RoseMary's manga / #Family Business(13)

≪••≫ Heart-warming - One of the best stories by Kawai Touko, if not the very best! 》Salesman Haruna has to make a contract with the owner of Nakagawa brewery, but that grandpa is not in the least interested and continues to reject his offers. Case has it that he meets the owner's grandson and it is love at first sight for him, so now he's even more determined to persuade not only the grandpa but also the grandson! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ 》A persistent uke can be annoying at times, but Haruna was so cute that he won me over! I liked how he went like a train to chase his prey without hesitation. And what made the difference is that he did it in a super adorable way and he was so honest with his feelings that he didn't bothered me at all! The seme was a quite interesting character too, so I have nothing to complain about this story: 5 stars!!

"He chased away the feelings of dread I used to have. Just like a clear blue sky". *ღ¸¸.•⊱╮Aomoto Sari's best work! - There were some beautiful panels capturing some truly precious heartfelt moments. And the slow emerging and building up of emotions that slowly brought forward the development of their relationship was just perfect! Really a beautiful impressively written story with meaningful words, right pace and great substance! And the whole theme of garden planning|design and flowers, which by the way was something refreshing, made the setting even more beautiful! Totally recommended! # 32 y.o. Uke x 22 y.o. Seme, Secretly Gay Uke > By the way, I'd have loved it, if the author wrote the story of the two dads, the uncle Natsume, who adopted Yuu when this one's parents died in an accident, and his partner Seiji. She said in the afterword that they were classmates in high school. I think it would have been interesting to read their story!

// Complete // Man, if all BLs were like this! It was so well-written, with good characters, dynamics and development. I liked their relationship and interaction. The pace was just right. And there was such a nice vibe going on, rendered by the warm atmosphere of the shopping street and Hide's house and family and especially by the characters' sweetness! I really loved everything! A satisfying heart-warming reading!

Interior Designer (23|24) x Tailor (37) - I really liked the idea of the tailor shop, as there aren't many stories like this, and I liked the whole atmosphere, the shop's antique furniture and the interiors of Tetsuya's house. I also love this type of couple with a much younger shorter seme and a much older taller mature uke. It's just that, while I loved the story overall, the dynamics and build up of their relationship wasn't exactly what I expected. I mean, I loved their how they met and their first interactions, like when the tailor took the measures for the suit etc., but then the seme comes to Tetsuya's house drunk and kisses him and just like that they are boyfriends. Then, when they're doing it and the seme asked Tetsuya if he was ok with being the bottom, they say that was already the fourth time they did it, so basically when they went all the way for the first time, they did it off-page and I don't like when they do that. Then we find out that, 15 years before, Tetsuya was married but his wife left him for another man...so, was this his first time with a man? And the seme, was he a virgin or what? Somehow, when I read, I want to know about these things as well. Also the thing with the seme's sister interfering was a bit annoying, so yeah, let's say that the further developments seemed kinda awkward to me and they simply were not much my type. And the construction itself of the story seemed a bit off. In my opinion, it needed some polishing. But it was so cute that in the end it was still very nice and I think it's worth reading.

️5 stars for the main|title story! I really liked the way it was written...so good! Est Em's stories are always unique, not only for the art style but also for the concepts and the writing style, and I love that! Here, the theme of traditional indigo dyeing was very interesting. And I liked how the conflicted feelings of the two protagonists were portrayed. Their feelings could really be felt. As I love family-affair stories, I really liked this. By the way, I liked the quote about dyeing which was used as metaphor for their feelings and relationship. I also liked the parallelism of the parts about their respective "returns": first when Taisei returns home, as we see better in ch. 6, Kouta is inside and sees him through the window and calls out his name; then when in the end Kouta is the one returning home, Taisei is the one inside and seeing him calls his name. An impressive story, as expected from sensei. Too bad that here it's so criminally underrated!️ # Brother x Adopted Brother (Kouta's mother died when he was little. Then, when his father died, he was taken in by Taisei's family, as his father was working and living at their dyeing studio.) [[Ch. 7 & 8 are two unrelated oneshots included in this volume respectively called "Swim, Drown, Swim" and "Snow Falling Silently" // I honestly didn't care for these two short stories. Ch. 7 was not my thing and ch. 8 was not bad but it was just a peek at a couple of roommates on a snowy day. They weren't even exactly BL, but they certainly were unique as well.]]

0 Volumes (Hiatus) - Just from the first chapter, I already love this so much!! How come it's on hiatus?? Hope it will continue!!

Adapted from: Mankai Darling - Haruhiko and Takashi from Mankai Darling appear here in Bokura no Negai from ch. 4, when Hayato, one of the brothers protagonists here starts working part-time at the flower shop of Haruhiko, who is now 34 y.o. Hayato works there till the end of the story. ≪✿✿≫ I really like BL stories revolving around the members of a certain family. Especially if they're a bit long, so that I can take it slow and taste it well. Also, I like stories with time progression, because I like to follow all the characters' events in different periods of their lives, to see them grow up and such. I really liked the whole atmosphere and all of the characters here! About the side couple, Haruhiko and Takashi from the flower shop, I must say that I actually wasn't crazy for them and their story (from Mankai Darling), but here they fitted so well with the whole story and they gave a nice contribute, especially Haruhiko really made things funny and in the end he also helped in getting Hayato and Ryou together! About the main couples, I was really satisfied with Kento and Take. For Ryou and Hayato, I have to say that in the end I wanted to see a bit more of them as "lovers" and not "brothers" anymore. Because while I really liked the whole process and the pace, with Hayato's conflicted feelings, he talking about it with Haruhiko first and then with Kento as well...then confessing and in the end finally getting together. But that's at the end that they get together, so I felt that I needed a bit more. But I really loved everything about this story! One of my top favourites by sensei!! • Ryou, mistakenly translated as Ame in the first chapters (Eldest brother, not related by blood to the rest of the brothers // 19 y.o. in the 1st chapter, 20 in the 2nd chapter, by the end he's around 23 // Straight and Virgin Uke // After their parents die in the first chapter, he takes on the family business and runs the cafè) x Hayato (3rd brother // In the first chapter he's about 13 (he's an eighth-grader, so a 2nd-year middle-school student), 14 in the 2nd chapter (3rd-year middle-school student) // Virgin Seme // He falls in love with Ryou first // After completing middle school and high school, he is admitted to uni by the end) // Step-brothers // Age Gap // Older Uke // They get together at the end • Kento (2nd brother // In the 1st chapter he's probably 16, in the second chapter 17 (3rd-year high-school student), by the end around 20 // After graduating from high school, he helps Ryou running the cafè // Gay Uke // He's in a physical relationship with his first guy, an older salaryman, but then he get with Takeya, although at first he rejects him) x Takeya, mistakenly translated as Yuya in the first chapters (Masato's classmate // At the beginning he's a fifth-grader in elementary school and he's about 10 // By the end he's about to enter high school // He confesses his feelings to Kento at the beginning; they get together a bit after but they do it after Take is accepted to high school) // Age Gap: 6 years // Older Uke • Masato (4th brother // At the beginning he's a fifth-grader in elementary school and he's about 10 // By the end he's about to enter high school) [[The dramatic part is mostly in the first chapter, where Ryou's father dies in a car accident and then the three brothers' mother dies because of cancer. After that, it's actually a warm and fun series]]

4 Volumes (Complete) - Really hope to read the whole story!

1 Volume (Complete) - Dropped...