On or Off
Director (seme) x CEO of a start-up (uke) My rating: 9,3/10 This is a mature romance with an healthy relationship. The characters aren't stereotypical, especially the uke and his team. There's communication, comedy and a bit drama as well. The (hot) seme first seems toxic but he's actually considerate (he makes mistakes tho). The art is unique. Yiyoung is planning to build a startup with his college friends... They gets a golden opportunity to present their proposal to SJ Corporation, one of the leading companies in the country... where he encounters Kang Daehyung, super handsome companies big shot & Yiyoung's heart starts racing...! After failing the presentation, the pretty-faced Yiyoung somehow ended up getting in bed with the director to make him look at his project again. This is the start of his fight for success in business and in love. ️ Edit (Spoiler): Seme is cold at first bc of a misunderstanding but then really starts loving uke
Dreadful Night
"Gamer" (seme) x "gamer" (uke) My rating: 9,5/10 SURVIVAL/HORROR GAME, STRUCK IN A LOOP Pi Bada has been struck in a horror survival game. There, he makes a trip to a house in the wilderness with the other characters of the game (NPC). Every time, a mysterious killer on a killing spree appears and kills everyone. The game restarts from the beginning once again like an infinite loop after Pi Bada dies ... But after restarting again he realized that Nam Doho whom he only considered as one of the game NPC is behaving differently than before ..
Body Complex
Student (teacher's son, seme) x student (teacher's lover, uke) My rating: 8,8/10 POSSESSIVE LOVER, DRAMA, SEXUAL ABUSE After Jaehyun’s piano performance goes viral, world-renowned classical music professor, Kang Minwoo, takes him under his wing. This entails both a scholarship at a prestigious music school and...a sexual relationship outside of the classroom. Jaehyun hopes his special relationship with the professor will come with perks, such as an opportunity to study in Germany. But when the professor’s son, a piano prodigy, enters the picture, Jaehyun finds his plans thwarted. ️ Edit (Spoiler): The teacher is really cold towards the uke but actually totally obsesses over him and wants to keep him shackled to his side forever. Therefore, he promises him to let him go to Germany one day, but never makes it happen. He also abuses him physically and hits him. The seme came to the teacher's house to get revenge on him for abandoning him and his now dead mother. His plans are backed up by the teacher's "new" wife, a businesswoman who wants to destroy her husband. But then the seme falls for the uke as they engulf in a sexual relationship because the uke wants to punish the teacher for being so cold towards him. In the end, the seme saves the uke from his miserable life and gives him a new future with him.
Sonna ni Iu Nara Daiteyaru
Office worker (seme) x popular office worker (uke) My rating: 8,8/10 OFFICE WORKERS, GAY BAR, TWO-FACED SEME, ARROGANT UKE An average office drone by day and gay-magnet playboy by night, Urakawa Shinobu was living it up as a 'top’ without anybody knowing about his double life. Or that’s how it was supposed to be. Suddenly, the narcissist Prince of the sales department, Omoteya Hikaru, appears at the gay bar Shinobu frequents. With a half-baked plan to be popular with guys too, Hikaru’s invasion of Shinobu’s favourite haunt is getting in the way of his game. So to regain his oasis, Shinobu decides to make a move on Hikaru: “You’ve been waiting, right? For me to hit on you, that is.” ️ Edit (Spoiler): The seme is hilarious (funny and cool) while the uke is just so into himself it's really amusing to read. The seme gets uke drunk and then fools around with him. He thinks that scared him off, but the uke seeks him out because he can't forget him. They end up having sex on a regular basis and falling for each other over time. Just after the seme decides to end it because he doesn't want the uke to find out who he really is, the dude discovers just that. In the end, they get together
Aishitekureru Hito ga, Ousama
President of a company (seme) x ordinary worker (uke) My rating: 7/10 Ever since being cast aside by his ex-lover, Sei Hikawa became a feckless man. He let his hair grow unkempt, without care for his appearance. This aimless way of his is changed by the appearance of a certain man. Wearing a suit and an expensive watch, Kengo Haruki directs Sei and helps him polish both his physical appearance and build his character. But what kengo wants as compensation is Sei's body... ️ Edit (Spoiler): The characters are not really complex as it's so short and the content is more like "I helped you, so let me fuck you", but it's an easy story where everything goes the right way. The seme actually saw him before at his former job and ended up talking to him about his problems (taking over the company of his stepfather). The uke comforted him back then so he kind off fell for him and doesn't want to let him go now.
My Little Inferno
(Former) criminal (seme) x college student (uke) My rating: 8/10 It's a bit special bc the characters feel so real. No pretty tears or glitter, they get ugly. They all have a motive, an own story, and there's no clear "good" or "evil". The uke is pretty likable, his romance with the seme is kinda toxic tho bc of stockholm syndrome. I like how he manages to make the uke express himself later on tho. The whole thing with the hackers is pretty interesting but also horrifying if u think about it. I mean, the seme and the former uke literally destroyed many people's lived for fun. CYBERCRIME, AGE GAP (10 years), TOUGH UKE Hitoshi Arai is just an average college student with a mediocre life. During high school, he was bullied for being fat and got stressed and anxious easily. He had hoped that college would give him a fresh new start, but he remains his ordinary lone self. One night on his way home from his part-time job, Hitoshi accidentally bumps his bag of groceries into a car. He immediately inspects the car to see if he left any scratches while internally musing about Aladdin's story. He is surprised when the trunk of the car pries itself opens, revealing an intimidating figure of a man who proceeds to take advantage of Hitoshi by letting him stay at his home. Intimidated and scared, Hitoshi does what the man wants. The man introduces himself as 'Mah' and thus, begins complicating Hitoshi's ordinary life. SPOILER: The seme abandoned his former partner in crime and now tries to get away from him hiding in the uke's flat. The uke initially wants to kick him out but grows fond of him over time. However, The seme's former lover now targets the uke and his mom to put pressure on the seme. He's megalomaniac and needs the seme to be his power. This is also the reason why he's attracted to him. Their love was like being on drugs. I like that it doesn't work out, that's fitting. The seme in the end settles down with the uke, the former uke moves on. Happy ending
Namae mo Shiranai Machiawase
My rating: 5/10 It's not really yaoi, only a little bit. 1) office worker x office worker Two salaryman hook up in a public toilet. After that, they can't seem to forget each other. 2) teacher x student A art teacher and his student fall in love while the teacher helps the student improving his art. 3) student x student Two students of a boarding school fall in love. However, at the beginning, one of them can't accept himself being gay and takes his frustration out on the other student.
Hitsuji no Kawa wo Kita Kemono
Sister's boyfriend (seme) x adopted brother My rating: 4,7/5 REALLY GOOD, BUT NOT FINISHED SISTER'S BOYFRIEND, ATTEMPTED RAPE, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DARK PAST, DRAMA Daichi's big sister is getting married, and to a super hot guy named Jun Igawa! When they first meet, Daichi's suspicious; what does this accomplished, rich, attractive guy see in his sister? But Jun seems like such a nice guy, and slowly, Daichi starts to drop his guard... is Jun really everything he seems? Or is he a devil in disguise? ️ Edit (Spoiler): Complex characters, seme with an unstable mental health, uke is his salvation The seme is actually a marriage impostor wanting to take the sister's money and run off. He has a dark past (abused by his mother, lived in multiple orphanages) and hates women because of that. He also wanted to "stain" the uke because he was better off. But after the seme disappeared, the uke searched for him and in the end found him. The seme ended up in prison for four years because he got in trouble to save the uke from the people he he knew. After his release, the uke approached him again and their relationship deepend. The seme began to really need to uke and be possessive, but still can't tell him everything.
You and I can't do this
Office worker (seme) x office worker (uke) My rating: 9,3/10 CO-WORKERS, CUTE, FLUFF, COMEDY, TEASING SEME, TOUGH UKE, ENEMIES TO LOVERS He graduated early from the science department, acquired his PhD at a record speed, and is now a senior researcher making a large salary at a major company. In other words, Go Youngwon is a pitiful engineering student that has never been outside his school or the lab. Just like his name, he dreams about love and forever ever after. But, he's actually a sucker for looks and falls in love quickly. Because of this bulldozer-like personality, he often gets dumped before he even starts dating. One day, his friend sets him up on a blind date. But his partner turns out to be Kang Hyunwoo, his coworker and a man of the same age who has the exact opposite temper, tastes, personality, and basically everything else. At first, they both are disgusted by the idea of seeing each other, but then they somehow end up as fuckbuddies. Can something greater develop between them? ️ Edit (Spoiler): They fall for each other and have a happy ending. The seme really is teasing the uke, but it's so cute and funny, I love him.
Make Me Bark