moody_bish's manga / #age gap(47)

Leo was picked up as a young run away. He fell in love with the policeman who took care of him. Now, they're a detective agency who looks for lost pets and catches cheating husbands.

Toki took on the role of being his orphaned nephew's guardian. However, before he could do that, he had to persuade his parents into doing so and have them enjoy the tickets they've won to go around the world. With the help of Chihiro, a 20 year old guy, whom Toki was acquainted to 5 years ago. During the struggle of getting to know Appi, his nephew, Chihiro also confesses to him again, a promise he made 5 years ago. Toki distance himself and tried to take on his role alone but wasn't able to. In the end, he had to compromise and have Chihiro help him, postponing his response to Chihiro's confession. Their domestic life is wholesome and heartwarming. And just when they were at the end of their house-play, Appi was able to call out to Toki, breaking his one year silence. Along with their happy separation, Toki also confronts Chihiro's confession.

Shogo got into an accident which resulted to his knee being injured, ultimately halting his dream to be a professional athlete. Nonetheless, he found hope in his gentle savior, Akira, a patisserie. Not just hope, Shogo fell in love with him and strived to be by Akira's side thriugh applying at his bakery. Shogo's unrequited love spanned to a year until his chuldhood friend's story about an unfamiliar and flashy side of Akira made him aware of his lack of knowledge about his savior. Upon knowing the truth, their relationship progresses and a variety of Akira's side unfolded infront of Shogo, filling his heart to the brim. These two amateurs in love wholesomely struggle to progess in their blossoming relationship. The art makes the whole experience even better as it depicts the innocent yet heated intimacy between the couple.

An adult intentionally being loud even if there's a child's room next door, knows that the child has been in love with him and doesn't intend to respond to his feelings. The child is in high school, took advantage of puberty to be the adults type, but since the adult is so against falling in love, the adult simply teases the child. Anyway, the adult is weak to abandoned puppy looks and let the high school try and woo him. (the adult had the audacity to excuse his actions by thinking that it's the minor goi g after him)

Isumi has a body of a middle schooler which led an interesting encounter with a policeman. From a short walk home to running into the convenience store when Isumi worked at... he ends up offering to cook for mr. policeman at his house. Then it became a regular house visit where they eat together. One night, Isumi's boarding house had an issue and he had to move out for a while. Hence, the kind mr. policeman offers his home since Isumi is well acquainted with using the kitchen anyway. During his stay, Isumi learns the warmth of having someone to come home to, but realized right after that he desired the policeman. As if on time, he could go home, so he ran away. When he got sick, the policeman came to care for him. Like an after-cold, Isumi realized why he had desired the policeman and impulsively confessed to the just awaken mr. policeman. my summary sucks but these two are just wholesome. Most importantly because of Isumi's straightforward and determined character. He didnt hold back and was adamant to woo the policeman. In the end, the policeman is just a useless adult who has fallen for Isumi's charms.

Sei (32) brings home a fellow rider after they had fallen asleep standing, leaning against his chest. Turns out, they were a student name Ryou (20), overworked by school, parttime tutoring, and helping his single mother with his two younger brothers. When Sei ate Ryou's uneaten lunch, Sei offered him to work parttime for him, with the same wage as Ryou's tutoring. Albeit rejected, they were surprisingly living in the same building which opened up the opportunity for Ryou to accept. After a month of Ryou's weekly cooking job, Sei began having romantic interest on Ryou. With a surprise peck on Ryou's cheek, Sei realizes that it's a normal greeting among Ryou's family to hug and kiss to show affection. Since then, he sneaks a peck on Ryou's cheek when he goes back home as a brotherly action. Nonetheless, an opportune sleep over and conversation about Sei's singlehood triggered Sei's self-control. Instead of a peck, he kisses Ryou on the lips. Without waiting for a response, Sei advices him to leave if he wanted to even if it also meant quitting his parttime job for him. However, Sei wakes up to Ryou's cooking and he takes it as Ryou's response. Nonetheless, things weren't too clear and they separated in an ambiguous atmosphere. When Ryou tells Sei he couldn't come, Sei took it that he was rejected. Work occupied him and he didnt need to go home, but when he did, he was surprised with an honest yet ill Ryou. In an attempt to be a good adult to match Ryou's mindset regarding their age gap, Sei postpones their relationship into kisses just until Ryou graduates in his last year as a high school student.

Shima is a new employee who is pestered by his stinky superior, Togawa. Not only does his quiet yet snarky personality match Togawa's shamelessness, his unraveled past makes it more difficult for Shima to completely shut off his feelings. An impulsive and simple sex relationship began to turn into a complicated web of surfacing feelings and insecurities. Togawa has always talked about children because of his past and Shima has always felt insufficient. Hence, the dissonance of their cores made it more difficult for Shima to simply accept Togawa when the latter confessed. The physical distance then becomes absolute with Togawa's transfer while Shima tries to properly entangle his fear, guilt, and regret. Meanwhile, Onoda, a bystander who've witnessed and had a role in their relationship, began feeling swayed by Shima. A realization of attraction which he does accepts to be in vain as Shima already had Togawa. Nonetheless, it didn't stop him from sharing his discreet love and heartbreak to his 3-years drinking buddy, Daguchi. Unknown to him is the window of opportunity he had just pretended to his secretly gay drinking buddy, and the cycle of restraint and high hopes it also caused Daguchi. Being 3 years older than Onoda, Daguchi tests the waters by teasing Onoda to go out with him. Being told that it was impossible made it difficult to treat it as a joke and decides to leave. But the dense yet also untimely quickwitted Onoda realizes the truth behind his joke and recognized a few signs of Daguchi's affections. But the man who was still going on about Shima was confused, yet also wished Daguchi wouldn't be too quick on severing ties. As a compromise, he asks Daguchi to let him think about while also retaining the relationship they already had. Problem is, loving someone can only tolerate enough tension and self-control.

A refined gentleman like aged wine who is actually a slob is the love interest of his younger subordinate. Unlike the stereotypical air of maturity, he values trivial things like baseball tickets and has lost his interest for relationships. Nonetheless, being pursued by a younger man has awakened his fear of loneliness.

He just wanted to be a princess, but his body and society's pressure represses his desires. So, he went to a marriage matchmaking to be "happy".

The play of age roles is funny. A supposedly responsible adult who tries to make things work. And a youthful man who's pretty much all over the place until he gets a go signal. Plus, the way they just naturally clung to each other when theyve affirmed their feelings is so satisfying. Like yezzzz grow old together omg