Morthos

Kinda sad there wasn't much to this one. I started to lose interest around chapter 4. The story was cute, but very puddle deep, ya know.

2.75

Everything felt really disjointed in its pacing, and I felt nothing for the dynamic between Aoki and Mizuno. It just feels like their chemistry comes out of nowhere because of how spliced this story feels. Also, any conversation about weight felt weird. Not offensive, but definitely not positive. Kind of like the way a sitcom would cover a woman gaining weight.

In fact, this whole story just reads like a sitcom with a laugh track that you can definitely hear, but you're just sitting there because it's not funny. It's not like the jokes are horrible or rude; it's just not funny.

4.75

I've been gushing throughout this whole volume. I just really love how adorable and attached to Saegusa Arochi is, but also how he's so sure of himself and the confidence he's gained in this volume. I love them both; they are stupidly cute together. I appreciate a character like Saegusa with my whole heart, but Arochi is baby. Arochi is everything.

I also can't believe I've even come around to liking Tsushima. I was rooting for him. He let me down BAD. And even though I never excuse sexual harassment/assault… Tsumuji, how did you make me forgive Tsushima 😩? Why did you make me want more of Tsushima 😩? Bro, you can't just do that 😩😩😩😩.

Eh. Sometimes they're cute together, and sometimes I like Shiratoni in a relatable way… But other times it's just tooooooo corny for me. Idk. I didn't hate it, at least.

2.75

Was having a great time until Yuichi's personality changed, and this story became more about them having sex than the hurt/comfort I was hoping for. Which sucks because not every moment was annoying, but by the time we got to university, I was already checked out. I mean, you made me read middle schoolers fucking... I thought they were already around 17 and in high school. Not something I still care to read, but I at least thought that they are 17 and in high school...

I really wanted to read the new edition in the future, but now… I have no desire to reread this book just because the art is better.

4.25

It has some problems, but compared to the last two books I read and Muno's own Shuuden Elegy, this was cute. I loved most of it and really loved both Akashi and Yagi. Would've loved an extra chapter or two of them being a couple, since most of the story was about them sorting out what they currently had.

Something like a double date with Nomura and his girlfriend would've killed me in exactly the way I wanted.

Buy this, read the fan translation.

I really didn't like how this was officially translated into English. It's fine, but I did read a fan translation before I realized this official one existed, and the fan translation just read better. I felt the word choices and the two main characters' tone of voice, which convey their personalities, were done better by fans than by the official translator.

There was also a part of me that felt this was too short to really care about Ryosuke and Shun, both as characters and as a couple, on top of Ryosuke's biphobia never really being addressed bothered me. What happened to him sucked, but I wish we had explored both of their back stories more. I wish we had gotten Shun talking to and helping work through Ryosuke's biphobia instead of that one throwaway line. It all read like a oneshot that I'm surprised was actually 5 chapters. (don't think about how long it took me to finish this, I was busy...)

2.75

I was having an ok-ish time until story 3 happened. Swiftly skipped that.

3.75

While I enjoyed the stories in here, my main problem came from wanting more of the first two stories. From how it sounded, I wasn't expecting multiple stories and I definitely wasn't expecting the third one.

I felt this would've been better if the whole book were about this friend group growing together from middle school into adulthood with these four chapters. I really wanted to see Minami grow into her own and see her and Sano be close friends. As sweet as that last chapter was, it could've been about one of them. I had this same issue with Entangled with You by Aki Aoi where, at least, three other stories didn't need to be included if that meant the main story could've been more.

4.75

I love them. I love them. I love them.

It's been a hot minute since I've read this, and I just finished volume 2, so my overall thoughts are on that entry. But, man, did I love this. I had a great time… I want an Arochi plush.

Cute but it felt like there should've been 2 or 3 more chapters with how short this was. The whole volume read like an extra oneshot you'd get as a booklet in a special edition.

Didn't realize this had a possessive lover character until I started reading but I still wanted to give it a chance. At the very least get through chapter 1… I'm already hating Higarashi as a person which I'm sure is the point, but that's not something I want to read.

Not a memorable story to me, but it was cute and they're cute together.

3.75

Every story in this manga honestly sucked. I had a feeling it was going to get bad when some high schooler took a photo of some adult on the train because he's interested in him only to find out that this grown ass man also took a picture of this 18/19yd while he was sleeping on the train?? Excuse me? The both of you??? I think this is specifically a 2 for me because the 4th story were better than the rest but definitely had its problems. I remember thinking I'd read story 4 if it was a whole book, but seeing how the other stories have been so far I think I'm good.

It didn't surprise me when I looked it up and saw it released in 2012 in Japan because, yeah, it reeks of that era of BL. I'm honestly sad about that because I have 2 other books from this author on my TBR...

4.25

Really enjoyed the vibe of this story. I feel like I don't read enough non-drama slice of life stories and when I do it's either really sluggish and/or I can't bring myself to care about the characters I'm supposed to be rooting for. This story is slow, yeah, but not in a “what do you mean I'm not at chapter 3 yet" and more of a “sitting in the living room at 4am watching Murder She Wrote as the sun rises" type of slow and I loved that.

I honestly wish this were a little longer, just one chapter that shows them going out together on their day off as lovers now. I really enjoyed Kimura and Kunishima as characters and loved the feeling this story gave me that I just wanted more of all of this. In fact, I was so interested in reading more from this author that I went to see her other works… but her only other book is something I definitely would never read. So I'll just be keeping an eye out for anything else she makes in the future.

Ths me that should've dropped this 2 years ago...

2.75

This volume should've mostly focused on and and expanded the Invisible Friend story. They were far more interesting as both characters and a couple, as well as having a more interesting backstory that I cared about.

I didn't care about Ryou and Ibu which sucked because the plot they were in was interesting enough but those two characters were boring to read from. It didn't really help that the way this whole book was written was very confusing to read, there were times when I wasn't really sure if we were in the past or not, typos and odd sentence structure here and there with the translation...

I lost any interest in reading volume 2 especially if it's just going to be more Ryou and Ibu. I would've loved to have just read a fleshed-out version of the 1st story. Their chapters felt very rushed and confusing at times, but I cared about those two by the end of chapter 2.

I need to take a break from this series before starting Four Seasons and read something I'll actually enjoy.

3.75

This volume, in particular, felt padded out. Looking at the other books, this series seems to like to get up there in pages. I really hope Limit and Four Seasons are a lot tighter in their storytelling because it felt like I just spent 150 hours finishing Assassin's Creed Valhalla! It's like they artificially took way too long to get to the contents of chapter 5 & 6. If we're meant to feel Kohei’s longing and slight frustration see how super obvious he was about his feelings… I kinda get it. It just didn't feel natural to me. It was kinda bloated… Like an Ubisoft game.

I just think there was a little too much back and forth bickering between the two by the time chapter 4 rolls around that it starts to get annoying. I've noticed that Tachi, specifically, has so many opportunities to say more or even take a stand whenever he's cut off by others. He's definitely done so before when the conversation isn't about or is with Kohei. But we're at a point where they're both written to “run away" and it was just really tiring to read that over and over again.

Love them. Love Mizuki. Loved this. Mixed to negative feelings towards Kanda so I will continue pretending that his oneshot does not exist. In the end, this doesn't really need to be on my physical shelf…………. maybe?

*shakes you* Ori???!! *shakes you more* ORI?!?!?!? 😭🥺🥹😭🥹🥺

Volume 2 was much more my jam and I'm so happy and relieved that it was. The tension that the first volume left off from cared all throughout volume 2 and that exactly what I wanted. I even left it giving a shit about Suou and Ryou.

Although- and I get the point! Not every romantic relationship works out, not every romantic relationship even gets the chance to start… But Towada and Junichi, though. Every scene about them, even in volume 1, activated so many things in my brain. I just wanted them. Suou and Ryou? Good for them or sorry that happened. My whole attention got completely taken over whenever we learn about these two mature men <3.

3.25

Had a very whelming reading experience with this first volume. Like, I don't think I cared enough about the two main characters as I feel I was supposed to nor did their story together do anything for me. It all felt very lukewarm to me. And yet, I wasn't bored enough and didn't completely hate anyone enough to drop it. The last 2 chapters definitely had me glued, but I still felt very whelmed about how it played out.

Actually, if I'm being honest, I kinda want to read about Towada and Junichi. That's probably just me craving more bl manga with only mature men over 25yd in this day and age…