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My Top BL Manga of 2018
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Stray Bullet Baby – Ichikawa Kei
Movie advertising agency employee Murakami Chihiro has someone he yearns for. His customer is fashion magazine editor Motona Kiyoharu. An incredible worker with an attractive smile, he is the one person Chihiro really desires, but they don’t get any opportunity to get closer. However one fateful day,at a drinking party Chihiro looks after a drunken Motona and takes him home…!? Selfish beauty x manipulative guy, Ichikawa Kei’s new office workers BL now begins.
Damn! I should have put more faith on Ichikawa-sensei. I thought Honna would be an evil manipulative bastard but by god did it turn out to be so cute and fluffy!
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My Top BL Manga of 2017
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Toritome no Nai Koi no Shi – Ichikawa Kei
What would happen if one day a gaping hole suddenly opened in your chest? The night before this unusual event, your best friend throughout middle school, high school, and college tells you “I’m actually married.”!
Cheesy but still cute.
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Natura-turaly – Ichikawa Kei
A collection of stories, Includes:
1) Natura-turaly from Joshi BL
My twin brother and I, we like and dislike the same things. Whatever we do, we do together. I thought we’d always be together—it seemed obvious. But a man appeared who says he loves my brother. Is the world I thought would go on forever starting to collapse?!
2) Veranda Nite (On the Veranda)
3) Count 3632
4) Step One
Suichi does not like to socialize with people. Why does Hana keep finding excuses to talk to him?
5) Last Play from Itai Ero
A couple’s relaxed routine is disrupted when the one partner proposes a new kind of play. To his surprise, his significant other discovers a higher affinity to his role than expected.
6) Michidzure from Gesu BL
A boy who is easily roped into things & a cool beauty who is a natural asshole.Extra: Prologue & Afterword
Had mixed emotions about the first story. I wanted the twins to be together but I also wanted the two boys to be together. Argh, such dilemna! Second story ended on a hopeful note, third one was so-so, fourth was already posted here previously and the last two were NSFW.
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Sore wo Koigokoro to Yobu no Nara – Ichikawa Kei
What if you spotted your ideal beauty at the train station and confessed your love immediately? What if that beauty turned out to be a guy and moreover a homophobic one? What if you two ended up in the same high school and if he caused everyone to mistake you for a homo? What if you still couldn’t leave him alone? Well, that’s the kind of story it is.
Yes!!!
(source: http://mangatan.com)
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Step One – Ichikawa Kei
It’s a one-shot about a guy falling in love at first sight with a stubborn guy.
How to catch a tsundere.
(source: http://mxr.shounen-ai.net)
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MANGA: Kocchi Muite Waratte
Kocchi Muite Waratte – Ichikawa Kei
Asano, who works part-time at a pub, is one day confessed to by a hot, antisocial coworker, Kakei. However, even after his confession, Kakei doesn’t make any climatic moves, so Asano decides to take the initiative.
Cute is an overly used word for BL manga but how cute is this one?!!! The mangaka certainly mastered creating awkward conversations that induces butterflies. I love that it has both POVs, there are no girls and the seme-uke thing has a twist.
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MANGA: Hello Again
Hello Again – Ichikawa Kei
Onoda is avoiding his childhood friend, Hiroto, because of what he did in the past while the other is wondering what happened and why he is being avoided. But because Onoda was ignoring a teacher in school, Hiroto had to drag him in to the counselor’s office, and that’s when their friendship started blooming again. Will Hiroto find out why he is being avoided?
BL readers already know how good Ichikawa-sensei’s stories are. Colorful Line Blue Sky Complex and Slow Starter are favorites. Hello Again tells you not to do underage drinking especially when you have repressed feelings and I do love it but probably slightly, very slightly less than the others.
Things I like about it:
a. both POVs are shown
b. Hiroto seems so chill about the whole thing except during moment when he was sad
c. their friendship is intact despite the change in status
d. 99.999999% shounen aiThing I don’t like about it? Nothing, really or maybe just the fact that Onoda sleeps with girls.
