Souteigai no Sweet Marriage
A guy who lives for his cat is at the end of his rope when he is about to turn thirty. He is good at his work and handsome, and in this world, Japan has legalized same-sex marriage about six years ago, so he has no restrictions in that department. Despite his looks, and his charm, and his ability to succeed at this work, he doesn't want to get married. He's uninterested. Enter hot guy and another top salesman, who hears of his woes (his mother wants him to go on blind dates) and propose a fake marriage between the two of them. This manga is problematic for a specific reason. This would be a good plot if both were uninterested in marriage (truly) and later on fell in love with each other. Unfortunately, you have one party trying to manipulate his way around his crush, by trying to do the creepiest of all things and MARRY the guy at first sight. That is beyond weird. If I were in that situation, I may say, "Well, how about dating me? Why not give it a trial run, and see what you think." This would be a much more cute and honest way of trying to approach the situation. To be even more transparent, he should add, "I'm interested in you." This would be the start of an interesting plot, and to ease his plight, the main character could decide to take this chance and experience what it would be like to date someone. He could test his ideas of love and marriage, and perhaps reconsider his feelings about marriage and his ideas about himself. This would be an interesting, philosophical manga (or at least a cute and romantic one), if the plot had been steered at a crucial point; unfortunately, that's not what happened in this case. ~ Chapter 1
Memoirs Of Romance
In this particular manga, the main character and his rival, aka Mr. Student Council President, end up together after a bizarre set of circumstances has him roped into pulling a prank on the Student Council President (leaving a confession note on his table) and the Student Council President catching him in the act and kissing him as a result. The very odd thing about this one is that there is a much darker element than exists on the surface -- indeed, the student council president set up the entire thing, so that the main character would end up confessing to him (by blackmailing his friend to bet him to do that). When the main character finds out it's a lie, he ends up going along with it for the egoistic reason of trying to 'bring him down.' The student council president is more than a little shady and a whole lot of bad. ~Chapter 13
Staring At You
Seems a little rapey...hmmm I'm not sure about this one. I didn't like the weird humiliation scene in the first 2 chapters... A boy works at a hotel as a temp, only to be in the employ of his favorite singer, who moonlights as a street artist when he's not busy CEOing. ~Chapter 2
What’s the Probability of A Successful Love?
Sad hot guy with a killer reputation at the bar wants to drown away his sorrows when he finds out his best friend (and long-time crush) is getting married. He goes to the bar wanting to get laid, and finds a hot guy, who chases out a guy who wanted to sleep with the main character. He ends up sleeping with him (he honestly doesn't care what the guy looks like) but little does he know that in a month he'll end up running into him, right at his best friend's wedding... And that the hot guy seems to know who he is. Edit: Coercion, implied blackmail ~ Chapter 1
1.5 Meters From Love