stressedpenguin's manga / #atmospheric(29)

The emotions are strong with this. Watching these two guys in their, what, 30s or 40s? Watching them grapple with feeling empty and lonely even as they live life as if nothing's wrong, watching them just want *someone* to grow old with, that "social security", its heartbreaking. And then as they discover what it's like to be together, it's so healing. The story is called "I'm Doomed if It's Not You" but it doesnt feel like they're all isolated like a lot of other romance. They have friends and lives outside of each other, but they're each others lifelines. It's a relationship that feels like... less rose-tinted romance and more... just people getting together? Idk how to explain This is a strong contender for favorite romance manga. 9/10, it's so close but my 10s are strict

Ch 1: A aspiring writer working as a bell hoy has a one night stand with a visiting model and falls in love despite himself. Ch 2: The son of some important person has been kidnapped by a group of terrorists. He's attracted to the gruff guy lowkey in charge of him but it's just not meant to be. 8/10

Ch 1: guy reunites with his old art teacher years later Ch 2: guy runs away to Germany to escape a bad breakup and winds up living with a beautiful half japanese man in his cafe. Ch 3: a mysterious man asks a mage to heal his brothers foot. Once healed, the brother asks to become the mages apprentice. 7/10

Two high schoolers explore what it means to be a dom / sub pair. I like that they talk things out and they're careful. They always ask consent before doing anything new. I like this one! 8/10

That... I had a really hard time processing the translation. I understand enough to get through the story (mostly on vibes) but I think I'm missing a lot of the nuance. I liked it, though it was kinda frustrating to read. 6/10. Its probably higher but I just could nor understand it, so 6/10 Prequel to 23:45 Re:

Dunno how to summarize this one. Uh, seme is a 17 yr old model, who's genearlly known to be callous and emotionless. Uke is like a writer or something who gets involved with the seme. Uke is very pure and doesn't want sex without. Seme sleeps around without any emotions attached and that causes a lot of friction between them. Very off and on story Seme is a literally a kid (17 yrs, so yikes) and really struggles with communicating his feelings and winds up talking like he doesn't care which only makes this relationship more complicated. Overall, I kinda liked this, but it also irked me and I'm not a huge fan of adult x minor with massive age gaps hmmm. 7/10?

Another one I read a while and don't remember well. I remember flowers being a big part of it and it had a nice atmosphere, kinda dramatic but not too much. Plot had something to do with the uke getting involved with the broody vampire seme and the vampire seme slowly warming up to him? 7/10 from what I remember

got that don't wanna confess and ruin what we have. There's no true resolution but it leaves you with enough that it doesn't really matter. It's a pretty typical plot but with a strong atmosphere and it's my favorite trope so this gets a 7 or 8/10. Plus the art is nice. Them sharp lines.

HOLD UP where's the rest???????? this can't be it. 8/10 щ(ʘ╻ʘ)щ

College student really down on his luck stumbles across a man just gazing at the stars in a secluded section of the park. They chat for a bit. Then the man suddenly kisses him and the poor kid is like ????? He find himself visiting the man at his coffee shop day after days and the two steadily grow closer. This one didnt hit as hard now that I've reread it like a year later, but ita still solid. It's got a strong atmosphere. The characters feel grounded. I just wasn't invested. This ones a 7/10 for me.