muse ✨'s manga / #top 20(19)

I will follow this manga into Hell. Which considering the title character's a demon is in the cards.

This is a lovely read on a rainy day, which is how the story starts: a man running away from debt left to him by his former lover is caught in a typhoon and taken in by Ren, who is hiding from his former life in a tea shop that no one will visit. The art really plays up the contrast of light and dark. Often the characters are portrayed on white backgrounds, and other times the backgrounds are fully detailed and inked. It has a wonderful hand-drawn quality that really appealed to me. (I left this same review on June Manga's website)

The story of two childhood friends who slowly, slowly evolve into romance. It's unclear to me if the earlier chapters are *actually* part of the story with the bulk being a flashback, or if everything prior to chapter 45 could be considered pre-writing by the author, who has since changed her mind about the direction of the characters. Considering how close they've become, I have a hard time believing that if Jian Yi were kidnapped and disappeared for several years, Zhan Zheng Xi would be so averse to him being physically affectionate with him on his return, considering how physical they are with each other since childhood - unless something is going to happen that will explain it. For now, I believe the story really started around chapter 45 and everything prior to that could be seen as the author's rough drafts. TBD. The side couple is the best couple.

A young man believes his first love died years ago and harbors regret for the last thing he said. Now in high school, he meets a determined young man with memories of a first love that match what he recalls of the love he lost. This is fantastic.

Aoi struggles to suppress his feelings for his best friend, a photographer he has known since childhood and who has been like an older brother to him.

A candy store owner and a doctor enter into a relationship with little drama (and what there is is understandable), lots of mutual affection, a slow and realistic emotional build, passable communication (they try), FABULOUS sex, frank discussions *about* sex, a refreshing and honest attitude about their future, and they even have friendly relationships with their exes. Also features the cutest little girl ever. Have I died? Is this Heaven? This story is set in the same universe as the one with the hot priest, who shows up in this a few times.

Wataru and Saeki have one thing in common: their love of movies. So when Saeki confesses that he's in love with Wataru, it comes as a shock, but he demands nothing more than a pilgrimage to visit locations from a film that is special to him. The trip brings them closer together, and just as Wataru is beginning to unravel his own feelings toward Saeki, he transfers schools and Wataru has no idea how to find him.

I read this on Lezhin Comics and loved it. The earth was plunged into a second ice age following a global disaster, and vampires have evolved to become the dominant species, raising humans as livestock. A human called 'One' becomes acquainted with Shell Overlord, son of the owner of the blood bank where One is employed - a rarity among humans. Shell realizes that his vampire pheromones have no effect on One and comes out to him as an "abnormal" - a vampire who wishes to be dominated by humans. One, who despises vampires, finds himself in what amounts to an S&M relationship with Shell, who is actually a tender, kind person, and One's worldview is rocked when he falls in love with him and discovers new information about his own father. But beyond their love story is a plot to destroy a hopeless, hellish existence for humans by eliminating all vampires. Wonderful world-building and absolutely gorgeous art. There are a lot of chapters which are purely pornish, but there's a lot of emotion and some interesting plot stuff too. This author obviously thought out the world and plotted the story before she began creating. I read the story start to finish in about twelve hours. If you can afford the credits, please consider buying it on Lezhin to support the author.

A selfish boss and his subordinate end up in a hotel because the trains have stopped running. The boss, too drunk to recognize his coworker, comes onto him and asks his subordinate to film the encounter, giving him the perfect weapon for revenge. Only the more they get to really properly know one another, little by little, their relationship begins to change. I almost skipped this and am so happy I didn't. This was a fantastic love story, well paced and believable. I agree with other commenters who said this has the best confession scene they've ever read!

An instant favorite. Ayumu has been in love with a sempai at his company for a long time. They're so close and Toujou is so affectionate with him that coworkers joke they're married, but Ayumu has no intention of confessing his feelings and only wishes for Toujou's happiness. I dislike labeling people by the way they have sex, but this author flipped a lot of traits I see in other stories. Toujou, who plays the role of the seme, is bubbly, affectionate, straightforward, cheerful, laughs, and rolls around thinking about buying a dog. When Ayamo apologized for being unable to bear children, Toujou turned around and apologized too - to everyone's shock, including mine. So often, the gay character is the one who harbors regret for leading the straight or bi character down a "wrong path." This author went the other way. Toujou stressed that they're both unable to have kids, they're equals, and they're choosing to be together because the love each other. The end. I'd read a hundred pages about their silly domestic mishaps.