Fraiser's manga / #Early 2000s(57)

This has really rich visual flourishes or decorations in the background to convey mood. Only problem is the actual situations are highschool romance problems so everything came off a bit ridiculous in a cheesy way. (I'm thinking of the last story). It's neat the author relied only on images to tell her story so it can be universally understood. I didn't like the last story, the only one with dialogue. I thought the writing wasn't good. It's not offensive, it just could have expressed something much better. The problem is really melodramatic. Like the main girl's "soul is empty" or something, because some boys were assholes & asked her out as a prank one time. Definitely a mean thing but not serious enough to overreact. Like, hello, welcome to middle/highschool, where boys (& girls) can be little shits. Of course it hurts, but you learn to not waste time on people like that & move on for yourself. This expresses a weak main character. Also, it was such a missed opportunity she never confronted the boys. Rather, the author went the romance route & had the boy speak for her. We never get the catharsis of seeing her stand up for herself or the character development this would have had. Rather than showing she has changed for the better & become more assertive, she is shown more passive & the boy defends her. Although stereotypical, I wouldn't say this is wrong. Just not my cup of tea.

2003. Read 2 chapters. It's about a kid joining a biker gang in the 80s. It's cool but I'd rather read someday later.

2005. Incest! i don't remember if this was good.

Awww so cute Their designs are so early 2000s, I love it! Sometimes that's all I want. Two friends look for their missing baseball. Cute oneshot.

It's pretty! Definitely some questionable stuff, but I loved the story & I loved the drawings. First story was golden. The rest were ehhh. Also, first was a SEKE!!! So playboy MC becomes breaks up with his gf after her and his friend hook up. MC befriends cool mysterious guy at school who consoles him. There's so much more than that, because we really get personal with the characters. We watch them build their relationship going from lust to developing their relationship and mutually needing eachother. This is one of the few BLs where we get to see the inital seme be vulnerable and cry. I like how the author does not feel the need to fit this character into a stereotypical box of idealized manliness we see in yaoi: stoic or unfeeling, we see him be human, and part of being human its being vulnerable at times. So I loved. The characters were still molded from anime tropes (playboy, cool guy). So, they don't have terribly unique personalities, but the author made them feel human at times. 8/19/22

Okay, I don't know why early 2000s yaoi is so weird! They'll cross all lines & throw in as many morally compromising situations as possible. This is brother x brother, & damn does the author make a point of reminding you. I don't really mind tho. Felt a little icky, but I like the designs of the characters. Uke is cute!

Beautiful art.