RoseMary's manga / #Manly Gay Couple(97)

Included in Dame BL (ch.9) - It's better to read it there, also because two pages are missing here.

Classic BL story revolving around different couples related to each other. ★ Ogata x Takasugi // Salarymen // Both want to be seme // Seme turned Uke // Seme-like Uke // Manly Couple ★ Shikibu (Ogata's childhood friend) x Tsutsumi (He was Ogata and Shikibu's high-school teacher) // Age Gap // Older Uke // Student x Teacher // Teacher x Teacher // Established Couple // Scar // Glasses-Wearing Uke ★ Kouhei (Ogata's twin who was adopted into a relative family) x High-school Student Takeru // Youth x Adult // Age Gap // Older Seme // Mole 7 Volumes (Complete) - Dropped... Ova: gogoanimetv.to / anime / seikimatsu-darling-j1x3 Related Series: Followed by several sequels! - Only "Seikimatsu Darling 2006" is scanlated for now.

Collection of Stories - I really liked the title story, which is my favourite, and the last story! 4 stars for them! Uminari (pp. 9-80, 243-251) - Art Teacher x High-school Student // Youth x Adult // Older Uke // Seaside Moon of the sixteenth Night (pp. 86-125) - Someone's "convenient lover", a uni student, falls in love for the first time with a kouhai from his uni. Bittersweet! I felt kinda bad for the older guy who was left behind...maybe if he had been more honest about his true feelings, things would have been different. - University Students // First Love // Older Uke // Smoking Duplicate Key (pp. 131-165) - Funny story of two lovers who for the first time will have to be sepatated for one week due to work reasons, with one having to go away for a workshop and the other for a research... - Adult Couple // Cohabitation // Older Uke // Salaryman x Professor // Established Couple Related Series: 1 Uminari (Third Story, Shared Key); 2 Himitsu no Kuchizuke (ch. 1 Secret Kiss); 3 Rumble Rush (ch. 3 High School Maze, ch. 6 After the Rain). Last Kiss (pp. 172-237) - Middle-Aged Protagonist // Childhhod Friends // Family // Neighbors // Summer // Sea / Beach - "Honestly, those two guys over there are exactly like the fathers!" haha the sister said it right! There's the potential that the path that wasn't pursued by the fathers will be taken by the sons instead! Anyway, it's still a bittersweet story!

One of the sweetest and most romantic story involving yakuza theme! Two total strangers having a coincidental (but maybe fateful) meeting and falling madly in love with each other with the newfound freshness and excitement of two middle-school students but with a maturity befitting of the grown-up men they're. Unbeknownst of their actual identity, they experience the gentlemanly and romantic love they dreamt of, but they're inevitably soon faced with the reality when they find themselves facing off as enemies in a clash between two rival yakuza groups! However, that will not affect their true love that will prevail over everything else! Ahhh that was beautiful! So sweet and touching at the same time! I loved the reference to the 1950 "Mona Lisa" song all along the story and it really felt like I was watching a movie of a love story that was so beautiful and pure despite its violent background! A true gem...Definitely one of Nishida Higashi's best works!

Yakuza Boss x Subordinate // Established Couple

Included in "R-40BL" Anthology Hitman x Smuggler // Established Couple

Well-written psychological, mature story. One of Nishida Higashi's best works!