muse ✨'s manga / #multiple stories(215)

Two coworkers who don't get along hit it off over drinks and end up kissing, but when one brushes it off as drunken antics, he hurts the other. A guy who can't keep a job is semi-stalked by a wealthy guy who gives him bizarre gifts. There were others which I have forgotten.

Read this for the first two stories: A guy gets dumped and fired the same day and wakes up in bed with a friend who confesses he's always liked him. A recently divorced man is befriended by a 22yo guy who runs a bento stand. The story of the illustrator is domestic abuse and I wish I hadn't read it. The final story is about a photographer who runs a private website peddling photos of teenaged boys and becomes involved with the neighbor's son. He kinda skeeved me out.

Another commenter mentioned that this has a lot of cliches but was a great read, and I agree - it's absolutely charming and the feelings between the characters seem to jump off of the page. There's wonderful emotional buildup, as well as some heartache, even in the final chapter, which is a one-shot and unrelated to the rest. A young man, Hanamura, is conned into designing for the company where he works by the boss he adores, who takes credit for his work under the veil of kindness - in order to leave Hanamura out of the spotlight. When it's announced his boss is engaged to a woman, Hanamura cries in the break room and is discovered by Takase, a well-known designer from another company, who recognizes Hanamura's talent and sleeps with him. Hanamura, realizing he's been taken advantage of by his current boss, quits his job and comes to work at Takase's company. But he's left wondering if what they had was a one-night stand and if he'll suffer another one-sided love. TEN POINTS for Hanamura's ABSOLUTE LOVE of having sex. It says a lot for this genre that that detail stood out to me, but so often it's "no, don't, stop" - as though an unwilling or hesitant partner is romantic. Hanamura begs for sex, says what he wants, and is not ashamed that he's gay. In fact, none of the characters in this story were dealing with internalized homophobia. What a fun read! The final story is about childhood friends who begin to live together.

A pleasant collection of stories.

A man unlucky in love falls for the boss of a flower shop. Something about two students that ends with the suggestion of team switch!!! but I've forgotten the rest. The straight son of a 'mama' who works at his dad's pub is confessed to by coworker and he has to deal with his own prejudice.

Multiple stories that I have largely forgotten, but there's a Keith lookalike and an adorable grandpa. I skimmed the final story about the shinigami.

A collection of beautiful, quiet, moving, melancholy stories. The most developed is a young tea master who saves a wounded member of the yakuza from dying; they have the first few and final chapter.

Four stars for the first two stories about two boys in high school who fall gently and completely in love. Chapter four is a tragedy, sweet and quite sad. There are two chapters about a boy and an angel who met as children, but I didn't quite follow the storyline, although it was happy. The final chapter is about childhood friends and neighbors realizing their love.

Two stories involving roommates. The first pair falls for each other; the second is a love triangle.