Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #delinquent(107)

These stories were fun and full of sexy love. I especially loved the first one with the delinquent. The onsen scene was quite steamy (ba dum tss!)

Taketora and Shiota were irresistible. I love a character that has a scary face and tough appearance but is a kind person. I also loved how the kawaii Shiota wasn’t a pushover and could hold his own when needed and how he found Taketora to be totally his type. I could happily read more chapters on this pair. I also loved the bass player and singer from the band story. Similarly, a guy with a bit of a tough and edgy demeanour falling for a cute innocent looking type, only this time each had a personality that matched their exteriors. I loved Ume’s possessive side, especially when anyone got too close to Shiro and I loved Shiro’s energetic happiness and ‘shine’ moments.

A romance with a ghost. A younger sibling with a serious brother complex. Well..it’s different thats for sure. I found the story interesting but it felt very incomplete. I can’t really see a future while Taiga stays a non ageing youth and Ryouta grows old and where Taiga never gets to grow with his partner and work and get out to experience life.

Revenge plot targeting his bully. A dark sister with a knack for potions. A friend with a penchant for nosebleeds. This story was off the wall fun and unpredictable. The 2 MCs are a rebellious, delinquent style bully and his rebellious, gloomy victim. When the tables are turned with a clever plot, these 2 guys are both in for some surprises. Lots of fun, beautiful art and some nice erotic moments, this is well worth a read.

This was a super sweet shounen-ai with love flourishing between the new transfer student and the class delinquent, “Mad Dog” (Tsukada). Each boy seemed to understand the other well from the beginning. Tsukada saw through the fake smiles of Fujino-kun and Fujino saw beyond the straight speaking delinquent to the kind guy beneath.

A fun read, totally impossible to take seriously. These two childhood friends battle it out to see who will be the top. In a race to the finish, who gets there first?

I love when a bad boy falls for a good guy and in this manga there are two adorable couples to follow. The first story has the cute Aya-chan who has a predisposition (as he calls it) to make people fall wildly in love with him when he doesn’t wear his protective glasses. Off to a new school full of frightening delinquents, he catches the attention of number one scary guy, Horiguchi. What I really like about this story is that Horiguchi is a genuinely scary guy able and willing to fight when needed but he is so very possessive and protective of Aya-chan. This story is classic opposites attract and full of surprises and sweet moments. The second story follows Horiguchi’s older brother when he was at school and met the boy he loved. Another delinquent but this time paired with a masochist who can see the pain beneath the bullies mask, these guys were absolutely adorable. I loved their story.

This was a very cute story with the little timid uke and the scary big delinquent. I love stories with delinquents who have a soft spot for their partner and even as a one shot that was pretty fast paced this was still adorable.

Really great story with some powerful themes. I am loving that Chiwoo ended up with Kyujin because that beautiful man put Chiwoo first and above his own selfish desires. Jihyun and Chiwoo have all those school years together but Jihyuns’ love was selfish. He isolated his friend, hurt anyone who got close to him, stole any girl interested in him. I have read stories where some of these behaviours have been part of a couples story, but what made them stand out was that the obsessive partner always cherished their love interest in a good story. While yes, Jihyun loved Chiwoo, his love was controlling and abusive. There is something selfish in him, or broken, that may likely be a consequence of his upbringing and horrible parent. But it’s not Chiwoo’s job in life to fix someone who refuses to listen to him and respect his thoughts. Someone who raped him. Someone who has traumatised him to the point of throwing up. There can never be safety, trust or real love in that kind of relationship. Thank you so much to the author for giving Chiwoo a love who wants him to be the best he can be, who actively helps him, who respects boundaries yet openly chases him. His cute puppy like mannerisms are balanced by the strength of character he has, the guy is a sweetheart for sure. Any other ending and I would hate it. Chiwoo would forever be a victim at Jihyun’s side and Jihyun needs SERIOUS counselling before even thinking about a relationship with someone new.

A short S&M story of a high school delinquent and the classmate who stumbles upon his secret.