Sayonara Okaeri Itoshisa ni -Koi ni Tsuite, Oshietekurenai ka-
Sosuke thought his life was going well, until his girlfriend dumps him out of the blue. Distraught, he goes to a random bar and drinks his sorrows away. There, he meets the bartender Tsukasa. After getting too wasted, Sosuke gets taken home with Tsukasa for the night, and things evolve in ways he didn’t expect. —- A recent favourite of mine. Firstly, the art style is gorgeous. Love the shading and attention to detail. The character designs themselves are also simple, but appealing. I also liked the story. It’s a simple plot, but it works fairly well. Just two people meeting by chance, and slowly getting closer as they realise their own loneliness. A small thing I appreciated was that Sousuke was pretty quick to just... accept that he has fallen for a dude. That’s pretty rare in BL that feature a “straight” character, since most of them keep being in denial about it. Also, I like how Tsukasa was open and honest about his thoughts and feelings at the end, instead of just moving on without saying anything; so communication. I also just really loved seeing a switch couple, specifically one where it seemed perfectly natural no matter which role either partly had. It was a little short in my opinion, and these two could be easily have kept attention for a couple more chapters, but I’m not really upset about it.
To Dear, My Sorrow