fujomom's manga / #entertainment industry(9)

We'll see. A bit uninteresting but it's only 1 chapter so I'll change this review as I read more. Its about 2 boys who bang on the roof at school. One is a model and one is planning on being a fashion designer and wants to make clothes for the model uke. Some of the dialogue felt remote or hard to read but that could be a translation issue.

I read this ages ago, maybe on my phone I guess. I don't remember but much after skimming it I do remember it's about an established popular actor who's being outshone by a newcomer who single-mindedly and obsessively pursues his admired senpai/uke. Probably will never re-read this now that I've read a lot more, better, manga but I wanted to make this as having been read so I don't forget.

I just don’t know about this. This is about a high school boy named Nozomi, who is childhood “friends” with a former model and apartment manager in a dorm for celebrities named Mitsuru. Mitsuru had been creepily grooming Nozomi as a child to be his gay lover one day by “practicing” pervy things together. Then when Nozomi sees him again after a few years apart he realizes he’s gay and that Mitsuru was his first love. At the dorm he meets an idol named Youma who used to date Mitsuru and is still in love with him. Youma is flighty and emotional, but he started to grow on me a bit. Nozomi also meets Jin in the dorm, and pounces on him, giving him a BJ as practice to complete with Youma’s skills. Formerly straight Jin falls for Nozomi and Nozomi ends up falling for him. I really couldn’t stand Nozomi a lot of the time. He waffles back and forth about who he’s attracted to and who he has feelings for, making him feel weak-willed. Mitsuru is not only creepy for molesting Nozomi as a child but presently in the story he’s obsessed with him, always plotting, willing to do whatever it takes to get Nozomi. Youma’s feelings are pretty dedicated to Mitsuru, though he’s a man-slut and flirt, he even ponders liking Nozomi but isn’t very serious. Jin is the only consistently likable character. He loyally loves only Nozomi. Honestly, Jin deserves better than Nozomi.

I usually don’t care much for show biz mangas but this is pretty cute. Boy finds out another boy I’m scjool is a popular actor. The actor kisses him and then takes a picture for blackmail. He makes the boy do errands and other slave stuff, but when he realizes what a good guy he is and starts to like him he deletes the picture. The boy forgives him easily for blackmailing him and stays friends with him. But when another actor befriends the boy the actor gets jealous.

Nice, though a tad bland. Sakuragi is a struggling playwright with deep insecurities about his writing that keeps him up at night. One day he helps out a random bicyclist, named Imamura, and they end up sleeping together. Imamura tracks him down after months, saying he wants to become and actor to be in one of his plays and get to know him better, and later on he confesses his love for Sakuragi who still struggles with his insecurities that are causing trouble in their relationship

Most of this is about a model, Mike, and manager who's afraid of people who get too physically close to him. The manager's blushing, nervous face makes Mike curious about him. Mike pursues him until the manager finally gives him. They were kinda cute but I kinda skimmed over a lot that seemed boring. Then there's a couple one shots 4.1 and 4.2) that were way too short. Then in 4.3 it went back to the models. Mike talks with other models about being in a relationship with a man and it's amusing. It made me want to ship Saeki with, well, just about anyone lol

Sweet couples. Most of this is about a talent agent, who’s enthusiastically pursued by the agency’s president. The agent thinks the president is just joking around and doesn’t know how to react to him. Then there’s a chapter about a older teacher pursued by a much younger man who’s always loved him. Very sweet semes, cute couples!

Dramatic story, pretty art style. Kaede is a burlesque dancer working at a bar that's had a change of ownership and fallen on hard times. Kaede is forced to strip and bodyguards have to be hired because shady guys are coming around a lot more often. Kuroba is one of the bodyguards hired. He is entranced with Kaede and when the bar is attacked he gets injured protecting Kaede. Kaede waits for him to heal and then he moves to Sweden to be with his grandma. Kuroba wants to keep in touch and be with him, offering even to come out there too.

EXCELLENT artwork but the translation is a little... funky. This is about two actors. The younger one supports the shipping of them together, even writing fan fic himself lol Eventually they hook up but the younger actor gets upset that the older one is now working with someone else.