cmdrbanger's manga / #Beautiful Art(248)

Three stories, - a florist and a a gay office worker who gets dumped by his older (married) colleague - a shy classmate and the outgoing classmate who decides to befriend him on a whim - the son of a bar Mama and a crossdressing co-worker Overall I don't think I really loved any of them. The first one got wierd with the florist being pushy and aggressive in bed out of jealousy, in a non-con way that wasn't acknowledged at all. The second one was just generic high school romance, but it's always lame when the assumed uke suggests switching and the seme is like . The last story was the best three I guess, just too short to get into.

A lot of drama and the story is frontloaded by the younger brother. The older brother and his boyfriend doesn't get quite as much development or explanation. I wish Makoto moved out of his house, or that the parents were contronted, or that Souta got a chance to defend Makoto from the mistreatment somehow. Idk, more than a little unsatisfying is all.

Excellent! Love everything so far. Hope it continues! Ch 14 - okay, I love everything *except* the swooning sex scenes lol. Too overwrought for me.

This is cute! It's missing... Something, not sure what, that would make it 5*. Maybe it's a bit too vague somehow? Idk.

Very nice art style, lacking something to make it 5*. Too short? Vague? The kissing close-ups are very awkward, but the eyes and expressions sometimes are amazing.

Short and sweet, guys get together, one leaves to protect the other, the other follows and the go on the run having reinforced their love. Pretty shallow all things considered, but the art is nice, and the fact that they enthusiastically love each other and the bottom is sec positive.

Comments called it bara, it's really not. Lots of different yaoi flavors though, from strangers to lovers, threesome senpai uke (2)/kouhai seme, gap moe, etc etc. I'm not sure I have a favorite, the way it surprised me just made for interesting reading. Oh! I've read some of their work before, Brand New Star. Pretty sure I really liked that one.

Unfinished predecessor to Bachi Bachi. Another anthology book with oddball scenarios. Wish I could read the rest, unfortunately even the raws aren't here.

Definitely read this, but didn't rate it? Nope, I hadn't read it. I didn't like it! The whole thing is based on pretend relationships and what (I assume) is a made up social media trend of "BL Idols" (like some kind of imitation of the actual couple marketing for danmei dramas). Fake relationships are always two steps forward, three steos back. It's so I satisfying.

(Ch 18) Oh this is a good one. A Cinderella plot full of comedy and the male lead as the main POV? So refreshingly unique, and it's been a good story too! I could predict some things, like the ML and servants finding alternate sources of revenue through their own shop, but that hasn't hindered any enjoyment. I wish the Bookshop Saintess manga had been this charming.