cmdrbanger's manga / #age gap(51)

That was incredibly sweet!! I wish there was a little more of them actually in a relationship, but it was super good development regardless. The colorblindness subplot was unique.

Meh

There's definitely something special about this author, though they still fall into the trope of the gay character in gay/"originally straight" couples being the bottom. But that aside, the comedy and more realistic/casual behavior and personalities of the cast is super refreshing.

Cute and short, with a vary respectful top, which is (unfortunately) refreshing. Not much actual story to get into though.

This. Is. The best! What an oddball romantic manga. Very realistic and grounded in certain ways. Kanii being a deadpan comedian behind his serious work persona is such a Japanese trope. It's like Gintama or something. The relationship was also really grounded without annoying cliches. The fact that they seriously roleplay in the last chapter feels so honest (and hot tbh). Straight to the favorites!

Meh. The first couple's age gap is nearly too much (ten years, younger is 18) and both couples have feature boring smiley cutesy women. Actually SKIPPED the soft, sparkly sex scenes, they're so boring and all the same in these.

Meh, too tropey and the anatomy is stiff.

Didn't I read this already? Can't remember the story, lol. - Well, I'm not sure if I did but it's a good one! 5* for basically everything. Art, smutty art, story, character growth, drama... It's all great! The only thing missing is a reunion/reconciliation with Hayashida's ex, and I'm not sure if that's supposed to be his high school friend from the first couple or not.

A rare serious manga that believably redeems the bad ex, but NOT with the same partner. I didn't read much of Yumi's story only because it sort of undercut the impact of his and Kan-chan's (Hayashida's) story, and the abuse didn't need belaboring to get the point across. Hayashida's story is just the more interesting one, with more unexpected twists and turns and general subject matter. Maybe not the most cozy and rereadable favorite, but a favorite nonetheless!

Short and sweet. The stuff about finding time to be alone and have sex was actually really cute and grounded, less tropey.