RoseMary's manga / #Young Adult(35)

Male Prostitute, Natsuo (20) x Innocent High-school Student, Kichiro (17) > Now I want a story for Kichiro's friend Shinji and Natsuo's boss, Josaka! As soon as I saw the boss (an ex male prostitute himself), I thought I so wanted a story for him. Then, when he was about to take Natsuo to the Karaoke place, where Shinji also brought Kichiro, I got ahead and immediately started thinking that they'd meet there and that that would be a nice beginning...they look good together, so please sensei give me a story for them!

Collection of Stories: ✤ Ch. 1 Déjà-vu - Middle-school student x Young-adult Man (20) // The middle-school student was raped by his older bro before. The seme and the uke's bro are coworkers. ✤ Ch. 2 Palm - Detective x Kid Neighbor who is the same age as his daughter // The man did something to the boy when he was a kid // The boy is now a high-school student // Youth x Adult > There're some twisted themes in these stories but they're actually well-written! 1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_197019.html

20 y.o. Seme x 36 y.o. Uke

• Ch. 1-4.6 Familiar - Step-brothers // High-School Student Straight Seme x Older Gay Uke (tbh I'd have liked to know how old the characters are! Especially the uke: he's a working adult, maybe a young adult, but his age is not told and that bothered me a bit, as I like to know such details about the characters) • Ch. 5-5.5 Fairytale Game - Part-time Job // Coworkers // Older Uke // Age Gap // Adult Couple // Young Adult (21) x Adult (26) // Shorter Seme

[[Author: Sakuragi Chisako; Artist: Honami Yukine]] Honestly speaking, I couldn't put up with their mutual misunderstandings anymore. In that respect, it was a frustrating almost ridiculous reading, especially regarding the uke's thoughts. At some point he himself said "maybe I'm overthinking too much" and I really didn't know what to do with him anymore. They seemed both pathetic and hopeless, but especially the uke. Anyways, overall I liked it. Mostly because it's a cousins' story, which I always like to read, and in the end, when they FINALLY get together (after dragging the misunderstandings for so long that it tired us out), it was nice! And Honami Yukine's art is nice as well, so it made the story more bearable! I must say that the character Issei, the uke's childhood friend and uni buddy, was so much more interesting then the two protagonists! He even took the situation into his hands and convinced Mizuho to go to see Enji, otherwise the uke would have still been there not knowing what to do with himself. So yeah I wish there was a story for Issei, especially since it was said that he could be bisexual! And in the end, when he accompanied the uke, I liked how he met Yoshimi-san, the seme's tutor and physician who is gay, so that could have been the beginning of a story for those two! #Cousins, Uni Students, 1-year-older Uke

Story revolving around the Kamata Household: • 1st Couple / Main Couple - Third Brother Tooru / Uni Student (21) x Uncle Kaname / Uni Archaeology Professor (31) // Forbidden Love // Older Uke // Established Relationship; • 2nd Couple / Side Couple - Second Brother Suguru (22) x Tooru's friend Ryo (21) // Uni Students // Older Uke // Established Relationship > I liked it, the base was good and it was interesting! It was probably meant to be extended some more, maybe also showing more of the second couple, which for now seemed more like a side couple, but unfortunately it was discontinued! So, regarding the main couple, the situation remained unresolved, with the two being apart due to Kaname's work in China! Well, I think in the end they'd have found their way back to each other and been happy together, but it's still sad that this story will remain without an ending! 3 Volumes (Discontinued)

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1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_236095.html

19 Volumes (Complete) - RAW: manhuagui.com / comic / 486 / Sequel: Yakumo Tatsu: Arata (not scanlated) - RAW: manhuagui.com / comic / 46319 / OVA (2 episodes)

Mixed feelings about this story... I liked it for two reasons. Firstly, because it's an old manga, so I liked the whole old atmosphere, and, secondly, because it's a family affair story. And that's why I added this to my old-style romance and family affair lists. But I'll say that it was also a frustrating story for two other reasons. Well, first of all, as an avid BL reader, if I see a guy kissing another guy (and more than once at that!), I tend to automatically ship them, so the whole situation of Aoi and Sumire all along the story was frustrating for me, BUT, and from this I'll come then to the second reason, I actually found mysef liking Aoi and Yuri together so much, also because I didn't like Sumire much in the first place, so I was rooting for Aoi and Yuri instead! [Spoiler] But sadly they didn't end up together. I mean, no surprise there really, because they went for the obvious predictable course. It was obvious she would end up with Sumire...but I really liked Aoi and Yuri's interaction and moments all along the story, so I strongly hoped that they would end up together somehow! I don't care if they are half-siblings since it's a manga. I really think it would have been a more interesting outcome, if they ended up together. So, I can't really hide my disappointment about this. Anyway, having said all that, overall it's a good oldie, although I'm clearly not a fan of the couple... Adapted to Taiwanese Drama "The Rose" (2003)