takame's manga / #romance(395)

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.

Ch. 1-5: Kind to a fault, a hopeless and out-of-sorts guy kept on taking home and taking care of animals and even pets. It's no different how he, came to live here and grew up taking care of everyone, even the "human strays" that were later picked up and eventually enter into a relationship w/ natsume... then came this old lover along with his changing feelings to his guardian. #loser-type seme x adopted, abandoned uke. #13 yrs age gap, 9 yo when he got picked up, now a 16 yo teen. It has all the tropes i like... guardian raised up kid, cute pets but somehow i can't make myself love this manga. or maybe i dislike the seme too much? i did find him irritating. It IS a beautiful story tho. Especially the last chapter where natsume broke down in the middle of the road and professed his weird way of showing love. 3 stars. .//. ch. 6-8: "You have to be happy in the expense of those who hurt" It's just sophistry. Fucking hatefuuuulll !!!! *wipes tears angrily. The story of using and being used, all told in each of the MC's perspective. In the end, everyone victims and got hurt. It started with just the two of them. but then the girl twin has died and that death became a dividing wall that started all this circlejerk of love full of suffering. It's their karma and they need to accept it. Fucking no happy ever after. 4 stars.

⟫ Sayonara Game > Change World. FIN, 6 chaps. 2018 EDIT: WOOT there's VOL 2! Sayonara game is already good but this is explosive. The reason why I made full marks on this manga is that it is impressive overall. IMO, it has more depth and introspection than the last one and I kind of preferred that while the serious villain who tried to go between them spiced things up and bring it to a higher level. i love matsu. he's the uke's classmate so he's also arimura's kohai. he's finally figured out that sempai and itou were lovers and he is a very considerate and supportive friend after the discovery.

I've read this before but looks like i need to reread since i can't remember a thing anymore. Anyways, my god. one of them ukes that is great at the victim act. Insecured, drama queen cole. LMAO. Cole a gay out in the entire uni is crushing over this straight guy, Alex. Never thought about acting on it, not even when a naked and drunk Alex stumbles to his dorm room. He got a great fap material tho. But one impossible thing happened: after trying out sex with him seems like Alex is willing to date? TBH, Alex found this guy such a handful and more than he could handle but it seems like he's more inlove than he think he does. Whole manga is about them trying to work it out despite Cole's personality. ➤☆ 3.5 for the uncensored smut and some plot

@2017 Edit: A 2nd volume after all these years? why not? ^_^ finally finished wow, TYVM. IT'S AMAZING. Sweet doki-doki atmosphere all around! No twist! SYNOPSIS: After returning from overseas, Architecture Professor Shima is forced to take over the house as well as it's butler. He decided to keep what his departed elder brother left even when it's already the 21st freaking century. Getting called "Master" is hard to get used to tho. Poor guy. Super entertaining read! I love it. The seme is amusing and energetic and at the same time, HOT AF. *fans. --------ɫ ⬧ ɫ-------- unrelated story: {Vol. 1, ch. 4-6:} Cute college student story. Since they were in the same university, seme's dad made him live with the son of his dad's golf buddy. He's not the type to take care of people but this airheaded otaku is messing up his rhythm. And of all things to be, he's inlove with this idiot who unknowingly makes him suffer. @chap 6.5: crossover pairing omake w/ the main pair.

Ch. 1: Reality is different from expectations. That's what the MC bitter life as a low-grade movie production staff is. His current job though ludicrous, is very stressful. He got his friend to thank for this great opportunity & the only way he could think of paying back is to indulge the man of his "hobby". It's either a "swinger club" (google it kids) or some kind of a mild S&M bar. The truth is, MC (uke) was really inlove with his friend and used seme's hobby as an excuse to sleep with him. .//. -==Town Hall 3-part series: Quirk is one mysterious guy calling himself "god" (LFMAO) & serving as a cupid for the featured couples in a certain countryside.==- Ch. 2: A supernatural love triangle with a ghost. A gay guy who has an ardent suitor just died and is now haunting him... to give some kisses lol. In a #flashback, he consulted his straight friend about it over a drink which ended with a #drunken sex. But the ghost knew MC (uke) loves his straight friend. #mutual misunderstanding got cleared in the end w/ the help of the ghost. #guilt+tragedy to happy ending. #civil engineers working for the town hall. Ch. 3-4: #cute giant younger seme. More or less 9 yrs age gap. Asahi (seme) chasing this vocational teacher around. And cheerily so, making sensei tired all the more. Even if sensei doesn't make it super obvious they were in a mutual understanding type of relationship & OFC, it did not escape "god" when he encountered them. #breakup. Poor baby seme but the misunderstanding will clear up. ch. 5: Alright! it's god's turn for a love story! Arashima, the kind busybody friend-colleague from the last episode is back and this time, it's them two that are focused here. Poor guy is trying to hide his feelings to his straight #childhood friends but how long can he hide to a clairvoyant? #10 yrs unrequited and that simple word "let's go out" is unbelievable AF. Cute! it's very cute! -----------------.//.----------------- Ch. 6: try-hard delinquent is silently crushing over his uncle for sometime now. he's really a nice boy once but then their #tutoring session escalates to pettings and eventually jacking off and he's already in the middle of developing feelings for the uncle so when he was bluntly rejected, he decided to rebel.

Edit: @ch. 11 & up: SORRY.BUT... Is it just me or is the story getting draggy? Wake me up when it's finished. // The omegaverse society is a terrible place for an omega to live in so I'm interested how he can move a small part of his world to change the stereotype regardless of the perception about 2ndary sex. I don't want to judge everybody yet, I'm rather curious how this would all play out since we saw how sweet and romantic "destined match" can be BUT can also painful if in the wrong time and place. SYNOPSIS: An omega, actual 2nd gender hidden to everybody has broken through the corporate ceiling and is now on the roll for good future and high position. Unfortunately, the very Vice President of their company turned out to be his destined soul mate in this wide world. MC even does not believe that myth but here he was, his heart and body aching for his mate despite the fact that his brain is against the idea.

{UPDATE 2019-2017, FIN} Well-aged pair. #beautiful uke(32 yo)x poker-faced seme(36 yo). Naughty little uke who is into one night stands found this man that he liked who doesn't seem gay and flirted with him to get his one night stand for the day. Didn't expect to meet him while looking for a job tho! And despite deflecting love it seems he's falling for this guy who, is not only just his type but his cooking is right up his alley too. [2017-11-11 20:31 marked]

Nov 2017 EDIT: OMG @ch. 20-end: It's seriously giving me a heartbreak. Ohhhh why is it so painful between them. The drama, it hurts good. I can't believe there's only one chapter left before it finishes. I can definitely feel the climax. I'm in near tears BUUUTTT I've been let down in the end. I was never a fan of bad ending for couples when there could have been reencounters and resolutions that could happened and what did the webtoon creator did? well make them breakup. Congratulations on never resolving this in the end. I think even as much as he wanted to deny it, yoo il never had gotten over it. If he REALLY did, he won't be as guarded all over the memory like what he is doing. NOPE. Not fun. #reencounter with his old crush. Old crush had a son who just looks like him, to the chargin of our MC. However, the kind of grew closer each day but like any 40-something ahjussi, is still reluctant to step in this. Especially with how awkward everything about them is. And let's not start with the age gap. However, it is interesting how the webtoon presented their relationship as a love affair that needed to be hidden. Somehow, everything about this manga make you feel the realism of the issue it wants to get across, especially the may-december romance. Gratituous scenes are a bonus, even when the smut is not explicit. The plot makes me happy enough tho. Still, I'll keep the 4* because the drama hurts so good and it's good overall, just not up to my preferences.

{Edit: Dec 2017 Finished} Synopsis: Spoiled young master who is heir to the family conglomerate has just joined the work force but it seems a humbling experience is much needed. I love the CEO/Grandpa who throw him to the boonies for some tough love. (and a lesson about growing up.) Best part is, young master is a total city boy and we get the treat of seeing him out of his element in the countryside... and falling inlove! All cute and amusing. I'm proud of our uke for his impressive character development. Update, dec 11: Cute! I love it I'm so happy for them. And shaved seme is handsome seme woot. Ending: That asshole "friend"? fuck that guy. He just went to the country to bully MC.