Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #Intense seme(3)

High school student Ohdai has gained an ability to see how lusty everyone feels. When he notices his best friend Atsuto’s gauge is nearly bursting at the seams all day, he starts to become obsessed with protecting his stoic friend from cracking under the pressure. Ohdai is a loveable idiot. His heart is well intentioned but things don’t seem to work as he anticipates and soon he and Atsuto are besties who are intimate. Ofc as the reader it was clear as day that Atsuto had fallen head over heels for his adorable friend, but it’s going to take some time and being pushed beyond the breaking point for things to get to where these two sort things out properly. Personally, I love reading stories where characters are fools for love, and these 2 were definitely that. I also love reading about characters who are so intensely invested in their partner that they can struggle to deal with their feelings, and this story had that too. Overall, lots of fun and loveable MCs, good art and a sweet friends to lovers story.

A little twisted and unexpected, I loved this walk on the darker side of things with Yoshiki (alpha) and the man he is fixated on, Tsukasa (alpha). I don’t like giving spoilers in a story with differences like this so just know it was interesting watching the MCs develop their relationship.

Trigger Warning: Rape; Incest (uncle x nephew) 25yo Takatou Shinobu lives with his married nii-san Masaki and 17yo nephew Kazuomi. After losing his parents when he was very young, Shinobu was raised by Masaki and the two have a bro con relationship that is much closer than most siblings. Shinobu is a sweet, vulnerable and loving little guy who obviously carries some trauma at the loss of his parents and from being bullied at school. His hero worship of his brother is observed by his nephew as being something ‘more’ than familial and causes the younger Takanobu family member to bully his uncle mercilessly. Kazuomi’s cruelty masks a lifetime of love though, and his love is definitely more than familial. From his earliest memories Kazuomi has adored Shinobu. Now jealousy of his own father shapes his actions to the point of no control. The relationship between Kazuomi and Shinobu is made awkward by the bro con between brothers, but there is no denying that what Kazuomi feels is intense, possessive and all consuming. For Kazuomi, getting the sexually naive Shinobu to understand that he is loved is the first step. Getting him to choose him over nii-san may be impossible though. It’s enough to drive anyone a little crazy.