stressedpenguin's manga / #misunderstanding(36)

Ch 1-2: delinquent who's trying very hard not to be a delinquent falls for a guy with a cute face. They both suck at communicating and it takes several meetings (and several slaps) for them to figure out they like each other. The uke turns out is super into the seme but also a mega tsundere Ch 3-5: uke's lover ditched him five years ago. During those five years, uke had a kid with a woman who then died. Uke's shitty ex lover returns and forced his way into uke's life again. I cannot stand the seme. He completely disregards the ukes wants and feelings in every conversation. He's manipulative and a bum too. He's got zero respect for the uke. This guy sucks Ch 6-7: Vocalist for a band is suddenly kissed by the bassist and freaks out. Vocalist is also obsessed with the bassists playing, so even though he'd freaked out by the kiss, he winds up getting together with the bassist in the end. The bassist has a pretty shitty, cold, manipulative attitude, so wasnt a fan Overall 3 or 4/10

Cheerful outgoing seme publically confesses to the much quieter, more stoic uke. They slowly ish build a relationship, theres some mild drama, and then they, confess, kiss, and fuck. The end 6/10, overall solid

Foreigner, misunderstanding, comedy, this annoyed me, smut British guy accidentally proposes to a japanese man bc his friend didn't actually teach him useful Japanese. Many shenanigans and threats of seppuku later, hea coerced into a marriage with the Japanese guy and falls in love because this is a BL. He never stops freaking out about it tho. The friend also has a side story in which he hooks a hot Japanese guy and then uses him as a personal piggy bank and generally makes everyone in his life miserable, which was not fun to read. I think the main couple was funny at first but it rapidly became like a psychological horror as the uke is fully delusional... 3/10, did not vibe with it

First couple was pretty cute if a bit awkward. I'm glad the uke (?) realized he was being kinda cruel to the seme. That was cute I was a little more invested in the second couple but like. Damn. Just talk to each other??? Over all, 6/10?

That was cute! Uke suffers from boy who cried wolf syndrome, turning every confession and flirtation with his childhood friend into a joke because he cant handle the humiliation of being truthful. But because of this, the seme doesnt believe him when he tries to be honest. And HE himself also doesnt believe the seme when the seme returns his feelings. Creating a weird misunderstanding when they start dating but neither believes the other really likes them 7/10

"I either pet you or I die! This is the state I am in!!" - seme. Truly peak comfort read material old married couple of the whatever department they're in. it's got the good ol' gay uke in love with his straight senpai with the "Don't wanna confess and ruin what we have" trope AND the "he's straight so he can marry a woman, have kids, and live the mandated nuclear family happy life" trope. There's a misunderstanding as characters jump to understandable conclusions, and there's lots and lots of cheesy, heart-warming fluff 8/10

All of that... because they wouldn't talk to each other huh but lowkey that's exactly why I read this so ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Very standard popular guy x sorta outcast guy where neither of them use their words and it causes problems and then they meet again a few years later and resolve everything and thaysnkinda what I was here for 5/10, just a meal decently made I guess

MC desperately wants to be a video game modeler for a big game company. It's been his dream since childhood and he works really hard in vocational school to achieve it. One of his classmates, a quite and unsociable guy, is really really good at modeling, and MC winds up developing a nasty inferiority complex. Although he acts nice to his rival, it eats away at him inside. After they graduate, and his rival lands a job at MC's dream company, our MC's jealousy reaches a head and he gives up on modeling all together. Throughout this, MC and his rival have a messy off again on again romantic relationship They're both a mess but I appreciate the realistic look at how it feels when someone is just better than you at the thing you love. Inferiority complexes are brutal. I'll be honest, I wasn't really rooting for the relationship. The rival was too oblivious and the MC's inferiority complex was too all consuming. I'm glad they worked things out but I almost would've liked this more if they didn't. Dunno. Either way, 8/10

The fact that they had this miscommunication for so long drove me nuts and even when they met, it just felt clumsy. Mm. 5/10

Last read ch 28. Bounty hunter Callahan just needs to catch 1 more criminal to collect a fat 10 mil pesos (?). His target is Jonny the Scammer, bona fide twink. Tbh there were bits that were pretty confusing. The story avoids going that play by play thing or giving exposition dumps, and generally does a good job presenting the information through visual storytelling and subtler dialogue... That said, there's A LOT happening in this story that divides what little space the story allots for exposition. As a result, it's easy to miss key backstory details (skill issue on my part) and could sometimes be a little unsatisfying? It's unclear for a BIG portion of the story if out Jonny is actually the scammer. He doesn't act like one even for the 1.5 ish chapters he's alone. I was never sold 100% that he's a criminal deserving of arrest. He just seems like some unfortunate guy. I think this actually could have benefited from being longer, having time to explore the characters (and world?) more. But it was still a cohesive, comprehensible story with what it gave us. Also shoutout to the person in the comments for explaining, re:ch 12 that Jonny lied about the timeline to give himself an alibi. I totally did not clock that at all 8/10