Mama Fujoushi's manga / #Friends to Lovers(7)

A business man and a store owner who were childhood friends and turn into lovers.

Good story. Tough in places because Ichika (the bottom) really was hurting. I so felt for him, struggling with his unrequited love and being stuck having to go through this over and over again, listening to his crush talk about girls and breaking up. Still, it was well done and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

It was good. I'm not sure if it was one I'll reread a lot, but it's good for a reread. I really liked to see Houjou's parents accepting of them. That was really good. And I was glad to see Minami finally accept Houjou's parents' reaction. I really thought he wasn't going to. The moving in thing bugged me though. I mean it seemed like he was just looking for excuses not to. HR isn't going to say a single word about their address and that they're sharing and no one else needs to know unless they say something. I feel like that could have been brought up. So, Houjou came up with a great solution--a neighboring apartment--and Minami STILL freaked out. I don't see why best friends WOULDN'T live near each other (even if they're not lovers). That didn't make a lot of sense and I would have liked to see that worked out in the end. It seemed like Minami accepted it (don't forget to bring over the soba) but it still seems like he's resisting ridiculously. Overall, good story, but I still think there was room for improvement.

That was fun. The friends-to-lovers was great and I loved the way the yakuza one worked out. That third one, though. Tsundere. *sigh* I can deal with it, but it would have been nice if the boss had given up at least a little of that. This mangaka seems to like the tsundere types. not *bad* but take it in bits (don't binge-read their stuff).

I liked the first two quite a bit. First (1-2) Is high school classmates who become lovers. Really enjoyed that one. (5/5) Second (3-5.5) is okay but not as good (3/5) with the PE teacher and the former student. I didn't like that the student got ignored and that was left unaddressed. Also while the teacher got better, it still seemed unresolved. Third--yakuza and host irritated me because he finally gets the guy to break down and accept him, then leaves him after all. :/ 3/5 (Total rounded down)

These were lovely stories. First was a bit hard, mostly because the older guy was a bit of a blockhead. Still, not nearly as hard as a couple of the others from this mangaka. Still, quite good, and definitely a reread. (First is the love at first sight/trial dating thing. Second and third were friends-to-lovers. Quite good. :) )