muse ✨'s manga / #sweet(93)

The day he arrives in Tokyo, Akira finds himself without a job or dorm, and is saved by his childhood penpal Chihiro: a beautiful, wealthy man who who takes him in without question. One afternoon, Akira, who spent his childhood in the mountains, single-handedly saves Chihiro from abduction and accepts the role as his personal bodyguard. But Chihiro, who has loved him since they were children, wants more than that.

On a rainy afternoon, Mio is caught borrowing an umbrella hanging on a doorknob and befriends Yugi, an alluring but standoffish college student that Mio comes to love. But Yugi is hung up on love for his friend Tachibana, who has been his partner for four years, with the understanding that after college, he'll go home to marry his girlfriend. Mio begs for Yugi's attention but is rejected. Four years later, they're reunited through work. Mio wonders if this is his second chance but discovers that Yugi is still being strung along by Tachibana. Junko understands the human heart: how it can continue to love even in the wake of tremendous pain, how it cannot be told who to love - or when to stop.

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.

A fluffy, g-rated relationship between a boy who always sees the bright side and the person he loves: a serious, brilliant, bespectacled darling.

After enduring relentless bullying by the same person throughout highschool, a literature professor is horrified to find the man is his new neighbor - and co-worker. But things aren't quite how they'd seemed. Note: While there is bullying in this, it's not done out of cruelty per se. The two had actually known each other when they were younger, and only one recognized the other when they met again. He fell in love and was aggressively affectionate.

This is a fun read. A teenage grandson of a yakuza boss romanticizes the idea of an older brother and finds him in a local florist. A comedy of misunderstandings. I laughed out loud a few times! This story is related to "Akunin O Nakaseru Houhou," which was the one where the money-hungry guy gets together with his fabulously wealthy friend, but he's kind of a dick? He's the older brother.

Eri does his best to appear respectable to his students and peers, but his facade unravels when Motou, a former student Eri had comforted after finding him bullied for being gay, begins work at the school. Eri's words to Motou, and a single kiss, saved him from a life of self loathing and have made him into a confident man proud to be by Eri's side. Only, they're seen kissing by a student and have to negotiate the fallout. Comes to a refreshing resolution. The second story is about their coworker, Izumi.

The first story is about a man who has been mistaken as an otaku his entire life and then falls in love with one. Giving this five stars for the final story: two friends separated for six years because one accompanied his parents to America are reunited in high school. Haru is hopelessly in love and prepared to keep it secret, but then Genta asks to help him practice confessing. (Has Haru/Makoto vibes, which this mangaka has also drawn.)