TachibanaChiharu's Manga

guys from kids to 18ish, ~1yr age gap. mc is a person in the real world that gets hit by truck-kun and wakes up in the body of the youngest kid of a count in a video-game-like world, named jerry. jerry seems to be in a BL-like game, and every sorta close aged guy has a likeability gauge that goes up as he interacts with the,. his brothers are all fair game, but so is the crown prince (3rd prince) karyan and the 4th prince ilya. mc seems least put-off by having a relationship with karyan and ilya, and especially ilya, who seems like the black-sheep prince. these two grow up in the game over the course of the comic from about 5 years old, to about 18 and the graduation from the academy. mc and ilya both have intense magic capability in common. ilya follows mc around like a puppy basically his whole life. mc seems to enjoy spending time with ilya. karyan is like 4 years older so he has less reason to be around mc, even though he still likes mc too. between all this, mc is trying to navigate the system that keeps giving him quests, showing his stats going up and down due to stressors, and the likeability of all the guys aiming for him. So, this comic has good art lfor the most part. mc looks great, and so do ilya and karyan. other characters aren't realy that good looking, but maybe that's intentional. the story is definitely non-R, in fact, they don't even kiss. it is a really funny comic throughout, and the tension and pace are really treat throughout even though the comic is pretty long. Like, it's an entertaining read and it holds your attention. but i have to ding the comic a star for a sudden ending (not even rushed, the author just like ends it suddenly), as well as some concepts that are baited but don't go anywhere. mc existed in real world and part of the game system tells him to remember who he was, but nothing ever comes of this. mc is said repeatedly to have control of a ton of mana, but the comic never shows him using it for anything, even though ilya does all the time. karyan is never given a chance, and doesn't even real feel like a 3rd option of a love triangle. there is no direct addressing of what mc does differently and still accepts ilya to avoid the terrible ending with ilya, it just kinda forgets that an ilya ending is supposed to be bad, and mc just accepts him after not much prompting (and, even though he acted as if he was vehemently not gay too). and also, the worry about what will happen after the ending is achieved since this is a BL dating sim game... but again, nothing happens, it just ends like the game is the real world. and the sudden ending: mc is teleported from one more year of school to gainfully a tower mage, and is happily married to ilya and that's it. it's unfortunate because this story was quite good up until this, despite the things it forgot to address. i am usually against really lengthy comics, but i would've gladly read 10s of more chapters to wrap this up properly. given the abruptness of the ending, i doubt we'll get any sides. unfortunately, for a pretty good comedy story.

College guys who just met. Mc, Kim Min, is a typical shoujo heroine small cute gay schlub bottom that no one is really interested in at the beginning of the comic. The hottest guy on campus returns from a hiatus, as well as his most popular ex?-gf (lee jina). Popular guy, Sijun, decides to befriend mc and glomps onto him every day. Sijun is trying to figure out if Min is gay, because he took one of Sijun's LGBTQ club papers. While Sijun follows Min around, he falls for Min. Meanwhile Min gets a job at a cafe that Sijun's bestie works at and bestie Sehun falls for Min too. Meanwhile Min's bestie, non-harpy girl Yun is fighting in Min's corner against everyone that comes at him. In s2, Min's one and only ex that ghosted him on an international trip, has reappeared and is after him again. The early parts of this comic are pretty draggy. The art style is a bit hard to get into at first and the story is draggy because the start doesn't really establish anything interesting about the main character, and we aren't introduced to the ML for a while, and even after he is, he doesn't really interact with mc for a while longer. But once their relationship starts building, it's fine. Sehun is a problem, because he's advertised as a love-triangle 3rd but he literally never stands a chance. Then, later Min's ex shows up and acts like a jackass after adhesion has already happened. Min's breakup with Sijun felt forced, although his insecurities were valid, it just doesn't seem like the same character given his actions. The most glaring issue here, is that there is nothing interesting about Min. There is nothing defining about him. It doesn't make sense that all these high-quality tops like mc so much other than the typical shoujo "pure of heart" crap. Min isn't dislikeable, but he's not really cute or hot, he's very average looking, and he's not really great at anything, or rich, or anything else. Aside from Min, Sijun is a great ML, with an interesting backstory, and an interesting drive to what he wants for his future. Sehun has some time spent on him, and he's great for what we get of him. It's sad that he doesn't get a secondary story where he finds someone, and does feel like an oversight (side stories). Min's bestie Yun is entertaining and how she fits into the story is interesting and well-used. The story isn't bad or problematic or nonsensical at least, and it gets better once you get some distance from the start. After Min really starts working at the cafe with Sehun is where it picks up and the pace is pretty good from there on out, problems aside. in general, i would say this is worth reading, you just have to get through the first handful of chapters before it picks up and keeps your attention.