Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #bartender(9)

Loved it!

Great stories and characters that don’t need a different hair colour to be told apart. I love Naono Bohra’s stories, there is always something a little different with at least one character and the sexual chemistry is fantastic between couples.

Really cute story with beautiful artwork.

Loved these beautiful guys, both Daiki and Tatsumi were so protective of each other. Stunning artwork too, I often spent extra time simply admiring the mangaka’s skill.

I enjoy this story because it’s so different with 2 rather stoic MCs who do not wear their hearts on their sleeve. It’s not a fluffy, feel good story but it’s still lovely and sweet. It has a subtle intensity in how the MCs seek each other, their possessive natures and how they protect each other in their own ways. Both were beautifully drawn too, this mangaka has such a talent with stunning characters.

As the mangaka so eloquently stated, this is the story of poohead Kyohito from Suki Toiunoni Kazeshira, a guy known to be unfaithful and a player. But wait, there’s more. You get not one, but 2 poo heads as Kyohito falls for a player worse than himself, Hisashi. In this story, the 2 Mr Wrongs make a nice “Right for each other” as they fall for each other and are both ready to want more from a relationship than infidelity. It’s not easy because Hisashi has a tendency to run from his problems, but Kyohito has an ingenious method of making his lover stay by his side.

A very cute story with divorced salaryman Harukawa Itsuki (31 yo) stumbling upon a gay bar on the 2 year anniversary of his divorce. There he meets the bartender Natsuki Minato (27 yo) who ends up making sure his drunk self safely makes it home. Itsuki wakes to find the friendly bartender sharing his bed and is fascinated by his beautiful face and the slender strength of his body. When Minato wakes they both willingly become intimate, an experience so memorable that they both see each other again and fall for each other. I enjoyed their dynamic together, but you could see that Minato was feeling vulnerable falling for a guy who had only had straight relationships before. It would take some verbal honesty to move this pair that final step.

Too short but a lovely age gap story just the same.

A spin off from Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete and Mr Arihara’s Secret, this collection of short stories is full of familiar faces. I really enjoyed the stories about desensitising to touch (related to past trauma) and trusting enough to be loved (main story) and the idol (Hiro from anDe) x guitarist. The seme x seme wasn’t my favourite but it was still nice to see that couple progress their relationship.