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MANGA: Hanabatake To Wakarebanashi
Hanabatake To Wakarebanashi – Kojima Lalako
1-3. Hanabatake to Wakarebanashi, From Summer then On, Our Love
Takuya, Yuiji, and Aki are childhood friends who have always been together. Takuya secretly likes Aki, but she suddenly gets a boyfriend. Takuya nurses his broken heart with Yuiji, who suddenly confesses that he’s always liked Takuya.4-6. Bye-bye Baby
Story of Didi, his older brother, Ryoutarou, and his brother’s boyfriend, Nonoyama.Borderline saccharine stories typical of the mangaka’s happier works. The cover art’s so pretty!
Hanabatake to Wakarebanashi + From Summer then On + Our Love: Childhood-friends-to-lovers story with the usual ‘but I’m a guy!’ hesitations. Unnecessarily angsty but cute because who could resist Yuiji?
Bye-bye Baby: Established couple seen from the POV of the younger brother, Didi, a style that is particularly effective and delightful as long as it’s not a love triangle. Here, no geometries were involved so yay!