Hanami's manga / #Real Semes Don't Like Sweets(3)

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.

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.

(1) Ooe Yuuki and Tomo are supposedly together but Tomo doesn’t really think of them as being in a relationship. He was nasty and dismissive of Yuuki’s feelings. I wanted to slap him with a shovel. Yuuki is an idiot for liking him. (2) Nonomiya Jyun is the manager of the basketball team and is dating Mizusawa Ikuto. Since Jyun is tired of being treated coldly by Ikuto he seeks comfort with the president. Ikuto (asshole #2) is cold and unnecessarily mean to Jyun. (3) After being apart for many years, friends Chiharu and Takuma reunite. This was probably the only decent story of the bunch. Chiharu and Takuma were adorable and overall it was a cute story. (4) Atsushi doesn’t have a regular job so he often crashes at Shigeo’s house. They have been friends since middle school and both had feelings for each other. After Shigeo says some hurtful things, Atsushi stays at a stranger’s house where he’s hurt. While I didn’t hate this story, I didn’t like it either. Yaoi logic: the guy you like is hurt and probably sexually assaulted, let’s assault him too but its okay because I love him.