wert's manga / #Inferior Complex(2)

Mio Keisuke is a high-schooler who leads a rather dull, boring life. He can’t keep a girlfriend because being a kept man is making too much of a hassle, and he can’t bring himself to fall in love and want to please his woman. Then one day he seeks shelter from a sudden downpour under the awning of an apartment owned by Yugi Kakeru and suddenly his life isn’t so dull anymore as he finds himself falling for his aloof and yet obviously lonely friend. his life isn’t so dull anymore as he finds himself falling for his aloof and yet obviously lonely friend. - nah nah nah this was way too angsty for me

Two stories. The first story is a prequel to Kare No Barairo No Jinsei where a gay man has trouble believing that an otherwise straight man might fall for him. In the second story, a man is shaken by the idea of the world's end. One loose end he cleans up is to reconnect with a former schoolmate with whom he was infatuated, but who is now depressed and at a standstill, re-igniting the man's desire to take care of himself. Hideyoshiko's stories move slowly and carefully, but are rewarding and realistic.