Window to Window by Lee Aru

 

Childhood friends Ginu and Yubin live in separate apartments in separate buildings right next to each other – so close, in fact, they can talk to each other and see into each other’s apartments through their windows. But Yubin’s long-held secret is revealed one day when Ginu sees him doing something naughty through the window...

My Rate: 7 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/window_en)

Window to Window is sort of cute since it's about young lovers (college students). It's also mostly about sex, and by the way, these two boys are totally naivee to matters related to safe sex: doing it while inhebriated, without using condoms, or even having sex for the first time with a one night stand, that like Yubin was a decent man, but could have been really a dangerous situation. So in a way, it's a true story, since Ginu and Yubin are learning the things of life and they are two boys just starting their independent life. It's good luck to them that nothing bad really happens, and that they can reach their happily ever after unscathed. Nice graphic, even if, indeed, there is a bit too much sex.

Room to Room by Lee Aru

 

Dowan is a typical college kid who loves to workout and hang out with his friends. But when his secret crush becomes his roommate, how will he be able to control his urges? To make matters worse, his crush-cum-roommate, Chamin, suffers from “sexsomnia.” He completely forgets his sexual episodes the next day. This leads to steamy nights between the two but leaves Dowan feeling empty when things go back to normal the next day. His heart broken anew every day, Dowan just has to figure out a way to make his roommate his boyfriend for real...

My Rate: 7 (https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/roomtoroom)

If Window to Window was mostly about sex but cute, its sequel about side couple Dowan and Chamin is just about sex. The graphic is still nice, and yes, also the sex is nice, but I still cringe a little seeing that again these two are venturing into a sex relationship without being aware of its consequences... actually in this case Chamin is really unaware, since he is having a bad case of sexinsonnia, and Dowan at first doesn't realize it. Not that when he realizes it things change a lot... If I have to find a merit on this story is that Dowan is a real gay character, and not someone who is gay since he is in love with a man. Dowan is gay even before meeting Chamin, and it just happens that Chamin is totally his type... with the only big problem that Chamin has a girlfriend. Luckily when they start having sex, Chamin has been dumped by his girlfriend, so there is no cheating happening. Room to Love is a short sequel to Room to Room and is about Dowan doing his military service: I quite liked this glimpse on the real life of a South Korean young man.

Minori's Hand by Scarlet Beriko

 

The chiropractors, oasis, is no place for ordinary customers. It caters for all sorts from hotshot, crime syndicate leaders to nationally popular celebrities. Even those socially depicted as assertive are no match to the touch of Dr. Minori Shigehumi's magic fingers. Overflowing with affection, Dr. Minori's technique leads their heated bodies to a greater level of satisfaction......

My Rate: 7 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/minorishand)

If I hadn't read Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato, I would have been sad for the young yakuza leader, so don't be worried for him. Said that, I like Scarlet Beriko, and so it was a given that I liked also this one, even if I think it is one of her earlier work. The graphic is a little less stylish than Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato or Jealousy, but the story is, as always, a mix of romance with a little sadistic side. But even if a little bit twisted, her characters nevertheless have always a nice happy ending.

Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato by Scarlet Beriko

A young yakuza boss has a sexy encounter with his wild side when his family’s dirty business becomes personal.

The last thing playboy Tatsuyuki Oyamato, fourth-generation heir to a yakuza family syndicate, wants is any responsibility for running the family business, especially when a recent erotic encounter with a male masseur has him totally preoccupied with questioning his sexuality! But Tatsuyuki’s forced to step up both in the sheets and on the streets when a hot hookup deepens his newfound attraction to men, while also drawing the attention of a mysterious man who seems dangerously obsessed with Tatsuyuki’s lineage…

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

This is the manga that made me fell in love with Scarlet Beriko. It's a pretty twisted story, with twisted characters, but in the end all of them are driven by sincere love. Even the villain is so good and interesting that you wish for him to have his happily ever after (spoiler: read Jealoisy). Tatsuyuki is probably the most beautiful yakuza character I have ever read and he is the yakuza every romance should have. His love for Nozomi is so pure in the midst of all devilish events and it remains so even after what Tatsuyuki has to go through to protect Nozomi. And it's clear that Nozomi is trying to overcome his juvenile trauma fixating on the only good and pure thing he met in the middle of hell, a young and still innocent Tatsuyuki. Of course the graphic is nice, a give for Scarlet Beriko.