❀'s manga / #shounen ai(356)

read on mangadex for best translation. this is kinda messed up but kinda good lol. uke seems like a detached loner, but it's only cuz he's over compensating for his obsessive personality. when he likes someone, he reeeally likes them and that put his friend off before. seme is an attention whore and at first can't stand that uke is ignoring him despite them sharing a dorm room together. as uke pays more attention to seme, seme kinda gets bored of uke. uke eventually confesses his feelings to seme and seme thinks he will just play around with uke's feelings, but he actually really likes how uke is obsessed with him lol. i wish we had a bit more of them in a relationship for real, but it was still fun.

childhood friends who played baseball together. uke stopped cuz he wasn't good and got shoulder injury. seme is still playing. uke jealous of seme's skills. when seme confesses, uke runs away and says he hates seme. but then uke realizes he was just not confident with himself and pushing those negative feelings onto seme. so he goes to watch seme's next game and then follows seme after to confess. seme accepts and they get together, just kissing.

kinda a dumb story about tsundere guy and super kinda buddha like guy. for no reason, seme starts liking uke even though uke is super rude at school. he kinda wears down uke and they start dating. uke has some family problems maybe leading to him trying to be tough and a loner thinking he can do everything himself. then uke graduates and goes to uni and seme follows. cute, but kinda bland.

main story about seme in high school falling for older brother of his kouhai. it's presented as akin to the love of a shoujo manga. so he reads shoujo manga for reference and apparently uke is a shoujo fan as well. seme basically wears uke down by going to his house everyday and they date.... contains a oneshot about uni students. somehow they like each other at first sight too. the senpai uses kouhai as an errand boy.

just barely a relationship forming. just got to confessing feelings and ended. uke owns a cafe. seme is stressed out office worker. he feels a lot better after eating at the cafe. some months later he quits his job and comes asking to work part-time at the cafe. uke knows seme likes him, but he's still feeling unsure after his ex cheated. when he confronts seme about feelings, seme quits the store. then uke misses him and asks him to come back. seme is happy to see uke again. and uke says he missed seme and hints at liking seme back. end.

very cute story. some parts kinda messy and confusing, but overall it was good and i liked the characters. not too much dumb drama, but a little bit too much concentrated drama at the end, typical korean manhwa penultimate chapter shit..... it's shounen-ai, we barely get some kisses. seme is a genie. uke was in a bad place as a kid without parents or friends who cared. i guess the universe sensed is desperation so seme appeared before him with 3 wishes. uke used one, but then didn't use another for a long time cuz he just liked having seme with him. when uke's in high school, seme's magical energy is depleted from being in the human realm so long, so he's kinda sick. uke wishes seme is feeling better, but seme still needs to return to his genie lamp for a bit to recharge. 3 years pass and uke is lonely. seme has no concept of time inside the lamp. when he comes out, it's already uke's high school graduation. but they're happy to be reunited. now in present day, uke is in uni. another genie gets sent to observe the situation cuz it's weird seme has been here so long without granting all the wishes. uke still has one last wish and he's not using it. there's some weird thing about uke noticing seme likes him. so he decides to seduce seme more?? so that seme won't leave?? but makes no sense if seme already likes him..... and uke confesses to seme, but seme doesn't believe him??? but after some drama uke confesses and now it's okay....they happily date. but always hanging over them is wondering what will happen after uke dies, cuz seme is immortal. well uke is thinking to use his last wish to turn seme human. and he does. seme disappears for a couple years again and then returns on uke's uni graduation. some drama in the middle with another dude trying to harm them cuz he is seme's ex, but it's w/e. uke takes that shit like a champ and doesn't let it bother him.

main story about fancy hotel concierge and rich french artist who often stays. second story about the president of that hotel and the head concierge who used to have a sexual relationship in america. seme the concierge got transferred to japan to help set up the hotel here and hasn't come back for 3 years. uke the president comes to ask him to return. seme waiting for uke to admit he wants seme as more than a concierge, but as a man. third story is age gap. a yakuza young master and the second in command at the gang. but now they are trying to turn into a legit business. seme doesn't want the young master to see him being strict at work cuz he thinks it'll scare uke, but uke is totally fine. this one was just shounen-ai i think.

cute story about two high school seniors. seme is son of yakuza type family, but doesn't seem to want to get into the family business. uke is delinquent who recently transferred into seme's school and class. they sit next to each other. uke discovers seme's family background. kinda blackmails seme to tutor him to keep his mouth shut, but seme not threatened lol. he was more threatening to uke to make him keep his mouth shut. they start kissing as a way for seme to annoy uke. but then real feelings develop as they study together. just shounen-ai. kisses but nothing else. the art is cute too.

some "sensitive" dude who is basically picky about fine details and shy. and a more brute carefree kinda guy. sensitive uke is hairdresser, seme is a knife/scissor sharpener. they met cuz uke asked seme to sharpen his work scissors. then they were writing letters back and forth along with the scissors being sent back and forth. then uke went in person cuz he thought seme is a woman. was kinda scared off by seme's demeanour, but seme called him to sharpen scissors again and uke was too fucking weak to even say no. then they get kinda close and seme confesses. uke leaves without an answer but then does realize he likes seme back. i think they kiss but that's it.

this is a great shounen-ai, but tbh some of the dialogue is so vague and implied in that japanese way that i have no idea wtf they're talking about lmao. basically two guys at work, younger seme (28) and older uke (34). uke starts working at new company and seme is his mentor. apparently seme was on guard with him at first cuz it's awkward to have an older kouhai and seme maybe was worried about uke taking over his job? idk but uke honestly was not interested in any of that and just wanted to work peacefully. cuz he had a bad experience with his previous company and some dude claiming he was sexually harassed by uke. uke has some trauma being yelled at. anyway they get along a bit better after seme overhears uke talking positively about seme. then seme starts this thing where they compliment each other to get closer. seme loves being complimented but uke is kinda w/e about it. seme notices this and is kinda upset about not getting a good reaction from uke. idk i'm kinda confused why they talk about it and how they get closer through this. but somehow seme realizes he likes uke. and seme confesses and uke realizes the same. so he accepts seme's confession after a bit. they get together very seriously and officially lol and we never see them have sex though it's implied.