vampirate's manga / #shounen ai(129)

shin is a man who feels he is incapable of romantic love and only maintains sexual relationships regardless of how hurt others become until he finds himself accidentally falling for his coworker, a caring mentor figure who treats him kindly. other guy just liked him because he was cute.

a short one-shot about a guy who comes out as gay and in love with his best friend. expecting his bsf to hate him or be disgusted, he moves away before hearing that his best friend was also in love with him. wish it was longer and didn't end on such a sad note.

yana jin is a clueless prettyboy who falls in love at first sight with the school's top dog and perceived thug, metsuki nagomi. yana continuously pursues poor nagomi, telling him he likes/loves him repeatedly and nagomi seeing it as a joke. can yana jin accurately express to metsuki that he is serious?

!!two consenting adult men!! seo yoonseul is an attractive young man with an office job who begins to have nightmares of the time he brutally rejected a boy (kang jun) who confessed to him because he was already upset. yoonseul reunited with the boy at a cafe near his work, and the nightmares become frequent and harsh. in an attempt to rid the nightmares, yoonseul tries to befriend kang jun while pretending he doesn't remember the past. eventually, yoonseul steps out of line and upsets kang jun, causing jun to be distant and avoid him entirely. the once friendly, blushing jun becomes cold and harsh. yoonseul desperately tries to get on jun's good side again. yoonseul struggles accepting the fact he likes men and his own feelings of insecurity, possessiveness, and self hatred. these feelings are actually pretty accurately portrayed.

heemin and seongwoo are childhood friends. heemin, who is three years younger than seongwoo, has always had feelings for him. heemin is envious of his older brother, yoomin, for being the same age as seongwoo and seemingly closer. fortunately, seongwoo was searching for a roommate and heemin moves in with him. unable to hide his jealousy, heemin flips out. seongwoo's reaction was rather...unexpected. personal note !!!CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!: i think the fact that heemin, seongwoo and yoomin were all childhood friends kinda throws me off. imagine being 3 years older than someone when you're in 8th grade and being attracted to them, that's fucking weird, especially if they're your best friend's little brother.

story's about a man born into vigilantism murders because his mother did the same. he can fake any emotion and remain entirely calm until kang dae-hyuk. a famous actor interested in him for his sour expressions, started being affectionate to him out of nowhere. confused and flustered, ju tae-man cannot fathom the uncontrollable, unhideable emotions brought upon him. a bit of a rom-com. it was definitely cheesy and intended to be so, but i enjoyed it regardless because it was funny. interesting story and funny side characters, especially the psychotic blonde-haired dude.

child abuse survivor is a broken human being who sees himself as a monster. finds a perfect, selfless shy middle aged man who was turned into a vampire, a “monster.” psychotic child abuse survivor yamadera continuously tests the vampire’s selflessness and loyalty, with the same result every time. it’s homoerotic but not outright gay thus far