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MANGA: Ano Ko To Juliet
Ano Ko To Juliet – Kojima Lalako
“Mitsuru and I, we’re Romeo and Juliet.” High school students, Ryousuke and Mitsuru are lovers since childhood. But their fathers are with daggers drawn. They really don’t want to be separated…With this mind, the decision to elope…?! Besides the main title work, this book also contains the love of a popular idol x childhood friend, and the timid love of the one carrying out someone else’s love letters ♥ The sparkling high school loves, a short compilation gem!
That Boy & Juliet: Madly in love high schoolers go against their father’s wishes and try to elope. Endearing but we can do without the domestic abuse.
Dramatic Boyfriend+Melancholy Boyfriend: An unexpectedly angsty and also cute story of an idol and his childhood friend turned boyfriend. We can do without pedo sensei.
The Funeral Ceremony Of Love Letters: Ghostly letter writing connects lonely high schooler to a boy mourning the loss his girlfriend. Full of tears and longing but also hopeful. Best story.
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MANGA: Yume Yume Shinjuu
Yume Yume Shinjuu – Kojima Lalako
Yume Yume Shinjuu From Hoshi Kuzuu: For someone who has no recollection of their childhood, Yuzuru’s been having the same dream over and over again. One where he and another boy are playing in a small shrine. But he can never figure out who the other boy is. Then one day, his brother Ryosuke brings home a classmate of his, named Takumi. Within the memories that Yuzura can not remember, he realizes that Takumi was his childhood friend and first love. Takumi reveals that he is ecstatic that Yuzuru remembers. Happy to meet his first love again, Yuzuru once again becomes attracted to him, but…
Confusing and muddled. Dark and tragic.
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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!
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MANGA: Lily Colored Lovers
Lily Colored Lovers – Kojima Lalako
Adachi is worried how his crush thinks of him. Will he accept him for who he is?
A sickly sweet take on an uke-type character acting like a seme. An interesting concept that the author could have developed further.
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MANGA: Nanadome no Gomenne
Nanadome no Gomenne – Kojima Lalako
Stuttering, recluse Tooru believes he has seven things he’s sorry for. His twin brother Satoru knows all but the seventh…the very one that may shatter their way of life.
This manga packs a lot of drama for a one-shot and a kick in the gut climax.
