Paii's manga / #shounen ai(27)

Both yaoi and Shonen Ai. Barely anything juicy, so almost shounen ai. This was supposed to be the prequel to the manga with the magaka megane brother and his funny relationship with his editor. I read this afterwards and was generally not too impressed. Kinda lacking in parts but not too bad. Definitely not as good as the sequel tho. This time, the Otaku brother, who's literally beyond clumsy and a danger-magnet keeps getting helped and rescued by a guy who's tried his whole life to stay away from Otakus in order to not be declared an Otaku by association. They sorta get close and eventually get together. Kinda not too exciting but oh well. Also had a one-shot at the end of 2 childhood friends, one mixed foreigner and a Japanese one who reunite 6 years after the mixed one comes back to Japan. Also kinda boring tbh

Would probably give it 3.5 stars. Was very excited about it but honestly it was kinda dull? The art was pretty unique but not mind blowing (but still earns itself uniqueness points) and the story was kinda meh. Idk about a reread. Really not that interesting.

Was skeptical about the art at first but it's incredibly charming and sweet and the plot makes it even better. The art is definitely not too bad once u get into it (just the head to body proportion is kinda weird at times) but I absolutely adore the relationship between the couple. Wasn't a big fan of the senpai's dark past (prost.) but I'm glad they didn't linger on it too much. The ending was incredibly sweet and I'm beyond happy they moved in together in college. The kouhai's angry face was pretty entertaining and I loved how innocent and pure their love was throughout the story.

10 stars!!!!!! 5 doesn't do it justice!!!! Absolutely one of the best reads I've had in a while!! I originally thought it was gonna be Yaoi, but it was completely shounen ai (that is, until chapter 60+). Yechan and Ham are insanely adorable. I loved the slow burn (except how frustrating it got at times) but I also loved that they started out as platonic friends with no romantic feelings getting in the way or one night stand misunderstandings (only further cemented their future relationship). They kinda get together around chap 53 (Ham freely kisses Yechan) but one of my favorite chapters was 63. Despite the awkward Chef confession towards Yechan, I'm very happy he managed to catapult their relationship into becoming official. I love that Ham finally wakes up to the possibility of one day losing Yechan to others so he clings on and they finally consummate their relationship. Afterwards I genuinely believed they'd stay kinda tame; which they kinda (?) did. None of their scenes were explicit by any means but they definitely crossed the shounen ai territory. The art, I shouldn't even say at this point, is beyond gorgeous and unique (no surprise that it's from the author of Oh My Assistant). 60 chapters are supposed to be long but this Manhwa definitely didn't feel long enough I wish there were more chapters. Speaking of which, I really want some extra side stories on InSuh (Ham's blond ex) and that stoic manager guy. The author definitely had an idea for them but unfortunately it didn't seem go anywhere by the end of the story. I really hope they can get their own side stories!!

4.5 stars. Loved the unique art style. It kinda felt very slow burn and kinda boring at first but I liked the chemistry between the characters. Loved the happy ending too, especially how Aristotle finally realized what's most important in his life (not that douchebag Cameron who's always a jerk and their dreams of starting a band). Hector was absolutely perfect and lovely I loved him so very much. Beautiful lovely couple.