Bike's manga / #yaoi(59)

Concept: There's an isolated island civilization consisting of several tribes; every few years, a representative from each tribe gets chosen to duel it out with their dicks, and whoever reigns supreme becomes king(?). Thoughts: Conceptually, it's ridiculous; In execution, it's FUN. It's campy, yes, but the character dynamics are hooks you in. Interesting relationship drama and surprisingly sweet character pairings. Fun read. Don't take it too seriously.

Read this in 2020. Pretty good.

I quite liked the Yakuza ML. Sweet ending.

Honestly? It was pretty nice, but god, the beginning was especially ridiculous, but in a good way. ...I probably should've looked up the tags online before reading. I read this for comedy, and I certainly got it, but it was explicit, lmao. Fun and surprisingly lovely read. It's formatted in dual POV, with the MC for the first five chapters, and then the ML for the rest. It honestly strengthened the experience, because when I started asking *why* the ML was quite adversed(?), repulsed(?) (I do not know the right words for this), I got my answer. My only comments for concern was the quick turnabout in the end, but I can let that slide. After reading this, I read Akihabara Fall in Love, and I will say this: Kudos to the Mangaka for expanding on a /weird/ side character. The weird activity I saw in the original story was fleshed out in a deeper way, and it added complexity to his character in a neat way. Essentially, it ties in the conclusion of the story, the main couple getting together, and brings it to this one as internal conflict for the ML, and I would say it was integrated well, considering that in this story he was pretty creepy, ngl. I think that the benefit of reading this story before the other one made me respect the mangaka more, because if they were able to expand on this dude, then kudos to them. — Modern-era BL artist and editor, neat concept, neat characters.

Cut-and-dry adventure plot (clear goal and "ending") with smut interspersed somewhere along the way. I don't remember the details; all I do recall is the fan service, which was nice.

Former childhood friends meet up at their hometown by pure coincidence. Also, one of the dudes has wings. Interesting ideas with confusing ending, but I still enjoyed it.

Setting is a cruise ship. Blondie here gets intwined with the captain for some reason---it's been a while, I forgot. But I remember enjoying this one for its entertainment value, although I recall deeper elements that I can't remember for the life of me. -- ...I think I do remember, actually, but it'll be spoilers if I bring it up here.