just_m3h's manga / #angst(42)

Precious and adorable and while it was 3 years, they didn't waste their best years, so that makes me happy. This couple tends to get a tonne of angst, while this was angsty too, it was bearable. Usually, this couple tears me apart, always so terribly sad and lonely

this is perfection. no complaints

Okay, just, first of all. Stories like these are why I got into yaoi in the first place!! The angst, the uncertainty, the passion, the intricate backstories. I'm here for it, yer hear?! 1: Jin, a chef who works at a yakuza dude's café, picks up the desolate Leo off the streets and gives him a place in his home. Leo is a host who ran away from home and gets mixed up in some awful shit. I love their dynamic, love stories where someone is picked up off the streets and given a second chance, in general. The way the man busted in to save him, dang. Totally rooting for them. 2: About Kaname, who was possibly forced to have sex and work in some kinda drug trafficking nightclub, and was saved by the boss of a rival club, who came to bust the place (he doesn't allow drug deals on his turf). The boss is so hooooot. And just, the angst and them finally getting together was SO yummmmyyy. ~Aahh. I'm full! 5*, easy peasy My only complaint is, they need to have fleshed these out. 10 chapters each would have been amazing. But even 5 each would have been great.

The perfect and well loved senpai Kanzaki, returns home after a 5 year placement in Malaysia, to find that his old love (Futagami) and prostitute he used to buy, whom he left behind without much of a goodbye, now works in his office! Futagami appears to hate him, his own past and sex in general. Will the bitterness prevail? Kanzaki really is almost the perfect man. Diligent, passionate, loyal to a fault, competent and a gentleman, through and through. They were so painful together, I almost wished they hadn't gotten back together. But can you imagine? They would have carried those torches for the rest of their lives. I know people like Kanzaki. They don't forget. I love, absolutely love that Futagami turned his life around. Worked so hard to overcome the horrors of his past. I love them together, I love them individually. I just love them. Be happy, guys 5

Richi acts over the top flamboyant and flirty with his childhood friend Sakuma, to hide all his real "I love you"s behind jokes. Things happen and Sakuma ends up asking him out. Once they start dating, Richi realises how far he's dug himself in... It was truly heartbreaking, when he realised he couldn't make Sakuma see the deapth of his feelings. Glad to see their lives after high school and college, I needed that stability. Sakuma better be treasuring the shit out of him >.<

Kiyonosuke becomes the bride of a seemingly carefree and impulsive merman and gains immortality unwillingly. It would seem that he was only mistakenly in the wrong place at the wrong time (or the right place at the right time?). But nothing is ever that simple, is it? This is so, so painful to read. It is bittersweet in the extreme. From how he just made a date 60 years into the future and left poor Kyo on the banks, to how the merman must have felt, knowing he was the last of his kind, knowing he would have thrust the heavy burden of immortality onto the unwilling Kyo, yet still being unable to let him die in that fire... This is truly a love for the ages. Now that they know each other's feelings, I hope the bitterness fades away into eternity, leaving only the saccharine. I loved how selfless Kyo is. And just. The spell never broke because Kyo never betrayed him. Like, can you fucking imagine? 60 years without a sign and the man never gave up. Sign me up for a love like that, please!

Uyama has been in love with his bestfriend, Sakyou, for years. Sakyou walks in on him masturbating to him and slowly starts to realise Uyama's feelings and his own. It was a good manga. Plot was basic, but with just the right amount of angst, and just one interfering 3rd party, who wasn't even that annoying. What was annoying was the bloody format! Why on earth would the author make two sometimes contradicting and sometimes overlapping versions?! It was just absurd! Put me off the story, and the 6 year time leap and missing their first time together, all sucked. 4.45

The cheerful, kind and popular Kyousuke became the brightest point in neglected and lonely Kasumi's life during their school days. Kyousuke has always had a complex about chosing the right path (because of his asshole dad), so he always believed his love for Kasumi was wrong. And when he realises Kasumi loves him back, he rejects that too. And yet, meeting after years and years, their feelings remain the same. Bittersweet. They sure took the long road home. But they got there, in the end. Maybe, if they had stayed together from their high school days, it would have lead for a much worse experience, hurting each other inadvertently. I know that. But this was still such a painful thing. It was good, though.

Shouma finds a dude sleeping in the garbage dump on his way home from a late shift and just can'tleave him behind. Dragging the dude in for a hot shower, a warm meal and a good night's sleep Shouma soon realises it's Ashida, his high school classmate who got bullied for being gay. "If there's anyone out there who could dislike you, I'd like to see them" ~Ahhhh My hearttttt!!!! Honestly, I don't want this to end, at all. It's just not enough. There are "picked up" stories done well and then there is this. It's so, so good. The balance of angst and unresolved feelings and shared pasts with the warm personalities and budding relationships and attraction that just can't be helped. Ahh. Just, so good. I also really just loved Shouma. I think he's so kind and generous and compassionate and just, a great guy all in all. I love a lot of things about him. Ashida is expectedly, a bit jaded. But I do like him too. And certainly, he does try to turn stuff around in the end and he does think highly of Shouma, so he's earned some points. And Shouma's really good for him, no doubt. 5. Easy 5.