muse ✨'s manga / #S&M(4)

I like this. For me, it doesn't compare to her other works, but it's interesting. It took me a while to get into it and stop associating the characters with her others (and stop calling them "Misaki with Arikawa's eyes" and "The guy from Seven Days but older"). I wasn't invested in these characters until we got their back stories. When we found out about Kurose's past, I came to like him, and I was genuinely moved for the first time when he saw his neighbor again after so many years signing autographs in a bookstore (read: I was crying a lot). I want them to meet again, but I don't think they will.

Explicit, disturbing yakuza love story. I liked the couple a lot and it was nice to see their love develop. A man struggling with ED goes to a specialist...who turns out to be the childhood friend he used to hook up with, whom he blames for his impotence, and then has sex with in the office. PWP. Coworkers hook up after realizing their years-long mutual interest, and then they have breakfast! Features the wonderful "of course you're not still here in the morning, I was an idiot to get my hopes up, but oh! you were just out buying groceries!" trope.

A new company employee falls for his senpai and discovers he’s an M. And others.

High school classmates reunite as coworkers and S&M playmates. Some sweet moments. Features a quick side story with the club owner that actually made me feel something.