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I feel bad, I totally thought there were three pairings, not four... So I kinda got confused. A lot.
Yatteraneeze!
Wow. Normally, I don't mind angsty romances. But the level of angst in this one is just TOO DAMN HIGH. IT'S 99% ANGST! (plus 1% commentary on sexuality and save sex. the fact that AIDS and different sexual orientations were discussed in this manga almost makes me want to give this one star more. but the rest was just too bad for me to give more than one star...) BEWARE, SPOILER AHEAD I like the possessive delinquent seme & innocent honor student uke pairing. And that's about all the manga had going for me. Ok, the support of some of the minor characters was nice. But that was completely counteracted by the overwhelming amount of side characters that wanted to take advantage of the uke / rape the uke / make them break up / [insert any other trope you can think of]. The brother was nice until the AIDS joke (yeah he apologized, but STILL. WHO DOES SHIT LIKE THAT????). Kanae was an ass from the very beginning (I MEAN HELLO ATTEMPTED RAPE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS and nobody thinks that dude has a problem??). The seme's friends were assholes. The uke was an asshole (who the fuck do you think you are, going around calling people "fag" like that?). The plot was average at best. And god knows that memory loss in chapter 21 was necessary... note: I don't mind the "getting the other drunk and taking advantage of him" trope too much, as long as it stays within the pairing. But if an outsider tries to pull that stunt, I pretty much lose my shit. Especially when everybody is so calm about the whole thing. brb bashing my head against the wall
Boy Next Door
the art was nice, but the rest was kinda meh... like, nothing really bad, but also nothing really good.
Ikenai Mousou Fudanshi
excellent... :D
Yume No You Na Hanashi
the only problem I had with this was that it's not exclusively about the main pair (I liked them so much, I wanted to see more of them) - the other stories are still very cute though :D
Doukyuusei (NAKAMURA Asumiko)