Hanami's manga / #Friendship(42)

This manga includes the stories of four couples. The first chapter follows roommates Tachibana and Sakura. Tachibana struggles with the feeling of not wanting to leave Sakura, but not wanting to be a hindrance in his life. Chapters 2 &3 follow Takao and Wakamiya. Since high school Wakamiya has been attracted by Takao's face. When the adorable Nishioka-sensei becomes friendly with them, Wakamiya realizes just how much he likes Takao. Chapter 5 is about a businessman who falls in love with his coworker, who is overly helpful. And finally the last story is another coworker love story, Miyoshi is overly spoiled by Matsunaga and fears that he will end up being an annoyance. Overall this manga was cute and funny, especially the first 4 chapters. I really enjoyed all of the stories.

Mizuochi Tasuku is violent towards his childhood friend Oono Ryouta to cover the fact that he has a crush on him. One day a pair of idols tell Tasuku that he is the son of the Goddess of Luck and however he sleeps with will get good luck. Could his "power" get Ryouta to fall in love with him? This is a cute story, I enjoyed watching them come to terms with their feelings and insecurities. Katsuyama was an awesome friend, I loved how he played psychologist to those idiots.

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.

An adorable story about the relationship between Naruse Nanami and the aloof surfer, Akiba Shuu. This was just fluffy and fun overall. Shuu’s poker face, especially when he’s supposed to be happy, was hilarious and Nanami was so adorable. Ayumi at the end killed me with that comment. The last two chapters are the manga Kamatte Kawaii Hito, it’s about a man who goes to a cat café to get over his fear of cats and meets a staff member who loves cats.

Smart, good-looking and popular with the girls, Maruyama Rina is Abe Saburou’s complete opposite. They have been friends since elementary school, but since attending different high schools the distance between them seemed to be growing. Will their friendship disappear? This manga was way to short! Just when it was starting to get cute between them it ended. ╥﹏╥

Tokura Ei is a forensic archaeologist who’s dealt with discrimination due to the fact that he’s gay. He struggles to keep his distance from his childhood friend and lover Kamiryou Gin, because he doesn’t want Gin to experience bigotry. This was a really intense manga. It was really interesting to have the topic of discrimination be front and center. While I get why Ei was hurting Gin, my heart still went out to both of them. I loved Gin’s perseverance, after all the stuff he did and put up with to get Ei, he seriously deserves a happy ending.