apopoi's manga / #shounen ai(28)

Saw the scene of the ml wearing red clothes from head to bottom on YouTube shorts...reminded me of my ult group Treasure's member Kim Doyoung in one of the earlier episodes of T-map(maybe 10?)..he dressed up from top to bottom in red clothes, scarf, headphones, shirt, pants, jackets. So I checked it out...the comments were all super positive so yeah...shounen ai is not a genre I delve in (mostly YAOI) so it is very cinnamon like...their chemistry...chefs kiss..mc is a shut in and a loner? While ml is super popular, outgoing, rich and whatnot..an overused formula yet it still works..they haven't even kissed yet in 30+ episodes while the other bl I read already have sex in the first episode so a change of pace for me.. haha Update: I am currently in ch57 and they are finally going to have sex..I mean the scene in the car where they both got off by rubbing their dicks together was the most they've gotten at in season 2 anyway..we are starting season 3 off spicy..also the seme is so considerate and I love the way he gazes at our Sangwoo full of adoration and desire and so much more..the fact that he is willing to go with his pace and actually waits for Sangwoo to take the initiative or give consent is chef's kiss..mwah..The way he dealt with the girl who had a crush on our MC was something..the fact that he was willing to properly explain and confess his feelings for him despite the risk as well as him warning or telling her to stay away from him..the whole 'if there was only one vest available, who would you give it to in emergency' then she answered 'me'..as she should btw..I love the way she knows her boundaries and is socially adept enough to know when to step back and looks at the candidates that our ML offered her..so her and Frankenstein, huh?..The way ML lures our MC into thirst traps is so subtle and I wouldn't have picked up on it if it were me from a while back ..good job me..his fit tho..our MC has become bolder and more in tune with his feelings after his conflicted feelings about the whole homophobic (not exactly but I don't know how else to describe it) thing have been cleared up..he surprised the ML with it at times..love that for us..Sangwoo not changing himself and the author not modifying him to fit into the whole bottom and uke stereotype makes me so happy and pleased..like some ukes who had different demeanors suddenly turn extremely feminine from the way they hold themselves to their gestures..their body posture during intimate moments but not our Sangwoo..him actually thinking he should have dressed up when he saw our ML looking so fine for their first official date despite his denial..and him catching himself and wondering why he has that thought..his character is fleshed out more this season..

It has the essence of shounen ai but it doesn't shy away from showing sexual acts...the dicks are uncensored and it is kind of informative tho it wasn't anything that I didn't already know...Vaseline being used as a kind of lube was fascinating? I mean it can work? Kirara is so innocent and simple minded and Ken is just a grumpy and horny teenager plus the good looks height and physique..he is good in fighting..tho it came as a bit of a surprise to me that Aniki is bicurious on top of Ken being gay only for Kirara tho he did date some girls and seem to have experience in kissing etc..the dad is also gay..the brothers hated homos and were homophobic..tho that didn't last...the naivety and logic only work in mangas tho..but anyway the author seems to take inspiration from haikyuu main leads Hinata and Kageyama with the iconic "Hinata boke" with "stupid kirara"..hinata's sunshine like personality and high eq and extroverted nature is reflected on Kirara...it seems like a doujinshi of some sort...the qualms I have is that they are 15 year olds..I would prefer it if they were a bit older...tho it isn't unrealistic..it takes away from a bit of the experience...four stars for this YAOI yet shounen manga..

Wow..this holds such a special place in my heart since it was my first ever bl. Man the way I gushed, screamed, blushed, hid behind my pillow, punched my sis, the secondhand embarassment and life-changing moments I had with this YAOI or shounen ai was astronomical. My homophobic ass could not handle all the sexy postures the uke was doing. I was like open mouthed :0 at the scene when the ml pressed his dick and mc dick together and jerked them both off..the shower scene?? A classic then the common room scene..I was like LOCK THE DOOR!! They r childhood friends tho I didn't really focus on the plot but I got hella secondhand embarassment from mc when he expected to have sex with ml after he declined the offer and prepared himself..I skipped it!! The story wasn't important..their gazes of longing, the saliva, the sex, the steam and the sex position and situation and their faces during sex was the highlight*ahem* the climax of the story..so sorry for that ( I'm not)..I read it in tapas and it was free only to a certain chapter so I skipped ahead and ch 70+ chapters were unlocked so I saw it and that changed my life completely and I have never looked back since...

It is definitely not YAOI but shounen ai..most definitely..I have read like a chapter before a while back but I felt like the MC would give me a ton of second- hand embarassment so I have been putting it off. Like we know his friend liked him but that was another timeline, right? They are not even friends in this timeline but him blushing and all when he sees him..ugh..I can't manage..Like he is so aware of him now and starting to see him in that light. Also a thing to note, in his og timeline when his friend confessed to him, the ml seemed so nonchalant and not nervous at all so..and MC stop kidding yourself..u don't see him as a brother atleast not anymore Ok, I admit that I was very short sighted regarding these two relationship. It seems that this is not very typical, when it shows the past timeline it is always the uke taking the initiative and the seme gets sucked into it. He seems to think he is straight eventho all the signs point to him being gay, or maybe bi? And I can see why the seme falls for him, he is so thoughtful and doesn't back away after being given the cold shoulder, and tries to resolve things healthily. Also he is cute..I love his blushing face. The moment the seme felt the same way for him, I was in a good mood the whole way through.

The comments are super positive and the synopsis is so enticing. I feel like it would be my type of read but 300+ chapters. I need to make a commitment and besides I feel like I would blush or be flustered while reading this so my pillow and phone is gonna be suffering again sadly.

I am intrigued!! The synopsis sealed the deal for me, the cover caught my attention but wow I wanna read it so much..gah!! Update: So I read upto Ch5 and so far I have no complaints, the ml does give off creepy vibes and is absolutely the murderer. The MC seems normal so far with his reasoning skills and all. The psychiatrist is not doing his job at all, telling MC "Everyone has a bad side, what matters is if they are good to you or not". Like what is that? MC is saying his neighbour is a potential murderer and he responds with that? Nuh-uh..and I thought psychiatrist couldn't become friends with their patient but they have been friends for seven years according to MC. He could be pretending, I think he is. The thing about the angel..so strange

The story..oh my god!! It's packed with emotions and the characters are so fucking realistic that I wanna punch them in the face. At first I was a bit creeped out by the idea of taking a picture of your crush and storing them in SoundCloud of all things but I have come around to the idea that it is harmless...in his case. Him realising and accepting that he didn't actually love his crush Chun-il? and that he was projecting the asshole that was his first love as well as the one who caused him so much trauma unto him was such an important moment. The thing about Skylar is that he isn't submissive or as timid as he appears, especially after the flashback scenes. Minwoo being homophobic and bullying him was the icing on top to make him top my most hated fictional characters list. The thing is that I have read so many terrible and despicable characters over the years from rapist, assaulters to downright pedophiles but those all seem so out of reach for me. But him, I know people like him exist, I have seen him in real life, him blindfolding Skylar and having another man kiss him and touch him, spread rumours about him being gay, initiated the bullying and him in that scene where he is so nonchalant while smoking and looking at his phone while students beat him up. That infuriates me. Him suggesting that they beat him somewhere that can be hidden since his mum and Skylar's mum were friends and he was afraid of being caught out was when I reached my snapping point. Whyyy??? Whyyyy?? I hate him!!! I hate him!!! Also the ML (forgot his name atm) backstory is sad as heck..Candy and MC is the only solace in his life now. At first he seemed like the typical bully top but so much substance and care was give to his character that I can't help being drawn to him. Hot take : The dad is worse than the stepmom. The way he looks at him is downright scary..how can he look at his own child like that? And he is already on his fifth wife? How can someone love a man like that? Loving their wife but not their child..it's a theme I've seen more times than I care to admit. Although I skipped around..I understand the gist of it and I am a fan.

Our dear MC is in love with his late sister's husband. He fell in love the moment he met him when his sister introduced him and he has been in love ever since. They worked in the same place and were newlyweds, half a year into their marriage, the healthy wife suddenly fell sick and passed away. Since then, our MC has lived together with his brother-in-law, it has been three years if I'm not mistaken. His older sister was more like a second mother to him than a sister and he owes a lot to her so he is swarmed by feelings of guilt towards his second mom. However, he wants to touch his Aniki, feel his warmth and feels happy to be near him. Convinced that he will never be free from this feeling, he planned on moving to Osaka after he graduates and stay as faraway from his Aniki as possible. His Aniki doesn't like that and wants him to stay with him. He has come to depend on him, since MC cooks for him, sets the table, packs his lunch and basically acts like a wife. He brags about his cute brother to his co-workers, a reason he is not popular as said by his female workers, and is proud of him. Okayyyy..I finished it and have come to the conclusion that Shindou is the MVP. He needs more screentime. I love how he helped Yuki and his Aniki maneuver through their rocky relationship. Also before I read the first chapter, that panel of Shindou complaining about how people often mistakes him as a homo while saying "Yuki is beautiful. He has smooth and soft skin, he is good at cooking and has a cute face when he is troubled" in the same breath is peak comedy. Also, I was shocked finding out that he actually had a girlfriend. The seme telling him that he should spend his free days with his gf instead of Yuki and him replying with "I do as I please". He is such a role model..Pfft

A little incest never hurt nobody. UPDATE (28/02/23): So I read all of it which is upto ch5.5. So they are technically step-bros and not bros by blood, as the Lil bro likes to emphasize. The big bro is the uke and the Lil bro the seme, the former gay and the latter bi. When they were kids, their parents got married and on their first meeting, the uke held out his hand and brightly introduced himself while calling himself a big bro to the seme with the said seme hiding behind his mom's back and peeking repeating the words "big bro". So cute...right? Yeah, that dynamic took a complete 180 by the time they got older. The uke is a hairdresser with a shit taste in men and the housewife of the two. The seme a DJ and a part-time soba worker, and is a playboy who cannot commit. The seme is the one who catches feelings first. With them finding out about eachother's sexual identity by coming across eo with a man each by their side. They talk it out, then the seme asks if he is a top or a bottom and added that he himself was a top. The uke blushes to the top of his ears looking aside avoiding his gaze while saying abashedly "Why are you asking that?". Then the seme sits there stunned and continues thinking about the uke's face over and over again, the cherry on top was him hearing the uke rubbing one out and he himself turned hard. He tried avoiding him by going home late, with the excuse of work eventho he completed his set already. This went on for several days until the uke comes to his workplace ie the nightclub and comes across his friends who admitted that the Lil bro had a 'bro complex' which the uke seems unfazed by since we later find out he himself is the same. The seme makes up his mind, pursues him and later the uke feels the same way. They continue with their relationship smoothly while I as a reader already feel tension abrew, coming from a mile away and there it was..they visited their grandparents when the grandpa talks about wanting to see his grandchildren before he dies. Then the uke spirals and overthinks, telling the seme that they should remain as brothers, the seme reacts harshly but eventually accepts. Then he moves out. The uke is lonely and masturbates while thinking of him, making meals for two (unconsciously) and so on. Since he was always there, he took him for granted and so on. Weeks past and the seme asks to meet up and we see a change in demeanor, with him taking the initiative to raise his hands up to ask for the menu in the restaurant they were at while the uke was mid-way in doing the same thing. The uke is torn on seeing his lil bro get by just fine without him since he always looked after him in every way and pampered him. But what amazed me was his tenacity, he misses him badly but he is still convinced he is right and won't budge. Now this is where it happens: the reconciliation. How? The seme gets hurt and is in a hospital. As cliche as it is and a cheap way to resolve the conflict and get uke to admit his feelings back. I don't mind it because any other way would have been false to the established character trait of the uke so.. He cries and admits his feelings..very very dramatic. Then the seme mutters "I knew you felt the same way"..then viola. The end. The added half a chapter was them having sex and showing the uke's experience in the act...he was basically a 'pillow princess' but he takes initiative now with him giving him a skillful blowjob and spreading his asshole, telling him to put it in with a very erotic expression on his face blessing the seme with a full view of his ass. The seme spanked him and tells him not to act like he was used to it which he responded "I am used to it so I can't help it". Then they have sex.. uncensored sex. Also that tidbit of him wearing his lil bro underwear that is tiger-print or something and the seme's uncanny timing walking in at that moment...the uke was worried that he would be turned on but he was like "Ewww" atleast that aspect of them as brothers didn't change. Oh, also in the dream that the uke had where he confessed his feelings to the seme cuz duh...a dream. Then the seme's explanation was simply "Our relationship will not change, it will be simply be added on". That made me feel something. The seme is the type 'once he makes up his mind, he won't stop until he gets what he wants' but ofcourse he didn't give up. He slept two hours a day thinking about how to get by, taking the uke's concern in mind about appearances and whatnot. Ah! Maybe that was why he was admitted because...he only slept two hours a day for weeks on end so he fainted. That was a blonde moment, sorry!! His demeanor is such a lil bro personality, a girl by the name Juali once commented on my behaviour and said I behaved like the youngest sibling, which I am. And I responded by saying that people confuse me with the eldest and she was like "No way"..and she said her former crush was the same way who also happens to be the youngest...he was like a very bad student(?) not writing his homeworks, late and does not seem to care much etc so... He (the seme) also reminds me of Haruto somewhat tho he is the eldest. Also, another moment that I loved was him telling his bro to strip then the uke said "R-rape" then he stops and said to hit him if he didn't like it then the uke responded "I can't hit the face of my cute lil bro" then he smirked and said "You like this face?" which he nodded to. This wasn't smutty at all..it does have those scene which btw is uncensored like most mangas are but have the feel and vibe of 'shounen ai'

Wait, who is the top? President Mo or Secretary Xiao? The idea of them being switches is totally plausible too, with the President being a huge tsundere and being a Lil cutie and Secretary Xiao while being outgoing and seems harmless usually, he turns different when he is drunk or during intense moments. Also he was the one who suggested not to talk about the one night stand as well while President Mo was contemplating on what he would say and thought about that moment over and over. Also his Lil sketches are so cute. The gap moe is deadly!! The Lil hamster he named Secretary Xiao cuz he fusses like him, and follows him around. But that's one of the three(four?) conditions he set for him if he wanted the position of his secretary. Which btw is hilariously impossible, be free 24/7, my business is your business, never oppose me, don't wear the same tie (colour)as me and one more, I forgot. But I reckon that's an excuse to strip him. He keeps having naughty thoughts about him to the point he ordered him not to drink coffee with cream cuz he imagined him saying 'lick the cream off my nose, President'..what? FYI I read upto CH10 Welp! It seems our cutie tsundere President is the bottom. He is so cute when he blushes, oh I read upto CH10 but I saw the scenes from the featured thingy. So the guy I thought would be the second ml is a cross-dressing famous tiktoker? And the scene where Mo gives bj to Xiao and Xiao telling him not to be scared of people walking in on them since they were the only one in the office while adding 'Boss' at the end of his sentence. That is hot! Also Mo is so demure and loves Xiao too much so I'm afraid that he will get hurt. Seems like my worry is not unfounded since many comments agree that he deserves better.