あ's manga / #Multiple Stories(17)

Pretty neat, 3 stories (the second one was shorter), all somewhat sweet. The first one (titular/cover one) was pretty to my tastes, and the other two were a bit interesting too. Nothing super special or amazing, just nice stories with a wholesome and almost cute aspect to them ^^

Anthology

Robo-kun and his older love. Some parts are really smutty ^^

Most quite smutty (and slutty), as this mangaka's works tend to be. Oneshot stories with interesting and creative ideas, but without the plot or character's psyche being explored beyond a superficial level. Fun, enjoyable and the art . The smut aspect is pretty good when one of the stories hits a loved niche ^^

4- All in all, found it quite enjoyable, which was a surprise when the stories envolved tropes I usually HATE (probably helped that the stories were shorter than a full manga). Every single one of them had at least 1 very good looking guy, with different kinds of hotness, which was very nice on the eyes (⁠灬⁠º⁠‿⁠º⁠灬⁠)⁠♡ There's three stories, with some extras at the end. The stories aren't elaborated (they can't be, with only one or two chapters), but they also aren't terribly cliché, which was genuinely surprising ^^ The base idea for each of them isn't unheard of, but I feel like the characters having a lot of character for the average in BL mangas gave each of the stories a much more unique and interesting flavour. Again, quite liked them despite having core characteristics I usually can't stand. (Also the sex scenes, the visual part in some of them was very nice but the dialogue, with it's dubcon tones, meh not a strength for sure). First story moved VERY quick, unnaturally so. The dark-haired wedding planner accepted the overbearing man's affection way too quickly in my opinion, seemed to barely put up resistance. Perhaps he liked him more than he even let on already

First story was... odd. The idea was interesting enough, but I feel like the story itself felt empty and without a direction most of the time. Some things were odd, perhaps the translation has something to do with it (I have a feeling the MC was rapping and ryming most of his inner thoughts, which can't have been easy to try to appropriately translate). Perhaps it was supposed to be more comedy-like. I liked Waterproof (chapter 2), even if I didn't immediately undertake the title or, in fact, part of what the main character was asking himself. Really liked Underground (3). Photographer with an unrequited love for an old colleague, who is quite famous and works abroad. He shows up in Japan again, going through some bad times mentally, and our MC supported him until his unrequited love gained the desire to go back, with a new and different determination. While it is rather sad for our MC, who once again lost contact with the man he loves and had painful moments with him there, there is some sliver of hope, for his love went back out into the world to take photos for him (and left behind a mystery photo, taken with the MC's camera).