Tonari no Metaller-san
this is super cute and plot based story!! i liked this vibe a lot, but not quite enough to be BEST. seme passes out in front of his new apartment. uke, his neighbour, saves him and cooks for him. next day, uke invites him to eat again. and so they start eating together everyday for 1 year. seme has fallen in love with uke by this point. uke is quiet and has trouble speaking but is huge metal fan. and he likes that seme waits for him to speak and resembles his dead dog lol. anyway, main story is about seme and uke going to a metal concert. then seme kisses uke that night in the hotel room. seme feels guilty and stops eating with uke. uke is quite troubled and invites seme to come to his store for a cake on christmas. they reconcile and seme confesses. uke is shocked i guess and some days later just standing outside their apartment still thinking about this. seme finds him and they confess and seme brings him inside. and i guess they're dating from then on. we see one year later they are still really cute together and haven't had sex yet. finally seme invites uke to do it after seeing uke also googling about it and they do! very cute, just not into gloomy ukes, so it's not quite hitting the spot for me.
Okaeri Aureole
very good slow slice of life story. tells the relationship between two childhood friends from middle school through late teens. they live in the same neighbourhood. starts off with them now, at 18 and then enters a flashback of all their middle school and early high school years. so they used to be great friends and kazu was kinda popular with girls while moto wasn't. kazu was a playboy kinda. one day moto got a gf and kazu realized his feelings for moto. he acted kind of rude to the gf and moto came to talk to him about it. kazu got upset and kissed moto and almost raped him. after that, moto was angry but heard around the school about kazu's home troubles (parents divorcing) so moto went to talk to kazu again. kazu had also changed hair colour to stop looking like his dad. kazu saw too much of his dad in himself, like assaulting moto as his dad beat his mom while drunk and having similar hair colour and face. but while moto and kazu kinda talked about the divorce and what happened, kazu confesses he likes moto. moto doesn't really know what to do and says he'll think about it. this is 3rd year middle school. they go to the same high school and don't really talk to each other much at first, but apparently kazu got over it and they talk here and there. one night they happen to meet and hang with some of kazu's friends from work and moto sees kazu drinking and smoking and is like i don't even know this side of kazu. kazu sees moto close with some guy and gets jealous, grabbing moto away, so obviously kazu still has feelings for moto even though he said he'll try to get over it when he confessed. after that they go home and moto says some things that leads kazu to think moto was a bit jealous and likes him. but moto says he's also unsure what it means and stuff so nothing happens and kazu goes home. next day or so is moto's birthday? and they go out together as prearranged, to the aquarium and eating out and stuff. on the walk home, moto confesses that he likes kazu and kazu is surprised, saying he had convinced himself that what they had was enough. kazu is still unsure how to react but moto takes his hand and they walk home, the end! in the extra we see them two years later living together in tokyo, moto is 2nd year uni and kazu is working. kazu is back with his natural hair colour and looking natural like before, kind of a sign that he threw away the flashy hair and wild life he was doing in high school. overall a soft cute story, i just wish they kissed more!
Iu Koto Kiite, Sensei
uke is 5 years older, tutoring seme who's in high school cuz uke is super fucking poor. one day seme overhear's uke's conversation with landlord about late rent. uke says about needing more jobs cuz he needs more money. seme says he'll give uke money as long as uke listens to him. and demands uke to jerk off in front of him. uke does. so each of their tutoring sessions from then on end with "overtime" by uke lol. and slowly from jerking off, they progress to nipple touching and ass fingering. seme has a pic of uke jerking off, so uke can't really say no. uke starts to realize seme has feelings for him and thinks maybe he likes seme too. so he decides to return all the money he got from this overtime and do things properly. but when he tells this to seme, seme cries and runs off before uke can finish the last part. some time later, uke is depressed cuz he's not seeing seme anymore. so one day shows up at seme's house to talk. seme confesses and uke confesses too and they get together! short story at end peeking into few years later when uke is working and seme is in college. seme has grown taller than uke now! and they're talking about living together in 3 years when seme graduates college. cute!
Umi To Futari No Enbun Noudo
noticed this author always writes reckless outrageous ukes who do whatever they want and have hangups with past relationships. and semes that love them unconditionally and are quite stoic. 10 year age gap, younger seme. seme has helped out at uke's restaurant all the summers in high school. now he's in uni and has come to work one last summer before deciding to leave for good. cuz he's always been in love with uke, but uke's always had a gf. now he finds out uke's gf ran off with another man. kinda confusing translation or something cuz not sure if uke is impotent and that's why the gf ran off......... or she just never was serious. anyway, seme confesses one night and uke doesn't take him too serious. they work like normal several more days. uke also sees a bright future for seme and doesn't want seme to end up with him working the restaurant all his life. well in the end uke comes around and jerks off to seme. and then he tells seme he wants to give it a try and they kiss and have sex later that night. seme asks to work longer than just the summer and uke agrees. basically the end. we see a little extra of years later after seme graduated uni. he's working at a big firm with many business trips and seeing uke even less than uni days. seme plans to retire to working at the restaurant eventually and it's pretty cute signalling how long they plan to be with each other.
Teacher's Pet
i think there's a second volume..........and it's not complete lol shit. left off on chap 8. first volume was very fluffy and just them both liking each other and dancing around the getting together part. seme misunderstands uke a lot and keeps thinking he's got no chance with uke without even trying anything lol. basically seme gets dumped for being too friendly and happens across uke in a cafe. uke is nice to him, seme just falls in love. and then seme turns out to be the student teacher for uke's class in high school. they go to an amusement park and have a sports festival and stuff like this, getting them closer. this translation uses a lot of english slang to sound more english........so cringe. and there is an established other couple that plays kind of a big role in this story, encouraging seme a lot and they're gay so they're like an example. second volume, seme is in uni and uke is working as a teacher. facing some more problems as seme jumps to conclusions about uke seeing other people. but uke is also super busy and not able to see seme as much. other couple still here giving good relationship advice.........everything feels so politically correct and positive in this story i'm feeling weird. like is it the translation or is this mangaka some leftist?? even mentioning how gay marriage is legal in some tokyo wards.
Neko x Neko
really cute series. they don't dwell much on how seme and uke got together in high school cuz the point was supposed to be like 3 years into their relationship, suddenly uke becomes seme. since it got extended 2 more volumes, it had to be a reversible relationship lol and for that i'm quite thankful. also this story has seme (original) be an architect, which is super interesting to see and their dialogue is so fucking realistic i am sure author studied up on it a lot. basically uke was super cute as a kid and even in high school. he admired seme so much for his body and delinquent attitude. he confessed and seme was persuaded and agreed to date him. then 3 years later uke suddenly gets urge to top seme. at first seme is unsure but then he agrees and enjoys it. actually later on seme is the bottom more often......i'm sure that's the direction author wanted to do forever, but had to let seme top some just to keep the original nekoxneko premise going. anyway, second volume is more about them starting their careers and balancing being together with that. third volume kinda same and seme's got a new gay boss at work who was trying to hit on him but ofc our main couple is so strong and loving. SERIOUSLY WHAT A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. SO FUCKING LOVING I COULD DIE!!!!
Gelateria Supernova
first volume was obviously supposed to be a standalone, but i guess it got popular and author wrote a super cute second volume in a completely different style. 6 year age difference, older seme starts at 28 and uke is last year in uni. uke's been hitting the gay sites looking for ppl to hook up and matches with seme. they meet outside an ice cream parlour near uke's house and then go back to uke's place to fuck every weekend basically. uke slowly falls in love. seme knows he's bad with relationships and keeps his distance, though he's also feeling something for uke. he doesn't want to disappoint uke with how he usually is in relationships, so he doesn't try to get closer and kinda pulls away when he senses uke liking him. one time they finally spend the night together cuz before seme always refused to sleep over since he knew he usually can't sleep well with other people around. they didn't even fuck that night, uke was just upset and called seme over to comfort him and fell asleep. anyway next morning uke says they had the sweetest most loving sex and after that seme deleted the app or something and uke couldn't contact him again. some months pass and uke is still going to that ice cream shop in hopes of seeing seme. seme too starts going there after he regrets ghosting uke. they meet up and hug and get together. some extras of them in a relationship in the first year together, but for some reason it's in chapter 9.5. second volume focuses on them 2 years after they date officially. they were sex friends for like a whole year before this. and dating we see that uke has a job now and he goes on a business trip which makes seme super jealous to think he might be with other men. seme realizes how much he loves uke cuz he's never felt that way before. and then we see seme ask uke to move in and give uke a ring and ofc uke accepts. extras show more of their domestic life and it's super cute, pretty hot sex too, but short. and there was a section showing vol1 from seme's pov to show how he was falling in love with uke. overall very well written story and excellent drawings. i am just not a fan of how they got together and their characterizations in vol1. like seme used to smoke and a big thing is he quit smoking in between volumes. they also got haircuts so seme doesn't look like such a player anymore lol and uke looks neater too.
Himekoi
idk this one was kinda weird. seme has somehow liked uke since they were in junior high. seme 1 year younger, so uke went off to high school and seme followed. in school uke sees seme getting confessed to by another guy and then that guy kissing another guy lol..... but seme is cool with it cuz he wasn't into that guy anyway. and somehow seme gathers the courage to kiss uke and they're just together? whole time seme actually looked like an uke lol. now it's some years later and they're working adults. one chapter is just about how seme's friend since high school is actually in love with him.......next chapters about how seme gets kinda jealous and uke has no idea about his friend's feelings....even at the end this is not resolved at all and seme just resolves to hold on tight to uke.......................despite the friend constantly being over at their house and hanging with uke all the time and seme getting jealous and uke knowing nothing..........wtf ending lol
Shishunki no Zawazawa
super old school yaoi story, remember reading many years ago lol uke doesn't want to confess until he's taller than seme. but seme already knows about his feelings. seme just goes for it one day while uke is sleeping and looking like he wants a kiss. uke is shocked and like what was that, you love me? seme just calls him an idiot and leaves. uke spends all night thinking about it and ends up almost passing out next day in gym. seme takes him to the infirmary and uke asks again about seme's feelings. seme says uke has something he should say first and uke agrees, confessing and then they kiss for real and seme ofc likes uke too. next chapter deals with uke getting jealous of a girl who likes seme. honestly poor girl tried so hard for seme and knew she had no change. i think seme gave her his second button and uke wanted to break up but it was too dramatic for me....... then we have a little time skip to when they're just moved in together for uni. dealing with problems like seme being super busy and falling asleep when they're about to have sex. also uke has a friend that seme is a little jealous of and maybe friend is gay? so seme leaves a mark on uke's neck to show off lol......
Rakka no Alpha Ou