takame's manga / #neighbors(59)

Nov 2017 EDIT: OMG @ch. 20-end: It's seriously giving me a heartbreak. Ohhhh why is it so painful between them. The drama, it hurts good. I can't believe there's only one chapter left before it finishes. I can definitely feel the climax. I'm in near tears BUUUTTT I've been let down in the end. I was never a fan of bad ending for couples when there could have been reencounters and resolutions that could happened and what did the webtoon creator did? well make them breakup. Congratulations on never resolving this in the end. I think even as much as he wanted to deny it, yoo il never had gotten over it. If he REALLY did, he won't be as guarded all over the memory like what he is doing. NOPE. Not fun. #reencounter with his old crush. Old crush had a son who just looks like him, to the chargin of our MC. However, the kind of grew closer each day but like any 40-something ahjussi, is still reluctant to step in this. Especially with how awkward everything about them is. And let's not start with the age gap. However, it is interesting how the webtoon presented their relationship as a love affair that needed to be hidden. Somehow, everything about this manga make you feel the realism of the issue it wants to get across, especially the may-december romance. Gratituous scenes are a bonus, even when the smut is not explicit. The plot makes me happy enough tho. Still, I'll keep the 4* because the drama hurts so good and it's good overall, just not up to my preferences.

Synopsis: Ugh my face. I can't stop smiling. It's SO cute(and healthy!). Teacher became neighbors with a college guy whom he found out to be a former student (that he can't remember) but as the days passed, he slowly noticed the boy's feelings as he get comfortable with their newlywed-like life. *I always find it interesting when an unrequited love is taken from the perspective of the person who is the subject of the unrequited love. I get to see what they are thinking and how they fell inlove with the guy attracted to them. Bonus points for seme's POV too. #age gap - 10 years

Dramedy #tenement neighbours story where men became gay for each other. 1st couple{Ch. 1-7.5} - haruto x izumi: practically robbed out of his entire fortune, newly moved-in haruto encountered this young college boy that is somewhat odd but seeing the boy's cute side spiralled him down the homo path of no return. yet it seems like weird-ass izumi did not get it. Salaryman, #kind, caring seme x weird bookworm, puppy uke. 2nd couple {ch.8-13} - jin x momo: Continuing from the last episode, momo was floored that the 1st pair got together. Funny thing is, everyone and jin thinks he and jin were going out... except for him. Friends for a decade since high school, momo kept on rejecting jin's aggressive advances #seme younger by two years, from rich family x #tsundere uke from ordinary family. http://nexus-scans.com/2017/09/13/comback-5-a-change-of-heart-no-kakurega/ [2017-09-22 06:34 marked] Just when you thought this manga will forever be in hiatus *jumps around* TYSM NEXUS! (bumped up the date for my rereading pleasure again LOL)

What got me interested is the zodiac concept. IDK, there's just something to it. However, this is not a fantasy thingy but about zodiac personas & their slice of life stories. Author paired up the signs too. Check the little seme/uke horoscope at the bottom of each chaps. W/c zodiac sign are you? Ch 1: #policeman x delinquent, #childhood friends #age gap #lovers for 3 mos already . Cute little misunderstanding because of their occupation conflict. #protected. Ch 2: A shy sales clerk of a chocolate shop has a VERY vivid imagination and is currently molesting his beautiful co-worker in his mind lol. What he didn't know is that his co-worker, this sweet, devilish beauty has a plan. #ordinary seme x cool beauty uke. Ch. 3: About salarymen co-workers who never got along. MC (mr. virgo) sought a blind date online and of all people, it's the very co-worker who he had a bad relationship with. Cute enemies-to-lovers thingy. Ch. 4: (LMAO cancer!seme, I can't. TBH I'm getting the "spirit animal" vibes with the fussy/motherly seme & it turns out it's my zodiac.) #Neighbors who got closer due to an incident. At first they decided to be pretend brothers and stuff but eventually, an affection that is definitely more than for-brothers sprouted inbetween. Ch 5: libra x scorpion. A direct sequel of chap. 4 featuring cancer!seme's little brother. Since he doesn't want to stay at their house, he decided to temporarily stay at his friend's house and learn more about the guy, including his feelings. Ch 6: #gemini x sag. Like a big, fluffy puppy who supports (rather follows) around the passionate uke in his football cheering club.

As hot and sexy is this manga (despite the censorship), I am sorta wishing the pacing started properly, not the sex friends route. Oh well, smut manga I guess. Good thing about it is there is no unnecessary drama. #university students. Two childhood friends that are connected to the hip but stepping beyond friends proved to be difficult and awkward that their order of relationship started backwards. #They were childhood friends, since 5 yo. Uke realized his feelings when they were in middle school so he was in an unrequited love for six years now

UPDATE: Accd to scanlators, it's completed. WE'VE BEEN HAD, THIS IS FINISHED! http://yaoidesirerevolution.tumblr.com/complete. #actor seme x ordinary (high schooler) uke That time when seme removed his face mask I go: "DEYYMMM, dat handsome seme!" A normal high school boy got to know this weird neighbor but turns out he's one of the most famous actor around. Not like he's familiar w/ the guy, he doesn't even have TV. Mr. Celebrity then got interested on him because of the different treatment untiil he started falling for the high school boy. When they got together, high school boy felt the reality of the gap between him and Mr. Celebrity. #age gap, 24yo seme x 18yo uke. 3.5

Nothing's more sexy than man in a kimono or suits. Put them together and BOOM! Eye candy manga. Not only that, the story is sweet, nice and peacefull too. Childhood friends are now grown up and is working at their respective tailor shop somehow, they don't get along like they used to. #hate-love, business rivalry. #decensored. The character design is interesting. It's like they suit the other's getup more. And that made it cute. I was floored when they created clothes for each other. Biracial seme is dapper in his suit and uke with his striking Japanese looks looked stunning in a traditional kimono. I wish there was more. It's nice that the whole volume is about how they got together but I also wanted to see how his grandparents react about them and what they look like when they are together. 3.5

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.

[[EDIT: FINISHED APR 2018 ]] Kendo ace being bullied by jealous senpai,. #rencounter childhood friend who came back home after 10 years. (They're such adorable Chibis at the time daww). Kendo boy tries to deal with this childhood friend whom had changed a lot, especially his height. Meanwhile kendo boy is still the same stiff-faced guy dubbed as "samurai" by everyone.