shapeless's manga / #Obsession(4)

5 Chapters 1-2) Catholic Priest / Troubled Youth — ★★★★★ Father Ross, a Catholic priest, witnesses a troubled young man named Cliff (sometimes Leif, translation varies) attempting to rob a store. Ross talks to him and is troubled by Cliff's insistence that he was doing god's will. As Ross becomes more worried and pries deeper into Cliff's life, he discovers that the boy has been indoctrinated into a cult, but the cult captures him before he can escape. From then on Cliff shows him kindness and affection, and the two of them become entangled in a complex relationship, both trying to save eachother from their perceived "false gods". 3-4) Human / Plant — ★★★★★ Businessman Hana discovers an abandoned houseplant outside the flower shop of Miki, a man who dislikes him despite his best efforts. Hana takes the plant home to prevent it from being stolen, but that night, the plant starts to speak to him, and claims to have met god. One day, Hana drinks and falls asleep with his new conversation companion resting on his chest, only to wake up and find out that the plant has grown into a human! Who just so happens to look exactly like Miki... 5) Extras for both previous stories.

5 Chapters 1-3) Promiscuous Straight Uke / Gay Seme — ★★★★☆ Straight college student Junya accidentally walks in on his gay childhood friend/roommate (Akiyoshi) having sex with another man. Jun finds himself intrigued and takes it upon himself to seduce Aki, who is reluctant to give into the desires of his lifelong friend, who he's secretly been harbouring an unrequited love for for years. 4) Wholesome Soccer Player / Obsessive Maniac Actor — ★★★★☆ Tsutomu is a vibrant young soccer player who is dating Chikara, an actor who loves him to an unhealthy and obsessive extent. Chikara often fantasizes about being devoured alive by Tsutomu or the two of them dying together, but Tsutomu is always there to lovingly send him back on the right track. 5) Extra for the main story.

7 Chapters ~ School Life / Yaoi / Smut 1-3) “Takkun and Stalker Boy” — ★★★★☆ [EXPLICIT] [uncensored] [comedy] [high school] [student/student] [classmates] [otomen] [stalker] [obsession] [summer festival] [public sex] [classroom sex] [outdoor sex] [blowjobs] [anal sex] Takuma Kaneko is a decently popular high school student with a secret hobby of making cute accessories and plushies. He's been finding notes and horribly mangled stuffed animals left in his locker, and tracks down Maki Junpei – an eccentric classmate who hides his face behind a mask and glasses – and confronts him about it, and is taken aback by Maki's strange behaviour and sudden declaration of love. Takuma brushes it off at first, but from then on, he can't help but notice Maki's constant presence and clumsy staking. One day, Takuma takes pity on Maki (who was following him around and taking sneaky photos at the time) and gets him out of trouble, and that's when Takuma first sees Maki's face... he's unexpectedly adorable! When Takuma starts spiralling into inner turmoil, Maki takes the chance to pull him into an empty classroom and jump his bones--! 4) “Canvas the Colour of the Sky” — ★★★★★ [MATURE] [high school] [student/student] [senpai/kouhai] [artist] [art club] [public sex] [infirmary sex] [anal sex] [wholesome] First year student Yoshizawa Minato went to shoo some pigeons away from the art room one day and was surprised to find another student sitting out on the balcony. The student's name is Takafuji Yuudai and he's a year above Minato, but otherwise has a mysterious and compelling air about him... Minato approaches Takafuji and asks for permission to draw him, and the two become quiet companions, but Minato can't help but want to know more about his cool, quiet, and kind senpai... 5.1) “Gentle Pain” — ★★★★☆ [EXPLICIT] [high school] [student/student] [childhood friends] [established relationship] [friends with benefits] [unrequited love] [public sex] [classroom sex] [anal sex] [rough sex] [masochist] [delinquent] Jun has a secret that he doesn't want getting out... he's a masochist who can't get off without someone hurting him. When his childhood friend Tomo saves him from bullies, Jun's shameful secret is revealed, but unexpectedly, the delinquent Tomo is more than willing to not only accept his friend's fetish, but play along with it as well... 5.2) “Beloved Nipples” — ★☆☆☆☆ [MATURE] [established relationship] [nipple fetish] [somewhat dubious consent] [businessman(?)] 6) “As You Please” — ★★★★☆ [EXPLICIT] [uncensored] [high school] [student/student] [classmates] [class president] [delinquent] [tutoring] [enemies to friends to lovers] [misunderstandings] [non-penetrative sex] [handjobs] [frottage] Class President Sakanoe Mitsutaka is pulled aside by a teacher one day and is asked to tutor class delinquent Kasai Hiyori and raise his grades. With no other choice, Sakanoe does his best to pursue Kasai so he can convince him let him help Kasai with his studies. Eventually he manages to get through to Kasai, who decides to humour him, and when the class president manages to make their schoolwork make sense, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. Sakanoe is surprised by Kasai's latent potential and begins to enjoy tutoring the delinquent, while Kasai surprises himself with how much he also begins to enjoy their study sessions. But one day, Kasai happens to overhear Sakanoe talking to their teacher, who offers to give Sakanoe extra credit for doing such a good job raising the lowest grade in the class, and Kasai feels betrayed by his friend and storms off before he can hear Sakanoe turn the offer down. Sakanoe is surprised when his friend suddenly starts brushing him off any no longer has any interest in studying together, but he doesn't quite know what to do to repair their bond and get Kasai talking to him again... 7) “Perfect Weather for a Rainbow” — ★☆☆☆☆ (+Extras) [EXPLICIT] [uncensored] [high school] [student/student] [classmates] [established relationship] [otomen] [stalker] [reluctant consent] [public sex] [bathroom stall sex] [piss fetish] [piss drinking] A return to the relationship of Junpei and Takuma in a short extra chapter where Junpei convinces Takuma to make out with him in a bathroom stall at school and then Junpei drinks Takuma's piss (which Takuma is not happy about). Also includes some bonus sketches and the afterword.