crispicheva's manga / #Rivals(4)

storyline: a high school boy who has ridiculously high standards for himself (forced on him by his mother) ends up having a meltdown over another student taking first place in his class. the thing is, the more he gets to know the other, the more he sees they each have their reason to stay at the top. number one student starts worrying about him when he sees how hard he struggles, and from then on they start developing feelings uwu reaction: they are SO CUTE!!!!! i love my sons <3

storyline: sweets maker gets mad at another sweets maker for stealing his customers but then he actually meets him and tastes his sweets and they become friends and fall in love uwu reaction: this was so freaking CUTE!!!!! i didn’t think it’d have smut but it was a nice touch, and the ending fluff completely melted my heart

storyline: hiromi and juri meet while taking care of a stray cat. they attend rival schools but juri falls in love with hiromi at first sight so he hides it bc he knows i’ll be messy if hiromi finds out they’re supposed to be fighting reaction: very cute, i love the “i never felt real love before but now my heart sings busy by looking at you” trope, plus they’re both so cuTE