ArtemisFowl's manga / #hmm(25)

29-year old salary man Ibuki has terrible luck/judgment when choosing and dating men. He has a thing for another office worker (who he mostly sees as eye-candy) and misses the advances/crush of his younger office coworker, Touma, who misunderstands Ibuki's glances in his direction as affection for him. Later, at an office welcoming party, Touma uses the chance when Ibuki's outside of the bar for a smoke to make a move on him...and they tumble into bed once they leave the work party (at the uke's urging). Ibuki changes his mind at the end of the first chapter from wanting the night to be a one-time thing and gives himself the chance to have a normal romance with someone who truly seems like a catch. 3rd chapter had a different story ~Chapter 3

Yikes, this had a much heavier premise than I expected. Yes, it is about five boys under one roof who are dealing with their love lives, but how they got there is tragic (and decently dealt with by the author). All of their parents were friends, and when they all went on a trip together, they died. The five of them ended up living together under the charity (though still with some catches) of their landlord, who want them to live in a more pious manner (or they'll all be kicked out if a single person is caught breaking the rules). The main character, who has never fallen in love, seeks to straighten up his fellow tenants and make sure none of them gets caught by the landlord. ~Chapter 22

- Rude words from her in chapter 44 :( Summary: Classic Wuxia, Chinese novel where the heroine, obviously from the 21st century, gets time-traveled back into a different ancient world's body, where she generally avenges the former owner of said body (who has been abused and derided by society). She has a lot of skills up her sleeve, including the strange talent of attracting literally all the important and powerful men in this society. I actually really liked it, but the amount of people who are head-over-heels in love with her is ridiculous. Also, the Kylin is cute (looks-wise). ~Chapter 86

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

Tutor who would have made it big in a fantasy world pisses off the wrong person and goes to the only person who will hire him: a duke whose son has driven off all the tutors (Von Trapp much?). This kid is a fairly bright student but has trouble warming up to the tutor, who is making it his mission to get the kid to love him while fighting off hot fantasies of him with the duke (who seems like a douchebag, but, whatever). ~Chapter 17

Guy doesn't want to fall for a guy that has the same face at him (because he doesn't like his own face) and ends up (I'm assuming) falling for him.

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

I don't really understand the reason for them having the relationship they had in the past...I mean, it seems like the uke's (who I'm presuming is the uke, in this very black and white binary) behavior in terms of taking and posting pictures would be pretty normal for the industry. I don't understand why the seme is exactly cold in the first place, and really why the uke is interested in someone who is that bluntly rude. That guy doesn't seem to give him the light of day at all at the beginning. After they become friends, I liked their relationship, but man, that chapter three was...ARGH!!! Why, WHY even before admitting that you're kind of interested in them in that way would you ask to do that???! He can't even admit it to himself! He has to first acknowledge his own feelings, clarify what he wants with this person, and then pursue a line of action based on that. He is not the most egregious case of something like this, but it bugs me all the same. Two idols who don't get along very well (one likes the other one, but the other one doesn't like him) end up forming a friendship after a secret is revealed by the second one (the one who is gruff). Suddenly, there are more complicated feelings in the first person (the fluffy idol) that may seem to be more complex than friendship. How is he supposed to deal with his feelings moving forward? ~Chapter 3

Lee Ji Seung, whose blood is the vaccine for the zombie virus, lives as a trapped bird in a cage. He is subject to experiments, but also lives as a venerated, deified individual. One day, when Ji Seung has someone break the code to get into his room (in order to pray to him like a bodhisattva), he gets to change the code to his A.I. This day particularly prompts him to wake up another "sleeping" human out of the cryogenics lab, a 19-year old named Jeon Ho Kyung, who has no idea what is going on. Part of the issue is that he has a bit of amnesia, which is common during these tumultuous times of the zombie apocalypse. He "died" or was put to "sleep" 33 years ago, and is now Si Jeong's companion. Si Jeong in an abusive relationship with the head of the science department, a professor who is in charge of the research at the base. He clearly hates it -- after he kissed him, he spit and wiped his mouth. ~Chapter 1