I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #Chiba Ryouko(2)

Tsuzuki wa Mata Yoru ni

Ongoing | Chiba Ryouko | 2000 released

Akusawa Fumi, a host and heir to various nightclubs, is in love with his lover, community security detective Futagami Takaharu, who is reluctant to take the relationship any deeper, in spite of his own infatuation. Takaharu mistrusts Fumi, who shows the same easygoing smile and attention to everyone, and because he deals with corruption, he harbours suspicions toward Fumi's motives. Is this a romance? Or a cat and mouse story about deception? A very good start to an intriguing story, but since it hasn't been updated in years, I assume it will never be finished.

Nandaka Ii Nioi

Complete | CHIBA Ryouko | 2012 released

Two-shot by Chiba Ryouko featuring teachers, one sloppy, one neat, who work alongside each other and gradually fall in loveā€”in the latter case, aided and abetted by one colleague's attractive smell. The second story involves neighbours and childhood friends, one weak, the other stronger, who have always been attracted to each other, but never knew. The stronger (and much younger) boy is always getting into fights, and it's sad to see his injuries.