Vol. 3b: kai x masa. violent school life of a yakuza bocchama. masa got hurt again from saving kai. Vol. 4-6: this gotta be my fave vol. yakuza politics brewing, kai in danger and the main couple got involved in the ugly situation. Vol. 6, page 49-96: tashiro x j.b. the hired assasin pair's back story. How they met and fell inlove. 8 yrs ago, #bi-racial japanese, 20-year old tashiro is still an innocent orphan in a foreign land. met this guy who kills people for living still fell inlove with him regardless. Vol. 7: we finally get to meet the two's father. lol moments. i thought he'd be some stiff strong aura guy. after the previous heart-stopping action, but he actually looks like a nice old man when he's not in yakuza mode. it's vacation time for the two couples. kai x masa had a long serious talk, figuring out their feelings. AND. till the end they never get to resolve it. even the readers would shrivel up from their super slow progression. they even only reached the first base and haven't done anything since the last. FOUR. VOLUMES. c'mon masa, you old coward. #yukata #fireworks festival. Vol. 8: #kendo. the white masked demon rises again. Ahh, touching to see ranmaru picking up his shinai after the terrible accident. everbody believed it's impossible for hiim to take up a sword once more. national-level kendo fight bet. kai x ran. Vol. 9: masa x kai #omiai. The super slow paced couple strikes again. Vol. 9, chap 4-5: roy x j.b. tashiro's real name is actually roy. matured pairing. #oyaji seme #age gap. since he's stuck to stay outside japan and he and j.b. were now going out, he went with him and his assassination jobs. he gets to see some unsightly view like ex-lovers in this latest project tho. Vol. 9, chap 6: two couple's valentines special. Vol. 10: masa x kai finally started getting progress lol. kei x ran - #samejima family issues. kizuna's essence. Vol. 11, chap 1-3: kei x ran #. #samejima family issues. #inheritance #reunion Vol. 11, chap 4-6: masa x kai FINALLY consummated their relationship. phew. btw, i love how masa started getting more handsome since vol. 10. this manga started in the 90s but by half of the story, the art is getting better and better. I've actually watched the OVA but it was so long ago I needed a revisit of the whole story. Ended up reading the entire family of spin-offs haha.

fluffy victor x yuri supernatural oneshot. they visited that shrine where there's an endless row of red torii. middleschoooler!victor time-travelled through "oumagatoki" and met present-day yuuri.

Got curious bcos of the early 2000-ish artwork in the cover (...but it's not. Nice, familiar art!) Edit: Ohh raws The samurai is such a fun guy. LOL. I like him. Scene starts at meiji era (around 100 years ago) with a jobless samurai that degenerated to a hustler being chased (but wrongfully accused). Samurai drowned and found himself in modern times. @ch. 2: Aaand he's adjusting pretty well lol. I'm really liking this guy even if he's a loser no matter what timeline. He's good at kissing tho. Get that pretty boy, son! (#sexy but wacky. will add to my smut list later, need more chaps)

Everyday life of a couple w/ 10+ yrs age gap. How could people tag this as "do not read"? It confronted what a lot of BL couple usually avoid & go to a full trainwreck of misunderstanding. NO. This pair actually thought about it properly & TALKED ABOUT IT without any unnecessary drama. Their insecurities, their REAL feelings... something like a good, healthy couple should. Bonus part is the #jealous seme chapter #Love me hard mangaka w/ relaxing artsyle.Another super-wide #age gap couple of hers. #oyaji seme.