Mother's Spirit
Was pleasantly surprised by this one. The cover had me apprehensive at first but it was overall a sweet story of overcoming cultural barriers to understand each other which is a complex target for regular books or even textbooks on anthropology or intercultural speech. although this may not be perfect it is a nice ride that i wasn't expecting.
Ren'ai Houteishiki
Not usually into characters that are basically babies but the characters have a certain charm that really shines and that all adds up to a great comedy with actual story and genuine emotions i was not expecting that. BRAVO to the girl for trying her DAMNEDEST to not cause confusion, she just really understood the mood and was a genuinely enjoyable side character rather than the other yaoi side girl characters. and the whole acceptance of gayness was a welcome change as well
Brothers (YAMAMOTO Kotetsuko)
This author is a goddess of this genre and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise, even her weaker stories (I consider this to be one of her weaker works) she manages to make the characters seem relatable and not over the top drama edgelords. She also works in comedy that flows well into the narrative so I am not scared off by the overwhelming seriousness that most yaoi has. I love how she makes me love the characters and root for their happiness though their personalities rather than having to root because they are main character alone. She's even not afraid to make some characters actually gay and admit it, rather than having to have every character be the "I'm gay but only for you" bullshit that plagues yaoi as a whole. Can't wait til she releases again for me to fall in love with even more of her extended canon of lovable characters. :)
Polarity Frustration
So the top is literally how I feel all the time, I have lived my life pretty open and never got doing things I didn't want to do just for social points, I've literally pulled out my phone after a "hang out" with a dude to watch something and I try to be as straight forward as possible in all things as it's more efficient in all situations. This character is my spirit animal. Also bottom boy I've had that problem before where you can't finish it's fine dude, just fake it. Works like a charm although I can't really say if this okay in the etiquette of straight sex as I'm a gay dude but most times what the other person wants is to be close, finishing is small potatoes in the scheme of things. (Warning: this is advice from a gay man who hasn't had or ever wants to have straight sex so etiquette might differ although seems you prefer the d now so it really doesn't matter idk this went way into far left field and just wrote some real personal shit for no reason... fuck it's it stays.) (I'm gonna go take a nap now)
Encirclement Love
Three friends, two get together and the other gets his friends well endowed brother in whats a suprisingly wholesome yet raunchy ride. Its kinda rare to see authors go into the actual prep us gay dudes have to go through especially if your partner is rather.... hung. Also another important thing is that when one said he wanted to stop it was respected and they slowed down rather than the yaoi trope of "i cant control myself" naw this is rather a pretty nuanced take on learning how one bottoms and respecting other peoples limits which should be expected but in yaoi it is less seen. Also it showed that like guys need to get used to that stuff but once we are its pretty open season, now to only find a verse couple 9/10
Double Check
Underwear and employee that learns to love being a power bottom supernaturally fast.
Nirameba Koi