stressedpenguin's manga / #6/10(212)

Wakabaryou de, Kimi to

Complete | SAKUMOTO Ayu | 2014 released

First story is very cute. Some light angst and a lil bit of unrequited love friends to lovers. The two are roommates. The seme goes jogging early in the morning and the uke always wakes up just to see him off. It was sweet. Second story uke was a lil but pathetic but I guess that contributed to his cuteness. Uke is a naive transfer student and seme is a laid back guy who cant help but take care of him Third story was meh. There's an age gap, the uke is a pushover and the seme takes advantage of that. It's a bit more melodramatic but its fine Overall 6 or 7/10

The Bagel Is Too Much

Ongoing | νŽ˜μ‹œμΌ€μ΄,Pesik | 2022 released

Pretty wrestling coach takes care of his wrestler's (singular) dick to keep him in top form. Obviously they fall in love. 6/10 its basically a fluffy pwp

Barairo no Kenkyuu to Hanakurafu Kimi

Complete | Billy Balibally | 2014 released

Ch 1-2: flower researcher is sponsored by a beautiful rich man who eats nothing but flowers. It's a bit melodramatic but I still liked it. 7/10 Ch 3-4: pushy top chases cute classmate. Classmate assumes hes just teasing and is hurt. Top finally realizes hes serious. Didn't vibe with this one much. 4/10 Ch 5-6: a prequel of sorts for another story that I haven't read, and I wasn't very interested in the characters. 4/10 Overall, wound up being a 6/10 for me

Koiyume Lover

Complete | conro | 2014 released

Hmm. Interesting? Ending was super abrupt. There was a scene where the seme forces the uke even tho the sex has been consensual this whole time. It's more dubcon than straight rape bc the uke seems to be okay with it.....? But... Seme getting a taste disorder was really random and the initial fairy dream thing was weird. Despite all of this, I still liked it I guess. 6/10

Ichi Ni no San!

Complete | Okuyama Puku | 2013 released

Aww that was very sweet. I'm a big fan of friendship trios . The characters do act VERY childish, like elementary schoolers, despite being high schoolers. And they drew the girl like an actual toddler on multiple occasions which is just a pet peeve of mine so I'm docking a point because I'm petty 6/10

Michizure Policy

Complete | kitakami ren | 2008 released

A classic one sidedly in love with your bff with a sprinkle of that "dont wnna ruin what we have" but don't worry the friend likes you back. Uke is pretty insecure about the romantic relationship and that never quite goes away despite the seme bring 100% devoted to him, so it's a little frustrating, but understandable. He's an anxious guy. 6/10 a meal well made

Torezoa ~Boku no Takaramono~

Complete | sachimo | 2019 released

Hmm that didnt really do it for me. The story was a little hard to understand. It was too short to do much effective planting and payoff, so the memory erasure plot just seemed like an extra, unnecessary obstacle. There also wasnt any payoff about the familiar thing disliking the hero. Idk. I think I would've liked to see the scenes the amnesia hid from us. Gimme that story instead of popping into random villages and fighting random monsters. Basically, feels like the author had too many ideas they wanted to get across in too short a time, and wound up saxeicing clarity to make things fit (which they didnt) 6/10, it was clearly trying to do something, and I appreciate that even if I was a little confused the whole way through name on MAL is Tresor: Boku no Takaramono

Kino to Yano

Complete | Soragaki reida | 2019 released

Cute lil friends to lovers that starts off with a lil goofy misunderstanding. 6/10

Replicant - Hitsuji no Dolly wo Aisuru to Iu Koto -

Ongoing | Yamada supokon | 2019 released

Mm. Too short to do much with a premise as high concept as Man Creates a Clone of His One-Sided Crush and Then Runs Away From His Job Because His Job Wants to Harvest Organs From Clones and Also His Crush Swapped Places With the Clone so They're Actually Together. The Clone Rights thing was I guess a cute backdrop but it didnt feel like it had any weight since Chris gets together with the Real Seth, so there's no personal stake in improving the lives and rights of clones. ALSO they just used the clone for their selfish purpose... Like consequence free get out an arranged marriage card. Idk It's a short story with a premise a lil bigger than it had the room to explore, so it wound up feeling poorly thought out but still did what it wanted to in the end. 6/10

Be My Love, My Lord

Complete | Adumi nagano | 2019 released

Cute lil master x servant with species ism... thrown in for... flavor text??? I guess??? I wish the seme HAD actually gone abroad for a bit and THEN realized he really didnt want to be separate from the uke. Add a bit more spice to the story. But it was cute still 6/10