stressedpenguin's manga / #friends to lovers(96)

Two idiots too nervous to get girlfriends in high school end up fucking each other because they're too pent up and wind up fuck buddies along with just being friends. And of course they fall in love with not very much drama or angst and it's an overall silly, smutty experience. 7/10, I just personally wasnt interested in this one

Two boys get sucked into a dating game and our MC discovers his best friend since childhood likes him. Not... a lot happens, there's a lot of fluff, they complete the game and kiss. The end 6/10

A very cliche childhood friends ro lovers with mutual pining and an aggressive, forceful seme. It's cheap fast food that I still enjoy for some reason 4/10

Uke has an unrequited love for his childhood best friend who acts like a housewife. And then he starts talking to his nice coworker and the friend gets jealous 7/10

I waited until winter to read this for the aesthetic~ Worth it. BUT actually kinda not. Furuya's works always have this atmosphere to them and I usually love them, but this one just didnt go deep enough into the many different psyches of its characters. When the teacher asked Itsuni if he had hobbies, I was expecting that to TRIGGER a deeper ecploration of Itsuki's character. Theres a specific kind of angst you can get out of a character who is naturally talented at everything but has no interest in anything and that driving a wedge between him and everyone around him. The poor kid stops doing ANYTHING out of fear of triggering other peoples insecurities. That's heavy. I want to see an exploration of that. The ending is unsatisfying because it's trying to pay off on a plot thread that was never adequately set up--Yuusei's writing. Why did he stop? Why did he start again? Did any of that have to do with his feelings for Itsuki. I thought we were going to get an exploration of that too, but if just didnt go anywhere. This story really dragged on of my personal insecurities into the open and then didn't interrogate it at all, just brought it up in passing and then went to play hacky sack at a park by itself. It had nothing Monday about the interesting threads of its characters, rendering them boring and without a real resolution. really had Thoughts about this one i guess I'm kinda torn on a 7 or an 8 for this I think if it had been better executed, itd be an 8, but it's just missing a strong set up, carry through, and pay off. 7/10

Was cute but also just felt like I was going through the motions of a popular seme x friends to lovers BL, like it was just checking boxes? Idk 4/10 for me on this one