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“30-year-old salaryman Yoshino seeks first gay experience with college playboy Rou, facing love vs. moving on dilemma.”
I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love
恋をするつもりはなかった
7.6
5,088 readers · 39 favorites
Boys Love
Erotica
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Synopsis
30-year-old salaryman Yoshino seeks first gay experience with college playboy Rou, facing love vs. moving on dilemma.
On the eve of his 30th birthday, salaryman Yoshino Kiritani decides to go to a gay bar in the hopes of having sex with another man for the first time. He is quickly charmed by college student Rou Nishijima, and the two spend a night together. However, while Yoshino hopes that they can grow even closer, Rou seems ready to move on and continue his playboy ways. In a tale of late first love, Yoshino struggles to decide whether to move on or try to make their relationship into something more.
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recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Mar 2021 → May 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Minta Suzumaru did an amazing job with this manga!!! This story had such a cute romance ! The art style was very pretty, not like the usual stereotypical BL style and the characters were designed...”
- 10 “Yaoi and drama generally go hand in hand, but it's not often that I come across a manga where this is done both realistically and believably. I'd wager that most yaoi works out there are based on...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Dec 2018 – Aug 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53554 catalog