❀'s manga / #childhood friends(381)

3 stories. first is kinda meh. just a dude randomly falling in love with the only dude he's interested in but isn't interested back in him.... and then slowly uke falls for him too.... second story is childhood friends who kissed when in grade 6. both still remember it and kinda like each other. reunited again and begin dating. third story is a cute dog turned human to help his master run the shop and cuz he has some romantic feelings for his master. his master also thinks the human-dog is his type lol but unwilling to accept him at first. dude turns back to dog. then master is sad about it and kisses dog wishing he will come back. dog does and now they're together i suppose, or just living as well as before.

in a world where japan allows gay marriage, seme proposes to uke to do a provisional 6 months marriage. they were childhood friends and apparently seme loved uke this whole time. uke is a neet and just dumped, so he accepts. this one is cute except for the fact that it's so fking basic. basic ass characters perpetuating shit stereotypes about the guy working hard at home. and being a fucking shit about housework, but looking cool when he works..... like wtf. and then uke being lazy but loving housework and great at cooking.... shitty traditional japanese values in a bl manga

crazy ass relationship dynamics.... uke is a total shitbag lol he's too shit to forgive his sometimes dere moments..... whole story he barely redeems himself. seme always forgives him too fast. why the fuck seme lets uke walk all over him with nothing received back is a mystery. side stories make up for it though... they are much sweeter there and uke is less shitbag, more sweet to seme, so it feels reasonable seme could like uke. and uke obviously likes seme too for all the things he does for seme, even if it's not obvious yet to himself.

2 fudanshi boys. seme has liked uke since childhood. uke recently finds out seme is also a fudanshi and starts being conscious of seme. too much focus on the fudanshi and humour and not much good romance story. even their confession scene is so awkward and disappointing. like seme just turns down a girl in front of uke's face by saying he likes uke and that's how uke hears seme's confession..... then afterwards seme just says he wants to fuck??

best friends since high school who lived together all through uni as well. they lost contact when seme moved away after uni for work. but 3 years later he is back in tokyo and he immediately says he wants uke to move in with him. uke says no cuz even though he likes seme, he is worried about their relationship progressing to romance and then ending and he loses his best friend. they both only realized they loved each other when they had to separate after uni. it's a cute story and i like the expressionless seme and expressive uke match. shounen-ai so there's barely any kisses and definitely no sex.

another high school friends to lovers a decade later story. this time they keep in touch all though uni and work, but neither admit their feelings for each other all this time. but uke knew seme liked him since high school, he just wasn't ready to acknowledge it yet and i guess seme was not going to say it directly either?? idk i'm kinda confused with the resolution like why did nobody say anything for so long..... seme is a cute baby-type seme lol.

uke has sad life but everything wraps up very satisfyingly. the plot moves kinda fast, like no twists and turns, just straight to the solution for each issue lol but it's at least not frustrating. they were childhood friends for a bit but then seme's father caused uke's parents to be in a car accident and uke's mom died and dad has brain issues forever. now they are reunited but uke doesn't remember seme. uke just made to fuck seme and then they find out they're bonded and have to live together for pheromones?? honestly not well explained how this all happens. but they're living together now and uke no longer has to sell his body for his cousin. then the rest of the story is seme getting revenge on his own father, who caused uke's parents' misfortune. then getting revenge on uke's cousin and uncle who kept using uke and contributed to uke's parents' death/disability. all resolved quickly and some things not well explained, but i really like their dynamic. they stand by each other no matter what. none of that crybaby uke shit not wanting seme to do bad things. uke supports it. and seme is so gentle and kind to uke.

it's a high school romance between childhood friends who've known each other their whole lives. uke is too tsundere. seme is just a boring possessive asshole. nothing exciting here but the art is nice and no weird dramas happen. idk why the summary brings up the other dude transferring to their school cuz it's like not even 5 chapters before they forget that dude........ sex only in the side stories when they're in university.

childhood friends. white rich seme moves away at 5 but comes back at 18. uke still living in same house and now he's a degenerate prostitute. wtf is this story. just seme crying and wanting uke and uke being a shit.

childhood friends to lovers. the art is nice but the story is so meh. they spent a summer touching and kissing and fucking but never confessed.... the finally seme confesses but leaves before uke can answer. uke has to chase him down to reply..... meh just boring and then dramatic for no reason...