just_m3h's manga / #Exchange student(2)

Internet too slow, cannot load, will have to come back for the last one some other time. 1: Uke hero worships Ryu, the legendary delinquent, and works to glean every bit of information about him after he disappeared 2 years ago. Bit fucking disappointing, the way the uke glosses over the rape because it was someone he idolised. I don't like stupid ukes, anyway, and this one isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box. Seme is trash. 3.5 2: Uke is the student council president at a prestigious private high school, but has a secret he is only too happy ro have one of his subordinates discover. This one's a bit more balanced than the forst, tbh. Though, the uke is kinda predatory and gross. But overall all right because seme held his own in some occasions. 4 3: Uke is a foreign exchange student from a tribal nation, who is staying with the Japanese seme. This obsession with the foreign 'other', the sexualisation and invention of strange cultural practices worries me a little, because it doesn't feel quite as benign as 'Mother' did. It was mostly okay, though. I'm so suprised with the way seme and uke roles tuened out. 4 4: Another foreign exchange student from the same tribe, this time the seme wants to learn about the 'dominant husband' culture in Japan and tame it back to his matriarchal society, like, wtf? Couldn't finish because of slow internet.

Makoto gets a foreign exchange student staying at his place, and he's a Maasai warrior! Eh. I don't know how faithfully this represents the Maasai people and culture? But it was nice enough as a story. Makoto looks way too young for me, though. And that annoying girl kicking Mako and Luca just standing there watching bugged me. Good on Mako for following through with his dreams, though. This work suits him. 4.5