??????? what were these stories the first one - i understood what the mangaka was going for but TWO YEARS????? ARE YOU JOKING ME. and the fact that the guy who was left (idr the name) thought that it was bc of him and yukihito literally never like reaffirmed him. like im sorry what. it felt like a one sided relationship man like ok i get it you’re insecure bc it’s a man-man relationship and it’s not accepted and blablabla but leaving your lover for two fucking years w nothing but a note saying ‘thanks for everything’ and not even reaching out to him until your BROTHER forces you to is SO stupid to me. like, what abt your lover huh???like idk abt you but if MY lover, who I’ve known since university and have been living together with and was planning to get married with btw did this to me I’d think i was the problem. i feel like what the lover (i think his name was takaoka?) did was completely justified. like all yukihito had to do was speak to him. +++++ what pissed me off the most was that takaoka was the only one doing the words of affirmation part here like bffr id be depressed af if i were him and I’d be so insecure like WGERES TAKAOKA HEALING PART. heck, the brother has a more healthier relationship than them.
and the second story oh my GOD. what the fuck did i just read i swear to god i thought takao did not give like two shits abt the guy and treated him like a piece of crap ++++ i was rooting for madoka to be his lover instead like
in short, what both of the stories needed was C O M M U N I C A T I O N
Ch.1-3 - Runaway at 3 AM - Two years ago, Takaoka's lover Yukihito left their home with only a note, and Takaoka didn't chase him. Now, a young man who claims to be Yukihito has appeared, though he's too young. It turns out he's Yukihito's younger brother, Naoto, and he gives Takaoka the push to find out why things ended between them two years ago. Ch.2 includes the story of Naoto and why he ran away from his lover, Ise, kicking off this whole thing. No trigger warnings.
Ch.4-5 - Sense of Love - Nagi and his childhood friend, Takao, have been friends with benefits for years, but when they graduated and Takao suddenly moved away, Nagi was left sexually frustrated, so he propositioned his friend Madoka instead. Madoka insists that only lovers should do that, but agrees to a trial relationship of a week in which he's very sweet to Nagi and helps him to see what his relationship with Takao really meant to him all along. No trigger warnings.
The other stories were ok but wth happened with the last one? That and the lack of communication in all of these stories just bro wUt? I get running away from problems cause bruh me and my escapist tendencies are waging but even me and my Asian fam have better communication than this
Also +10000 points for Madoke best boi. If you don't want him, I'll have him.
I apologize; I only quickly scanned it. I solely read Madoka's dialogue-based scenes. He is the cutest and finest. Marry me, give me a kiss, and fasten me.
It appears that I'm a little in need of a sweet and considerate guy like Madoka.