stressedpenguin's manga / #wholesome(107)

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

So flufffffffffffffyyy I love them! Yes! Exactly! Healthy, open communication about sex and working things out together Loved the uke getting over his fear of pain cuz he wants to have sex with the seme so bad. Also love the seme herring scared he'll hurt the uke and all the juicy angst that came with that. And then they talk and fuck and it's great 8/10

Bruhh the domestic fluffffff. So cute! Sojiro is so perfectly doting. Also uke isnt afraid to say what he wants. It's cute, its fluffy, it's funny. 8/10 wish the side characters were there more

Very sweet and fluffy story about a gay, single father whose main job is writing picture books and another gay man working at a boutique who's all but given up in love. Was very wholesome minus the very dubious bj scene at the start. 7 or 8/10

HAHA yessss FINALLY a story that focuses on the kid! Too bad it's short. 10/10 adorableness. I want more about this kid, hes a riot. It's too short to really give a rating but eh fuck it. 9/10! And a 10/10 in my heart.

10/10 background characters Edit: I'm rereading this rn (on ch 35) as the official translation comes out and I'm enjoying it a lot more. Probably because I'm actually in the mood for an indulgent fluff fest with a rich hot bf x low self esteem cutie whose actually competent Juwon winds up becoming the fwb of the no. 1 model and fluffy shenanigans ensue. Juwon's boss is abusive and exploitative and I felt do bad for him. Aiden was very sweet and supportive. There was a bit of drama but not much and not too long. Overall, it was sweet and fluffy, but it kinda started to lose me halfway. Things just felt weightless. 6/10

Cute! Gardener x college student. Gardner's got some good gap moe going on. They're cute, very fluffy. They go one some trips. Seme takes a bit to really listen but he does stop if the uke says no about sex. Solid 7/10

Story 1: guys best friend confesses and then starts avoiding him. They resolve it. This happens twice, which was annoying. The friend also really pushes for sex without really considering if the MC wants that. Didn't really like this one Story 2: Two college guys living together. The short one is in love with the tall one and the tall one knows but kinda teases the short one about it without explaining that the love is mutual until the end. Was cute. Overall verdict: 5/10

short and sweet story about two boys running restaurants down the street from each other. they're both in love and it's super fluffy and the food looks so frickin good 7/10

Bro they're adorable . I love relationships that have complicated emotional backstories. They've both been in love with each other for 10 years but the complicated feelings surrounding how they met and fell out made it hard for them, especially Toranosuke, to express their feelings. I love that by the end Tora figures out how to say wahst on his mind. There are so many little things about these two that are amazing. I love the whole thing with the rings. And also FINALLY a story that doesnt use rape, assault, or kidnapping ro create drama. The characters themselves have enough complicated feelings to make this an interesting story 9/10. Might be a 10/10 and not just cuz I'm a sucker for cool, gentle guys on motorcycles but the girls kinda sucked in this so I gotta think on it