Bike's manga / #bl(72)

ch. 16 Dude tries out a game his friend made and he ends up reincarnation as a summoner. Dude can't escape until he beats the game. Blond guy's a hero he's summoned from the dead. Intriguing premise that's enhanced by world-building components and themes. Game's effectively a mobile-gatcha in IRL equivalence. However, there's ideas regarding life and death---talks about how heroes are summoned after having lived a past life in order to continue fighting for summoners. They fight while summoners simply stand by. They fight, as if alive, while summoners are idle, as if dead. MC's navigating this dynamic with his own hero as he sees everyone else treat their heroes like crap. Ironically by treating the fantasy world as a game (recording their stats, e.g. damage, range, move set, synchronisms), he provides much more care as a sorcerer compared to the other guys. Brings the question of the heroes' perspectives, how easily they're tossed to the side or simply work labor. Emphasized that guilds carry them in coffins whenever they're idle, denoting their ranks by the types of coffins they use. Treated like objects. MC's likely OP, but it's only been recently introduced where I'm at (ch.16), will probably be brought up more later.). Sweet dynamic between MC and ML. MC's a bit silly, so ML's earnestness/mysteriousness balances it out quite well. How they appear to genuinely enjoy each other's company (after initial qualms about ML's mere rank) is also nice. Interested to seeing more.

Hole-in-the-wall gimmick but with childhood friends. Friend's in debt, hence him being there. They manage to blackmail a senior into paying for most of it, with the MC working there as a cleaner to help him pay off the rest. Cameo from the incest version of this series. He's the one who tries (poorly) to give the MC advice on how to treat his friend.

Beta MC's just a good guy all around. Does the work, gets shit done. Bumps into ML who's apparently in heat, they fuck, and then MC takes responsibility for him. Not much else, rather low stacks, honestly. spoilers --- oh right, turns out the Omega is actually an Alpha (and I think his boss/superior?)

Heartwarming. ML reminds me of Meyer from Gourmet Hound lmao --- Summary for self-reference: Dude---former solider who did service---moves into the countryside with his daughter, birthed from a mother who dropped her at his door and left. Meets this shopkeeper dude (ML), who ends up helping him adjust to life there. Also meets this kid, who thought he was his dad at first. Mainly slice-of-life vibes as he adjusts to living there. He ends up falling for the shop-keep (more like he falls for him, lmao). It's sweet. The baby is ugly, but in a cute-ugly sort of way (like a pug).

It's got the same rivals to lovers dynamic as that one manga where the guy changes into a girl, but in an office setting instead of like, a vague tropical setting? Also no gender-switching shenanigans, of course. It's built up really well. Nice chemistry. Guy's like the other the whole time, etc. Pretty good read.

Doctor office sex. Manipulative doctor.

Adorable.

read some of this. don't remember how much, though.

Dude loves boobs, is Very Straight. Unfortunately is reincarnated into a BL world, but hey, this guy's got huge badonkers, so it might be alright in the end. Humor's not for me. Interesting premise, though.