I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #office worker(5)

Realistic and moving story of Shima, who is deliberately outed by his former gay-lover-gone-straight as a means of professional sabotage, at his former workplace, and Togawa, the straight and divorced boss who doesn't care ... about Shima's past or much of anything elsef, but cares very much for Shima. Shima has become hyper-cautious and sensitive as a result of this treachery in his past, and he doesn't know what to make of this man who is so, seemingly, heedless and rough-spoken. Can Togawa pierce through his armour?

Yajima, depressed by the going-nowhere relationship with his much older and married male lover, is offered some sexual stress relief by a handsome stranger, Watabe, in a gay meet-up park. Yajima takes Watabe up on his offer, although he makes his preference for older men almost insultingly clear for their first encounters. He never guesses that Watabe isn't as innocent as he looks, and the offer had more to it than Yajima could imagine. The question is whether that's an insurmountable problem. Great art, handsome guys, interesting story premise and lots of fantastic sex!

Hotaro, a self-absorbed graphic designer, is roped into cleaning up his scruffy nerd of a boss, Honjou, so he will be more presentable for matchmaking. He certainly doesn't expect to fall for him, but once he does, Honjou's personal integrity about love and commitment doesn't suit Hotaro, who prefers to keep things casual. Fate and a fresh rival push the issue. Will Hotaro change, or lose Honjou forever? Followed up with a sexy extra. Three other lighter-than-air short stories deal with men who are reluctant to enter relationships even though they are attracted to their lovers, all rendered with Takatsuki Noboru's gorgeous line drawings.

Homophobic bigot, Amami, who just landed a job as a social app developer at a tech start-up, hates, hates, hates the gorgeous, imperious and successful Hachidori Shin, who drives a Mercedes, stole his girlfriend, rejects his crappy app proposals, is friends with the company president AND all but shot his dog. All this means, of course, is that Amami is a closeted uke, who secretly longs for Hachi-the-Tachi to "plunder his virgin ass" in Hachi's words. It will just take him a little time to adjust.