muse ✨'s manga / #slice of life(25)

A man's coming-of-age story told through the eyes of his younger brother, who is first shocked to realize his brother is in love with another boy, and eventually becomes his biggest supporter. The story spans adolescence into adulthood and is one of the loveliest stories I've come across.

A happy, gentle story about two college students who fall in love. The one with curry club. This is the sequel to Ringo ni Hachimitsu.

Shortly after getting engaged, Tachibana is reunited with a senpai from university, Ryuusuke, who asks to play "couple" for a month.

Simple love stories (a boss and secretary, a 33yo teacher and man 15 years his junior), but I was surprised how much the second one touched my heart. ETA September 2020: Huh. On re-read, it's the first story between the boss and secretary that I liked. The second is okay but didn't do much for me. The art style really is pretty.

Midorima weeps over Armageddon and there is a beautiful New Year's scene.

After his parents and older sister are killed in a car accident, Yuuichi agrees to raise his nephew Ayamu. They move to a new town and on the first day there meet Ryou, the owner of a local restaurant who wins them both over with his food. But Ryou struggles with pain from a cruel childhood and after falling for Yuuichi, tries to distance himself for Ayamu's sake.

Chiaki, an arrogant young businessman raised by his grandfather is sent to the country in Hokkaido to learn humility and hard work. The man he's staying with, Soichiro, had been told his bride was coming, and he has to ward off nosy townspeople who warn Chiaki that Soichiro is gay and had to flee his former life because of it. Having been bullied himself, Chiaki becomes protective of Soichiro and lies that they're actually together. Through his time on the farm, he matures into a good worker and calmer person, but as he's beginning to realize his growing feelings for Soichiro, a friend plays a cruel joke.