Ryoshuu Reijin
According to this site, this manga was released in 2000. That would make it a little more OG than hyakujitsu no bara, which has a similar plot. This story is about a prisoner of war who gets special treatment from an officer. Eventually, the officer becomes obsessed and completely delusional and falls in love. Later, the prisoner also falls in love, and it seems like they have moved from a crazy delusional love to the real thing. Maiden rose explores similar themes but has a couple more volumes to do it in. This story was very similar and i think it is valuable to look at it an compare it to newer iterations (such as maiden rose).
Ibitsu no Kakera
category: what the actual fuck about two dudes being bros who are actually brothers and there is a narration about how mutually self-destructive it is
Sweet Dinner
Itou-san (KURAKA Sui)
about a prostitute and an assassin. it had a very "boys next door" (kaori yuki) vibe to it. very dark, very messed up. one of those yaoi that makes you not want to read yaoi anymore. ugh those bonus chapters really tug at the heartstrings
Miracles Don't Happen
he never said he loved him. his partner just asked "its because you love me, right?" and then he doesnt say anything and his partner is like "haha i knew it! yes!" but here i am and im like...... no
Like as the Time Will Come When it Will Rain
first story is the one about a yakuza and a guy with amnesia. -plot twist: the guy has amnesia bc the yakuza pushed him down a flight of stairs then one about a guy and his continuous love affair over the course of like a decade -plot twist: he is a ghost. -this one fucked me up bc it seemed like they were really going to be together, but then the protagonist finds out his lover apparently died a while ago. then twins- twist is one twin killed the other then business men twist: the uke's sister dated him in highschool and he feels bad others but those were the best. so much trauma
Tonari Ni Sunderu Neko No Koto
the one where his cousin pretends to be straight and goes on a date with a girl but then his lover shows up and is like...this is why we cant have nice things
Fatal Woman
about a love triangle. the main woman is a strong female character (by hentai standards) and you basically watch bad things happen to her.
Shisei no Otoko
see i was smart this time when i saw it going downhill, i checked the tags to see what people said. everyone said STOP READING NOW! THIS IS A TRAGEDY MANGA AND does not fuck around! So yeah, stopped in chapter 4, before it gets all FUCKED. I can pretend this ends after the third chapter. the art is amazing though
Aigan Shounen