stressedpenguin's manga / #multiple stories(117)

Dropped at ch 3. Meh ¯_(ツ)_/¯ wasnt really into it

I know I just finished this but I cannot remember much about it -/10

Wow. That made my heart ache in a way I wasn't prepared for. The manga is generally about the lives and struggles of various women. The stories are tied together by the women's connection to Yukko (Yukiko?), our focus character, one way or another. And it's just raw. Like it's just so...human. and so its messy and raw and painful at times but highly cathartic. Warning for chapter two (?). It's definitely a story of its time. One of the male characters is sexually assaulted by a female student, and the story doesnt even recognize that its sexual assault. It was pretty rough to get through. Though the manga isnt ABOUT misogyny or the patriarchy or living as a women in a man's world, those things have a tangible impact on these women's lives. This story is about showing you the women as people, and the problems a misogynist society are just there because they're there. I'm struggling to articulate my thoughts, but hopefully I got it out clear enough that you'll understand. 8/10

An anthology of gap moe BL. Very cute, 7/10 Ch 1: Seme's boss is a total hardass but secretly he's just a tearful softboi who doesn't know how to balance being a good worker with being a good leader. 6/10, generally cute. Ch 2: The cold top student at school turns out to be the seme's online friend and further is feistier than he lets on. 6/10 Ch 3: Regular guy is the target of cartoonish idiotic rich guy's affection after he rescued him from heatstroke Ch 4: Actor man with the fluffy hair appears to the only person prince-like other actor man doesn't like. Turns out, prince-like actor man is just a massive fan and gets flustered around fluffy hair actor man. Very cute! 7/10 Ch 5: Regular office man x lunch place guy with a scary face. Also cute! 7/10 Ch 6: Two high school friends who obviously like each other. Blondie likes teasing his more bashful friend. Turns out, bashful friend has a bold streak and beats blondie to their first kiss. Again, cute! 7/10 Ch 7: The happy-go-lucky extrovert at school is actually a yandere and also dating the quiet glasses guy who handles him great. At least he's self-aware?? 7/10 still although I generally dislike yanderes :D Ch 8: Artist with a hand fetish falls for a seemingly elegant detached hairdresser who turns out to be a bi tmore sadistic than he seemed. 6/10 Ch 9: Normally stone-faced roommate is actually mostly shy and really misses his dead dog :'(. 7/10 Ch 10: This idiot actually has a cool, responsible side to him. Cute! 6/10 Ch 11: Another story about the scary lunch guy couple from ch 5! name in MAL is Sono Gap ni Yowai Tokushuu

There was more punching in this than I expected... Uhhh 5/10? 4/10?

Ch 1: seme wants to have sex with his partner to confirm their love but the uke firmly shuts him down every time. Turns out he was insecure about the seme seeing his man body and getting turned off. Which... the seme is gay for you what are you on bro??? Anyway the seme is very pushy and the uke is dumb as hell 4/10 Ch 2-3: Socially clumsy, endearing boss x employee that takes on too much responsibility. Cute and comfortable. 7/10 Ch 4: Guy's senpai impulsively moves in with him and likes monopolizing his time but also kinda feels guilty so he winds up running away. Honestly, despite the premise mot being my thing, twas cute. 7/10 Ch 5-6: Guy somehow stumbles into a lopsided relationship with his expressionless kouhai (?). Kouhai doesn't really get how romantic feelings work and it causes a rift but they're able to kinda sorta maybe???? figure things out. This is a very bad summary, it's good I promise. 7/10 Ch 7: short follow ups with some of the couples Overall: 7/10

All of these end really abruptly name on MAL is Otokokemono Desu!