Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #unrequited love(111)

I enjoyed the story and see that this pair are good for each other. Just not sure if it’s love yet

Mature guys who have been best friends for 25 years. But a recent divorce and cohabitation will bring unrequited love to the surface and it’s super sweet to read about. I live the MCs and seeing them still happy together 8 years further was a lovely epilogue.

I liked both couples, from the obsessed stalker of 10 years in the first story to the player kouhai in the second. Both stories had a similar vibe of the chaser and the ‘clueless about how I really feel’ partner. Perhaps an extra chapter for both stories would have been nice, something to take them beyond acknowledging their feelings? Still, they were cute interconnected stories.

I could happily read some more chapters on these sweet guys. The story was a little sad as Souhei had a lifelong struggle connecting with others. He was socially awkward and reserved and focused more on his world of insects and photography. For Souhei, light bondage was freeing and I liked how Lucas understood and respected his partners needs. Lucas was so beautiful and open with his feelings, I couldn’t imagine a better person to bring out the smiles in Souhei.

It’s a difficult pathway to love for stepbrothers Saku and his onii-chan Toujou. Toujou has a terrible past from the years he lived with his birth mother. That has left him with severe PTSD when in the presence of women, especially if they get close to him. When his father took custody and he met his new little step brother Saku, the two instantly bonded. And as they grew older, Saku’s feelings changed and he loved his onii-chan in a sexual way. He dealt with those feelings by being sexually active with women. When Saku went to college he moved in with Toujou and the two started to be confronted with their feelings for each other. I felt sorry for them both. Saku loved his Toujou so much, but Toujou had so much baggage and a need to put Saku first that he pushed him away constantly. Until one day, something made him wake up to how long Saku had loved him. I felt annoyed at both guys so many times for not communicating properly, and for how often they hurt each other. It was such a relief to have them be open finally, but given Toujou’s history (idk that Saku even knows about it) it made sense.

Awesome, amazing, loved it! Yuki is a chimera (half human/half beast in this story) who lives among humans in human form. Godai is his friend, protector and the object of his love. He is also a beast slayer and lives to destroy any beasts who break the peace with humans. No more spoilers for the story, just read and enjoy the great characters and beautiful art. The dark, crazy intensity that Godai displays at times is really *chef’s kiss. Highly recommended.

A good story with beautiful art and some angst; I really enjoyed Shuu and Ayame’s story. Shimotsuki Shuu (omega) first bumped into Satsuki Ayame (alpha) on his first day at middle school. That was the start of his own personal hell as the older boy kept Shuu at his beck and call over the next 4 years. I found this part of the story sad for Shuu. Because even though Ayame had good reasons to keep Shuu close (as you find out later), Shuu genuinely suffered during those years under the constant bullying attention. He had no friends and his self perception was very negative. Their reunion in the workplace years later had Shuu and Ayame pairing for a mentorship program. The distressed and frazzled Shuu faced constant critique for his design projects and initially reacted with poor self confidence. But this was the setting of the realisation for Shuu that Ayame was a better man than he would have believed. As the two MCs began to understand each other better, and Shuu saw the soft side of Ayame, you could tell that Ayame actually cared for the omega he liked to insult and Shuu was drawn to the protective alpha too. There were lots of flashbacks in the story which was nice. However, sometimes when the mangaka came back to the present the MCs would rapidly progress in their relationship in ways that weren’t convincing. Despite that, the story was a lovely one to read and the last page in the manga was my favourite.

This was an interesting spin on Omegaverse. The omega (Azusa) had idolised the alpha (Kade) ever since he was saved from bullying by the young alpha at school. Now years later they reencounter and Azusa offers to pay the playboy back, doing anything for him. More for the amusement at using Azusa, Kaede agrees and from then is subject to the very determined pursuit by Azusa to become mates. I liked the hint of possessive yandere in Azusa. He could be scary at times, enough so that he would go to unforgivable lengths to get what he wanted. But he was also prepared to sacrifice all he had to give Kaede his freedom. Azusa could be very intimidating when others got close to Kaede, but Kaede was alpha enough to stand toe to toe with his lover when needed. It’s an interesting dynamic, definitely intense and a little disturbing, but well done overall.

Fated mates! When an Omegaverse story brings together a fated pair like Haru (omega) and Renji (alpha) it’s beyond wonderful. Renji recognised Haru as his destined one from the moment he saw him as a youth in his home. The trouble was his family would never accept an omega for the scion of their house, so Reiji forged a different path to claim Haru. Added to that, his jealous brother Eiji also loved Haru, and he took Reiji’s time away as opportunity to make Haru believe Reiji didn’t want him and to pursue him for himself. When Reiji returns, ready to claim Haru, he had to deal with his brother and Haru’s feelings for Eiji. What I loved most about this was that we all saw Reiji as the kind and loving person that Haru saw. But as the story progressed came the realisation that Reiji was actually a scary, ruthless man whose only light was Haru. An intensely possessive and protective alpha who still believed his love needed the freedom to choose his destiny, and choose who and when he mated is about perfect. Great story.

Taisei and Luca were best friends. When faced with Luca leaving because he was an omega, Taisei (alpha) offered to bond with him in order not to be parted. The boys loved each other and were ready to commit to being together forever. However, angry parents felt it was too soon so the boys bonded in secret. Once they were found out by their families, Luca overheard the angry views of his in laws of him holding back Taisei because he was an omega. Then at school, Taisei became popular. Their bonding was secret at the behest of their parents so Luca became the observer to his partners success in grades, sports, girls.. all the while he struggled with grades and feeling like an ever increasing burden. And then, a school mate raped Luca viciously. Devastated, Luca broke up with Taisei. The rest of the story follows them as they meet each month for sex in heat. It’s going to take something big to shake these 2 to being honest with each other. I liked the story because there is a lot of love between these 2, and they always did things for the best of the other, even if it was hard.