Yane's manga / #age gap(91)

My rating: 9,7/10 I want more, I want a spin-off, this is too good to skip. All three main characters have a really interesting and complex personality and the uke is actually quite mature. I love their character growth and how all their hurt feelings are caused by a toxic father. This entanglement is captivating. BROTHER COMPLEX, EX, LIE After the uke gets dumped by his boyfriend of 7 years he meets his brother (seme) who's his student at the university he teaches at. Bc the seme has a huge brother complex he starts pestering him and the uke lies that he's the one who dumped his brother. But that just raises the seme's interest. SPOILER: The best thing is that the seme's brother actually was oppressed by his father as well and bowed to his every word. He comes to regret listening to the old man an offers the uke to start over. But the uke dumps him and he cancels his engagement and remains single. This made it so much better. I need a story about him.

My rating: 5/10 It's not my cup of tea but I understand why people like it. The uke dislikes himself and therefore can't like anyone else. He's kinda gloomy and has a brother complex leading to his destructive behaviour. The seme is a nice guy teaching him about love. TWINS, PROSTITUTION The uke feels unloved bc his outgoing twin brother always gets all the attention and others ask him to be like him. So the uke starts selling his body letting his clients call him by his brother's name to punish them both. But then a friendly older guy shows up asking to be his friend.

My rating: 4/10 I don't really like them. The seme's an ignorant coward and the uke uses other people to forget about him. Really, the best character is the uke's sex friend. The plot is quite cliché FRIENDS TO LOVERS, PLAYBOY UKE The uke has been in love with his older childhood friend (seme) for a long time but started avoiding him after meeting his first girlfriend. Years later the uke has become a fuckboy sleeping around with men. But when his mother injures herself he comes back home and meets the seme again.

My rating: 7/10 I like the story and the ML. He's so overprotective of her and I'm a sucker for "unrequited" love tropes. But the FL is kinda dumb always starting things to help him and ending up needing to be rescued. That's frustrating. YAKUZA, AGE GAP After her parent's death the FL finds out she's the head of a yakuza clan's granddaughter. When he takes her in a man (ML) attacks and she saves his life making him swear to protect her. Years later he's the second in command and the succession is at stake.

My rating: 4/10 It's alright but the art really isn't to my liking and the whole thing with the seme being his teacher and the uke clearly drawing a line between him and "adults" makes it feel iffy. I don't know, it's consensual but ... nah. The uke's sad childhood is only mentioned on the side. Kinda twisted if u think about it. AGE GAP, TEACHER, SCHOOL LIFE A student (uke) who lives with only his poor mom works as a deliveryman and witnesses his teacher (seme) kissing another man when he brings his neighbour pizza. Since then they start growing close and the uke often visits the seme.

My rating: 6/10 It's not a normal teacher student romance, the reincarnation theme gives it a dark undertone. Their history is interesting but I don't ship them, they just gloss over the fact that his "love" started with a twisted unrequited obsession. I like the 2 ML much more. And the ending is kinda open, u don't get closure. SCHOOL LIFE, REINCARNATION The FL lives in a boarding house with her mother and finds out that her new English teacher (ML) is the new boarder there. He seems kinda mysterious and interested in her. Meanwhile she gets entangled with the popular guy in class.

My rating: 10/10 This beautiful slow burn manages to tell a pure and emotional story in spite of the topics it addresses. The seme discovers the meaning of love and the uke meets someone who loves him back. Both of them are well-written characters with their own individual personality. The art is gorgeous and the characters are hot. PROSTITUTION, EX YAKUZA, AGE GAP After his boss dies for love the seme leaves the yakuza seeking to live a normal live. One day, he meets a beautiful boy (uke) in a bus who pays for his ride. He can't forget the way the uke looked at his lover. But later he finds out that the uke is a prostitute and decides to buy him every day and study with him to make him stop selling his body.

My rating: 8/10 The art is top-notch and the romance starts with a (careful) seduction. It's a younger puppy seme x older mature uke pairing and I love it. Loving the uke helps the seme turn his life around. SPOILER: But the uke is traumatised so at first the seme has to tiptoe around him. I don't like how the murder case didn't get solved. THIEF, EX COP, YOUNGER SEME A thief (seme) gets caught stealing a wallet by another man who forces him to return it and to apologise. On top of that, he forces the seme to work at a book shop for 1 day in exchange for not handing him over to the police. Out of anger, the seme breaks into his house the next day but realises that he's an ex cop. He tries to distance himself but then he hears something about the uke's past that he can't get out of his head. SPOILER: The uke's former partner (at work) got murdered by criminals who waited in his home and wanted revenge. The uke was the one to find his corpse and quit working as a coup after that thinking that he was unfit for the job bc he couldn't protect his partner. He's traumatised and at first couldn't even go into his apartment. That's why, when he finds out that the seme is the one who broke in, he gets really angry. But he forgives him after seeing his sincere regret.

My rating: 7,5/10 I'm no fan of blackmail plots but this one isn't so bad. The Dom's controlling and possessive love is shown as something that can drive people away, that's refreshing. The Sub is good-hearted but also speaks his mind. The smut is rather vanilla for a sub/domverse. AGE GAP, TEACHER, ROOMMATES A teacher suppressed his sub traits but then his fiancee leaves and his plans crumble. He meets up with a dom he found on a dating app, but the guy turns out to be his former student who blackmails him into letting him stay in his apartment after they hook up.

My rating: 8/10 It's interesting to read bc the characters have some depth. The uke puts on a mask fearing to be hated and avoids trouble while the seme is straightforward and energetic. I like how they balance each other out so perfectly. It's cute. ROOMMATES, OLDER UKE An office worker (uke) meets a young man (seme) at a mixer his friend forced him to go to. After that they keep bumping into each other until the seme asks him to let him stay at his apartment bc his burned down. The uke wants to avoid someone as troublesome as him, but takes him in anyway.