Love is Better the Second Time Around (2024)

 I have my reserve on Love is Better the Second Time Around, mostly due probably to the sexual dynamics between Miyata Akihiro and Iwanaga Takashi, I had always the feeling that it was not a well balanced relationship. Said that, this Japanese drama confirms my assumption that Japanese drama are always esthetically beautiful, and when it arrives to the sex scene (if they arrive to it, in this case they do), they are sexy but not trashy. Japanese tend to be very brainy, and they are always restrained, by absurb they are more restrained in feelings than in actions: they can probably have sex between men, but admit their feelings is all other level of intimacy. Love is Better the Second Time Around kept my interest alive, probably since it was just 6 short episode, a total of 2 hours and half, easily watchable in one go. HEA. You can see it on GagaOOLala. Heat Level: 6/6.

Heat Level:

1/6: glances, caress, hugs, no kisses

2/6: kisses, closed mouth or camera angles

3/6: full kisses, clothes on

4/6: full kisses, some clothes off, hands above the waist, pants stay on

5/6: most clothes off, they have sex, but it’s masked, no sexy sounds

6/6: full nudity mostly hidden by camera angles, they have sex, sexy sounds

Two of Hearts by Kano Miyamoto

 

Haruya, a magazine article writer, is constantly frustrating his editors with his lack of inspiration. However, upon meeting a shy boy undressing on the beach, their lives become linked. An unusual relationship follows that will ultimately be beneficial for the both of them.

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

Lover’s Pledge by Kae Maruya

 

Kazuto wakes up one morning with a killer hangover. Not only that, he is in a strange bed with an even stranger man! Kazuto has no memory whatsoever of the previous night. But, according to his bedmate, Takasugi, he sold himself for $10,000. Luckily, Kazuto had his wits about him to stipulate only a month of servitude...

A fall-in-love-with-my-master story full of titillating love arrives in Kae Maruya’s highly-anticipated debut comic!

My Rate: 8 (amzn.to/3Q2kIz9)