sleepingbaku's manga / #trauma(36)

Due to an accident that happened in the past, delinquent Akito acts like a caretaker for his clumsy, bullying-prone childhood friend, Ryou. The same accident has left Akito with guilt-ridden dreams of a spiteful Ryou violating Akito while condemning him.

Takao and Yuki are CHFs who share a fear of the dark after accidentally being locked in a shed as children Ch. 1-3: Takao keeps to himself, only talking to his CHF Yuki. When they are put in different classes, Takao's lively classmate Hiroto begins approaching him, slowly opening up his world, much to Yuki's displeasure Ch. 4-5: After Takao and Hiroto get together, teacher Kanda takes advantage of Yuki's broken heart, using the excuse of comforting him to hold him Ch. 5.1: Extras

Noboru admires his former actor brother, and, while helping as an extra, Noboru became a die hard fan of idol actor Kuriwaki. After forgetting something in his classroom, Noboru returns to find his female classmate Tange changing. While trying to leave, he is attacked by Tange, who turns out to be Kuriwaki cross-dressing. To make Noboru keep his secret, Kuriwaki takes a picture after giving Noboru a blowjob as blackmail and, in order to monitor him, Kuriwaki makes Noboru his servant.

Ch. 1-3,6: After Yuuya's parents are killed in an accident caused by his mother, who also died, Tooru adopted Yuuya and the two began living as a family. Five years later, the two are secretly harboring feelings for each other Ch. 4-5: Iori confesses to his basketball university senpai Shota. However, Shota has always liked Shiori, Iori's sister, after she supported him when he injured his knee, but it was actually Iori who did everything Ch. 6: Ayase suddenly starts avoiding his boyfriend Azuma

After Minato came out to his family as gay in middle school, Minato's mother, not understanding, began to buy him cute and feminine things, much to Minato's disappointment. After Naoki becomes a guest at Minato's family's bed and breakfast, Minato finally has someone he can comfortably share his feelings with. However, Minato reminds Naoki of his deceased friend.

While visiting an art exhibit recommended to him by his brother, Kazushi is captivated by a crying boy, Rui, who he'd seen several times before. Rui explains the cause of his tears is the suicide of his teacher and lover, an artist at the exhibit, that he believes was his fault. Distraught and wanting a distraction, Rui, making use of his obvious interest, seduces Kazushi and the two begin a relationship. However, after 3 years, Rui is still grieving his teacher and has plans to follow him.

Minase has been in love with his younger brother Tetsuo's best friend Takashi since middle school. When Takashi transfers into the old dorm where Minase lives, Minase can't stop his heart from pounding at the differences between the past, cute Takashi and the current, more mature Takashi and sharing a room with him doesn't help. However, Takashi appears to be hiding something from Minase and it seems to have something to do with the year-long gap in Minase's memory.

Ch. 1-2: Bartender Seno is afraid of touch, due to being assaulted in high school, so, in order to reject potential partners, he claims to be a top, despite actually wanting to be held. One day, Hakamada, a regular Seno is attracted to, confesses to him and Seno rejects him, with the excuse they're tops. However, when Hakamada tries to confess again, even offering to bottom, Seno shares his trauma with Hakamada. Hakamada's solution is to hug Seno everyday, until he overcomes his phobia. Ch. 3-4: Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete Continuation; Childhood friends Yuuichirou and Mitsuhiro have started dating, but have yet to go on any date-like dates. To help them, their friend and bartender Seno gives them tickets to the aquarium. However, having previously hid his love for 15 years, Mitsuhiro finds it difficult to act like a couple and instinctively tries hide their relationship in public. Ch. 5: Idol Takahiro ends up meeting Junya, the guitarist for a band, after Junya drunkenly grabs him at a bar and complains about attractive guys. When Junya, who wants his band to be popular with girls, finds out Takahiro had never had a girlfriend, he decides they're comrades and forces Takahiro to come to another bar. However, there, Junya learns the darkside of Takahiro's popularity, but decides he can't leave Takahiro alone. As they hanging out together, Takahiro starts to fall for Junya.

As a child, Natsugami discovered Aki, an older boy, in an abandoned building and Aki became his first love. After going to the building one day to find Aki being assaulted, Natsugami became traumatized, believing it was his fault for telling his friends about Aki. Now in college, Natsugami's film club kouhai Miyoshi has confessed to him. However, unable to reply due to his memories of Aki, Natsugami returns to his hometown and that abandoned building with Miyoshi, in hopes of finding Aki again.

After he was outed as gay by his best friend in middle school and bullied as a result, Kitagawa decided to keep to himself in high school, not letting anyone near him. However, Yoshida, the playboy from the class next door, persistently tries to talk to Kitagawa everyday, despite Kitagawa's obvious annoyance. One day, Yoshida reveals he knows Kitagawa's secret and blackmails him into becoming his sex friend. Though initially reluctant, Kitagawa begins to want more from their relationship.