Cupid ni Rakurai
"Nagata Shingo plays cupid in school by investigating the target of affection. One day, a group of girls who are attracted to "ice princes" ask him to find out the cause of the huge scar in the forehead of the cold Ao." ✰ Student x Student ✰ Older, Taller Uke x Younger, Shorter Seme ✰ Dark Haired Uke x Blonde Seme ✰ Seme-Like Uke, Cold Uke ✰ Energetic, Honest, Friendly Seme ⤷ It took me a while to finish this because the random side story after Volume 1 kind of sucked.Tbh I completely forgot about it after Volume 2. Boy who works at bath house and is obsessed with muscles falls for rando customer...weird. Didn't like (also 19 and 27 LMFAO HELP). But Volume 2 was good. Usually I don't like 2nd volumes being about an argument, but in this case we like Takeo ☻ MC/ML are super cute together, nice smoochie scenes.
The Art of Taming A Tiger
"Yoonjae lives in an old villa and on his way out one day, he accidentally falls on some boxes in the hallway owned by Beomjin who is moving into a unit downstairs. This is where the soul calling bell entwines itself on Yoonjae's wrist and from that day on, he started hearing weird sounds and seeing strange apparitions. A few days later, Beomjin realizes that the bell is on Yoonjae so he visits him to retrieve it. But no matter what method he uses, he is unable to take the bell off Yoonjae. Beomjin eventually reveals who he is, and suggests that until he finds a way to take the soul calling bell back, Yoonjae should help him with his "job"." ✰ Younger, Taller, Dark Haired Seme x Older, Shorter, Light Haired Uke ✰ Neighbor x Neighbor ✰ Natural Relationship Progression ⤷ quite literally may be my favorite BL to date. oh my god. i love everything about this story. from start to finish, it seems like every detail and plot point had been laid out and planned for. the comedy is unmatched, the way the mangaka is able to go from heart-wrenching, soul-crushing scenes to comedic scenes that make me tear up with laughter is amazing. the relationship is soooo fucking perfect and pure and cute, the backstories are so well developed and heartbreaking. i love how naturally they got together without any drama or hysterics. i cannot get enough of these two, i could read 100 more chapters. so so so fucking good.
Mujaki na Wanko to Nekokaburi
"Yagi Naohito has a fear of being hated, so he always acts according to everyone’s ideals. At a mixer his friend forced him to attend, he meets Akasaka Tooru. As a help to Akasaka who’d just lost his home and was at his wits end, they started living together. The man was supposed to be nothing but a burden but without noticing, he gradually become someone who Yagi could rely on..?" ✰ Happy, Ditzy, Good Natured, Younger Seme x Cranky Older Seme ⤷ Eh it was fine. i like the art a lot. i liked the premise but didn't really buy the relationship. they fell in love in like 2 weeks lmfao. yaoi logic
Rain Again
"Recent grad Wujin has no job, no purpose, no one in his life… till he meets Jin. Suave and sulking, Jin has a tough past but a soft exterior. Now, as next-door neighbors, Wujin can’t hide his feelings but… is Jin just toying with him? In that hot, wet, summer, will love reign?" ✰ Neighbors ⤷ THAT WAS SO CUTE!!! THE SKINSHIP!!! THE EXPRESSIONS!! NO DRAMA JUST PEACE AND LOVE
Placebo (yaoi)
"Woo-yeon has come to in a very compromising position in front of the people he loves. How is this possible? What’s going on? And why is his brother, Woo-jin, whom he detests, here? This isn’t right, it has to stop. But who’s in control here? Is this all a dream? This is no ordinary family dinner…" ✰ Stepbrothers ✰ TW: Rape ⤷ the translator describing this as “the dollar store version of harada” has me ROLLINGGGGG. well yeah, kinda. older brother is a dick so younger brother hypnotizes him so he can take him to pound town, then does it in front of their parents. lmao. art is pretty good, idk im not mad at it but thats bc im a freak. prob like 3.5
Naked Color
"A florist, intrigued by the vision of a beautiful- yet guarded artist, starts a friends with benefits relationship with him." ✰ Florist x Artist ⤷ [4.5] Beautiful art as always, love this mangaka so much. Lovely, sweet story. Author actually makes you feel something x
Hoshi to Harinezumi
"Ikumi is a handsome, cheerful and popular university student, returning home for the summer, where he meets Harukiyo Yamabushi, an edgy-looking gardener working temporarily at his house. Harukiyo is cold to him and tries to avoid him, leading Ikumi to discover the shy personality behind the piercings when Harukiyo admits that he gets nervous in front of cool guys. Their friendship begins to warm, but suddenly, after seeing a smiling and shirtless Harukiyo, Ikumi feels something strange in his chest…." ✰ Ikeman x Gardener w/ Piercings ⤷ dropped ch 4 i hate boring dumb ugly
Goodbye to Destiny
"“To hell with being an Omega,” curses Mitsuya, as he looks for yet another one-night stand. He’s an Omega whose heats come with no rhythm or reason. One night, he finds himself stuck in a dark alleyway in the middle of a heat, only to be rescued by Eiji Tousaka, an Alpha. It turns out that Eiji exudes a type of pheromone that Mitsuya has never experienced before -- and can’t resist. Mitsuya sneakily tries to seduce Eiji… but it turns out that Eiji is immune to his pheromones?! “Surely, you can still pick up on the fact that I’m making a move on you?” he muses, knowing that they’ll go back to being strangers the next day… or so he planned. This is the story of two lovers brought together by fate: a younger alpha who’s never fallen in love, and an older omega who’s scared of it." ✰ Omegaverse, Alpha x Omega ✰ Misfits - Unstable Heat, Broken-Bond Surgery Omega x Can't Smell Pheromones, Unstable Alpha ✰ "Love Triangle" (not really) ⤷ main story was good. they're both soooo hot. i like the progression of mitsuya coming around to eiji, albeit a bit quick for me. i thought the ex showing up was going to be annoying, but it was fine. The side story with the Italian man was not good. Also irrelevant didn’t really care.
Fightless Bird
"Father always took good care of me when I was a child even while living with relative’s and moving from house to house. It's not that I don't understand why my father took care of me, but... I guess It's okay not to dig too deep, right? Because that’s what family is for." ✰ TW: Incestual-esque ✰ Adoptive Father x Adopted Son ⤷ he fuckin his father????? Fin - ummm.. DAS IT????
Alcohol and Cigarettes and Kisses