Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #photographer(7)

I am embarrassed to admit I didn’t clue in that the “second story” was Dai’s past until I saw that tattoo. That one broke my heart, had me in tears and then looking angrily for the tragedy tag that would have made me avoid the story. But I am glad I read it because it shows why he will grab onto love and fight for it, putting that person he loves first. This was a beautiful manga even without that backstory, but with it included there was more poignancy and sweetness to the story of now.

Great stories, the first one was my favourite but I enjoyed all of them.

Adorable, feel good story. I love age gap stories that are done well like this, and I loved that the seme was the younger partner.

Interesting. Short stories or one shots, none of them had a completed feeling but more a ‘you know where this is headed’ style.

I liked the first story but it felt seriously incomplete. We didn’t even get to see him wearing the clothes designed just for him. Would they be women’s clothes or men’s or mixed or androgynous? I liked the blushing cop and photographer story a lot as the two guys were adorably shy but so obviously onto each other. It would be nice to see more on them but that ending was still sweet and full of promise.

Such a sweet story. The seemingly serious and lonely Haruki runs a farm in Hokkaido. When he encounters encounters a handsome and charismatic nature photographer stranded on a snowy day, Haruki kindly invites him to stay at his house. Narumi, who came from Tokyo to photograph snow fairies, is drawn to his host and over the days and weeks that they spend together, both men start to be aware that there is more to their feelings than friendship. The story follows them through a long winter and is full of beautiful art and warm feelings. Shounen ai, not Yaoi, but still very close bonds were formed.

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.