ArtemisFowl's manga / #college(7)

Former best friends Shimura and Enomoto meet after six years apart. When they were fourteen, the former moved away suddenly, and the latter kept wondering why he never said anything...only for them to suddenly meet up in college, where Enomoto is a student. Enomoto keeps trying to hang out with Shimura after seeing him in one of his classes, but Shimura has a lot of reluctance to. Why? Enomoto has no idea, but Shimura just wishes that they had never met again. ~Chapter 4.5

Two friends-but-not-really-friends, neighbors all the way from elementary school to college, suddenly body-switch. They don't understand why at first, but hear a rumor that if you break someone else's name at the same time they break yours, they will body switch with you. Only love can break the curse! P.S. Everybody knows that something is up (ha ha ha, it's nice that the author is making the other characters not the most idiotic) with the two of them, in terms of not acting like themselves. ~Chapter 8

They had chemistry, but then chapter 5.5 appeared...and I feel grossed out at the sexual harassment. Ryouto and Kousuke (Number two and number one respectively in their college's list of good-looking men) spend a night together after the latter strains his hand on a ski trip provided by his school. Both men end up in sexy times on the massage chair within their ski resort (much to the delight and the chagrin respectively of Kousuke and Ryouto). They end up having an ambiguous relationship, where Ryouto is reading the signals correctly (for once in a yaoi, the person isn't completely oblivious to the other person's attentions). Kousuke has plans to go skiing professionally in Canada. Will skiing break these lovers apart or allow them to stay together? ~Chapter 11.1

Pa ha ha straight to the point (of being gay...ha ha. HA.). ANYWAYS, Leejoon keeps on seeing Ha Gyeom in dreams. Sex dreams. They go to the same school, where finally Leejoon sees Ha Gyeom and specifically recognizes him for the first time and asks for his number (to clarify things. About sex dreams.). Unbeknownst to Leejoon, Ha Gyeom has been having the same sorts of X-rated dreams about hottie Leejoon...but history between him and Leejoon has occupied his mind for the past three years. They never talked, but Ha Gyeom definitely had a crush on Leejoon, and has been having these dreams about his long-time crush as well. Why they are connected through the mysteries of dreams? Don't know, but there's one way to find out. ~Chapter 7

A guy and his childhood enemy (whose twin brother is his childhood friend) end up in a more-than-friends relationship, at the insistence of the other guy.

Falls in lust with this guy (it's the hottie who he keeps on having future dream sex with -- his dreams show him the future), who he says some very rude things to and ends up having sex with. This could have been a really good set up with an awesome plot, only for that idea to swiftly fall apart as soon as he opens his mouth and starts talking to him at their first meeting. ~Chapter 2

Chapter 5 -- I'm not super sure why she freaks out in chapter five -- a rival of a director is a rival director, and I'm not too sure what she took offense to, other than her perception that she is not cut out to be anything else and has to be relegated somewhere else. Perhaps she thought it was a joke that a person with so much experience would even consider her a rival -- but at that point, I'm not sure why she didn't think, "oh, I can become a director/stage manager/playwright," which is what I would have immediately thought at his comment. This a fantastic manga. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone. The girl is steadfast and (surprisingly!) doesn't change how she is/how she looks in reaction to the perceptions of others of herself. The main male lead (or love interest) sees her as valuable without her having to present as something that isn't truly herself but satisfies society. It's phenomenal. This comment was made during a reread, probably for the sixth, seventh, or eighth time. I don't think I realized how petty their relationship is romantically (before they get together) until I read it this time. Man, specifically Touya is so petty!!! She's also kind of lame, daydreaming but not actually making anything happen on her end. Also, poor Prince of Kabuki. He is so sad. *cries one tear of sadness* I feel like she did him dirty in that one chapter -- I think she crossed the line, because even if it did make him grow, it wasn't okay ethically. She breached his trust.