Hanami's manga / #Spicy Uke(9)

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.

Cute story about how Arima Kouhei, a fudanshi, and his little brother Kanata fall in love with a hairdresser and a teacher respectively. Kouhei has got to be the cutest thing ever, I don’t blame Shiiba Kazuomi for being smitten with him. I have to give props to Kanata, he just went for it with Mimasaka Kyuogo sensei. I loved his attitude and how he was both cute and manly.

Natsumi Hayato has a cat phobia and to overcome it (and to score with the ladies) he visits a cat cafe. There he meets Odagiri Hikaru, a member of the staff and a cat lover, and of course they get off on the wrong foot. An odd pairing considering their inclinations towards cats, nonetheless this was a fun and cute story. Side note: That cat was so freaking adorable!

This manga includes two stories. In the first one, Endou is caught by Okumura for sleeping with his wife. As a way to make amends, Endou suggests that Okumura beat him up, instead Okumura slept with him. The quiet and refined Okumura isn’t exactly how he appears. Afterwards they start a company together. A lying, sneaky, manipulative, dominant and sexy uke, I approve. This story had its serious moments and downright hilarious moments. Once the butterfly of the night has you, you’re doomed. Side note: Why aren’t most “dead” past lovers in yaoi actually dead? The other story follows Ritsu, who’s in love with his straight friend that’s in a relationship. He sleeps around and eventually stumbles upon Ikeuchi Hideo and OB GYN doctor who fell in love with him. I didn’t really like Ritsu, he was bratty and not very likeable. STDs are actually a concern in this story. I died at the hospital scene though.

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.