just_m3h's manga / #sex friends(52)

Chap 1: Good for nothing Saitou who is a struggling author without a penny to his name and no value of money and Mayuzumi who takes him in. Mayuzumi is in love with and has casual sex with the already married Saitou. 3.5* Chap 2: Aki and Yamato who share a dorm room, are boyfriends and can't keep their hands off each other 4* Chap 3: En is the lewd playboy apothecary and Tao is his assistant who has to put up with his sh*t. An aphrodisiac may get involved in the ensuing seduction. Sequel in tachi neko soudatsu 3.5* Chap 4: Fucked up beyond repair love triangle between non-blood related siblings, Kyokou and Haru and Shinobu, Kyouko's husband. The fact that he doesn't remember the sex gives me rape vibes. 2* Chap 5: Very short and bitter oneshot about snow that melts in the face of a long spring. Supernatural. 4* Chap 6: Maki, who's never lost a fight and Sugawa who was a leader in his peer group in his younger days but got overshadowed over the years and cannot stand losing to anyone. Not normally my kinda story but I can't help but enjoy how crazy Maki is about Sugawa, accepting him, complexes and all. 4.2* Chapter 7: Micchan, who was battling crippling depression and lost, and Jun who couldn't let him go. Uber dpressing. Jun never realised how serious Micchan's suicidal talk was and it warped him forever 2.5* Chap 8: Akashi, the servant and the chained Guardian Deity he was brought by force to service. Akashi is a pure little cinnamon bun. Glad the Guardian was gentle with him. The household can rot. Hypocrites. 5* Overall: 3.6*

I kinda really like it. Pacing was steady, and the feelings developed nicely. I really liked Ouji and the uke was also really adorable, though he seemed to come off as cool and detached at first glance. What I didn't like was how the young the seme was. I didn't even realise he was 15, and later on 16. That's far too young. But it didn't affect my enjoyment of the story because I had assumed he was 17 from the get go

Ugh, no? I mean, what an entitled, prejudiced bag of dicks he is! The other one wasn't much better either. I guess they deserve each other. Yuck. 2.5 Will read because I want to know his ulterior motives Edit: His past 100% does not excuse his attitude, but seems like he's learning. Yay for character growth? Seme still sucks though. Mind games are the worst 1.5

I. Hmm. What to say about this one. I was crazy into it at the beginning. Chance encounters, old wounds and new loves. This is one of the rarer recipes in yaoi (though not all together uncommon), and rarer still, for it to have been executed so well in the beginning. However, the plot devolved midway and just, becomes fairly disappointing. Uichi seems to know next to nothing about Makoto and Mako keeps pushing Ui-chan away and blaming everything on Uichi. It could have been really good. Like, bruh. But instead, it's just okay. And kinda leaves a bitter after taste ? 4.2

Ryouhei's is falling and how XD Ishigurou, who's madly in love with Ryouhei, a budding musician, asks him to sleep with him even if only once, on the last day of high school. Afterwards, Ryouhei proposes that they continue as sex friends. Because that bitch is hooked XD Edit: Hook, line and sinker! He's crazy about the guy XD

5 Yeah, I can get behind this. People willing to try stuff out without angsting over every little detail are right up my street Edit: 1: Kaname and Yuki are coworkers and sex friends, but Yuki wants more and Kaname is not opposed. This feels so right. They are equals in their relationship and their work, I know Kanane doesn't see it that way, but Yuki and everyone else certainly see him for capable programmer he is. They are really good for each other. Solid 4.85* 2: Seme maybe 20, but he looks 10, it felt so wrong, I skipped over the scenes and couldn't even give a rat's ass about the plot. 3 Overall: 4

this is perfection. no complaints

1: Ryoa and Io are roommates and sex friends, who eventually realise their feelings and develop a serious relationship. It felt shallow? The progression from sex friends to lovers, the author tried hard to reflect it, but it still fel unnatural and insincere. Plus, Io looks like a little child, and that is major squick. And also, the characters were both not that attractive, in terms of their personalities 4: Amuch cuter story than the first. Rintarou ventures into the forbidden forest to catch fish to feed his ailing mother and meets the rumoured evil fox demon, Shiranui. Such a sweet, wholesome story. The way they were willing to die for each other and how they were both such kind people, really make this story. Glad there wasn't a smut scene. It would have ruined it. 4.5

Chanbit really improves upon acquaintance. I started out hating him for how he played with Chae's feelings (though, to be fair, it was a one night stand and Chanbit had made no promises). But even before finding out about the abandonment, the high school bullying, the apathetic grandmother and the rapist groomer of a boyfriend he had his first time with, I had started to love him and how lovely he was in general, to those around him. Of course, once I learnt about everything that makes him do the things he does now, I was on his side, all the way. I am so glad he has someone like Baek to see him through these absolutely horrid times. Baek is really great not only because he cares so much for Chanbit and is clearly willing to do anything and everything for him, but also because he is more than capable of doing it. I love that they kept Chae on and built him up as a character. Also, his relationship with Chanbit and Baek (especially, Chanbit) became a good source of support for them. I am glad Mr.Park decided to do the right thing and redeem himself (yes, he had bills to pay too, but he could have discreetly warned them) by going to all that extra length and even pushing Baek to find Chanbit. Glad he's doing well for himself now. Younghae. What to say about him. I do hate him. He is such an evil piece of shit. I do think he loves Chanbit, in his own way, but his own childhood full of neglect and abuse has made him twisted up inside, maybe beyond help. His suffering is still not grounds to cause others pain, though. Something that really irks me is his dad's actions. How dare he try and take the moral high ground with his kid after willfully being such an abusive prick to his kid, and while still continuing to take no share of the blame in front of Younghae and still abusing him, even physically. It's pretty sick. At least, he settled all the severance pay and reparations shit. So there is that. I am so glad that evil cockroach of a secretary/manager got his just desserts. What a vile creature. Overall, pretty happy with the ending, and I especially love that they left DM anyway. Definitely the right decision. They'll be happier. And they deserve it, too. 5

It's actually pretty cute, ngl. Addressed attempted rape, trauma, consent, normalising sexual desire and underage sex. Not too shabby. 4.45