BL Manga

Flip Flip Slowly by Mame Ootako manga cover featuring Hagiwara and Yabumi sitting in a car. Review by nostalgiadepartment.com

Review: Flip Flip Slowly

While some manga can feel the pressure of rushing out its story, especially for a single volume series, Flip Flip Slowly does the opposite and takes a leisurely stroll with how it feels to get to know someone over time.

Play Me Softly by Kakeru Tsukino manga cover featuring Aihara and Hayama embracing. Review by nostalgiadepartment.com

Manga Review: Play Me Softly

We’ve all had those friends we’ve fallen out of touch with. Not necessarily for negative reasons, but oftentimes because life just becomes busy. You can’t help but wonder about that person. Sometimes you might feel the urge to reach out and try to make a connection again, other times you might run into them again because the world can sometimes feel small. 

Manga Review: Monster and Ghost Volume 1

While looking for something spooky to read this month for Halloween, I stumbled on the new manga release Monster and Ghost by Himemiko. The cover immediately captured my attention in addition since it appears to show a man kissing a spectral hand. I also wanted to learn more  about the title. I ended up going into this fairly blind, choosing to avoid the summary before I started reading.

Manga Review: Touch Within the Abyss

The breathtaking cover of Touch Within the Abyss immediately captured my interest and prompted me to purchase a copy. I almost found it impossible to believe this manga is the debut work of Moyori Mori. As I continued reading, I found myself swept up in a sweet and gentle story between two men who feel trapped by the world around them.

Manga Review: Beautiful Things

The meet cute is one of the most important parts of a story. It sets the tone for how two characters will interact throughout the rest. Whether they’re total strangers brought together by happenstance or they just happen to turn a specific way in a crowd and catch a special someone’s eye, the meet cute is the building block of any romance story. 

But what happens when the meet cute builds a rocky emotional foundation for a relationship? For me, Beautiful Things by Nao Inui has one of the shakiest starts.