cmdrbanger's manga / #friends to lovers(12)

*sigh* this is what it's all about. Seeing these two slowly fall in love and try to balance their friendship with their romantic feelings is the best. Another comfort read from Fujiyama (the mangaka of 1k Apartment!)

Well that was super cute! With a side of artistry and metaphor, didn't expect that. The way Iku and Mito are together was refreshingly nuanced.

Accepting parent! (for Kirishima) It's nice to see this relationship evolve. I wanna see more domestic stuff without drama! (more like Koi ga Ochitara, I think) I like the trope of the (formerly) straight partner being comfortable hanging out at a gay bar. Toudou being embarrassingly sappy is cuuuuute. That gap moe. <3

Same setting as the X Nante ~masen stories! Chiaki ends up being coworkers with American Model John Clifford. Actually liked the second story (oneshot) better. Very cute and wholesome, wish there was more or them!

Pretty standard stuff, cute and wholesome without (much) gay panic.

These were cute! Even the first one, which the comments complain about. Nothing non-con happened, people just didn't like the exhibitionist club (get over it, it wasn't objectively gross). It was actually fine and served the couple and story well. Shared setting for the middle 3 couples (My God Is At Town Hall), a little messy but it worked. I liked the supernatural element. Great art, not same face! Mostly skipped the last one (uncle/nephew).

This is pretty stupid and not framed in a way that makes me like the friend who knowingly talks his gullible friend into sex. :/

This was really sweet! Especially Shuu's realization that he unconsciously buried his 'not normal' feelings for Ichika when they were in high school. I think that's a really interesting layer to their past. It would've been nice to have a scene where he explained that to Ichika because I bet it would've been really heartwarming to recontextualize their past now that their feelings are mutually known.

Okay this was actually super cute and interesting. Finding out that they BOTH thought they had unrequited feelings for the other, and the pretty boy's habit of stealing his crushes girlfriends was all just a twisted attempt to feel closer to him. The only thing I DON'T like is the argument over who tops. They could just *not* have sex that way, but that's not 'real' sex in most bl manga. I guess it's fine, because he ends up liking being 'spoiled' in the end, so it's a minor nitpick that keeps it from 4* imo. The last ex-gf stuck with them both as friends now is a funny detail.

A cute little friends to lovers plot, plus mutual pining/unrequited love. Not as peak as my absolute favorite one of these, but in the same vein, and with a similar confession (though less dramatic).