Trilogy's manga / #drama(183)

This was the longest unrequited love I read about. I could not believe how long the uke has loved the seme. I agree with the consensus that the seme is a piece of shit for not figuring out that he needs to only be with the uke. My heart ached for the uke the whole time, he wasn’t the regular sappy and sad uke. He was the fighting spirit with relentless energy to demonstrate his love to the seme at all times. Our cinnamon roll deserves so much more but we cannot control his heart. His heart, mind, and soul belong to one man. I’m happy they finally got together. The uke deserves the most happiness in the world. Also I am glad the uke hooked up with other people too. That might have helped out his aching heart for a while.

OMGGG I’m losing it. Call me toxic, but I love this seme! He is a piece of shit, but damn his personality and decisions make me want to keep reading. I loved he uke too because he isn’t a pushover, crying, or weak the entire time. Instead he is an amazing big brother who is holding down the family. The uke is total bad ass! I love them both!!! I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Dear lord, this story is so achingly good. My heart was grabbed and squeezed until I lost consciousness from the way the uke could not believe that Sora (seme) is actually in love with him. This yaoi is so raw and emotional about the hardships that bullying does to a person. Our cinnamon roll couldn’t believe that someone actually wants to be in a relationship with him because he is gay. I relate to the uke’s feelings because its hard to accept yourself when there are so many homophobic people that surround you. I love how Sora realized he is in love and did not let the uke go. He saw the uke leave and was like “I need to find my baby asap”. I love a seme that can value his partner and treat him like the jewel they are. Absolute gold, I loved the fluff and the sweet drama. Great work author-San!

The uke is a salaryman who works for a great company and everyone loves him. He has his life set up the way anyone would like so they can be successful. He is even engaged to the CEO’s daughter. Suddenly the CEO’s daughter accuses him of cheating when he really didn’t. The daughter and everyone at work treats him like an outcast. The uke desperate for some kindness and love hears of a dating app. He joins and his first meet up is with a guy that states he is a bottom. The uke placed his preference as top only. The seme does rape the uke. Then he confesses that he has loved him for a long time because he works at the bar he frequents. The uke falls in love with the puppy begging college student (seme). Cute story except the rape part, not cool even if you were younger than our uke.

Okay so this one compared to many other step-brother series does have rape. Trigger warning for all. The seme is younger and in highschool. The uke is older and already a working adult, but he has a past of being a highschool delinquent. The seme originally hates the uke and his family. They get off to a horrible start but the seme accidentally gets drunk at the uke’s restaurant job and the uke takes him home. There the drunk seme confesses that the reason he can’t get over his mother’s death is because she was the only one who knew he was gay and accepted him. The seme in his drunk moment jumps on the uke and they go all the way. The uke was drinking beer when he got home so it is dub-con. They were both drunk, either way no real consent was established. The uke empathizes for the seme and he allows the seme to live with him temporarily. They continue their relationship and the uke agrees that if the seme still loves him when they get older than they can make their relationship official. The seme agrees and their families unite. The uke is strong and communicates really great *I mean he is the adult* the seme is younger and sucks at communication.

I really liked this story. The sensei x student trope has been done many times, but I found this story refreshing. It was coming from a sense of vulnerability and confusion from the uke’s side and the supportive yet flirty act from the seme. The uke is the student and the sensei did not do anything until he graduated. The uke consented which was great, there was no blackmail. It was just a blind date that left the uke and seme with lingering feelings for one another. It was great to see how the uke tried to forget the seme but the seme came out of nowhere in the blind date and stated “you can only have eyes for me, no other man can touch you”. I was ecstatic to see that the uke was confessed to and won’t do anything that he will regret from the dangerous blind dates.

As I write this, I am left with a few questions. The biggest one is “will Touru ever say, I love you” back. The author left the story as completed, but it hurts to see a realistic ending sometimes. I can understand Touru’s reason behind not saying those words back, but I am happy to see that inside he really does love Touru from the perspective of a lover not just a guardian. He loves him so much that he cannot say it in order to allow the person who is young, vulnerable, possibly confused, and all alone in the world to know that he loves him so much he is willing to let him go. Touru is willing to set free the one person who he has dedicated his entire life to. Touru did not kill the seme’s mother he was simply a passenger in the crash, but he feels just as responsible. He feels guilty for having developed feelings for the child he was supposed to raise and see off. Maybe one day Touru will say the words he hides in his mind and heart everyday. I wish I could see it happen, but even if he does not his silence is the strongest and loudest scream of “I Love You”. Touru does love him and Touru will forever love him despite of himself. He does not feel deserving of the love that the seme is showing him in terms of a lover. He doesn’t even value himself as a proper guardian, he is just doing his best regardless of the circumstances. Seeing the seme fight his feelings for years up until his last year of highschool was so intense. You could see how hard he tried to convince himself of loving Touru in a fatherly way. However, he could not sit back and watch anymore while the man he loves and yearns for is about to be left everyday on his own. I feel that in the moment while leaving on the bus he could feel how Touru would move on or meet someone new since he wouldn’t be around anymore. I don’t know if Touru would do it considering how he has the tendency to love one-sidedly so earnestly but I think Hirai would have won if the seme would have left Touru alone for all the 4 years. Touru would have wanted the seme to see that he is not lonely and that he will live his life so that it can push the seme to leave him. I don’t think Touru would have truly fallen in love, he would have settled for the seme’s benefit so he would not feel guilty. I know that the seme is sad that Touru won’t say “I love you”, but with enough persistence and perseverance in the future Touru will know that saying “I love you” is what the seme needs more than anything. I cried slightly about 3 times while reading this. They tears were slow and dripped silently, the tears came from how beautifully raw you could feel the emotions of each character while they try to battle internally the socially “right” vs “wrong” actions. You could feel how realistic the couple are in their relationship in the end once the seme confesses that he loves Touru. Touru and the seme will live together and happily. They were destined to meet one another and will will never be apart. I hope Touru lives a long life, enough so that the seme never has to live without him. Thinking of this made me so sad, but that was the point wasn’t it author-san. Beautifully done my friend.

I thought I would really hate reading this, but surprisingly I didn’t. Originally the uke seemed like a trash bag because he hates gay men and tried to sexually attack a man because he assumed he was closeted. It also seemed that the uke was a crazy stalker. It turns out that the uke is a closeted gay and a mega virgin in all ways because he has never allowed himself to experience a relationship due to his hatred of his sexuality. Thankfully, the uke meets Choka-san who is a cross dressing gay. He purposely meets the uke so he can tell him to stop stalking and to never attack a friend of his again. However, he finds out that the uke is really sentimental, physically weak, and super shy. He falls in love with the uke and the uke does too. At some point the uke finds out he is a playboy and never takes anyone seriously so he assumed the seme was playing with him too. It’s really cute how the seme tells him he loves him and that he wants to take all of his “first”. I like the idea of the uke being a virgin, it suits his situation well.

This was an excellent read. The art was impeccable and the personalities of each a character had great explanation. It was easy to understand each character and their thought process. I loved how we received the seme’s perspective in a single chapter where he explains how and where his feelings became deeper for our innocent uke. I love how our uke is able to stand up for himself towards the end to show the seme that he will not fall for a person who treats him like a toy. Watching the uke’s heart break when the seme was a piece of shit that stated “No way, we are nothing like that”, referring to how they not a real couple that will date was fucking sad. I cried a bit. The uke’s face just showed so much heartbreak and emotion in one panel. I’m happy the seme realized how special our cinnamon roll is and that he deserves to be treated so much better.