美智子's manga / #drama(28)

"Mitsuya was always chasing after his brother and his brother's friend, Noboru. In time, his feelings for Noboru turned to love and he forced a kiss on him, which was violently rejected. Shocked, Mitsuya shut his heart off from the world until 10 years later, a fateful reunion provokes shattering self-realizations. This story has a maturity and realism that elevates it beyond standard yaoi. The main character is a jerk, but surprisingly sympathetic."

"Iga and Yuu are working on a landscape project. Iga was gonna be the heir of his dad's company but his dad told him the heir was his little brother. A confused Iga moves on another project and there meets Yuu, a guy who loves photography and works at his dad's flower shop. Actually his dad is his uncle, Yuu's parents died when he was a child and his uncle adopts him, his uncle is in a gay relationship and that shocks Iga a little, but with the time he's gonna realize he has feelings for Yuu as well as Yuu has feelings for him and they give it a chance."

"A father is stressed beyond his capacity to cope while trying to raise his preschool-aged daughter while working in a Japanese restaurant. He is saved by a hopeless flirt and serially unfaithful gay customer who is attracted to him, but he is straight and very suspicious of such a flighty man. The relationship takes time to develop and is full of realistic emotional responses." one of my favs

"Shoutarou, an emotionally frail middle-aged writer who was abandoned by his wife, now lives with his editor, Masami, who was engaged to be married to Shoutarou's daughter. His daughter ran away on the night before the wedding, and now, Shoutarou feels he must help Masami cope with the feelings of abandonment, all of which have been re-activated in his own emotional experience. A surprising twist challenges his assumptions that he is unloveable."

"At a geological survey for rare metals in an isolated mountain cabin, Misaki meets a Kousaka, the lover who went missing in an accident five years prior. Kousaka, who now calls himself Yanagida, does not remember him, and Misaki is being pressured by another man to forget him completely. Meanwhile, a spy is intent on stealing their surveys and rock samples, leading to a fine espionage thriller and action adventure story with yaoi benefits."

"Tsuda starts to notice Endou, the kid with the wild mop of hair who sits in front of him in class, but Endou makes a point of ignoring him. This makes him interesting to Tsuda, who isn't interested in much of anything, let alone anyone." One of my favs, I guess. Well, every work of Hayakawa is gorgeous, so....

"Hoshino was dazzled by his senpai, Akihino, when they formed the astronomy club together in high school, especially with his dreams of becoming a pilot. What he didn't know is that those dreams had only become an opportunity for Akihino because he was dazzled. After an eleven year separation, Hoshino is astonished to be reunited with Akihino, who has not been able to fulfill his dreams. Indeed, it seems that he is the single parent of Hoshino's biggest problem student and there is a sad mystery behind this, but Akihino does not want Hoshino to come any closer. A bittersweet story about adulthood and sacrifices, which becomes much sweeter when barriers are slowly worked through, although it's sometimes frustrating to watch."

"Sakurai and Youichi meet by chance and don't seem to like each other but that is because they are similar in many ways. They both tend to keep to themselves. However, Sakurai appears to be friendly while Youichi is kinda of standoffish and neither knows how to express themselves. Sakurai wonders why his girlfriend's always leave and why all his plants die. He realizes that maybe he just wasn't that interested in them to begin with but when he meets Youichi he finds himself constantly going to his house. Sakurai doesn't understand what is going on because he has never been in love which is why he didn't understand the changes going on in him. Youichi has been pampered and shelter by his dad's friends so he is just as clueless but others around him immediately recognize that he has changed. They keep saying Sakurai is Youichi's friend or telling Sakurai that Youichi likes him which Sakurai finds hard to believe since they both think that the other doesn't like them. It was interesting and cute watching these two grow closer until they could finally admit the truth to one another. This story was refreshing because Sakurai and Youichi didn't fall in love at first sight or to fast it was a gradual progress. Both confessed to not liking the other because of the way they talk and acted but there was still something just under the surface. With Sakurai Youichi was finally able to change and express himself. Also, Youichi was able to discover his true self out of the shadow of his father and Sakurai finally has someone to care about." It's an adorable and interesting slow-pace yaoi and even though it's long and slow, i would read it again.