cmdrbanger's manga / #age gap(51)

Hmm, this one was a bit unusual. It has a strong core theme of the effect that relationships of all kinds have on people. It was much more slice of life than maybe any other manga I've read, while not feeling completely directionless. The romantic drama was more or less resolved in ch 3, so the rest was their regular lives continuing. It wasn't bad by any measure, but left me feeling unfulfilled somehow.

Only lacking five stars because it's so short. An actual throuple manga without angst?! Some more daily life and depth on the two boyfriends would've been awesome. But the art is great and the and the story is mostly solid, despite the "human sleep aid" contrivance.

Seaside Stranger, but with characters that actually look like adults (lol)

Meh, I probably won't read more of this series anytime soon. It's fine but the art isn't totally my taste, and it jumps couples a lot to rehash familiar tropes. The age gap couple (32/college freshman) was especially meh, not a fan of that dynamic or the way the younger guy was drawn.

I actually liked the ghost story! The fact that the guy who lent his body to the dead lover was so pissednl off when he realized they'd had sex using him, that was the correct response. Obviously it all worked out in the end, but it was handled decently. As for the other story, I wish Shiraishi had a littttttle more awareness. There's a limit to going with the flow, and if he's fine having sex with his friend multiple times, dude, I think you might have Feelings. But that works out in the end too. All in all, these are sweet! I'll read the spinoff of the second story too.

Natsuro's story after Wander Border! Poor guy got landed right in the middle of some serious drama with Tsuyuhiko but they get a happy ending.

A very short one shot. High schooler x handsome train conductor. It doesn't go very far so I don't really care about the age gap.

Read on MRM - It's cute, and the art is gorgeous! Not my favorite scenario, but the story doesn't drag it out thankfully.