Path to You
Rate 2.5 stars almost - uke so judgemental and stupid assumptions. Another case of communication is key!! - only sex scene is last ch 49 so more shounen ai than yaoi
Iiko no Furi wa mou Yameru
Misekake Oresama-kun
Dream Sign
Ch 40 as of 14/01/23 - Choi Leejoon is having erotic dreams about having sex with another man every night, but he wakes up just as it’s getting to the good part. He recognises the same man when he goes to the Pi Lounge one night for a blind group date. He later hears his name from another student at college: Han Gyeom. Choi remembers Han from middle school. The erotic dreams stop after he meets Han in real life. - Han Gyeom, works part-time at the Pi Lounge (bar). - Choi Leejoon was Han’s 1st love in middle school. Han watched Choi from afar, as Choi had a girlfriend. Back then Han was bullied and a loner. He still prefers to keep to himself. - Han has the same erotic dreams about Choi and is surprised Choi is also having these dreams. Han knows Choi goes to the same college. Han is a creative writing major and Choi is a design major. - Han fell asleep in class and had a dream where he met the one who gave him “Dream Sign.” Han learns he was given the gold item by mistake which meant the other party would share his dreams. - Choi corners Han who tells him about an item he has that lets him create those dreams. To prove it, that night Han uses the item and has a dream with Choi in it. They still proceed to have sex. - While out drinking with friends, Choi calls Han. They meet up and Choi suggests having sex in real life. They go to a motel and try but it hurts too much for Han. They end up just falling asleep. - Hong Jaegon, has been pursuing Han since he saw Han at Pi Lounge. Han isn’t interested and tries to avoid Hong. - Han is forced to join a team with Hong for a class project, as he doesn’t know anyone else. - Choi warns Han about getting too involved with Hong. - Hong tells Han that he saw Han with a drunk Choi and they kissed. Hong wanted to confirm they weren’t dating as it would be bad for any rumours because Choi is so popular. - That night, Han meets Choi at a lecture hall in a dream. Han tells Choi that Hong saw them kissing on the way to the motel. Choi apologises because he was drunk. They end up having sex all the way until they climax for the 1st time in a dream. - Han avoids meeting Choi IRL but they’re still having sex as dream lovers. Han finally agrees to go out for a drink with Choi. Han claims he only likes Choi for his handsome face and besides the sex they’re not really connected. Choi says he wants to date Han. - Hong tells 2 of Choi’s close college friends that Choi’s dating someone. When they see Choi, he says it’s not true and he can guess who told them. A year ago, Hong and Choi were in the same project team and they clashed on the topic. Later at a college drinking party, Choi was helping to clean up and get home a drunk female student who threw up over her clothes. Hong spread the false rumour that Choi was the reason the girl and her boyfriend broke up. - Choi tells Han about what Hong’s done and he’ll deal with Hong until Han responds to his confession. - After the team presentations are done, Han invites Hong to dinner to celebrate. Han tells Hong that he and Choi really are dating. Hong gets Han drunk and a worried Choi calls to find out where they are. Choi arrives and accuses Hong of getting Han drunk to try and break them up. Choi takes Han home and they have sex all the way IRL for the 1st time. - Han and Choi start spending more time together … - Yoon Taeyoung, English major, Han’s high school friend. Yoon is a year younger than Han. They were in the book club together. - After exams, Han and Choi go see a movie. Then they go to a games arcade. At the hotel, they have sex. - Han gives Choi the Dream Sign item to use. - Choi is wary and jealous of how much Yoon contacts Han. - Han goes with Yoon to a book signing event then dinner. ( Miscommunication and stupidity leads to conflict ) - Yoon asks if Han has a lover. Han replies no (?!?!) - College festival: Han is a complete asshole to Choi. Han refuses to believe Yoon has feelings for him. Han lies to Choi about staying back to watch the fireworks with Yoon alone (Han totally forgot Choi wanted to spend time together. Choi even prepared a ring). Then Han has a hissy fit and blames everything on Choi. UUGGHHHHH SO MAD AT HAN!!!
Hidamari ga Kikoeru
Vol 3 Ch 15 (1) as of 13/11/21 - long chapters, slow burn. ( say I love you to each other for the 1st time - Vol 2 Ch 6 ) ( tbc - live action movie? anime? ) - Maya is such a bitch to Taichi. Hate her so much. I don’t think the story needs her.
Anemone Theater
Ch 32 as of 21/12/22 - End of season 1, Ch 22 - Uke is too naive and sheltered, so annoying - 1980s South Korea: a politically turbulent period when the country was transitioning from an authoritarian regime to a democracy. Protests were widespread. - Lee Seongho 20yo, 1st yr college student, pharmacy major. - His father is Lee Joongheon 47yo, a professor at the same college. The students gave him the nickname “Viper.” - Seongho gets debilitating stress migraines from the huge pressure to be the perfect student and son for his father. - His extended family have always been Seoul Uni alumni. - Seongho is seen as a failure for not getting into Seoul Uni, and for not being accepted to study law or medicine. His father was the same, scorned by the family for not becoming a judge (?) - Park Jinsu 20yo, 1st yr college student, pharmacy major. - All he cares about is finding a girlfriend. - Shim Dukgwang 22yo, artist / painter - His mother died when he was little. His father disowned Dukgwang after Dukgwang said he was gay. Someone outed Dukgwang at his boxing club before he could turn pro. He was bullied and his hand smashed so he could never box again. Dukgwang dropped out of high school and moved to Seoul. - Anenome Theatre is a secret gay hookup place. - Both halls screen movies. The 2nd hall is for hookups. - Seongho first met Dukgwang after he overdosed on headache tablets. He started hallucinating that Dukgwang was a bear, then passed out. He wakes up in Dukgwang’s room who kisses and masturbates him until he ejaculates. Then Seongho runs away. - Park Seven (Yongchil) 43yo is the owner of Anenome Theatre. - Jinsu invites Seongho to meet up and see a movie later to cure his headaches by having fun. Seongho gets lost and is saved from riot police by Seven. When Seongho says he’s meeting a boy, Seven thinks it’s to hookup and directs him to the 2nd hall. - Seongho is seen as fresh meat and is molested right away by the gay men there. He runs away and hides in an old art studio. - Dukgwang uses the studio as his private space. He makes gay movie posters for the theatre and also takes private commissions. - Seongho is overwhelmed by another headache and kisses Dukgwang to make it go away. Dukgwang takes it further and they have sex. (Ch 8-9) - Seongho’s father gives him the exam answer key and extra notes from the other professors. Another student bullies Seongho and tries to take his bag for his study notes that are coveted by all the freshmen in his major. Dukgwang saves Seongho and stops the bully. Seongho doesn’t want Dukgwang to further complicate his life. Dukgwang misinterprets Seongho’s reluctance as disgust and walks away after returning Seongho’s sweater. - Seongho has another severe stress migraine and looks for Dukgwang to help him. At first Dukgwang refuses to be Seongho’s personal sex toy. Dukgwang changes his mind and agrees if Seongho does what he tells him to do. (Ch 13-14) - Seongho starts to go to Anenome Theatre whenever his head hurts to have sex with Dukgwang. - Park Jinsu thought Seongho was meeting up with girls and followed him to the theatre. Seongho made up the excuse of tutoring Dukgwang there. Next time Seongho is asked by Dukgwang to tutor him for real (it was Park Seven’s idea). - During a tutoring session, they have sex (Ch 18-21). - Dukgwang realises he’s falling in love with Seongho. - Kim Joon, pharm. science major and student council prez. - Joon and Dukgwang first met in high school. Joon had just transferred and Dukgwang saved him from bullies. - Dukgwang confided in Joon about his homosexuality. Dukgwang thinks Joon was the one who outed him in his hometown. He also suspects Joon murdered the bully who initially targeted Joon and smashed Dukgwang’s hand. - Joon convinces Seongho to go on the dept retreat. - Seongho feels uncomfortable and out of place. - At night when everyone’s drunk and asleep, Joon kisses Seongho and asks to go out with him. Joon is controlling and possessive of Seongho which seems to make Seongho’s migraines worse.
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