rainydays's manga / #Unrequited love(33)

honda, a gym trainer, cultivates an unrequited love for their new member, konno, who also has an unrequited love of his own. honestly, i found this one really cute and well-paced!! loved honda, he is an ultimate green flag and i think the misunderstanding plotline worked well here.

after moving back to his hometown, shinokawa reconnects with his tsundere childhood crush kaede after 10 years. after a heady encounter, yoshida begins to grow feelings for his friend watanabe. i love this mangaka's affinity for possessive boyfriends, and shinokawa was certainly one of them. these two were just a stupid silly mess though-- one doesnt understand boundaries while the other refuses to express his interest. the second story is also cute, though i wish they actually became bfs.

dowon finds out his new neighbor is a camboy. dojin reconnects with his first love taeju. i just finished reading 108 chapters within 2 days, so my opinion might be skewed. story wise i really liked this, the characters were dynamic and it was a good balance between serious and funny. liked both couples. it wasn't however, a good balance between smut and plot-- the first story couldve easily been cut down by half w/out the smut that constantly delayed plot development.

kazuki and seiji are childhood friends turned lovers, after seiji intercepts kazukis attempt to lose his virginity via a brothel love this dynamic so much, idiot x idiot mangas are always so entertaining. idk why it never occured to these two that they could take turns topping, but alls well that ends well, ig. loved kazukis character design (i love spiky tsunderes) and overall this was a pretty fun read.

hard to read, though realistic in execution, applause to the author cause i think they captured the long lasting trauma and instability caused by csa well. sensei can go rot in hell.

i liked this, though i do feel like this wasnt fleshed out nearly enough within 5 chapters. it had all of the right story beats but i feel like the romance didnt have an adequate chance to develop. other than that, i loved the art, the character designs (THE TATTOOS UGHH) and how painfully respectful the ml was.

sorry guys im a total sucker for cliches like this, obviously the situation was reprehensible but i liked the delving into emotion perspective and reconcilation.

while i feel like the romance was more on the sparser side, i loved how this manga revolved around the main character and his intrapersonal relationships, i feel like the emotions and struggles were handled with a great level of maturity, and the romantic fluff was a great cherry on top.

the father and daughter bounce off eachother so well and match to an uncanny degree of energy, it really made this manga as cute as it was. i feel like mc was a bit quick to jump to conclusions but i really liked the ml, art style is also appropriately adorable.

idk if its because of the kind of mental state i was in, but despite by abhorrence towards cheaters & cheating participants (especially someone who goes after taken men), i was really emotional while reading this and enjoyed it a lot. soichis actions were truly deplorable, and trauma cant excuse that, but it did a good job explaining his psychology and low self esteem. i did like how he reflected and tried to do better for himself, ik its the bare minimum but thats my bae im so proud of him. while i feel like souichis feeling development was a bit hasty, im happy the two sorted things out.