Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Ikeman(4)

A cute, short Ikeman story where heroine Licca Belmonte has very little memory of her previous life other than the few that stir from a pop up screen when she meets Geralt. I thought the story was nice, it wasn’t piled with loads of melodrama and them growing up together and eventually falling for each other is a sweet trope. I was puzzled over the affection meter and never managed to figure out why the scores moved as they did. All in all, this was a nice, easy read for a rainy afternoon.

Oda Nobunaga is the Demon Daimyo of the Sixth Heaven, the destroyer of Shinto and Buddhism and fated to die at the Temple of Honno-ji. Only in this story, this warlord of the Sengoku period finds a new destiny in the hands of transmigrated Mizusaki Mai, a young woman in her 20s from 500 years in the future who lands in the past and saves Nobunaga from the fires of Honno-Ji. I love this era and was happy to see Nobunaga become the Great Unifier of Japan and get to chase his own HEA with someone who loved him wholeheartedly rather than missing on seeing his vision come to fruition. This story was sweet thanks to the influence of the FL who wasnt a pushover and played to her strengths in this war torn era. Nobunaga’s gradual conquest of Mai was adorable and overall I really loved their romance.

Two interconnected stories, both of which were lots of fun and sweet. The first couple were Tamotsu (recently dumped after he caught his gf cheating) and the ikeman call boy/ delivery boy Asahi who was accidentally ordered by Tamotsu after a binge night of drinking to drown his sorrows. Most fluffy story with a host/ call boy I have read, Asahi was a cheerful type. The second story was an age gap with Harada from the restaurant in the first story and the spoiled, filterless millennial, Yuuma who barged into his nicely ordered world. At first, Yuuma was jarring in his selfishness but he blossomed under Harada’s care. Very sweet.

Sonezaki Keiichi is an ikeman of heart fluttering proportions. Used to being judged on his looks alone he has learnt to hate how most people look at him once and fall head over heels for him or simply resent him for his daunting popularity. So for all his beauty he is a distant, solitary and aloof young man. That is until he met his brother’s friend, Takamiya Natsuki. The pocket sized (comparatively) man with a passion for photography bought out feelings he had never experienced. Read this for the melting of an iceman’s heart as he experiences love and all it’s messy emotions for the first time. Very cute uncensored story by Yamato Nase.