fujomom's manga / #angst(7)

Boxing trainer trains a young man he finds fighting on the street. He allows him to stay in the family dormitories set aside to house serious trainees, but the young man tells him that he's not serious and just needs a place to stay for a few months. He blackmails the trainer for the dormitory and sex in exchange for keeping the fact that the trainer is gay a secret. You find out that the young man is a hollow shell of a person form years of childhood sexual abuse. This is an interesting, unique and arty-feeling manga. I'm kinda shocked I haven't cried yet, tbh.

WTF? Like seriously. I ended up kinda hating the seme and the school nurse for what they did to the main character. Doing what they did was way too extreme. It's hard to say anything without spoiling it but at about page 40 I was all "wtf is this shit??"

Oof, MY HEART! This is such an emotional read, I REALLY want it updated like ASAP! Hayato is haunted by guilt for telling people about how his best friend in middle school was in love with him, which led the boy to be bullied and attempt to kill himself. Then in high school when Hayato sees a boy named Souma on the school roof he gets scared and rushes to stop him. He gets to know the quiet, sad, alone Souma and draws him out of his shell more and more. But he's stunned when one day Souma confesses and in a confused, emotional mess gropes and kisses him. Hayato keeps his secret and becomes his biggest supporter, as part of a way to atone for the past. He lets Souma get physical with him partly because he doesn't want to reject him and partly out of confusion of his own feelings. Things are shattered though, when Souma brings home a friend from middle school and it turns out to be the guy that attempted suicide in middle school. Hayato tells Souma about what happened and their relationship goes through some serious drama. The art style to this was very nice and the story is so heartbreaking. I REALLY want more chapters!

Guy collapses from the heat and is taken in by a nice family who revives, cleans him up and gives him a haircut. Then because he has no money he’s taken to the house of someone I’m assuming he’s going to work for.

This confused me so much when I first started it. Honestly, parts of it are still confusing. It’s about a complicated family of Kotadoma (sp?) who are hired to perform kinda spells to harm others using their words/voices. But there’s a backlash against them that hurts or can even kill them, so they use Kamisamas to transfer the pain to. Kamisamas are near immortal, easily healed being made of paper that look and act human and are usually the same sex as their Kotadoma masters. The Kamis are all made by Waki (who is human but mysteriously powerful and nearly immortal himself. He befriended the head of the family and protects his defendants through the years. The family Kotadoma/Kamisamas almost all have their own storylines, some of which are heartbreaking, like Himi and Asari’s (who actually die and are resurrected). This is a strange, long journey of a manga and took me some time to read through but was emotionally satisfying and I became fairly attached to most of the characters.

SO much angst, damn. Kyouichi is a divorced salaryman who is in a relationship with an old college classmate, Imagase, who’s gay and had always been in love with him. Imagase is insecure and jealous and flies off emotionally all the time. Finally, Imagase breaks up with him and tell him to find a woman. Kyouichi tries to be in a relationship with a coworker woman but he’s never able to forget Imagase, and breaks up with the woman.

So angsty, holy crap. Seiji and Hinata have been best friends since they were little kids. After finding out that Hinata was molested as a boy Seiji finds himself aware and looking at him with desire. Seiji feels awful and tries to bury and ignore his feelings of desire and love, but Hinata doesn't understand and hates the distance between them, especially when a girl tries going out with Seiji. This poor girl was so supportive when she found out the truth though. Rare in manga.