Hajime no Koi (NISHIMOTO Rou)
Listen. This was SO GOOD, I was relocated at first cause of the age gap and then Kosaka was call boy and Mamiya booked him cause he wanted to see if it was him or not and I fr thought well damn it's gonna go south if they do it now...AND THEY DIDN'T THEY! They actually bonded and got to know each other, they helped and protected each other, the story was so fucking good cause we saw how their love and appreciation for one another grew. Loved seeing Mamiya handling getting a job, and his old group missing him and seeing him as family, AND THE CUTE ASS CAT! Ugh this was just great, so happy we got to see them 5 years after they started dating, they are happy hehe.
On Doorstep
Ok this is hands down one of the best mangas I read, the art is so good, the storytelling is significantly higher quality than most other BLs - it is mature, real, raw, emotionally driven and just darn good. I love the characters, they felt so real and seasoned. The age difference was honestly so perfect as well, just right. FREAKING BISEXUAL CHARACTER LETS GO
Tonari no Otoko
Not exactly sure what my thoughts are about this manga, but I think it was nice overall.
Sensei no Sensei
Ok so I’m so damn glad that when he was in high school he was rejected, thankfully it’s not a weird ass story like that, and they made it seem like they have like 4-5 years age difference, so when they meet again as adults (both teachers), it seems ok, and well it was very cute…they really love each other. The extra chapter was everything, too bad it wasn’t longer/more chapters like that. The way I kept forgetting that it was an omegaverse and then they would bring it up, and I would be surprised every time lol, but they brought like nice points, it was nice.
My Darling is a Foreign Crybaby
Yea…this ain’t it. Who would ever act like that when someone they haven’t seen in 10+ years comes on them having sex…even as a job. The way the uke just went from never wanting love to realizing he was angry that the seme left?? And then oh no I love him?! LIKE??? What??? This story was just not it. Only reason I put 2/5 is because at least the chapter of them being together in USA was cute, that’s all.
Oazuke no Kiss no Yukue
Hands down author’s BEST manga, the premise slayed, the characters slayed, the development slayed, the world building slayed - everything was just SO GOOD. It starts with Shun just wanting to have sex cause he is so busy at work, and pays for prostitution services but then he books Nao, that doesn’t allow kissing…and Shun LOVES kissing, and the way Shun falls in love with Nao’s kind nature and they slowly develop feelings to each other without realizing…so goodddd! And Nao being so sweet, supporting his family (I cried ), I love that we met his family. And the side character Yoshikawa, bro is a jerk but damn WHO HURT YOU?? I need a side story of him.
I’m In Love With Toraji-san
"Not a fan of the forceful declaration of love. I'm also not a fan of the idea that if you confess earnestly enough, the affection will come back to you." I wholeheartedly agree, it was such a weird couple of chapters that I wanted to drop this manga, the chapters they are together already are much nicer and have nice communication, but it's too late to save this manga from it's borderline stalker behavior.
Saenai Oji-san to Ore-sama Yankee-kun
Idk how to feel, I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it - I’m kind of in the middle. It had its cute moments, hated how they drew the seme cause he looks like he is 60 and not 41 at times. Subaru can be kind of ummm a lot, but bro found his match that is very kind and chill.
Nothing but a number
It’s actually a cool concept for a story, I like that they are already an established couple, and we get the story of how they are navigating their relationship after being together for such a long time and having an age gap, but it got kind of tiresome…the lack of actual communication at times was giving a headache lol. But it was still a nice read.
Koko wa YES to Ittekure