Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Drama(403)

I enjoyed Houryuu and Shouin’s story very much. These opposites worked through a lot of the insecurities, jealousies and obstacles in life that tend to pop up and test a relationship, especially one that is new. Houryuu was such a positive and affectionate sweetie whereas his “selfish princess” was much more restrained when it came to expressing his love. Despite their different styles, their love was beautifully intense. The other two stories I didn’t like. The second one in particular was just ewww. To have a partner go have sex with someone while you are medically not meant to and you think you will die from a heart problem is simply beyond my ability to forgive. What will his next reason be? For sure, he will do it again. I couldn’t trust him with my heart, better to be alone than with a cheater. The last story..well I didn’t really like either of the MCs and couldn’t get into the story much.

I totally loved this story with the tsundere seme Shusaku and his optimistic lover Haruna ️ I have never read a story with such a serious man as a love interest. There was something rather culturally authentic about Shu which I really appreciated and which sparked so nicely against Haruna’s western influence. I also loved how Haruna never held onto anger and how he was so good at getting along with the grandfather and sister. Beautiful art too, and plenty of time developing the characters so that their love resonated as true. Those little smiles from Shu as he watched Haruna were particularly heart warming.

A very sweet little story in that true ‘slice of life’ style. Fresh from school in the country and newly independent in the big city, the uke in this story is adorably clueless about so many aspects of adult life. Despite this, he has an admirable core of determination and strives so hard. I found it sad because his parents recently died, his sister married and moved away, and he had no phone or way to keep in contact with her or any of his old friends. He really was like an abandoned puppy and there is no place like the city to really feel alone. But this guy persisted, got a job and caught the attention of his good looking and surprisingly protective neighbour. What followed was a sweet story of new feelings, confusion, misunderstandings and love.

Such a sweet pair, these two have loved each other for so long I just couldn’t imagine them ever looking at another.

Akira Norikazu is one of my favourite mangaka and this manga is a fine example of why. With truly beautiful artwork, the seme’s in this collection are powerful looking, frequently dangerous men who fall almost instantly for beautiful guys in a ‘forever’ kind of way. With yakuza in most of these, Akira Norikazu has opportunity to draw these men as dangerous predators you wouldn’t want to mess with (eg. http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kyou_hana_no_gotoshi/mf/v01/c001/24/ ). Such lucky uke’s!

This is a truly outstanding piece of work with the most beautiful MCs and artwork, and a storyline that is consistently immersive and enjoyable. Iwaki-san and Kato have to be the most “in love” couple I have ever come across in a yaoi. I always worry with a longer series that an author may start annoying trope like infidelity and destroying a relationship for a while to keep a plot moving but this mangaka never once resorted to such predictable plots. Instead, we are given a relationship that starts out in rivalry and ends with true love that is openly acknowledged. We have characters whose love life is consistently hot, passionate and inventive and who always manage to seem to adore the other both in bed and out. They learn from their mistakes and grow and change yet remain perfect for each other. There is intense possessiveness without caging or restricting the other and a genuine desire for the other to succeed in their life. This means that as they grow older they never grow apart, indeed they simply seem to appreciate the other more and how lucky they are to have them in their lives. It really has been one of the best stories I have come across, deserves 10 stars ️ ️️️️️️️️️

Outstanding! I just loved the whole lot, especially Bexan and Diesel in both their forms with both their very different backgrounds and love stories. The endings were just perfect for all the special characters. So good, 5 stars all the way!

I enjoyed this continuation of Chihiro and Keigo’s story. Chihiro seemed to become more accepting of his feelings for Keigo and Keigo remained steadfast in his love for Chihiro, despite the machinations of a rival for his affections trying to distance the couple. While I wished that Keigo rejected the man pursuing him earlier, it was still evident that he was steadfast and loyal in his love for Chihiro. This story was pretty much a shounen-ai, with the sex scenes left to the imagination other than for a few, non explicit panels.

A beautiful, sprawling story following the lives of this blended family after the loss of their newly married parents. The romantic relationships crossed boundaries like age and family ties, but it didn’t feel sordid, instead was sweet and heartwarming.

Overall, this was a great story with characters rounded out with interesting back stories. For me though, I can’t get past the fact that both Ei and Junpei slept with someone else AFTER realizing they loved the other. Sure, the author spun the scenario as loneliness and comfort, but it was an emotional as well as sexual connection and it was Junpei’s first time with a guy. Totally irritating... Add to this both these guys, who were so close, shared their deep, personal concerns with the same guys they had sex with, and not each other! Two strikes against them, and while I was glad to see them get their act together in the end (because they were great together), I won’t be re-reading this ever, as that was just too big a letdown