Hanami's manga / #Age Gap(40)

A collection of oneshots. (1) Kouta’s family borrowed a large sum of money and left him the debt. Sonomura Takahisa, his senpai, get him a part-time job as a gay AV actor. After the first one became a success they continued making videos. Senpai was clever using the AV excuse to sleep with him, but at the same time he never forced him. I liked him for being respectful. (2) Masaomi is the new president of a love hotel after his father left with his lover on a vacation. Tsushima, the hotel manager, has him try out various products so he that Masaomi knows the kind of things people do at love hotels. Another clever seme, using the excuse of showing the products to have sex with Masaomi. (3) Mimatsu Keizou’s family owns a liquor store. One day while delivering he picks up a student, Higuchi Yuuma. He has several fantasies regarding Higuchi and eventually those fantasies get fulfilled. Meh. (4) Sex club owner Miyatsuki seems to be interested in the new worker Aomura Jyunta. Turns out Jyunta helped boss when he was younger. Jyunta was way too innocent and cute. (5) Nagaoka wants to become the assistant of his favorite mangaka Chigaya Senri. Sensei is looking for someone to succeed him as he’s not inspired to draw anymore. This one was probably the funniest just because of the training regimen for becoming a mangaka. (6) Isawa goes to a hot spring and becomes interested in young part-timer Mashita Shitsuki. My least favorite of the bunch, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. (7) Kousuke is in love with his friend Sonokawa Yukihi. He wanted to confess during the graduation trip but chickened out. During the hot springs trip Kousuke gets his chance to confess and go further with Yukihi. I liked at the end how lovey dovey they were.

(1) Freelance writer Shouji Tatsuru was sent to a hot springs resort to interview the young master Kuga Nanami. Nanami agrees to the interview only if Tatsuru worked in the hot springs for a month. Loved this. At first Nanami seems cold but he’s surprisingly adorable. Tatsuru too was clumsy, but hardworking and dedicated to his writing. I really liked how real the long distance relationship was handled. They missed each other but also didn’t want to interfere with each other’s work and passion. Loved it! Plus Nanami’s family and friends were so cool about his relationship. Go mom and friends! (2) Businessman Takeru was invited over to Shinji’s house to take cover from the rain but has been stuck in the room for a week since Shinji won’t let him leave. I didn’t really like this one, for the obvious reason, but also because Shinji’s relationship prior to the kidnapping wasn’t explained. I wanted to know why he liked Takeru enough to keep him locked in a room. (3) Ten years ago designer Tsukamoto Ibuki rejected his friend Miyauchi Yuudai after he forced himself on Ibuki. In the present day Yuudai is the project manager and Ibuki’s company is interested in the project. I didn’t like that Yuudai was using the project to coerce Ibuki into being with him. Then again at the end he didn’t seem to mind. (4) Shunsei is in love with the assistant professor Mizawa Kazuyuki, who rejects his advances out of respect for his father. I liked Shunsei’s perseverance, it was funny yet endearing.

Tsumori Ei was dumped by his boyfriend on Christmas Eve. He discovered a young man, Nakama Junpei, sitting out in the cold with a cat. A wonderful story with heartbreak, painful pasts, misunderstandings and all of the mess that comes with falling in love. This manga was just beautiful and realistic. It was funny, cute and heartbreaking. I loved all the characters and their complicated relationships. The only thing that was missing was a conclusion to Sagan and Kittaka. Other than that it was pure perfection.

After failing the domestic tour guide exam, Saitou Hikaru stumbles into a strange foreigner in a part. During the duration of his vacation, Hikaru lets Leo stay in his house. They start developing feelings for each other, unfortunately Leo turns out to be a prince. A story filled with cute moments, heartbreak and sexy foreigners. I loved this manga so much! I loved how Hikaru helped Leo grow as a person and how their feelings for each other developed.

One rainy day, novelist Sakaguchi picks up his neighbor Kazuya and his black kitten. Since Kazuya’s mother is allergic to cats Sakaguchi offers to take care of it. Kazuya began to visit him every day to see the kitten but also to spend time with Sakaguchi. I loved this. I like shy and introverted characters, and Kazuya was just so sweet. His innocence caused some funny moments. I also liked how Sakaguchi understood him.

This is definitively one of the more interesting yaois out there. The first story follows bookstore employees Ikeda Tooru and Azuma Kouji. Azuma is a sex service addict and one day gets a confession from the serious Ikeda. After noticing Ikeda’s cute mannerisms, Azuma kisses him and the kinkiness begins. Those two tried a whole bunch of fun sexual things. Toys, cosplay, bondage, sadomasochism, it was really interesting. Ikeda’s expressions and thoughts were just so cute, I liked how he studied and tried his best to make Azuma feel good. The second story was the weirdest and funniest of the bunch. Momoya Subaru accidentally grabbed school idol Nishikujou Masataka thinking it was his friend. From that moment Nishikijou decided Momoya was his boyfriend. From there things gets really strangely hilarious, Momoya tries to get away from Nishikujou but he, and his fangirls, keep setting traps for him. The mating dance thing killed me. I loved Nishikujou, Saeki and all of the fangirls. The last story is about coworkers Matsumae Taichi and Miura Reiji. Matsumae loves virgins and after finding out his superior was a virgin, he became interested in him. Only intending to keep him as a toy until he gets tired, the tables are turned when Miura becomes very interesting. I liked how Miura got the upper hand at the end, their obsession for each other was kind of creepy but oddly satisfying.