❀'s manga / #slow to sex(156)

not as good as i remember it being. seme is kind of brash and off the charts wild.... i do like that he has a possessive streak. main confusing shit is the author keeps referencing her other manga i think?? so some parts are confusing and the timeline is weird sometimes cuz the chapters will jump back and forth and feel like a full chapter but it's just an extra from their past.... dumb miscommunication shit is the source of all problems in vol 1-3. where they are both thinking they're bad for each other and seme fucking breaks up with uke, supposedly for uke's own good.... then vol 4 has seme off to america to audition and uke visits him and they fake marriage at frank lloyd wright's glass chapel lol.

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??

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.

No visible sex, just implied since it's shounen-ai. This was generally a great story in terms of pacing, but the uke is annoying cuz he's too tsundere and his fucking last line is he'll never tell the seme how much he loves him wtfffff it's a pretty well developed story tbh. there's a game they both play and seme is super good, one of the best players and he streams playing the game online, earning lots of money. one day he destroys uke's clan and humiliates uke in his video, so uke quits. some time later, uke's game friend persuades him to play again and this time he happens to get recruited into seme's clan. uke now wants revenge on seme for the defeat before. he's playing as a girl and wants to pretend to like seme and make seme fall for him and then dump seme. but seme knows what's up and doesn't believe uke is just an innocent newbie. he can tell uke has played before so seme is just messing with uke most of the time, but still unknowingly falling in love along the way. uke starts liking seme too, though he never fucking admits it. he gets a super powerful item from seme and sells it for literally 18k real dollars. but he feels bad so he quits the game and gives the money from the sale to seme. seme is so mad uke left, cuz he's got trauma related to being abandoned as a child by his parents. so he does everything to track uke down in real life. and he does, cuz the person who bought uke's item got his ID card to prove he's not a scam. after that seme visits uke's house and uke is freaked out. seme now wants revenge by making uke fall for him and plans to dump uke after that. but he literally falls for uke more and more and realizes his feelings. so now he just really wants uke to fall for him. and he kinda knows uke likes him and just needs more pushing. in the end they get together and everything is pretty well explained. the art of the uke improves a lot too cuz in the first chapter he literally looks like a background character, that's how ugly and to the role of nerdy gamer he is. also i don't think it's realistic uke is ony 24?? his job and life seem too mature for 24, but i guess being older doesn't make sense for gamers. seme is 21.

hmm i can see the appeal of this one. uke is a very unique character. despite being serious and robotic, he's not shy and annoying type. he's open with his feelings and straightforward once he figures himself out. i do like that. but sometimes it takes him fucking forever to figure shit out and seme is just left waiting. a lot of internal conflict in this story. uke has a bad habit of fucking running off when he doesn't want to talk about something. real fucking annoying. also annoying is the one major problem that was apparently holding them back turned out not to be a problem at all cuz seme fucking changed his mind last minute for love...... lots of these kinds of made up problems that i hate. i wish there were some extras to wrap things up. seme has a twin we saw once and never again. he's from a rich family, but doesn't really like them except his grandfather whose the family head. ok so the story is they're both in uni. uke causes seme to fail a class cuz he tells the prof seme is faking attendance and didn't do anything for group project. so seme can't graduate. he finds out the person who did this is uke and vows to annoy uke to get revenge. he follows uke around and annoys uke by messing up his rigid daily routine. slowly uke realizes he kinda misses seme when he's not there to mess with him. so he proposes to seme to work together on this mobile game together. seme is a design student and uke is a computer science student. while working on the game they kinda both start liking each other. seme wasn't serious about it though cuz he's always dating and playing around before. he thought he would just fuck uke and lose interest and that's it. but somehow uke turned out to be someone special. he waits for uke to be ready to have sex. i do like that uke is open with expressing his feelings towards seme and makes a lot of the first moves. seme is respectful and always waiting for uke's consent lol. but then uke gets all up in his head about how seme is leaving for the states to study abroad after the semester is over and he graduates. he never thinks of them as a serious relationship. but then he realizes in his heart he can't live without seme cuz he is so depressed when seme is not around. so he's like in fucking turmoil over that, but running away from talking with seme even though seme gives him so many hints that if uke just asks him to stay or to be in a committed relationship, seme would be totally ok with it....... so their conflict about that gets so drawn out and kind of confusing cuz they're fighting and then somehow talking and smiling again...... but then uke remembers this shit and throws another tantrum...... in the end seme just takes action on his own cuz uke is pussy footing to the end. he moves out of his own apartment and forcefully tells uke he's moving in. uke fucking runs away again and seme follows him to the beach. they talk and seme says he's going to not go abroad. he'll just stay in korea and find a job and they can work on their game together more.... honestly i got annoyed with uke by the end cuz he was loosing some of his straightforwardedness that made him a refreshing uke. he lost his robotic refreshingness and became slightly too shy and emotional and not forthcoming about his wants. but still by the end he was initiating their kisses and i really liked that.

cute story of adults meeting and dating and having sex. very traditional relationship progression, just a natural everyday story. seme had noticed uke some years before at the coffee shop he works at. uke comes back after his divorce and seme accidentally spills water on uke. seme makes it very obvious he likes uke and uke notices. seme asks uke out and uke is kinda hesitant but agrees to a date. after that they go on a date and enjoy it and uke opens up more. he used to have huge expectations for love, but realized just normally spending days together is love too. it's very sweet and a good message. then seme is worried about how to go further with uke cuz he thinks uke might not want it. but uke is open to it when seme brings it up and honestly uke was kinda thinking about it too. so they do it. and then a cute domestic extra of them shopping for some furniture.

INCOMPLETE. just finished first volume but there's hints of more coming. interestingly hinted to be versatile couple, but we've only see the big guy on top. one guy is delinquent-like and younger by 1 year. other guy is girly and smart and older by 1 year. they are childhood friends, older guy always protecting younger guy despite being girly and smaller. now they go to different high schools, younger guy going to the delinquent one cuz he wanted to become strong, didn't care much about studying. just wanted to be strong to protect older guy. they obviously love each other and naturally start dating. they are lovey dovey basically no issues. all their friends accept them too lol. in the extra story we see them 10 years later and it is so sweet. bigger guy is bottom. they both have good jobs. older guy is studying to be lawyer. younger guy is middle management in a trucking company.

uke has some psychological issue where he's blocking out people's faces. but one day he looks at seme and realizes he can see seme's face clearly. seme seems to know him and asks him out immediately. uke kinda agrees to hang out as friends cuz he's curious why he can see seme's face. turns out they knew each other in childhood. seme was bullied by his half-bro. uke helped stand up for seme and they spent a summer together. then seme got abused by his mom and left the area. unclear what happened. then uke got bullied by seme's half-bro and that's what caused his face recognition issue. through being with seme, uke kinda opens up and is able to see some other people's faces, or just a glimpse of them here and there. seme's half-bro comes back to stir trouble. seme wants to protect uke from the half-bro. uke kinda starts to doubt seme's sincerity. he starts being unable to see seme's face too and runs off. but then uke reflects and realizes he enjoyed being with seme a lot and doesn't want to lose seme. so he goes to find seme and then protects seme from the half-bro. also ends up throwing up on the half-bro which is fucking impressive lol loved that scene. then seme and uke get together for real. in the extras they have sex. it's cute, but i am always kinda meh about these troubled background stories.

kinda crack. uke is a janitor at a university. he likes finding virgin guys and fucking them. but then he meets seme and seme is a super virgin but expects a relationship first. they date and finally uke thinks they will get to fuck. but then he sees seme's ass and thinks his dick will be castrated going in there cuz it's so hard and tight..... so he lets seme fuck him instead. then seme distances himself afterwards cuz he knows uke's reputation for only liking virgins. but uke actually likes seme now. and they get together for real.

i like the misunderstanding angst in this one a lot. but tbh i feel like it wasn't a good conclusion for all that angst. like uke and seme have liked each other since high school. seme actually followed uke to university and then did military service same time as him. uke just liked seme and thought it was all a great coincidence. they actually kissed once when both were drunk during a school trip. uke thought it was a dream and seme was kinda mad uke acted so distant after it. now in uni they are still kinda friends. seme starts being aggressive about being close with uke. uke kinda likes it and takes what he can get to be with seme. for some reason they start a weird physical thing, but then seme backs off and they just date a lot. uke still thinks they might be friends with benefits. then uke agonizes over seme with another girl. but that's just his cousin. then seme agonizes over uke with a girl on a trip..... but that's just uke's sister.... and then all of a sudden seme is filled with rage and explodes at uke. uke is not sure what's going on but kinda gets that seme likes him. so he goes to confess and they get together. this solution to their misunderstandings didn't feel that satisfying tbh. i wanted a more hurtful misunderstanding and maybe a more drawn out conclusion. the pacing of the story is a bit fast at times lol. and then the rest of the story is them being together which is cute. but then seme is kinda overly possessive and controlling. and kinda rapey....