Toritome no Nai Koi no Shi
Umm hello? This is SO CUTE. The story uses metaphors is a literal way to show what the character is feeling. He wakes up with a hole in his chest, but it's a literal hole. He asks a friend about it and looks up what it means. It mentions sadness and loss. He thinks back to his long time friend and him drinking last night. He recalls his friend telling him that he is married. He thinks he feels sad because even though he has known him for some long and they go out drinking often, he never mentioned anything about his love life. His friend shows up at his door step. When he sees him he starts to feel pain. The hole is growing bigger. They go inside and his friend is worried about the pain he is in. His friend wants to tell him something. He tells him that he is not actually married. He lied. He had this idea of saying something like that to see how he would react, because his friend has liked him for a long time. The guy starts to hear bells ringing. He tells his friend that he can hear them. He tells his friend to hug him and his friend goes in for a kiss. No more hole in his chest. This story was cute and clever. I enjoyed reading it.
Dekoboko Sugar Days
Added to "re-read". Write something about it Dark haired guy used to think “I will protect this kid”. Now, that kid has grown to be very big. When the dark haired guy helped the guy (blonde) when he was a kid, he mistook him for a girl. The kid’s parents said that he often gets mistaken. The dark haired guy said “and so fell the curtains to my first love”. After that incident, the blonde guy became attached to the dark haired guy. The dark haired guy says “my first love should have ended back then, but I think my freakishly tall 180- some childhood friend is adorable.” The dark haired guy has a height complex and wants to become taller. A short freshman girl has her eyes on the dark haired guy, and she goes to confess to him. When the dark haired guy starts experiencing jealousy and sexual thoughts of his childhood friend, he starts to avoid him. When blonde boy is in class, a classmate tells him that the dark haired guy has been walking home with the freshman. When the blonde guy was younger, he used to think the dark haired guy was his prince. He told his older sister that a prince came to save him. She said, “princes don’t save boys”. She told him that he is not his prince but someone he admires. When the blonde guy finds out about the girl, he starts thinking of how the dark haired guy would act towards a girlfriend. When he pictures the dark haired guy in a sexual scene, he pictures himself in the girl’s position. The blonde haired guy wants to see if the rumors are true, so he decides to take a peek. When he sees the girl walking with dark haired guy he starts to follow them. He sees the dark haired guy smile and he thinks of how he only looks upset or looks away when he is with him. This thought makes the blonde guy start to cry. While is his walking, the blonde guy falls into the gutter that the dark haired guy had saved him from when they were little. He tries to get out, but his legs appear to be stuck. He makes a sound and the dark haired guy hears him. While he and the girl are walking he says “sorry” and “I’ve got my answer”. He goes to find the blonde guy. The blonde guy sprained his leg. He helps him out and carries the blonde boy home on his back. The blonde guy tells him that he has always been cool, since they were young. They both realize their feelings for one another, but both of them think that the other only sees them as a childhood friend. They tell their friends that they have someone they like. The dark haired guy’s friend guesses that it is the blonde guy when he says that they are child hood friends. Then the friend tells the dark haired guy that the blonde guy also likes him and that it is obvious. The two finally tell each other how they feel. I really like this story and I love the way the characters look. The seme is really cute, I love his design.
Double Section
Added to "re-read". Write something about it. I really liked this story. Its about coworkers who have a jobs that are "like water and oil". The blonde is an audit and the dark haired guy is a salesman. They are next door neighbors now that the dark haired guy has just moved in. After discovering that his neighbor is an audit of the same company, the dark haired guy glares at the blonde guy. The dark haired guy later learns that the audit wants to help the customers and the sales people and he changes his view of the blonde guy. They start eating together and such and become closer. They learn more about each other, like something from the blonde guys past.
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
This show is so cute and I wanted to read it to see what else happens. It's not completed yet so I will have to look out for updates. Hopefully it does, cause if not, looks like I'll be spending all my money on paper copies. I can't wait to see more romantic development between Nifuji (is that how its spelled?) and Narumi.
Darlin', Iikagen ni Shiya Gare
I thought that this story would be longer, but I sorta liked its shortness. Country Japanese farm boy meets have Japanese half Italian boy. They hit it off and start spending more time together, when italian boy kisses farm boy on the cheek as a greeting and farm boy blushes.
Hetakuso Love Step
I really enjoyed this story. I have read Sugar Dog by the same author and that story is also really cute. In this story, A dark haired shy guy is asked my his female friend if he could fake being her boyfriend to get this player guy to leave her alone. He doesn't want to, but since she already showed him a picture of the shy friend, he doesn't have much of a choice. He meets the blonde player guy and he wants to talk to him saying "you're so and so's boyfriend, right?" When the player starts asking personal sex questions about his fake girlfriend, he tells the player that they haven't done it. The player asks him to go to the bathroom with him, leads him into a stall and then confronts him about what he said saying that normally a boyfriend would get mad at someone who spoke like that about their girlfriend. "you're not actually dating, are you?" The shy guy thinks he's gonna get beat up, but the player says he wants to hang out with him. He wants to teach him about sex stuff. He starts making moves on the shy guy and it does seem rapey at first but then the blonde player guy does ask for his consent and whether or not he wants to continue and the shy guy does consent saying he wants to know what it will feel like. As "friends" who keep sleeping together, when they shy guy starts to develop feelings, he is afraid that he will end up being hurt. He starts to fear this and before the blonde player can dump him, he tells him that he no longer wants to go along with him. To this the player says "I'm done". It takes this for the player to realize that he does like the shy guy and that he does want an actual relationship. They confess and it is very cute.
Kanemochi-kun To Binbou-kun
This was somewhat confusing at times. There was like a 10 year time jump but I didn't realize it at first. They story was really cute and I like the characters. It takes place in a school. Two students that don't really get along at first. One is rich, the other poor. The rick guy's grandfather is the chairman of the school. The Chairman and the poor guy's grandfather knew each other during the war and the grandfather had a crush on him. He has loved him ever since. When the chairman sees him, its like seeing the man he loved in the flesh.
Hidamari no Orange
Cute and just long enough with just enough character interaction where the development of the relationship feels natural and not forced. I really liked this cute bl. Basically, smart/pretty uke spends him time in the art room after school. He scores really high in school. Seme needs to improve his grades or else he will have to repeat the year. He finds the uke in the room and then says that he wont tell anyone about his misuse of the room if he helps him study. This is their deal. They spend time together studying and once its come to an end and the seme passes, the seme is sad, telling the uke that he would still like to see him. They see each other over the summer and we learn about the uke's family. How his dad left and how his mom is a single parent who works hard for the both of them. She's never around so its always lonely at his house. That's why he stays in the art room and thats why he is envious of he seme and his lively house. The seme realizes that he feels love for the uke and at a festival they go to, almost blurts it out. The seme tells the uke that he loves him and so does the uke. The uke graduates and the two become a couple. We then see into their relationship after 3 months and they are still together.
Endou-kun No Kansetsu Nikki
SO GOOD OMG. I LOVE THEM. The story isn't over yet and I am looking forward to more. These two are classmates. The uke has wild long hair that grows really fast and the seme is a tall guy that slicks his long hair back. The seme starts to talk to the uke, telling him that he should cut his hair and that it wont be in the way. The uke says that he doesnt care. The seme has a friend who is also a classmate of theirs who cuts hair and him and the friend both tell the uke that hair cutting guy can cut his hair. He's not interested. The seme always pats the ukes head. The seme starts to have lewd thoughts about the uke and is surprised by them. After discussing the uke's hair again, the uke wants the seme to cut his hair. The seme attempts to cut his hair on the school rooftop, telling the uke that he's not good at cutting hair. The uke tells him he doesn't care. The seme starts to mess up the uke's hair and calls his friend to help. After this the two become closer. The seme learns about how much the uke loves music. The uke lends the seme cds to listen to. After many encounters and headpats, these two find themselves at the train station, where the uke pulls the seme down for a kiss. I started to cry thinking "this is what I live for". I love the laid-back nature of the story. The way that there's not much happening between the characters but you can still feel there connection. Can't wait for more of this story. It leaves off with the two about to be going back to school since their break is almost over.
On the Veranda