Kejora's manga / #coworkers(3)

4 stars // It's really a shame, if the first and last story didn't exist, if it was just the "God is at Town Hall" omnibus story, i would've given it five complete stars. That's my problem when rating mangas with multiple stories, like, what happens when i super fucking hate one of them and then super fucking love another? Anyway, first story. To be honest it was fine, it felt a bit rushed but that's only because it's just a short story, but i felt like this kind of story shouldn't only be one chapter as there are a lot of things to unpack, with only one chapter it's just too overwhelming to grasp it all together. And i am not a fan of voyeurism and extreme exhibitionism, that's for sure a major turn-off for me, no hate to the people who do, i respect fetishes people have as i have weird fetishes myself, but to me sex is something only the two of you should share to bond your relationship. So eh, at least it was mutual and they ended up talking it out and actually getting together in the end. Second story through to the fourth, it was perfect! I genuinely thought Akaishi was a gag character made to actually be a "god" coming down to earth to help the spirit of the dude cross to the other side, i did not expect him to actually be a really important character for the next chapters and to even have his own story with Arashima. The second story was sad, but it was weirdly realistic and hit something in me, a friend of mine passed away when i was little because he was run over by a car while trying to cross the street, he was supposed to come over to my house because our moms arranged a play date but i got sick so it was cancelled, i thought to myself had i not gotten sick, he would be at my house and not get hit by the car, i blamed myself a lot, until his mother hugged me and told me, "he tried to catch a butterfly for you to make you feel better, so try and feel better for him so he could smile and be proud of himself up in the heavens," thinking back on it, that was probably a lie she made up because how would she know he was trying to catch a butterfly, but it did make me feel a lot better. The third story was really sweet, to have someone love you because you are you, for who you are unconditionally, you should always treasure people like that and i cried on the inside when Sensei finally confessed. Fourth story! Initially i thought to myself, "then Araishi just likes Arashima because he can cleanse the bad spirits around him, if Arashima couldn't do that then Arashima's crush would totally be one-sided and unrequited", but then i thought to myself, well okay, no. Arashima wouldn't even know Araishi existed if he didn't introduced himself to him, and Araishi met Arashima way before Arashima realized so if you put it into his perspective, Araishi's probably have been eyeing on Arashima since forever and could have possibly developed feelings. Well, even if he didn't I'm sure he's going to love Araishi anyway as they're almost always together and he's his sanctuary. Fifth story-- oh my god what, what the fuck. You know you could still make a perfectly fine or even BETTER story without having to add the uncle/nephew relationship? You could've just make the uncle the store guy dude who's always yelling at them and start a relationship from there, or if you insist on the whole "I'm like this because of you" thing at LEAST you could've make him some kind of tutor or a family friend, not his UNCLE, people have different perceptions for this because he's good-looking but i bet if it's your stereotypical ugly fat hairy uncle people would be having different opinions, the whole uncle/nephew thing threw me off and it wasted the potential for it to become a good story, sigh. How could someone make something as good as the second to fourth story and then fuck up so bad for the fifth? it was not even good in the concept, it's certainly worse in the execution. The only reason I'm giving this four stars, such a shame, honestly it could've been three, but i loved the second through fourth too much to give it three. I get for people maybe it's a fetish but for me, i don't want them in my fiction, and well people with incest fetishes in fiction better NOT fucking execute it in real life i will slit someone's throat.

5 stars // Ugh i feel like this deserves MORE than just five stars, ten out of five stars! Eigyou Nika is just the perfect comfort manga for me, the characters are both very loveable, you just feel for Ayumu crushing on an "assumed" straight man and his chances of this crush being a mutual are almost zero. But it's not as angsty, Toujou is perfect, he's fucking perfect, the model boyfriend for EVERYONE. The story is also done very well pacing wise, it doesn't feel too rushed or too dragged and the ending is perfect, we all saw the marriage thing coming and we were prepared for emotional moments of heartbreak but instead it was turned to a confession. I admit i re-read this too much as somewhat of a safe place after i read other cruel mangas, it's just, so good.

5 stars // Not gonna lie one of the best BL manga reads i had after awhile! Damn! Where was i all this time? Story follows our beloved womanizer Mr. Tomura and dude from the design team Ryo who are on opposite ends of the spectrum but are both very passionate about their jobs, so who knows, maybe they could find common ground and grow close? NOT! We went straight to fucking! To be honest the moment Mr. Tomura invited Ryo to his home i know it's gonna happen right away and was just bracing myself for it lol, i'm glad it wasn't *that* bad and Mr. Tomura doesn't seem to be that troubled by it since he still had no problem talking to him the very next day. It's always like this with straight guy tropes, take it with a grain of salt and you'lk be able to enjoy it just fine. Well, i realized i was bi pretty early on before any girl could make a move on me but i definitely turned my girlfriend queer, i think she wouldn't be able to date any girl besides me so i get the "straight guy turns gay for one dude" trope, it's just a matter of "does that make him gay or bi or is he still straight but this dude is an exception?" discussion which to be honest i'd rather not think about because labels are sometimes confusing and could be a bit sensitive to other people. ANYWAYS. Plot wise, it's very good, the start was fast but i'm glad that they took time to talk out and decide their feelings are legit, and when they're finally a couple, awh the cuteness and extreme hornyness just explodes! The perks of dating your coworker are that you could see them everyday, and the downsides of it is apparently, also that you could see them everyday lmao, it'd be very hard to control yourself. Also, is Ms. Fujinime trans? If that's the case that's cool!! And i'm glad that the overseas dude is more on the "comedic relief" side rathee than actually creating drama for the couple, i was bracing myself for some serious arguments but thank god he's an idiot who hits on anybody and doesn't have a specific target in mind, god thank you. Also another thing, i'm so glad the author took the route of "everyone is just very shocked and curious so they keep asking" instead of the "distancing themselves cause they're homophobes" route, i very much prefer that route and it's so adorable seeing everyone so supportive of their relationship, maybe it's also because they work in the cosmetics world so everyone's a little bit more accepting? But that's still so heart warming, feels good to see acceptance man :)) even though it's fiction :)) enough with homophobia traumas i just want to live in my dreams of being accepted :)) To wrap this up, i love it! Every chapter was interesting and kept me always entertained! Ther was never a boring chapter or a moment i was disappointed by their choices, i love it! Definitely will go in my top 50 bl lists! Going to recommend this to my girlfriend now!