I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #badass uke(2)

Sakurai Ryou always draws such good looking men. She also specializes in stories where one of them represses his homosexual desires, for whatever reason, while the other is fully honest and open about his attraction, and not inhibited by sex in the slightest. This is a series of short stories that have to do with variations on that theme, and how these various men connect, not just physically, but emotionally. In the third story, the theme is stretched to include a (dog) spirit-male/human-male coupling.

Violence seems to fit into Narusaka Rin's "red strawberries and white cream" aesthetic. Her gorgeous drawing feature sharp, spiky features and smoldering facial expressions, with ample visual allusions to Yamane Ayano's yakuza thrillers. So far the plot features wildcat yakuza punk, Miharu, beholden to nobody and who will drop an opponent at the merest whiff of provocation, subjugated by Yashiki, in a no-rules, no holds barred BDSM relationship complete with humiliation kink, toys, erotic asphyxiation, drugs and spectators. Yashiki runs a private club for it and Miharu's protests are more of a turn-on for that set. There are hints that Miharu is longing for some tenderness under that BAMF strut, and there are moments when weariness seems to drip off Yashiki before he resorts to something outrageous just because he's bored, and then, WHAM! The whole plot is resolved and over. It kind of shot its wad too quickly.