muse ✨'s manga / #coworkers(51)

When he discovers the coworker he dislikes sleeps with men, a man attempts blackmail only to end up sleeping with him repeatedly. The premise and setup is interesting, but there's not enough relationship development to make the confessions meaningful or give the story heart. Despite the characters' ages, their relationship is childish and never advances beyond the confession stage. They get hung up on feelings but there's no sign they care for each other beyond having sex. The story would've benefited from a non-sexual interaction or evidence of growing feelings - any of BL's usual tropes would've done here. My biggest gripe is that the relationship lacked the maturity I expected from two working adults and would've made more sense in a high school setting or younger.

When his dad falls ill, Yukinori takes a leave from his job to take over as acting president in his stead. A clumsy man, he fumbles his first days on the job and is mocked by the employees and looked down on by Maki, his father's right-hand man. To ease things with the employees, Maki tells them the acting president is taking everyone out after work, but to Yukinori's dismay, they end up at a brothel. When he confides in the worker that he doesn't want to sleep with her, she cheerfully returns with a bottle of alcohol and Maki - who is also gay. This story follows their initial fall into love and the trials of navigating a relationship. Absolutely delightful read. Kept me in bed until 11:11am on New Year's Eve. Also includes a story about a horrible guy who invited his ex lovers to his wedding.

Four stars for the first couple, a manager and veteran employee.

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

Two stories: teachers who date and one has a scent fetish, and neighbors who have been friends since childhood. One visited the other often because he was too sick to go out. Now that he's relatively healthy, he works full-time while the other is still in high school. Because they'd known each other for so many years, the age gap didn't bug me too much, but I think it was probably 16 - 21-ish? Maybe older?

A man who thinks himself plain is shocked when he's confessed to by Yagi, the coworker he admires. A short story about having confidence in yourself and your partner.

A man doesn't believe a relationship with his bisexual manager will work out. Guess what: he's wrong.

An omega who hates alphas and is sleeping his way to the top meets an alpha who dislikes omegas because of his omega father. Guess what happens.

Good premise: quiet coworker in love with new/handsome/polite coworker and drunkely confesses after the welcome party. Unfortunately, we saw very little of the emotional build, so the intimate moments held no weight. There was a bit of build on Chii's part in a later chapter, when we got his point of view, but I wish the story had been told a little differently so I could've watched them fall in love. Pretty art, though!