Hanami's manga / #Age Gap(40)

After breaking his leg, Morioka Sei befriends a calligraphy professor, Akimune, who’s staying in the same hospital. Akimune decides to make Sei the inheritor of his considerable fortune. When meeting with Akimune to discuss the matter of the inheritance, Sei reunites with his senpai, and first love Sugiura Takaki. However, Sugiura doesn’t seem to remember Sei and acts coldly towards him. This was a cute manga, if a tad too cliché. I liked it a lot, mostly because Sei is so precious. He’s like a little puppy, you just want to cuddle him. Even though he’s so fluffy and delicate, I like that he went after his first love, even when he was treated badly. Sugiura went overboard with the whole ‘keeping the distance’ thing but he wasn’t unbearable or anything. I see where he’s coming from but still. I was okay with him and his indifferent attitude. The side characters were great though. I loved the lawyer, Tateishi, he was awesome. I wanted to see more of him. I would recommend this if you’re in the mood for adorable protagonists and a light story.

Three stories that had the ukes be the sex slaves of the semes. (p.10-33;34-41;101-105). Okano Hiroyuki is a social studies instructor that becomes the sex slave to his student Tokiwa Munehisa, after he is molested in a train. I’m kind of indifferent to this story. The whole ‘I bully you because I like you’ thing is a hit or miss for me, and in this story it was a definite miss. Tokiwa was such a dick, I wanted to jump in and strangle him. To me there wasn’t any connection between those two characters, their relationship just wasn’t interesting to me. I liked Tokiwa’s interaction with the other couple more than his interactions with Okano. 3/5. (p.44-69;70-97). Nishio Atsushi is irritated by the fact that his classmate, Yoshino Yuto is constantly staring at his friend Tokiwa. After catching him peeping on Okano and Tokiwa having sex, Nishio makes Yoshino his slave. This was my favorite of the three stories. While Nishio was less of an ass than Tokiwa I still felt really bad for Yoshino. Nishio has a turbulent family situation, which causes him to take it out on Yoshino. I liked this more than the other stories because the characters and their relationship were more developed. (*Spoiler Alert: At least by the end of it, Nishio realizes he has feelings for Yoshino and graduates him from slave to lover.*) 4/5 (5-6). Shizuki Haru hates his physics teacher, Yamada Akihiko, because he’s convinced he’s gay. He harasses the teacher in various ways and gets divine justice in the form of becoming the teacher’s plaything. My least favorite of the three. Shizuki is a little shit, Yamada is hateful and there was no reason for Shizuki to be subjected to Yamada’s bullying. 2/5 I would recommend this if you like: dominant, possessive semes that like to bully their submissive ukes, bondage and the use of sex toys.

Oresama To Oujisama (Main Story) (1-4) Hidaka Chikara enters a tv show called “Fight Money” to get money to supposedly rebuild his parent’s ramen shop. However, it was just a scam to get money. He manages to get 5 million yen from Kunimi Tomokazu, the president of a production company. Hidaka gives the money to his friend for his sick sister, but Kunimi wants to be paid back. In order to pay pack the 5 million yen, Hidaka must become Kunimi’s pet. I liked this story. It felt a little lacking and the conflict at the end was too easily solved but overall it was enjoyable. Kunimi is my favorite, he’s kind of silly but also cool and calculating. He doesn’t force Hidaka and wants to make him an upright member of society. I liked Hidaka too, he’s violent and unruly, but not to the point that it’s annoying. I liked how he developed as a person and as a professional. Also, I enjoyed the fact that it was over time that he developed feelings for Kunimi. All in all it was a good story if a little lacking. 4/5 (5-7) Yanagi Hayato was supposed to pick up a foreign exchange student at the airport. In a case of mistaken identity he picked up the handsome Eddie, who fell in love with him at first sight. Eddie turned out to be the second prince of a country in Europe called Sierra. The rest of the manga is very Disney-ish/Cinderella-ish. This was an okay story, the plot was clichéd and nothing new but not horrible to read. I thought Hayato fell in love with Eddie way too fast, again very reminiscent of Disney’s princess fairy tales. Eddie was an okay character, he liked and respected Hayato. He was a bit manipulative with the whole “If you love me…” but at least at the end he was willing to give it all up for Hayato. Plus he wasn’t the stereotypical douche-y prince so that was a plus. Also, he doesn’t force himself on Hayato, which is a huge plus in my book. Both of the characters, as well as the plot were just bland. I will give it a little bit of props for that twist at the end. It was unexpected but good for them. Do you boo. Everyone gets their prince/princess. 3/5 (*SPOILER ALERT* I wondered why Charles was so mad that Eddie picked Hayato and not the princess. I was really confused since it’s obvious he liked her, so if anything Eddie being with Hayato was a plus. Turns out Charles is a girl and was just jealous that Eddie could be with Hayato despite them both being guys. At least at the end she got her princess.)