Glitter's manga / #childhood friends(63)

Childhood friends, clumsy first love Official on Renta. These aren't the officials but they're good translations. 5/9/23

Mostly shonen ai, but towards the end of the side stories it's a bit more explicit (they're short scenes). A complex plot that can be hard to follow at points. Honestly I still don't understand some things, but maybe another read would help (but not confident about that). Enemies to lovers, childhood friends, re-encounter. Official on Bilibili, NetComics, PocketComics, and Tappytoon. Officials are here. Each episode is about a 10 minute read. 5/15/23

Not a big fan of the brazen molesting of his friend, where the dude isn't even SORTA sorry. 5/18/23 (only up to chapter 7 was posted)

Best friends to lovers, childhood friends, true best friends who have known each other forever dynamic, slow burn (even though physically not slow at all, emotionally it is). Official on Lezhin [mature], officials are here. Episodes are 5-10 minutes long. Complete at 66 chapters, multiple side stories pending (discussed in the creator's note after the final chapter). I've bought the whole thing on Lezhin, but last I looked chapters 9 and 21 were partially scrambled on there so might have to read it here. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/n7exjwv/stranger-than-friends Bato: https://comiko.net/title/82345 Characters: MC: Joo Yi-Hyeok ML: Baek Inseo _ Friends: Lee Sanho: blondie, friends since high school Gi Tak: brunette, friends since high school _ MC's coworkers: Girl: Lee Young-hwa Boy: Kim Jung-Hyeon Boss:? _ ML's mom: Baek Eun-seol MC's mom: Lee Jin-ah (ex-husband: Joo Chang-geon) (character details can be seen in the end of season 1 creator's notes) MC realizes his feelings: 33 MC confesses: 35 ML confesses: 42 Get together: 54 Intimacy starts (main couple): 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 18, 19, 26, 29, 33, 43, 56, 61, 63 1st: 5/20/23, 2nd: 5/22/23, 3rd: 7/17/23 (thru 58), 4th: 2/1/24, 5th: 4/28/24, 6th: 10/25/24

((Waiting for updates)) The plot had some interesting red flags hinting at things, but boy did it go sideways real quick. It's engrossing in a pleasantly stressful way. Official on Lezhin [mature]. Officials are here, they're just ordered a bit weird with non-officials in between. 5/26/23

All of these are uniquely weird. I read: * The first story that the cover and title refer to, which is chapters 1, 2, and 6.5. Psychic sexual connection with people you kept eye contact with for too long. * 4, which is interesting in a weird way, I enjoyed it but can't defend that enjoyment tbh * Briefly read 6 but it felt like I was reading a synopsis of something, more so than typical one chapter stories --I never read 3 or 5 because no 5/29/23

Isekai/time travel, childhood friends, possessive top, top pursues, this all escalates real quick. Both MC and ML need to take a fucking chill pill. They eventually both grow as people though. Progress is like: "wow, ML is fucked up" --> ".. You know, MC isn't so great either" --> "I guess this could be cute now" --> "NEVER MIND" --> "wait I see character growth" --> "They're both good enough people now that they can see and grow from who they were in the past. I can ship this again. Even I'm shocked." The sudden switch to strong sci-fi far into the story is jarring, but not bad tbh Official release on Bilibili (some official chapters are posted here, most not). Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/300ykav/living-life-over 1st: 11/01/22, 2nd: 2/22/23, 3rd: 8/8/23

Official on Lezhin, officials are here from chapter 9 onwards. I've bought the first 8 on Lezhin. 8/21/23 (dropped around when ML is revealed to also be a magical boy)

Summary: "Gyujin is special. He’s the only son of the legendary blue-eyed German shepherd family…and he’s a 26-year-old virgin. To carry on the family lineage, his parents organize an arranged marriage. However, Gyujin cannot think of getting married to a stranger, let alone a female shepherd. He impulsively decides to ruin his parents’ scheming by preemptively announcing that he prefers smaller dogs. In order to cover up his lie, Gyujin asks his childhood friend Youngwoon, a small breed, to act as his boyfriend in front of his parents. Youngwoon agrees under one condition: Gyujin must act like he really has feelings for him! With such a strange demand, could Gyujin be barking up the wrong tree?" Official on Lezhin, "Puppy Ever After." Officials are here. Chapter 45 and the Christmas special (39-41) have a messed up order, so read them on Bato. Series info: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/sg2wjis/puppy-ever-after Bato: https://battwo.com/series/118995/puppy-ever-after Characters: MC: Lee Gyujin (German shepard) ML: Do Youngwoon (Bolognese) _ Friends from high school/college: *MC's: - Eun Chan (college and high school) (fox) - Shim Yeonseo (college and high school) (cat) *ML's: - Chae Hyunoh (college friend) (pomchi) (2nd MC) _ Second ML: Seo Jaewon (Jaguar) (ends up with 2nd MC) Intimacy scene starts: 4, 14, 27, 36, 39 | Confession is at 31, end of main story for the first couple is 38, followed by 3 side stories. 1st: 9/7/23, 2nd: 1/30/24 (1st season only)

Childhood friends, straight bottom, isekai Not as bad as some comments made it out to be. It's tame enough I can write it off as fiction as be fine with it. Official on Inkr and Renta ("That Time I Became a BL Game Protagonist and My Rival Doted On Me"), officials are here. There is no official on Inkr for the extra (7.5 on fan translation). 11/13/23