Coyote (ZARIYA Ranmaru)
This author is a great story teller and an artist! She has always amazed me with her cast of characters and story settings. Each time it is something new and different. The story line for 'Coyote' isn't exactly original nor is the whole warewolf-hunter x warewolf pairing but the way the story is fleshed out and the pacing is amazingly authentic trademark style of the author. She, once again, successfully managed to take all of us on a romantic page turner ride and turn each one of us - the readers- into her fans! Waiting for more :)
Gelateria Supernova
Probably the best sex friends to lovers story! I plead author-sama to not stop creating these amazing romances. She peddles some love and joy in to our hearts this way. It is so rare these days. Talking about the manga: Personally I usually dislike(just a tiny little bit) the internal monologues of the characters whenever there were not many conversations in the manga. Obviously the way Satoya and Naoki started their relationship there were no conversation and the story was taken forward by Satoya's POV with him narrating it to us. That narration was melancholicly beautiful. The way the ice cream and its flavours were used as metaphors to drive home the point about the dynamics of their relationship is well executed. That metaphor carried along through the story beginning with 'I ordered only vanilla and he ordered different flavours'- it described their lives. Satoya had a plain monotomus life whereas Noaki was a bit different each time ( he may or may not have liked it). The initially friendly banter with Naoki suggesting Satoya to try new flavours - possibly hinting the attempts made to persuade Satoya to change things and take initiative to express his feelings and wishes unlike all the previous times. He had to move on from 'Vanilla'. Then him realising that his life isn't like how it had always been 'I don't like this Vanilla. I wanted his' describing the stages of the romance and finally concluding it by saying 'When we kissed he tasted like Vanilla' - expressing how they needed each other and waited all by themselves hoping the other would make the first move. Finally both came forward. It might seem obvious to us as readers about the all the hints and advances made by the character and what they feel about the other but it is not possibly to notice all of that as a character. They have their own inhibitions, doubts and limitations. The point is not how the should have started it the right way from the beginning. It is about the journey to how they finally date each other. I love this author and this was yet another great story from her.
Fruit, Gateau au Chocolat
The story is well fleshed out. It was nothing extraordinary in its genre but just the fact that it has characters who are mature enough to sort their feelings out and communicate well with each other sets it apart from other angsty picks of the same genre. Give a try if you want to be a gooey mess by the end of it and like celebrating love! P.S. Hyouko-san shouldn't think he is plain. Damn, he is too handsome. Kya ><
Best Ending?