tlkjew2's manga / #Slice of Life(26)

S1- Popular YS meanly rejected shy KJ sweet confession on YS birthday and cookie present in high school (and hurt his feeling made him stop baking for a while, and KJ first got feelings when YS stood up for him and ate his cookie in middle school and said it was good) but feels kinda bad about it ever since and recurring nightmares about it which translate to bad day, YS now popular office worker runs into KJ by chance working at a bakery and decides to sneakily befriend still sweet shy KJ with plan to work up to apologise to try to make his conscience clear and the nightmares disappear but ends up having fun liking hanging out with him and delaying telling the truth while his trying to impress KJ to get in his good graces rekindles KJs crush and starts to give KJ the wrong (right) idea the he’s flirting interested back, then YS kisses KJ while drunk, has a sexuality crisis, KJ overhears YS plan and confronts him and YS does apologise for hs KJ confesses again and YS rejects him but nicely this time still confused and in denial closet, YS belatedly realises feelings but now KJ ignoring him to try to protect himself, high school rumours of KJ confession brought up again by schoolmate asshole but this time YS stands up for KJ, this time YS confesses but KJ rejects him because hurt too many times doesn’t believe him trying to protect himself , YS pursues KJ and tries to win him over back and prove his sincerity, eventually both side teary dramatic reuniting in the snow on YS birthday and YS eats and accepts YJ’s cookie (full circle cliche 3rd time motif but sweet), S2- now lovey dovey sweet and horny and ridiculous fluff fluff couple milestones with head over heels teasing cheeky still a bit manipulative possessive YS and flustered KJ with a bit of ridiculous jealousy misunderstandings light drama sprinkled in Seo Yoon Seul, who's lived a perfect life so far, becomes a wreck when he starts having nightmares of a boy whom he coldly rejected when he was a student. The nightmares get even worse when he reunites with Kang Joon. Following his advice on becoming a good person to avoid nightmares, Yoon Seul approaches him to win his favor.

Not my type giant chunky beefy plain guys and mousy glasses boys etc but very cute sweet wholesome relationships friendships gay and lesbian etc humour funny down to earth romance likeable characters slice of life story though also some heavy dark drama violence abuse mental health issues etc and a few annoying character/mean moments but explained and character growth and really hilarious comedy bits when doesn’t flip into drama and slice of life full range of emotions Pretty playboy working at gay bar (with nice flamboyant boss) feels something missing from sex life goes back to school meets big guy pushover nice guy but unexpectedly start up for himself and turns playboy on, they have class assignments together with glasses boy part of 2nd couple (with big guy brother) and big guy actually top of class sweet and playboy actually diligent in assignments and sticks up for glasses boy vs slacker etc big guy no experience virgin but turned on by playboy so they have sex but playboy doesn’t want to date from past trauma ( dated guy who loved him obsessively in secret who didn’t care about his other trauma issues (sexually abused and psych manipulated as kid to think he’s uncontrollable sex urge and mental disorder shouldn’t date) but he couldn’t take all the love and left but then other guy spread sex tapes filmed without consent and he had to leave school and join military to get away from public eye) and big guy does doesn’t want sex without feelings, first meeting of big guy bearded ridiculously muscley tattooed bi kinda asshole extremely blunt gang leader brother confronting glasses boy with liking guys as example to shy brother that things don’t always go well when say your guy but have to go do things don’t be shy or something? (And glasses boy then goes off to do extensive research on lgbt community to get back from being intimidated by brother lmao very positive embraces new things dives in headfirst nerdy dweeb but sincere ) Big guy impulsively gets his brother to tattoo him and give him a makeover to seem more attractive to playboy and likes him enough willing to be sex partner though makes clear he likes him, psycho annoying invasive nosy fake nice lesbian classmate and her friend group?, 2nd couple much funnier mismatch personality and looks wise lol, turns out big guy domestic violence parents end in divorce unhappy childhood trying to not stand out getting bullied holding it all in while brother acted out eventually went to jail and joined a gang, playboy decides to try to date big guy if okay with it really does like him as a person too as long as he’s okay with his psych satyr sex-obsessed condition which big guy is totally up for except playboy forgot to actually ask him to date lol cute funny comedy of errors and cooks up plan to confess to him with glasses and brother and befriended psycho girl trying to understand accept her help her get therapy to work through her issues and become actual friends etc etc to ch38, 2nd couple glasses gang brother main part of story starts ch39 glasses tries to systematically research and analyse his orientation and feelings goes to gay club brother kiss him to help him I guess and he combusts lol and then analysed some more and bro just goes along with his tests to figure stuff out in a fit of boredom or something even though he thinks he’s a socially oblivious weirdo wimp while glasses starts liking him more because he finds out bro is secretly a softie for his brother big guy and so pursues him to find out more about it and his secrets and also wants another kiss and to go to pride parade together lol wants to be close to him and offers to join forces to protect big guy and bro agrees at least likes glasses energy and enthusiasm and ridiculousness and they have sex more backstory eg bro hates his violent gang job but doesn’t think he can do anything else and it pays for mom hospital bills and big buy college funny cute sweet horny winding way to feelings

Cool cold gorgeous uke getting over bad past long term relationship x puppy energetic cute sweet seme hookup who ends up living next door, short sweet story (asshole ex regrets breaking up in background but doesn’t really cause trouble)

Cute fluffy sweet wholesome almost no drama and some humour next door neighbour stoic older guy babysat younger guy who feel in love when young and keeps saying he wants to marry him main story is once older the happy go lucky extremely positive sunshine younger guy still confessing to stoic older guy pursuing him cooking for him at his house gets artist job at older guys small gaming company and persistently pursues him bounces back from minor setbacks and older guy being tsundere as older guy starts to finally get blushy flustered does keep rejecting him including harshly one time but younger guy bounces back doesn’t let it dishearten him and they both still take care of each other regardless and younger decides to try to get over him because feels like he’s being burden when older doesn’t return feelings and older guy conflicted realises he misses him and eventually rethinks relationship return feeling and fumbling awkward gestures attempts to communicate lol eventually manages to confess back with help of overly supportive coworkers , both the characters are cute no toxicity, older guy also secretly loves cats and they end up finding adorable stray black kitten that he can’t resist adopting ahh also secretly like other cute things and sweets etc big softie, minor side characters coworkers are nice too and some gaming design work story, short sweet fluff story

Workplace enemies to lovers, romantic idealist friendly workaholic hates hot but asshole not team player cold team leader who always rebukes him and is hard to work with bad personality just has one night stands mostly because realist but then they get set up as a blind date by a mutual friend because they’re both similar smart workaholics but they’re polar opposite personalities preferences don’t get along at all lots of humor funny - romantic has no interest in leader but via comedy of errors ends up making him think he does like him even though leader rejected him and they keep getting stuck together in situations and butting heads and end up having competitive hate sex and constantly bicker fight somehow end up enemies with benefits while romantic continues to have internal crises because he doesn’t hook up and fuck people he dislikes but the sex is too good (smut okay good sometimes but sometimes anatomy inconsistent disparity between top bottom kind of comical and bottom girly), slowly start learning things about each other that don’t dislike and start learning to compromise (well, sometimes lol) and open up to each other and eventually be more considerate both in work life sex etc , uke isn’t a pushover stands up for himself equal relationship, top actually pretty sweet considerate (vs all bottoms past exes), eventual bit of drama with romantics obsessed kinda sociopath asshole ex cliche villain keeps stirring up trouble but they tag team deal with him (both as blind date and then at work) and bit of work drama but again deal with it as adults, constant bickering become more cute as they start to catch feelings cute sweet, top confesses wants to be actual boyfriends and can’t be fairytale romance like idealist wants but more real normal romantic relationship as equals who bicker and fight but make up and compromise which bottom realises is what he really wants but afraid can’t keep personal and work separate and communicate well so trial period first, communication is key to healthy relationship yes and being good partners that support each other, falling in love with even the bad parts and differences, sweet comedic funny romance with mature work life themes build a strong foundation healthy relationship to share successes and have laughter love and weather hardships (well sappy silly ending top now does over the top romantic gestures for uke and proposes marriage and uke leaves country for job try long distance relationship but top quits his job to follow him lol happy ending)