ajay's manga / #straight(4)

Sei naru Yoru ni (bara yaoi)

Complete | Mentaiko | 2000 released

I’m getting really fond of Bara! I thought it would be “scarier” and “more intense”, but really, it’s just yaoi replaced with hunky more realistic dudes. And I now find hunky dudes adorable, sooooo, win win

Iyaya Iyaya mo Suki no Uchi?

Complete | kishimoto | 2017 released

This was so good! You Know, honestly, almost no one would complain if all yaois were this consensual. Like, no one ever complained that “oH I dOnT LiKe iT cUz hE DidNt rApe HiM”. So, what I’m trying to say is, get on your game mangakas, take after this story’s example. The seme was oh so hot, and can I just say the emotionless poker face of his had me: *chef’s kiss*. The uke was a very interesting character. I’ve seen the trope many times when a straight man turns gay in yaoi, but I think this one was the most accurate. Most of the time, they just end up accepting it too fast. But the uke in this story actually had a real identity crisis where he had to go through the painful journey of learning how to accept himself, before he could love another. It’s hard, especially when he was actually kind of homophobic at the beginning. It was refreshing seeing such a nice self acceptance story. Also, the relationship gets a golden star for me: cute date, cute interactions, overall very innocent, and also consensual as fuckkkkkk. Go read it :)