rainydays's manga / #Yaoi(99)

the daily lives of popular class president terano and his cute delinquent boyfriend, kumazaki. sigh, wish they were portrayed as adults but the story itself was just adorable, i love terano and kumazakis dynamic, and the side characters were really funny. its a light read, with a pretty art style and many amusing scenes. definitely yorikos best work so far.

deciding he doesnt want to live the rest of his life in fear oof death, gang member hyungwon runs away to hawaii and meets friendly sungjin, who turns out to be a cop. its a short read and wish there was more of it considering the cool premise, but i liked this! sungjin had a cute enthusiastic personality and contrasted well with hyungwon. the ending was pretty funny, yay to supportive gang leaders lmao.

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.

kotarou pretends to be the boyfriend for his childhood friend in order to shoo off a persistent aoi, but ends up catching feelings for the latter. i really like yoriko's works so i was pretty excited for this, considering its one of her most popular works, but i think that in the end, this is just average. aoi was getting on my nerves for half of the book, though i did think he was cute in the end and overall the manga was light and and predictable read.

newly appointed pope otto has a falsely promiscuous reputation, and after catching the attention of the emperor, becomes pregnant. the start was a bit rocky from a storytelling perspective, but im liking this so far. characters are a bit silly but my favorite character so far is takmar.

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.

after moving to tokyo to live his truth, mitsuru has a one night stand with haruka, who he then subsequently falls for. karasuma and takashima run a cooking show together. the ass on that man... lawddd (lmao). this was a cutesy, low stakes read, the plot is nothing new but did well for the run time. finally an mc that quickly gathers the courage to confess! second story was also pretty cute, wish they got their own manga though.

overworked office worker hiro takes in his childhood friend kai, who needs a place to stay and also has a crush on him. i have read so many mangas where it is just half sex scenes half background plot, so i really like the pacing of this manga-- where it focuses on hiros struggles, his relationship with kai and then finally a bed scene, that felt more rewarding than if theyd started with immediate sex. love the art style and narration, though i wish there was more scenes with the main cp to show how hiros natural feeling progression came to be.