muse ✨'s manga / #age gap(107)

I really like this author. A man watches the man he loves, his best friend, marry a woman and is overheard bragging about sleeping with the groom by the bride's father. But he's only worried about his daughter's happiness, and they start an affair. This has an open ending. I hope they do end up dating.

I don't know how I feel about this story. I understand it from the dad's point-of-view to a degree. He had no idea of the actual identity of the person he fell in love with when he was 15, and he has stayed in love with the idea of that person for 22 years. But the son always knew the identity of the person he was with, and he was a few years older at the time because of the time travel so his seduction of the 15 year old felt off. I don't know anyone who would seduce a younger version of their parent; most people would be horrified by the idea. It says a lot about this person's character that he did not. Unfortunately, I didn't feel the writer developed the story enough in order for me to understand why the bond this person wanted so desperately with his father turned into romance within just a couple of weeks. I would've liked more development there. Maybe the son had come to believe he was delusional, that the future he thought he'd come from didn't exist, or that there was no way home. My true wish is that they'd both been using false names, and that neither of them had known. Putting all of that aside and returning to the present where they're in love, this was a story about two people who had once been together for a brief time and found an immense joy and happiness with each other. After they are reunited and their identities are clear, there is a three year gap. They are both unhappy without the other. They make the decision to live together as lovers knowing the relationship can never be revealed beyond the two of them. I wonder if the intention of the story was to explore whether love could be fulfilling if that love can never be revealed to a third person. Is it enough that they live together and have a life together in private? I do not feel this was written in support of this sort of relationship. I think the author chose this taboo subject specifically because it is so taboo. It's the ultimate taboo, isn't it? I think she chose it to force it to stay completely private. There is no one they could confide in. The only option they would have is to move somewhere no one knew either one of them, and hope that because of their different names and the fact that they do not resemble one another closely, they will never be mistaken for father and son. This would have been just as effective as a time travel story without the romance — a chance for a man to get to know his father, and a chance for them to then have a relationship as equals when he returns, minus the sexual content. I would have actually liked to read that.

A young gay man meets a college student at a bookstore and they fall in love. The only thing about this that's kinda iffy is that the high school student is drawn to look VERY young, but he is in high school and the college student looks young as well. It's just the art style.

One evening in the snow, a 26yo man finds a high school student passed out drunk and takes him home. Over the next year, they become friends and fall in love. The author published extras that make up the 7th chapter. She envisions them together in a decade. I love how much she loves them!

The sequel to "Young Bad Education." The relationship survives graduation, medical school, and they eventually live together. A series of short stories about their life together. Nothing sad, just fluff, although I cried at one point I was so moved.

A hot young guy at the office falls for his capable, attractive boss...who is actually sloppy at home and lives with his beloved cat. Once he gets through his boss's cool exterior, things seem like smooth sailing...until the ex boyfriend comes into the picture. The one with baseball ticket stubs.

A young man falls in love with a radio personality who helps him - and many others - overcome confidence issues, but due to his age, nothing further is possible between them, and their new friendship comes to an abrupt end. However, a few years later, when the young man is working in radio, they're reunited.

A student and a cram school teacher find love in the aftermath of their breakups. This is soft and sweet. It's also the prequel to a sad manga, so you might just read this one and then STOP.