stressedpenguin's manga / #too short(40)

Stressed out salaryman (uke) being overworked at a black company suddenly runs into a kid, now grown up, he knew back in middle school (seme). Seme asks to move in temporarily while his boss, who he lives with, is in the hospital. Watching Hiro be stressed and worn down mentally by that job was starting to stress ME out (⋟﹏⋞). Shotout to Kaneko, his team lead or smth, for encouraging him to quit and pointing out just how badly the chief has twisted his image of himself. Kai's life was also sad af, just neglect after neglect, and it shows so clearly through his mindset. I really liked the old guy who took him. Also props to the son for recognizing what a shitty thing he did and genuinely apologizing for it. I liked a lot about this story, but the ending was just unsatisfying. It feels abrupt and like it didn't solve the underlying issues. Hiro quits his jobs, which I was rooting for. But Kai just abandons the old man who's cared for him for the past 5 or 6 years. There's nothing wrong with Kai moving on, I just wanted some scene with the old guy where he talks about it, so we can resolve that plot thread. idk. This was almost a 9; the ending brought it down to a 7; Kaneko, the old man, and the son brought it back up to an 8/10

I hate to say it but... what a let down. The premise was interesting and the first two cases with the sword and voodoo lady were interesting, sure, but the story doesn't deliver on anything else. It sets up for SOMETHING to happen with the naked guy and MC, but then nothing??? They barely even interact all things considered. The story is also bogged down by a large cast of characters and not enough time to explore any if them. There was a lot of potential that didn't... go anywhere I don't think it's the story's fault. It feels like it got cut off just as it was picking up, so I imagine something happened behind the scenes, which is such a shame. Was really interested in this one and the art is great 6/10.

Last read ch 3. Way too short to fo anything with that premise but not a bad one. Uke likes his friend, confessed, gets a bad reaction. He finds a Love Note notebook and starts writing all his fiery fantasies in it but then his crush starts acting them out, and then it turns out the seme likes him back and has been reading the notebook. 4/10

Dunno how to summarize this one. Uh, seme is a 17 yr old model, who's genearlly known to be callous and emotionless. Uke is like a writer or something who gets involved with the seme. Uke is very pure and doesn't want sex without. Seme sleeps around without any emotions attached and that causes a lot of friction between them. Very off and on story Seme is a literally a kid (17 yrs, so yikes) and really struggles with communicating his feelings and winds up talking like he doesn't care which only makes this relationship more complicated. Overall, I kinda liked this, but it also irked me and I'm not a huge fan of adult x minor with massive age gaps hmmm. 7/10?

Mellow kinda uke x the chill but responsible kinda seme? Uke has a rule of sex friends only, no romantic relationships and now hes falling for the seme. Its very cute in a gentle kind of way. Tbh I felt like the story could have been longer! I wanted to see more of them!! 7 or 8/10. It really did feel too short, which is kinda holding it back and the random side story was a distraction for me

Hold up. What was that flashback from the shinigami??? Was he the uke's dad?!??! Or am I dumb?? EDIT yeah I'm just dumb Guy nearly dies on the daily but theres a mysterious black shadow that seems to save him. Turns out shadow is a shinigami who's protecting him from death. Guy and shinigami fall in love and fuck and theres some angst. 6/10?

Did anyone actually like each other in this? Not even romantically just like in general?? Hangyeol seemed to hate Suho, or at least see him as just a nuisance. Like??? Were they actually friends for 13 years cuz it sure didnt feel like it (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ Why wouldn't you talk to your best friend you have a crush on about big life events??? ლ(☉益☉ლ) And what was the point of having that other guy exist if he was just gonna disappear and contribute nothing? This was too short and kinda did nothing and I kinda didnt like anyone even if they looked pretty. Shoutout to the moms tho 3/10 for being frustrating

Ayo this was so frickin good! I love me some beefy airhead super powered uke x tsundere but super kind werewolf seme 9/10 I just wish it was a liiiiiittle longer

Cute and short lil meet cute with a scary looking delinquent and a transfer student who hides his real expressions. I wish this was longer the relationship felt just a bit rushed cuz it was so short but it was very natural 6/10

Completed at ch 10. Too short to develop anything. I feel bad for the uke. He still doesnt seem to like getting fucked that much. Hes always saying it hurts, which it should with that monster dick the seme had 5/10