takame's manga / #neighbors(59)

Story centered around the pair as neighbors. Uke does not know the other's job, he just knew the younger guy is busy. Met him at the government office (uke works there) and through little clues learned of seme's identity. Now he had to make a choice of breaking up for this guy's future.

collection of smutty oneshots. i also think that first par has the best story. p1-77: calligraphy sensei x high school student. younger seme. kind of cute unrequited love of five years that has now bear fruit. p. 78-109: oneshot smut about neighbors. newly moved college student and an illustrator. p.110-134: kind of cute story of sempaixkohai. never thought the kohai would be serious in his confession. sempai realized it's not a joke when he got pushed down (just briefly, nothing untoward happened) on the floor. p. 135-end : working men romance and their relationship. things started to accumulate as you live together.

ch.1: It's a very sweet but sad story of lovers whom their parents were enemies. Therefore, neither got acknowledged of their feelings for one another despite fighting for it to their parents. The frustration of being a powerless minor made it more sad when they tried #eloping. ch. 2-3: childhood friends who secretly love each other. Each chapter in the POV of the uke and seme respectively. They are cute. uke is kind of regretting pushing his friend to become an idol now that it seems the distance between them has grown. aw. ch. 4-5: It's byoootifulllll!!!! OMO. definitely sweet. From a tragedy rose a budding of a new love. I can't ask for more... except for more chapters where the bereaved has completely gotten over his dead ex-gf and starting to have deeper attractions to MC. MC originally intended to help the pair but turned out #ghost exGF later served as their cupid.

rapey and I don't get why it's so popular? maybe it's the combination of smut, humor and pretty art. Still, the weird combination of comedic fluff and rape sets me off. At least pick one, mangaka. This is not for people who dislikes rape. If you can get past that, it's cute and funny. #brash, aggressive seme - he just barrels his way in and molest the uke like the good and handsome yet perverted guy that he is.

uke is the type very much similar to a shoujo heroine -- falls inlove easily, super naive, stupidly innocent, lets himself get used and even defends the perpetrator? ohhh, i'm so pissed at that train molestation story. The first chapters are a chore to read but I feel better when it starts being all about them childhood friends. especially at the time when it's getting obvious that the seme is slowly falling for this naive guy but masking it as childhood friends thing. not for everybody even if it's slice of life.

ch. 1-2: (TBH I actually like this) #paranormal, #childhood friends. amusing life of a pyschic teen who got possessed by the "female" spirit WHO had a crush to his childhood friend. #school festival, realized feeling after sex #ghost turns out alive #uke crept up to seme's bed. #weird triangle with the non-ghost ghost. one-year #younger seme. --//-- ch, 3: #mad scientist grandpa interferes with relationship. (i think he's just trolling them really. oldman's not serious about pursuing grandson's BF) #misunderstanding #tried giving up #breakup then got back together again. #aphrodisiac. ch. 4: This chap is about the #mad scientist grandpa. still youthful from the drug he made, he thought of drinking the antidote that restores his original age's appearance because it'[s not fun anymore. then one of the middle schoolers appeared in his lawn interested on his experiment #pedo grandpa, lol. --//-- ch. 5: #poverty-striken guy(MC-the uke). the poor, overwhelmed firstborn with many siblings. #childhood friends with a boy who somehow kept sticking to him and saves him from bullies. the boy is an only son of a (rich) doctor. now, they are in high school. #dub!con. #taking advantage of the sick. (but uke actually knew his feelings so that supposedly made it alright... MEH.) .//. ch. 6: former fatty take revenge on this guy who #bullied him but seme easily turned back his revenge plan against him. #rape then love confession like WTF. .//. ch. 7: #manager suddenly got abducted by someone, turned out it is his subordinate who decided to do something about him for being thick-headed and did not notice this subordinate's feeling. #rape-confession. The others are bad but this one is especially bad and annoying. Ugh. .//. ch. 8: The best oneshot in this whole volume. Despite an adults/salaryman romance oneshot, it's adorable, hehe. #bully seme x #naive/cute uke. #already going out #jealous uke #seme in-love.

Why does it has a low rating? WHY? ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ TBH This manga is actually pretty good w/ a satisfying deep plot about homophobia and people fiercely hiding in the closet, fearfully covering sexuality with layers upon layers of lies and perfect "normality". It does not romanticise gay-in-denial BL but lays down the reality of what might be happening in real life. As I read on, I think Sone smell gayness (gaydar ALERT!) on Mitsui all the while after the #reencounter that is why he persisted through the depressed divorcee's abuse & self-destruction mode. (I was staring at Sone's face, curious as to why he doesn't even looked surprised when Mitsui finally dropped the "I'm gay" confession so I figured he must have been suspecting all while) I felt so grateful for his existence in Mitsui's life because he literally served as a salvation for him and gave him the courage to get out of his fiercely locked closet and take baby steps as a gay man, breaking down the barriers of the heterosexual conformity that served as his shield to cover up his trauma. I was annoyed at Mitsui at first but I'm happy for him now and Sone got his highschool flame finally fulfilled.

〚 I first learned of this mangaka through Kigeki wa Koi around 2009-2011 I think? so that not-so-good first impression of mine about her artstyle has stuck so I kind of avoided her works. So without knowing it's her, I read this manga. And holy~ I GOT BLOWN AWAY. Like wow. HER SMUT SCENES. It's so beautiful and sexy, and the artwork is well-detailed that it's affecting. It's hot. I'm sorry sensei for my initial low opinion. Your unique art style amazing. (IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY THO).〛 Ch. 1: I love the girl supporting character, she's savage haha. courtroom couple. lawyer x lawyer. neighboring law offices and sorta rivals, #hate-love #unrequited love. #dub!con. uke's lawyer-style confession lol. I don't think everybody got that dude, don't play word games with us. .//. ch. 2: art student fell in love at first sight on a painting so he sough the painter and became his apprentice. second chap extra: the all-capable eldest sister of the painter who became his and the atelier's manager. .//. ch. 3: straight x straight. awwww this chapter is so sweet! no worries for this manga it's all cute and sweet, nobody is forced. two friends that are enemies at the same time because they always, always fall for the same girl. blame it to their very similar preferences it's like they were twins. even if it's the cause of their frequent fight, some feeling could arise from that kind of compatibility and if the mood is right... .//. ch 4: #bulter cafe. a breakup right off the bat. enter fujoshi friend who tried to cheer him up. i love it how they both accept each other. i actually like their friendship. well, the couple successfully make-up in the end after communicating properly at last. happy ending. :) .//. ch. 5: #neighbors and best friend for 10 years but chihaya still hates physical contact. very much opposite to the slutty mario. (MC-seme). This is so funny! so mr. playboy no matter how many sex he did, only felt his frustration getting bigger. the end is touching especially the part where he remembered uke's scar. it's amusing but has some depth.

⟫ Atsui Karada Koisuru Karada / (Slave x Slave) > Erotic M. | Sexy, erotic love triangle full of teasings, pettings & blackmail in school setting. Student is crushing on his literature teacher but found out that he seems to be in some kind of relationship with the physics sensei. main couple: teacher x student, #age gap by 11 yrs, sexual tension. / Sawaki-sensei x Rito. Amusing how the pervy bad boy fujimori sensei wanted both guys but lost both in the end. He did enjoy sexually harassing with them while it lasted tho. Still, not like two were attracted to him in the first place so he can't just force a threesome relationship to the couple. secondary couple: sekihara x fujimori: #neighbors, #physical relationship to lovers. The real deal is fujimori is truly inlove with sawaki but he is pursuing the guy the wrong way. Frustrated from the continuous rejection, he finally gave up. - ch.5, page 151-160: first appearance of sekihara, fujimori's neighbor (another one of his sex friends). - page 217-218 the direct continuation of the sequel @Erotic M, page 130-163 - couple's happy ending. NOTE: Atsui karada and Slave x slave happened simultaneously.

I'm amazed at how everything in this manga is so bright. no dark twist found anywhere. moreever, the portrayal of the characters were realistic and finally, it felt like eons since i saw a highschooler portrayed as an actual teen, not to mention a good age gap manga. So even if I'm not really into them, good mangas like this I appreciate so much. I'm inlove with the title. I just like it when a title has a deep relation to the story. The irony is how he really don't like the skirt/dress uniform but still wears it and make it his armor. As if a statement to the world, he kept wearing that uniform. The reaction of his mother is realistic too. And I understand that it's the only way she could cope with her limited understanding for having a gay son. (she thought she was helping). So I'm glad for her own character development within the manga. It helped a lot with her son's self-esteem. She's not perfect but she's just plainly a mother worried for her son. The fact that keiichi grew up as a good boy and naive means that he is loved.