stressedpenguin's manga / #restaurant(5)

Gozou Roppu no Koi

Complete | Torime | 2000 released

Cute! Uke owns a restaurant that's in debt and the seme is a host who's destroyed his liver. the story really brushed over the sexual assault scene and the host having serious medical issues. Wish the uke had some friends of his own too but overall the story was pretty good. 7/10

Umi To Futari No Enbun Noudo

Complete | Unohana | 2015 released

Lingua dolce

Complete | Akihisa Teo | 2019 released

Glad the seme actually backed off when the uke yelled at him but lame that he didn't when he was just asked. Would love to see the glasses kid and Masayuki get together they seemed way better at communication and I liked their vibe 7/10

Kimi wo someru asayake ni

Complete | Umi tomoshibi | 2019 released

photographer runs into a young restaurant owner while visiting town to photograph the sunsets. he winds up working at the restaurant in return for room and board. Photographer is still haunted by the death of his past lover so we got some angst too. Some gripes: 1) romance characters need to stop kissing people without consent. 2) I was expecting the drama to be a bit more fleshed out? Seme confesses, kisses uke, uke panics and leaves. Comes back 4 pages later and they have exactly one conversation about the complicated feelings associated with losing a lover and moving on from them, and then we're done. Overall, fairly cute. It's got a good not quite melancholy not quite fluffy atmosphere. 6/10

Yoidore Koi o Sezu

Complete | HASHIMOTO Aoi | 2016 released

Ahhhhhh that was satisfying. Uke had a one night stand with a restaurant owner, starts working and living at the restaurant and the one night stand continues. The relationship is cute and the characters are pretty honest with their feelings and kiyo-san is a fantastic grandpa figure 9/10