The Proper Way to Write Love was a nice one. Not really my favorite since it was a little too much heavy on the thrope of the misunderstanding, but as most of the Japanese drama, the production was very nice, the actors were good, in particular the character of Washizawa Natsuo was top notch. Natsuo is a simple man, very open with his feelings, or at least he is now. When Natsuo and Suzuki Hiroshi were at school together, Natsuo's attentions towards Hiroshi had seemed like almost bullying, and that is what Hiro remembers of those years. But yes, both actors were very good, and therefore move along a thrope that is not really my cup of tea. HEA. You can see it on GagaOOLala. Heat Level: 5/6.

 

After a traumatic incident at work, Kamakura locked himself away and let the trash pile up around him, resigned to his fate as a hikikomori... That is, until the day Katsuyoshi climbed in through his balcony.

At their landlord's behest, Katsuyoshi offers to help Kamakura clean his apartment, insisting that Kamakura stay with him in the meantime. Kamakura reluctantly agrees, wondering why Katsuyoshi would offer to help out a complete stranger. Turns out, Katsuyoshi has his own reasons— and his own trauma— to work through.

As they tidy together, the pair open up to each other and slowly begin to heal in this sweet slice-of-life romance about moving forward, one trash bag at a time...

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3JFEEYj)

 

A Boys’ Love Story about Finding Common Ground over Delicious Food—the Manga That Inspired the Live-Action Drama!

When erotic novelist Enomura Haruka and shojo artist Nakata Miruku are brought together by their publisher to collaborate on a new manga, it seems like a perfect match—until the two meet in person and realize just how different they are! Haruka is a bit of a sadist with a cool-guy personality, and he immediately clashes with Miruku, who’s something of a masochist and doesn’t match his bright shojo style at all. There’s one thing the two have in common, however—their love of gourmet food, especially the mail-order variety. Can their passion for amazing food bridge the gap between them? Or could food be the catalyst that causes their passions to boil over? Includes reviews of real gourmet food items from Japan!

My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/4oXKiF9)

 

Masachika has been reunited with his childhood friend， and what’s more， he’s a model! Kiwa suddenly moves in next door， but he can’t take care of himself， so Masachika often looks after him. During one drunken night， Kiwa makes his move on Masachika and to his surprise， he relents?! Can they keep their relationship a secret or will they have even bigger problems to worry about?

My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/4oZOwMx)

 

Toshimitsu Yamamura owns a real estate company and loves baking delicious, healthy snacks in his spare time. When his coworker comes to him one day with the idea of advertising their real estate agency as LGBT-friendly, Toshi realizes this little change could really help people who often face discrimination in his industry. He's terrified, though, because he worries this move will out him as gay. Joined by his boyfriend Gonta who inspired him to bake in the first place, Toshi navigates a changing world that's slowly becoming more accepting, faces his fears and discomfort, and bakes some incredibly lovely treats along the way.

My Rate: 7 (amzn.to/462ax4U)

 

Woo-won is a pizza delivery guy down on his luck, and Seo-an is wealthy man suffering from panic attacks and social phobia. You wouldn’t think these two would have any reason to get to know one another, but one small kindness leads to a series of encounters that bring the two men closer together than either of them anticipated. Maybe they can find the solutions to their problems together…or perhaps they don’t need solutions, but simply each other.

My Rate: 9 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/pizza_palace)

I like this one, but really, all the hiatus is making me crazy... That is the reason why normally I don't read manhwa that are ongoing, but this one is so nice that I have started it two times, always hoping it will end in the meantime, cause, yes, this is going on for three season, more than 100 episodes, and apparengly it's not near the end. There are still too many loose trends, and Woo-won hasn't yet decided to leave his pizza-delivery job to start modelling or acting seriously... How a young man is not able to understand that he is wasting his youth doing side job when he has served a very good job opportunity on a silver plate. And it's not even that Seo-an gave it to him, it's something he gained from his own... so yes, plenty of frustration over Woo-won, but Seo-an, on the other hand, is giving you plenty of satisfaction. He is really, deeply and sincerely in love with Woo-won, and he is also able to not make him feel like they are on different level. He knows when to give and when to take, and yes, there is a pun intended here. Nice graphic. Can't wait to see how it ends.

 

Tomoharu Ueda is content being a police officer in his neighborhood. He likes helping people, and in return, people like him. One night, he gets visited by a yakuza who turned to be the victim of the underwear thief he caught the previous night. The yakuza is Aki Gotouda, the heir of the Gotouda group, who thanked him for catching the thief. To Tomoharu's surprise, Aki confesses that he has feelings for him. Thus starts a forbidden relationship between a police officer and a yakuza.

My Rate: 9 (mangaplanet.com/comic/5facb14faa491)

If I have to pick a work by Kotetsuko Yamamoto, my choice is between Like the Beast and What About Tomorrow. Usually I don't like when the characters are too childlike, but I will give it a pass, since in Like the Beast the two are actually adult men, looking like teenagers, but nevertheless of age. The series is not particularly sexy, even if there are those moments as well, and it's a Romeo and Julius like romance, between a cop and a Yakuza. But if you consider the Yakuza looks like a middle age school boys, and that his wrongdoings seems more like juvenile acts, then the drama is out of the picture, and only the romance remains. To me it's a bit too long as a series, but indeed, you can get attached to the characters and it's nice to see their development.