jama's manga / #drama(32)

OMG the feels of this manga. Fighter Ikki finds a job at a restaurant after a life of drugs, sex and violence. He meets Ryuu, the cousin of his old friend Tochimitsu. The two fall in love after learning of their shared experience with druggy Tochimitsu who committed suicide in prison. A lot of emotions and heartache :(

Beautiful, slow-paced stories. Idk if I'd reread again but just simply enjoy the art and appreciate the artistic drama. Three stories with first being the yakuza and illegitimate son of a tea master; 2) Glasses-wearing boy (Liam) falls in love with hot guy (Maddox) after staring at each other for long periods of time; 3) Oliver falls in love with dad's ex-boyfriend (Ethan) after he had his memories wiped away by Wallace when Ethan nearly chokes him to death. Dad passes away including mom and the two reunite at dad's funeral.

Heartwrenching tragedy of a boy who starts off with everything and then loses it all. Ryuuji Kazama was born into yakuza. He loses his parents to a battle between groups Kazama and Kuroda. He then loses his aunt who raised him and his nephew (who watches him kill the people who killed him mom). He gets raped repeatedly in prison until Ryuuji finally is released from prison. He is taken in by Hitoshi Araki, who use to look after Ryuuji when he was younger. The two finally are together but are separated early by death due to Hitoshi being stabbed. The war is finally over when Ryuuji kills Iba (whose held a grudge against Hitoshi for soooo long) and has his identity purged through witness protection that Hitoshi had set up previously. We meet Kai and Araki Masanori from Kizuna manga :)

OMG, the emotions! Takahiro Fujii loses his memory of the past two years he spent with his lover, Tarou Kotou. Tarou (Neko) first falls in love with Takahiro (seme) in high school and eventually the two cohabitate. Two years later, a billboard hits Takahiro on the head causing him to lose his memories of the two years he spent with Tarou. Desperate to salvage their relationship, Tarou tries to keep hold of Takahiro. Takahiro finds himself deeply attracted to Tarou after watching a video of Tarou having sex. Takahiro finally succumbs to his temptation and sleeps with Tarou. This causes Takahiro to regret his decision and leave the apartment to live with his sister. Over time, Takahiro realizes he is not attracted to others and decides to go back to the apartment. There, he watches the video of Tarou making love with him. Takahiro doesn't get his memories back, only a few here and there, but fulfills a promise he made years ago saying that the next time, he will be the first to fall in love. SO MUCH TEARS!

OMG I absolutely adore this manga! Ok there was rape and the seme (Asaichi) was an ass, but in the end it was SUPER sweet! <3

Touching story about overcoming odds and settling the past. Sakurai is an advertisement manager who is well-known for his achievements. He also lacks enough motivation to stay in love with someone. He then bumps into his future soulmate, Youichi Minagawa. Youichi is the only child and manager of an old home called Izumigawa. As time passes, Youichi and Sakurai slowly fall in love and overcome the challenges. Youichi learns more about his past with his father, Yousuke, a famous painter, and his ill-mother, Ayako. We meet Takeo and Shouta who are relatives of Youichi and are boarders; Fujimoto, Youichi's classmate and love interest; Yoshitomi, housekeeper; Masafumi, friend of Yousuke and advertisement guru, and the rest of the cast.

The FEELS! Kain Walker is a closet gay who meets his destined lover at the bar named Mel Fredericks. The two fall in love but promiscuous Kain still sleeps around with other guys. The final straw comes when Kain sleeps with Mel's ex-lover. Mel, being the forgiving one, forgives Kain and the two grow from there. Kain is stubborn, jealous, and easily angered but becomes better after Mel's loving tender and kindness. Kain opens up to his parents and although it takes Kain's mother a while Kain's parents open up to Mel. Then comes the drama of Mel getting kidnapped the day after Kain and Mel get married. Mel goes through a painful experience but is saved by Kain. After getting therapy, Mel and Kain become closer through love and support (not sex). The two adopt a crack baby who grows up to be very accepting. Mel passes away from kidney failure and at the end of the series, Mel picks up 85-year-old Kain and the two go off together. The last story is about two high school friends (heartbreaking story).

Fate-like meeting up of 2 teens from such a different world of life.. ═ Yuuki, an honor student gets tired of carrying around a doctor-family name, just goes to sleep around with strangers. ═ "I don't belong here in this city. I don't have a place to go to, so I just wander around." -- Sounds like a lonely lost lamb. But actually, Asahi's a prodigy actor of the wandering troupe, has such a brilliant stage surrounded by bright people.¯〵_(ツ)_/¯ ➽ Obviously, Yuuki can't go on living like that. Hope the lively strong-minded Asahi can help Yuuki out of his unpleasant life. Elope! Elope! ▀|.(●'◡'●).|▀

Loved how fragile yet developed the characters are! I enjoyed the story between Yuuki and Noboru. Yuuki is a rich high school boy who falls in love with the poor but proud Noboru. They go through many ups and downs but eventually Noboru falls in love, too. The twin little brothers are so adorable!