Yuutousei wa Unmei no Akai Ito ni Sakaraitai
list - shounen ai, cotton candy, opposites This was SO ADORABLE!! Omg I love them so much?!! A slow build up of their relationship but it was a nice pacing. Nerd and delinquent but the delinquent is actually a good guy misunderstood. Both are very sweet and innocent, both new to love to they try to figure it out together. Nerd can see red string and realizes his feelings first, but doesn't dwell to much and is honest and confesses. Yankee takes his confession seriously and thinks things over, but in the meantime they grow closer as friends. They are both so sweet and innocent that we don't even get a kiss scene, and while I would have wanted maybe one more volume of them being lovey dovey, it was quite a lovely story. Enjoyed it a lot, very fluffy with no unnecessary drama.
Kare to kare no ijiwaru na kyori
Multiple stories and I like the character dynamics but...they are so forceful and almost every story had assault that was easily brushed aside. I like the dynamic of a flirty uke in an unrequited love and pretending to be unserious towards a serious athlete with an unrequited love of his own. The triangle and angst was good, but I didn't really feel the seme's shift in feelings towards the uke, or I would have liked to see it more. I feel like they had good sexual chemistry and that led their relationship.
Contrast
It was nice, kind of confusing flow but a nice school life romance with some angst and complicated feelings, but ultimately everything worked out nicely. A bit icky of Kanda to be with a minor even if it was mutual support, but glad at least they didn't go all the way.
Merry Marbling
23: cute and super pretty art but low key boring Goody two shoes seme and blunt and slight liner type uke. Uke seems to have fallen first but nice kind of enemies to friends to lovers. But it feels a bit random and like nothing is really happening, low key boring.
Gotsugou Simulation
Pls these two were so cute lol. Mutual love but both haven’t confessed and just imagined themselves dating. Then they became friends and eventually confessed. Seme technically fell first but it was pretty mutual. Both cutie sweetie pies.
Wakarazuya no Renai Houteishiki
list - opposites This was cute and okay. Uke is the shy studious type and seme is outgoing and mistaken for a player at first but actually not. Uke was in love with his best friend but that friend got a girlfriend and the seme befriended him. Turns out the seme knew his feelings and was in love with the uke too for a while. It was pretty cute and easy pacing, both were good people and no big issues. A slight bit of jealousy with the previous best friend but not bad. The translation was okay but felt a bit unnatural at times and so felt like the story lacked some depth. Overall could have been cleaned up a bit tighter both story and translation wise for a smoother read but not bad.
Renai Nante Itashimasen!