alice-chan's manga / #Comedy(96)

3.5 stars. at first it was a 3 but when I read Masato and Mamoru's story I raised it to a 4 (well, 3.5 ヽ(~～~ )ノ) basically at first Ayato was super annoying (bc he kept crying and saying 'sorry') but the dynamic of his relationship with Horiguchi was super fucking cute and fluffy (especially for one of them being a delinquent). ahh it was really really cute and refreshingly light. I loved Horiguchi's brother's story (Masato x Mamoru- SO CUTE). honestly I really liked this shounein ai BL, it was adorably fluffy and had a really nice dynamic feel going with both couples. would reread. did wish it was longer tho) the whole power thing was kinda weird tho bc it seemed like the main concept in the beginning but was kinda dropped and unexplained in the second half, so much that I forgot about it completely until I saw the tags.

ahhhh wtf that was SO FREAKING CUTE I LOVED IT an actually interesting story, the idol concept was also really well-executed, the characters had dimension and weren't boring, the potential chemistry/tension between the characters really kept me on my toes and excitedly waiting, so that when they kissed I felt the heat in my stomach bruh XD oooof (ch4 freaking killed me man) it's perfect and I loved it but I will admit it was a bit rushed near the end. (I wish they made us suffer a bit more when he said 'I'm going to put an end to these feelings' bc ch4 was really effective (I almost cried bc my heart clenched so hard). instead it got really quickly resolved. welp, I guess less waiting for us haha) I was gna pace myself but devoured the plot it got all the reactions from me. I was freaking out while squealing, freaking out while nearly crying, freaking out over how cute it was XD

it was more entertaining than I thought it'd be, and I liked the format where they don't talk until later and there's a lot short inner thoughts. it was very refreshing and a unique format. the other stories were okay too, but the first story was the best. very light and funny and interesting, had a nice balance of sensuality and comedy (people walking in on their flirting/dirty talks and them not giving a shit was hilarious)

the smut was SO hot, and I would've given it 5 stars probably (I expected it to be light, without a deep plot, and smutty, and that's what I got) but I didn't expect to get a second story after the 1st 3 chapters, so I was disappointed. I don't even remember the second story (writing this literally 2 days later), but I do remember that I didn't like it much, so yeah. I've reread this a couple times for the smut (the first 2 chapters. I actually like the first story quite a lot, wish they made it longer)

so cute and comedic and fluffy and light and soft and innocent. I love it. ch10- NOOOOOO omg what thats it thats the end?!?!?!! not enough AT ALL!

quite boring storyline, very basic and no depth in characters. got annoying by ch3. hated the art too.

2nd story was cute a 2.5, it was pretty average overall

best one of the series! I don't think the order matters too much tbh but here it is (I read them all out of order): - Mr.Arihara's Secret Circumstances - Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete - Furete, Aishite, Dakishimete All 3 have multiple stories each and I really like that all stories have shared characters (literally each character knows at least one other character from the other story lol. everyone is gay in this universe! XD) 1) Touma x Chiaki (Touma is friends with Tokida) (Chiaki co-stars with Arihara) 2) Tokida x Takeuchi (Takeuchi is friends with Takashi) (Tokida is Seno's uncle, manager of the bar. I'm guessing there's a timeline skip because I don't think he can be a bar manager and a university student at the same time) 3) Takashi x Takahiro (Takashi, friends with Takeuchi) (Takahiro, fellow idol in anDe with Matsushita) 4) Arihara x Matsushita (Matsushita is an idol in band anDe) (Arihara is an actor, whose current and former managers Nagai and Masano have potential ~ co-stars with Chiaki) 5) Seno x Hakamada (Seno is the bartender at the bar Micchan and Yuuichirou visit. He is a fan of the show Chiaki and Arihara star in, directed by Hakamada. Tokida is his uncle) 6) Micchan x Yuuichirou (clients at bar where Seno bartends and Tokida is manager) (Seiji is Yuuichirou's client) 7) Seiji x Daigo (Seiji is a client of Yuuichirou, who was briefly interested in Seiji) 8) Seki x Ikehata (the only couple not related to everyone else lol) 9) Nagai x Masano (technically not a couple but we ship haha) Matsushita and Arihara are my favorite couple :) Arihara is so fucking cute I can't~ I do wish they would switch tho. I also want Micchan and Yuuichirou to switch as well

it’s like a 2.5(?) it’s not bad or anything but just kinda...lacking. there’s a lot of cliches that could’ve been really well executed but just kinda lacked tension and had hurried drama that wasn’t developed enough in my opinion. not something i would reread although it had so much potential.

22.5.2020 wish I dated everything before :( A very sweet slice of life manga, feels like a compilation of stories (which I guess what slice of life means lmao), it was cute to read and I like the idea of them being literal opposites but still having these pure and genuine feelings for each other.