Mama Fujoushi's manga / #Childhood Friends(92)

Sweet story of friends who meet again after several years and end up together. I really enjoyed the story. Light angst, but not much and very happy ending. On the reread, I've bumped it up to 5*. Really liked this one! 163 pgs

First two were really good. I didn't like the third one because I didn't like how it ended (with the rose prince going back to sleep). Color me annoying but I wanted them to stay together somehow (with him staying human and caring for them from there). Man. On the reread, that first one is killer. I teared up. The 2+ year break got me, and I can't help but feel for both of them. God, so much. (Still choked up writing this.) *cuddles them both* 1) Tomo and Keita live separately as male friends, both with girlfriends, until a heatwave, one summer, leads to homosexual experimentation. Has this summer fling revealed their true selves, or was it just a side affair to their main relationships? (2) Even though Yoh is a responsible adult capable of making tough decisions, he has been inhibited by an unfortunate incident in his childhood where a daycare teacher insisted that it was wrong for 2 men to marry. Can he ever live as openly and courageously homosexual as Akira, the neighbour and old friend, for whom he nurtures a secret crush? (3) A flower spirit transforms into a human shape in order to express his love for the gardener who cares for his kingdom. (4) Ayasuji, a young salaryman is put out when he's ordered to spend a month hosting Ren, the wealthy heir to a family corporation who has taken a "Roman Holiday" in order to find out what it's like to live without the burden of executive level responsibilities and isolation. Ayasuji's injured feelings change as the full cost of Ren's upbringing is slowly revealed.

I loved the childhood friends going to college one. Those two were great. The first couple, though. *sigh* Fucking tsundere. You don't necessarily have to say them back all the time, but yelling at him for saying it is bullshit. And I am getting tired of it being okay to have sex, but being the bottom is "shamelful" or somehow "unmanly." Fuck that. Yeah, first couple really irritated me. I don't remember the second much, but the third was good. They were relatively uncomplicated and while I don't mind conflict, I want it resolved (which the first couple never was). Reread for couple 3, but not 1. Reread for 5 and maybe 4 but skip the rest.

Cute but too short. I really would have liked to see another chapter or two with them. Seems cut off. I enjoyed what I read, but I'm missing some.

Not TOO bad. I liked the ones with the brothers, but the first two were kind of annoying. Sorry, but forbidding office romances doesn't suddenly mean the employees are going to be more productive. *eyeroll* That annoyed me so much I had trouble enjoying it. The second, with the director and childhood friend just didn't sit well. Sorry, don't just decide to bully without an explanation. *sigh* *eyeroll* The three with the three brothers was much better (and what brought it up to 4/5). Typical yaoi version of bdsm, but not bad. Dunno if it's a reread, but it's not bad. :)

First few are childhood friends, then "Secret" (the one shot), then a quick oneshot after. Enjoyed all of them. I'm not a huge fan of the art, but it wasn't bad. :)

Cute with the childhood friends (where one starts dating a another guy classmate) and the one left behind ends up with the teacher. Fun, neither too heavy nor too light. Sex is good (though tame). Overall good for a reread.

As of 4/17--First four chapters, which are really good. Light and fluffy and fun. Really enjoyed them.

Decent collection of one shots. I enjoyed all of them but the coworkers with the shampoo and the neighbors were the best, I think. (1 and 2...?) Still, all good for rereads.