Literature Boy
really sweet relationship between seme and uke. love how naturally they fall in love. but it's left me with questions about what exactly happened between them that made them separate during high school. basically they are high school classmates and both like writing. seme's mom and dad are both famous in field of literature so he has big shoes to fill. during a writing contest he plagiarizes an idea he got from someone else and turns out much later it was uke's idea he plagiarized. he didn't know either for so long. and he wanted someone to join his literature club, so he recruited uke who was quiet and kept to himself cuz he had family and financial problems. sad poor uke stereotype with puppy sunny rich family seme. anyway they get closer through the club and both obviously like each other and uke is receptive to seme's advances, always. i really like that uke never pushes him away when seme kisses him and sometimes uke says things to get uke to come to him. like this uke is not shy for affection and saying what he wants. but then later uke shows seme a page from is diary and seme realizes it's somehow the story idea he plagiarized for a contest way back. he got first place and uke got second. he feels guilty cuz uke could have really used the prize money and now he feels bad knowing he did this to uke. so i guess he stopped talking to uke after that. and ignores uke when uke asks what's wrong. and 7 years go by. one day uke shows up at seme's workplace where he works at his mom's publishing company. they kinda act like nothing happened in the past and start rekindling their relationship again. uke is fine putting it behind them but seme feels so guilty still. this time uke actually makes the first move to kiss seme cuz he can tell still likes him and he likes seme too. and uke still having family problems cuz his family needs money and his mom later falls sick. seme has quit writing but uke wants to write and seme supports him being his editor. uke almost quits writing again after his mom needs surgery, but seme supports him and i guess they get past their past issues together by being together during uke's time of vulnerability with his mom sick. idk i'm so confused by this ending. feels like some shit is not explained and idk what happened between them back then and now...... like a lot of the story is told through flashback which is cool and works good most of the time, but i am getting confused wtf happened. and story ends with 1 year later uke has published his own book with seme's help. and they are still together but not living together cuz uke wants to take care of his mom until she retires. this was a best level story until the last 10 chapters left me fucking confused. and i hate these angsty ukes with sad backstories. this one is honestly not bad cuz he's a strong dude who doesn't make it his whole life and still enjoys time with seme despite his family's struggles. not throwing himself a pity party. it's realistic. but still ugh in the end too much sad shit with his mom getting sick too......
Off Stage Love Side
I LOVE THIS AUTHOR AHHHHHHHHH uke was in high school and shy. his sis gave him a makeover and he went off to a gay bar. met seme and was going to spend one night together but seme found out he's in high school and stopped. uke asked for a photo to remember this night and seme agreed. 5 years later uke is a famous idol now. he still looks at seme's photo all the time and has posters of the photo all over his room cuz he's a fan of seme lol. there's a stalker problem and seme gets hired to be uke's bodyguard. they get close and seme starts to like uke seeing how hard he's working and how cute uke is. when seme gets injured protecting uke from the stalker, they get even closer cuz seme purposely acts like his arm isn't working well and needs uke's help. uke kinda lets slip what was obvious all along, that he loves seme. and seme says ok after your concert tour let's do whatever we want. so after the tour they meet up again and have sex. i guess they're together for sure now. seme isn't uke's bodyguard anymore i think cuz the stalker thing is over. and seme went to see uke's concert which was so cute. honestly love it. i kind of wish we could better see seme's feelings develop, but it's pretty good. we do get some moments where we see seme stand up for uke cuz his feelings are changing and him getting kinda jealous of the other idol group members close with uke.
Desire Detection
uke struggling with being gay. both parents dead. his mom died first and his single father was a cop. died in an accident. he was a bad kid and now feels bad for how he acted around his dad. but he didn't want his dad to know he was gay. well turns out his dad already suspected it. and his dad was mentoring seme who was also struggling cuz he was gay and didn't know what to do with himself. now seme is also a cop and started working in uke's neighbourhood. seme is weird and keeps saying he will be uke's wife. uke doesn't accept it until he realizes seme was his first crush back when he was like in elementary school. seme had come over to consult with uke's dad and was crying outside on the steps cuz he was gay and struggling. uke hugged him and apparently liked him since then?? and after uke realizes now he has feeling for seme too???? whole story is bizarre and like random pieces thrown together. doesn't fit well. doesn't feel cohesive. also some random coworker likes uke and tries to fight with seme for uke but that barely lasts 1 chapter....
The Tosa's Master
messed up story part of anthology. uke and seme used to go to same high school. uke has always been kinda slutty liking attention from men. seme liked him too, but seme looked nerdy so uke never cared about him. and in an fit of anger he locked seme in a cage with a fighting dog. seme's arm got torn up and then he switched schools. years later now in uni, seme shows up again all rich and hot. uke is into him now. seme gives some signals to uke and uke responds. seme takes him home and then locks uke in a cage to fuck. at first uke is kinda scared but then uke realizes this is what he wanted all along. a man to love him forever and only see him. so uke actually loves it. so he accepts being seme's pet forever, staying locked up in the large cage waiting for seme to come back to fuck. seme makes uke drop out of uni and he goes to work to take over his father's company to support them lol.
Capture Me With An Expert Kiss
they were high school classmates who didn't particularly get along cuz seme was jealous of how outstanding uke was. uke has had a crush on seme since high school though. 10 years later meet again on the job. seme still kinda jealous of uke. they get drunk together and uke attacks seme lol and rides him. after that seme kinda starts liking uke and they have sex again and then seme is jealous of uke sleeping with other guys so he goes to talk to uke and they start dating for real. it's cute, but the translations are pretty bad and confusing in many places.
Shinyuu no
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.
Counter Offensive
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.
Standard Love
uke is fucking annoying gold digger?? and makes it fucking obvious he likes the expensive shit seme owns. and seme is happy uke likes him for that shit?? this is a dog shit manhwa. they both suck and the art is ugly. uke's personality is among the worst i've ever seen. he admits he didn't like seme in high school cuz he didn't have a big chest..... but now that seme worked out for him, uke likes him..... wtf most shallow uke i've ever seen.
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