muse ✨'s manga / #multiple couples(58)

This was a pleasant surprise, a long story about multiple people, most of whom work in graphic design. The author clearly has experience in the field (or knows someone who does), because there were too many real-life situations for it to be a coincidence. I loved it. I am struggling to say which couple was my favorite, but I think it's the long-haired designer and the American. But Akira and Kai were also so, so cute. Everyone was cute. Everything was so cute and nothing hurts.

This follows the story of two couples: long-time coworkers and close friends with unresolved sexual tension, and childhood friends reunited when they find themselves competing for the same roles. Everyone looks like Katou from "Haru Wo Diete Ita." It's glorious.

Okay. The first story is hilarious - a woman loses her daughter and doesn't want to lose her son-in-law too, so she sets him up with her son. The last story I really really enjoyed - a man who had intended revenge against an older man who had treated him badly because of his social status falls in love with him instead (it's mutual). Some of the others were a little wacky; the one with the loan shark I scrolled through because it was disturbing and rapey. But overall this was a fun collection.

The stories of two brother gods who fall in love with humans.

A carefree son is summoned home after dad gets wind of his grades. He falls for his servant, who has crushed on him for ages. His dad's story: Twenty years after brothers-in-law-to-be fell in love and risked a forbidden affair, they have a chance to be together. Too short, but I would read a hundred chapters about the dad. Both story lines are entertaining, but the dad's -- finally being with the person you've loved for two decades -- really touched me. Honestly, I reread the dad's three chapters probably once a month. That's why this gets five stars. It really resonated, despite not being long or developed. I'd write a novel based on the concept of waiting twenty years to be with the person you loved.

A novelist who can't write unless he's had sex and is still struggling from the fallout of a breakup five years ago takes up with a jack-of-all-trades. The novelist's manager realizes his feelings for his (gorgeous) sex friend.

First story: a high school student crushes on a guy and follows him to a gay bar. The guy will sleep with anyone and has never been in love, so they navigate the pitfalls of a new relationship. A sweet story, although not very well developed. The second story is completely skippable: tsundere to the extreme plus noncon that's handwaved because there was no penetration and a pervy teacher. No thanks.

A boxer and a chef who have been friends for ten years finally admit their love. A man who became a doctor to save his lover still pines for him a decade after their breakup and starts a new love with a colleague.