just_m3h's manga / #bet(8)

Both semes are d*cks. just saying... 1: Dude seduces and has sex with his friend's younger brother over a bet 2: Man finally has had enough after being used as a sex friend for 5 years

1: Kikuchi Yo, a Japanese travel agent falls in love with an English villa, an subsequently, it's owner. The baron seems to return his feelings, but appearances can be deceiving... The seme was a jerk, to put it mildly. 4* 110: A prince and a duke in an illicit secret relationship share a private moment in the pool. Too short to be anything but smut. 4* 127: The prince of Glamour kingdom, Ray and Lorgan, prince of the cursed kingdom Darkville, are married, when Ray disguises himself in order to take his sister's place (she is already in love with another). 4* 152: Wakanabe has been under Souchi's shadow his whole university life. They even end up in the same work place! And Souichi is the president's son!!! 4*

Whoop! Love the second story about the roommates so much! That was the most painful confession scene ever! The first is good too! I love semes who seem harmless at first glance but have that inherent mean streak while still being all-around good people *sigh* Good job, sensei! Edit: man, was I inexperienced when I wrote this review. While this was certainly an angsty unrequited love / sad confession, there are SO many bittersweet yaois it doesn't hold a candle to. And while the story with the mean seme is nice, I've read hotter. Like, waaay hotter.

Minato is certainly difficult to handle. Between his awful past and jaded view of the world, Shizuma has his hands full. Thankfully, Shizuma is no over muscled overly passionate ditz who jumps in without thinking things through. He has long term hopes and plans for this relationship and is just as invested and madly in love as Minato is. That's why it works.

It's not terrible, cliched, sure. But I've seen way worse. This was not bad, really. 3.5

1: Narita is a wolf in sheep's clothing waiting for the right moment to bring down the unsuspecting Chitose san (who loves baiting straight dudes) into his trap 5 2: Ren is a kinky m bordering on s, who comes up with all sorts of ways to spice up their relationship 3.8 3: Kou and Mao are childhood friends. Kou has never not been in love with Mao, always confessing his love. Mao's response causes some misunderstandings 3.8 4: little bonus about Tatsuyuki and Jun chan 5

Oh, wow. When that shit hits the fan, no one wants to be a fly on that wall

1: The one about Seong Chubhyang, the hottie playboy who is loved by the residents of Namwon Village. Well. Not really about him. More about the uptight governor (Byeon Hakdo) who imprisoned him, and the secret agent playboy (Lee Mingryong) friend of Seong's who comes to rescue Seong by distracting the governor, but instead falls in love with the governor, just like the governor fell in love with him. Small side story about the young man who finally gets Seong to look only at him. It was funny and I enjoyed the sex somewhat, but it's still crack and the art is not exactly to my taste 4.3 5: About prince Pyeonggang and his bet with his dad (the king) to use his knowledge (of BDSM, lol) to make someone into a useful, worthy person. Topping from the bottom kinda situation. Again, fun, but nothing special. 3.8 9: About the prince who is trapped in the castle by his overbearing father and the tailor hired to humiliate him during his coming of age ceremony, to teaxh him a lesson and mend his promiscuous ways. Twist on Emperor's Clothes. Was okay, nothing special, but enjoyed how smart the prince was. Also glad he got out. 3.8 13: Continuation of Ch 1 15: About Snow White, who covets his dead father's paramour, and threatens to bed him. The paramour is regent I the meantime and tries to get Snow white killed many times, in his fear. Some amnesia and life threatening accidents thrown in, for good measure. The whole collection is weird but this was- wowee! 3.2 23: About poor liblnely hook and Peter, who's a bit of a presumptuous dick, who definitely has some growing up to do. Also a London detective with some strong morals, a nosy merman and one smart Darling kid. This one actually made me feel something, the forst in the entire collection to do so. I felt his longing and his long wait mad me sad. Glad things worked out. And so surprised to see consent and pedophilia being addressed. Reluctantly impressed 4.4 27: Little merman, the usual stuff, no major twists. It was okay? Boring and forgettable. 3.5. 32: Spin on Beauty and the Beast, with a slutty Belle. It was really cracky, like full on, some loose ends as well. 3.6 35: A really, really strange and convoluted story about a lumberjack who stole an Asgardian warrior's cloths to sell for food, thus stranding the warrior in Earth for a while. Some bits about a peeping tom were thrown in, and some just, generally really odd plot developments. Man, what was the mangaka smoking?? Loved the ending, though 4 39: About the dragon king who is fed up with the asexual fish surrounding him at the palace of the sea, and sends for the magician on land whom he has seen in Playing Boy magazine, and is enamoured with. Only, the failing magician falls for the kind sea turtle and runs off with him. The king kinda lets them go. The couple steal some things from the treasury and open a magic performing company on land. It was crack, obviously, but not bad. I liked them together. And the turtle sure is smarter than I initially gave him credit. But I wish he hadn't swiped the entire treasury... 4.1 44: About the dragon king and the seemingly disinterested octopus. I don't know about this one. I was most looking forward to this out of the whole collection, but it was really just too short. Very disappointed. Also wish the octopus would be a bit nicer from time to time. Also want him to be jealous sometimes and have him grovel, too. 4.4 46: About warring clans (bear and tiger) who are visited by a meddling sorcerer (?) slimeball, who has an eye on the rep of the bear vlan and wants to humiliate and isolate the rep of the tiger clan (feelings were previously developing between them). This one isnt complete yet but I already can't stand it, because I just finished Rosehaven and there are just too many parallels? From the slimy fair haired villain, to tying the bottom (I think) to a tree to publicly humiliate him. Makes me so angry!! 3 Edit: So the bear came to his rescue at the last minute, but he never even apologised. Next :/ 50: Little red riding hood who is too pretty for his own good had to learn to be strong enough to ward off advances and defend himself. He meets a shy and soft wolf with a hulking figure on his walks one day. It's so bad. The writing is so shit. 2.5