Hanami's manga / #Dense As A Brick(4)

Igarashi Masami had a crush on his friend Tatsuki Shirou for a long time. Constantly hovering over Shirou, Masami felt he had to protect him from Kobayashi Ryuji, Masami and Shirou's friend. Story-wise it was kind of predictable. From the beginning I knew where it was going, and there wasn't a moment that surprised me. I don't really mind predictability as long as the characters are interesting. For the most part I liked Ryuji and Shirou, their persistence was oddly endearing. Masami on the other hand was so painfully dense, I didn't connect with his character until the very last chapter. I would've loved a sequel, just to see how Masami and Ryuji’s relationship develops.

This manga includes the story of three couples, and all three couples have an unexpected twist to the characters. The first story is about a businessman, Kanbe, who’s in love with his manager, who enjoys sexually harassing him. The manager moonlights as a fortuneteller, whom Kanbe visits often. It took Kanbe a century and a half to realize that Ammon the fortuneteller and the manager was the same person. Kanbe was cute, too slow for his own good, but still as endearing as a puppy. In this first couple there were sekes, a threesome and even Captain Duck got some action. The second story is about a high school student who’s in a relationship with his teacher, but hasn’t had sex with him yet. Turns out that the teacher is a sex beast with an insatiable appetite. Good thing he’s young and full of energy. The last story is about a businessman, Shibata, who loves the younger type, but gets topped by his seemingly sweet subordinate, Saiga. In reality Saiga is a sadistic seme who awakens the inner uke and masochist of Shibata. The last story includes threesomes and bondage.

When university student Hinata finds out that his best friend Yuuma is in love, he tries to get a girlfriend so that he could have the experience necessary to help Yuuma get with his crush. The only problem is that Yuuma’s in love with Hinata. This was a cute story, Hinata was a bit dense but still cute. How could he have missed all those signals, and ever misinterpret the kissing and touching. Yuuma is one sexy bastard, I could relate to Hinata’s reluctance to have him stolen. Also I loved the conflict of interest and the bad advice as a result.

This manga includes four stories. The first story follows Azuma Shirou. Azuma has a glasses fetish and for some reason his eyes seem to follow Sorachi Satoshi. This story was so adorable! Sorachi is the cutest damn thing ever. He’s so squishable! I loved how both were so insecure and jealous, it was endearing. The second story follows Minami Kazuhiko as he always seems to stumble upon Sawai being confessed to. He and Sawai have a sexual relationship, which the adorably dense Minami interprets as just Sawai killing time before he gets a girl. Of course his assumption is completely off. The third story is about detective Saegusa Noritaka, who developed a crush on the café worker Nanase Ikumi. And finally, the last story is about Saegusa’s assistant Kirishima. Kirishima has had a crush on his neighbor for eight years. When Shirai Tetsuji is leaving for college, they are unwilling to let go of each other. This manga’s sequel is Wild Darling.