ALisAnimeLover's manga / #Childhood Friends(247)

1-2) Pet Shimasu! (I'm the pet!) - 3/10 A story about a boy (Morioka Shizuru) whose dad left him and his mom, leaving a huge debt behind. Because of the enormous debt his father left, his mom can no longer pay for the house bills, ergo, having unpaid rent to the apartment owner. His mom, sick of hearing mean words from the owner, asks him to be the one to go over and notify the owner of the delayed payment. As the title suggests, Shizuru then becomes a temporary "pet" of the owner, acting as a replacement for the owner's dead dog, Catherine. The first chapter showed how Shizuru became attached to the owner, and the second chapter ended with their feelings connected. Aside from the fact that this type of plot is overused, it also failed to build up the romance. It's like in one page, Shizuru's pissed off at how he's supposed to act, then the next page, he suddenly wants to stay as a dog longer to be with the owner. Shounen ai, although there's an extra after ch.2 showing a bit of yaoi. 3) Love Drive - 5/10 A story about co-workers, one (Saeki) of which is from Tokyo, and is mean to the MC (Ogawa). Due to some unforeseen circumstances at work, and non-existent driving skills, Saeki requests Ogawa to accompany him. The day ends and a misunderstanding arises. The misunderstanding brought secondhand embarrassment, although just to the right amount. Saeki's previous behavior towards Ogawa wasn't brought into light though. 4) Manager is a Dangerous Job - 5/10 Nakatani is the manager of Kamijyou Hikaru, the current top idol with non-ideal lifestyle (drinking, smoking and women). Nakatani is forced to keep his eyes on Hikaru so as to protect the idol's reputation. Hijinks ensue. Again, another overused plot. *spoilers?* I like how Hikaru stopped midway because he knew it wasn't consensual, and settled for skinship (although that's still sexual harassment of some sort). 5) It's a Secret for Onii-chan - 4/10 Masaka Kore side-story (I haven't read it yet /*will update this after*/) A story about co-part timers in a convenience store. *spoilers?* The newly hired guy is similar to the other guy's big bro, and the other guy takes interest in him. It's one-shot story and there really isn't much development except for them getting together and the clarification that he does not have a brocon. 6) My Lover as My Bodyguard - 3/10 Rich kid takes pity on poor kid. Rich kid makes poor kid his "slave" (not really XD just someone that tends to his every whim). Overused plot and flat characters. I find it funny that their names are Aoi and Shouta though (✿´ ꒳ ` ) 7) This is Surely Love - 6/10 Masaka Kore extra (I haven't read it yet /*will update this after*/) *spoilers?* Uke leaves his boxers at seme's house to have a reason to go over (and have sex). That's just it. But it is cute, and does show an ounce of how the uke loves the seme and how the seme reciprocates it. Dat ass tho.

0-1 stories are either meh or annoying or romanticized rape so no. ew

The first/main story is fine. I got annoyed when the seme kept harassing the uke, but it ended well anyway. I loved the extra bits in the end though~ The whole family knows about it without them revealing it lol. And the family accepts them. How nice~ On the other hand... The second story is shit. The seme is shit. The seme is shittier than shit.

a story about how important communication is. lmao. severe lack of comm. interesting change in pov tho, that was nice. both were annoying idiots mostly bcs of lack of comm between them. Sometimes you really just want to go inside a comic and bash all their heads together

I love their friendship. I want to see more of Suzu (and her bf, I hope they last~). And I want mooooore of no. 1 and no. 2 ️ how will no. 3 take it once he learns he's been a third wheel for so long

The beginning was a bit messy, but I'm glad that it worked out well. Idk why people are hating on the uke when he was too ecstatic seeing his "master". Yes, it was a bit insensitive, but he really treated the master as his parent. Who wouldn't be happy seeing one's loved one/family after a long time?

The first story was cliche and just meh. The second story seems promising so far despite being cliche.

lmao, there's glowing bubbles over their dicks

Sa huli di siya naging seme. Lol. Cute but eh. Love the sis openness tho

Asdfgdkl I really liked the extra. Probably worth 4-5 stars. Healthy relationships are the best~ consent for the win~~ I can't rate this manga high because I hate the main story. Dang it.