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

For a decade, a man has harbored a one-sided love for his older brother's friend, only to find they are neighbors. The final chapter is a oneshot: a writer goes to an oceanside retreat and is visited nightly by a boy who can walk on water.

Chapters 1-3: High schooler Haato feels a bond with his abusive mother's former lover Shibusawa, a member of the yakuza and the only person to have shown him kindness. Years later, Haato is working as a host and is openly in love with Shibusawa, who toes the line of a relationship but never crosses it until Haato loses someone close to him. The last story is about two coworkers: a man confesses to a coworker he sees feeding stray cats outside their building. ETA June 2020: After rereading the first story for the billionth time, I bought the manga. Hisashi does marry, but his husband dies post-story. We pick him back up here when he is 39 (chapter 5): https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/akanai_tobira/ July 2021: this might be the story I’ve read the most. Even more than the one about the hot dad who gets back together with his boyfriend after 20 years. Something about this makes me feel so sad and so moved. I wish there were more than just three chapters. I would love to know more about their daily life after they lived together.

Multiple stories. Two had a good start, but they turned violent and sadistic, which isn't my cup of tea. Liked the art style, though. Chapter 5 is the continuation of the #1 host's story from "Boku no Shiru Anata no Hanashi." It must take place a good deal in the future, because Hisashi is 39 and his husband is dead. He takes up with a cop.

A gently told, beautiful collection of three love stories: 1) An established relationship between a secretary and his adoring boss. (Temp MCD; dream sequence) 2) Childhood friends reunite, and through photography, realize their feelings are mutual. 3) In the aftermath of a major error, a boss and subordinate find common ground in their shared loneliness and begin a relationship that is supportive and tender; their love was so immediate and sincere, it gave me butterflies.

Three love stories revolving around a bakery.

Shoutout to this mangaka for letting the sparkly, adorable character top the more serious one. This was bubbly and a nice pick-me-up.