stressedpenguin's manga / #personal favorite(12)

This is possibly my absolute favorite manga. Very realistic, solid relationship building and character writing. this is almost a 10/10 for me. 9/10

delinquent comes across another delinquent with the ability to heal wounds using his body fluid. 8/10

q u a l i t y omegaverse heck yeeeeeee. beta seme x alpha uke. alpha uke pretends to be an omega bc he wants to be held. really like the seme. 8/10

Second story really got me man, all the tropes I love to death. First story (1-3): two friends watch porn together, get horny, and jack off together and it becomes a habit. they figure out they like each other Second story (4-7): gay hs kid (uke) is in love with his best friend and is jealous best friend (seme) is in love with this girl. uke finds out the girl likes seme and confesses, but he backtracks by pretending he's passing on a confession from the girl seme likes. seme can't stop thinking about uke's confession and after much good angst they get together. 9/10 for me

This one's a super sweet. The characters are so well written, the story feels grounded and realistic. Their job is an actual part of the plot and the manga shows specifics about their work. THS SEME ACTUALLY STOPS AND ASKS WHAT'SWRONG WHEN THE UKE SAYS NO AND STOP DURING SEX. Very sweet. 9/10

B R U H this was so good. The smut was 10/10. The relationship was healthy and consensual. Most of the side stories were solid too. I loved all the characters. Only thing I'd change is the uke is too perfect. Like the seme kinda seems really lame comparatively since they have the same skill sets. The relationship feels a bit unbalanced sometimes and it's never really fixed. So 9.5/10

Bruhhhhhhh soooooo CUUUUUUTE. Honestly top tier seme. He just wants the uke to do smth he loves and explore his own hobbies. None of that isolationism and possessiveness. Uke learns that he doesnt have to be needed by anyone to be worth something. Pure and sweet. 9/10 I really like this one! name on MAL is Aisaretagari no Tsukushikata

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

Really hoping there's a second volume of this one. this was surprisingly really good 9/10

That was an absolute roller coaster of emotions. Simultaneously heartbreaking and sweet and smutty and so fuckin FUNNY. The art went HARD on the emotional moments, you can really feel Naruse screaming his emotions out. This had me in one kinda tears over the bag swap and then in a different tears again during the running scene and the end. It was wild. The art really makes them seem almost insane sometimes. If it was just a bit longer I'd give it a 9, but for me this was missing something so it's an 8/10.