Trigger
A great escape with one shots full of hot, sexy semes and a range of adorable ukes. My only complaint is that I think many have the potential to be longer, more developed stories which would be even better.
Ashinaga Ojisama
A sweet, cute and somewhat unashamedly over the top, yaoi version of Daddy Long Legs. There may have been some cringe moments, but they were the kind that leave you smiling and the HEA was practically fairy tale perfect.
Pet Wo Kaimashou
Gravitation (Naono Bohra)
This was a good read but it feels like it should be the start of a special series and ended too soon to best use these interesting characters.
Tsumi Bukaku Aishiteyo
Mostly cute short stories, some better developed than others, some very fast paced. They seem to be some of the mangaka’s early work, her chat at the end was very cute too.
Face
I love this mangaka’s work. Her men are so masculine. Whether they are murdering yakuza, dissolute playboys or career salarymen, Nishida Higashi is able to create guys that speak and interact in ways that seem more authentic than the average mangaka. Even the silly jokes are great (“Weiner” ). In this set of stories I loved the intensity that sparked between the first pair, it was the best story besides the wonderful catch up with Shirota and Hime at the end.
Merupuri
A cute story that was let down a little by the poor grammar of the translation, especially in the beginning. It often read like a foreigner was speaking English without modals, articles and with general confusion . It made it a bit of a slog to read and there were some downright odd translations (eg the ‘wandering Jew’ bit; wth was that about so randomly inserted towards the end). The story with FL Airi Hoshina and the Prince Aram was sweet because of his faithful and heartfelt love but when he got young it felt awkward (especially on the art page of the Royal family where Aram was 4yo looking exactly as he does in the story). Added to that, Airi was likeable, a touch klutzy and a total romantic who never gave up on her special guy. Overall, a story worth reading despite the translation woes.
Kuro Ouji no Iinari ni Naranai!