cmdrbanger's manga / #romance(251)

Exceedingly beautiful art and fluffy slice of life scenes. A little thin on story, but excellent snapshots of their family life.

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).

Great art, okay stories. The second story tho, omg falling in love with someone's pooping O face is... Unique.

This was an EXTREMELY delicate size difference BL, but I think they pulled it off much better than I expected. Accepting that there are, undeniably, shota/lolicons that will get off to this sort of thing for the "wrong" reasons, the reality is that there are people IRL who get mistaken for being much younger than they are. At least in this case the characters are the same age, and their behavior and personalities are shockingly and refreshingly realistic. Also!! They're an established couple that had never faced societal rejection. Everyone around them from friends to family has been accepting AND supportive from the beginning. Truly amazing. I'm actually bumping this to 5 stars instead of 4 just for that. Inspirational good vibes. Lastly, to find a big dick trope AND friends recognizing that's a sexual barrier not a bonus AND realistic portrayal of the bottom needing significant preparation ANNNNND the top is enthusiastically involved?? Honestly I'm not sure what else this could de besides not be what it is. Sure the bottom could be less of a baby face, but they are and that's just the way it is for this story.

Interesting and unusual! Nimiya going so far as to impersonate the fictional Hotaru for the sake of his crush was an interesting scenario, and his childhood friend was intentionally trying to get between them by outright lying or doing thing easy for Asada (and the reader) to misunderstand, because if his own unrequited crush. Not quite a favorite, but very good. (and sex positive! Though the "not gay, it's just him" note in the afterword is annoying.) If there's a spinoff for Oono, I'd read it! Another friend clearly has a crush in him.

Aaaaand the spinoff! Mikami and Oono are together in this one, which is awesome. And there's a hint of drama (angst) in the brief glimpses that Asada's parents don't accept their relationship. Nimiya has tried to win them over, but they reject him (and Asada) completely. It's even mentioned that Asada lived with Nimiya's family for a while, and that probably explains why he gets along with Nimiya's mother so well. It's so incredibly grounded and realistic, including the sex (preparation and safety are very important). While the main story was just average for vibes, this oneshot is five stars easily!

This is a very interesting psuedo BDSM situation. Feels a lot like Akihabara Bad Trip, where the receiving partner is completrly open to rough sex and bondage stuff, while the one initiating that stuff is hesitant about hurting or scaring them. It's nice, honestly, to see them approach the characters navigate with as much care for each other and honesty as they can. The supernatural furry stuff is kind of just extra in this case, haha. The smut is pretty hot in this one also. Hmm... The story is getting kind of messy about chs 10-12. 13 - mayyybe we're coming out of it?

I hope this one gets finished because it's gooood. We got mutual pining and self-sacrifice alllll over this. And!! A spinoff sequel where the incubus gets his own love interest! And the love interest is the cousin of one of the guys from the first couple! Hey yeah, it has everything! 4/23/25 — oh thank fuck he came right back!! I wasn't sure what I'd do if this chapter hadn't (positively) resolved the cliffhanger from ch 15 .

Fluffy and smutty but honestly just kinda boring. Very short.

Nothing special, just a roommates to lovers oneshot where one is being tsuntsun about it T first.