Happy Crappy Life, Vol. 3

ハッピークソライフ [Happy Kuso Life] #3

by Harada

Kyoutarou thought his life was ruined. He thought he would never be able to go back to Tokyo after how his office treated him the last time he went into town for an assignment. But now the big boss himself is asking him to come back! And what is even more surprising is how Sakura may have been behind this recall! This means a celebration is in order! This also may mean some painful good-byes! And how will Yoshiyuki take this news?!

Genres: Manga, Boys Love, LGBT, Comedy, Yaoi, Adult, Graphic Novels

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2022

About the author

Harada (name in Japanese: はらだ) is a Japanese mangaka and doujinsha.

For Japanese-only doujinshi, anthologies, magazines, please see the Japanese profile.

Doujinshi circle:
パライソ (Paraiso)
は (Ha/Wa)

Pixiv: はらだ

Reviews

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lot less disjointed than the previous volume, so I like it better. Also, the cover with both of them in onsen yukata is really nice.

- It's so funny to me that people are trying to read into the deeper meaning of Reo's presence. Is he a damning example of how bad BL manga are with consent? (What have you been reading because that trope isn't as trendy as it used to be?) Is he written as a parody of non-con in BL? (Even if he's played straight?) And readers just ... didn't consider Reo is there because it's funny? The humour in the series is meant to be off-colour and shocking. Reo fits right in.

- I will continue to wish for more Reo/Kasuya moments. Kasuya's terror and admiration for the D continues to amuse me.

- We actually have story happening! I guess their lives need to be shaken up a bit and we can't stay in the countryside forever, so Sakura the bar owner helps Kasuya get his job back at his old company. Since Kasuya's coming back to Tokyo, Kuzuya feels a bit more pressure to accept Reo's job offer. He only agrees in the end because he'd be working with Botan as a boss instead of Reo.

Kuzuya tries to stay at Kasuya's swanky apartment (that turns out to be surrounded by units that are considered stigmatised property (as in people died there or something bad happened)), but since their lifestyles are completely different, there's a bit of tension between them. Kasuya's elite snobbishness comes out in full force because he's back in his element and he's also getting bullied at work.

And honestly, Kasuya is my favourite, but he's trash. He's the type of trash who was an elite in the company and thinks too highly of himself (even if he's actually good at his job), so I never expected anything much from him to begin with. Kasuya tends to be the tsukkomi to Kuzuya's bokke, but at the end of the day, Kuzuya is more normal and easier to empathise with.

But in the end, I think they're getting better at talking to each other and expressing themselves. Kasuya telling Kuzuya that he's never afraid when he and Kuzuya are fucking (compared to his terrified reaction to Reo) is really cute.

- I needed to finish vol3 because it's been gathering dust on my shelf and vol4 is coming out next month.

[Jen (thisbeereads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

two oddball fwbs continue to share one braincell

[Camille Crak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une série vraiment pas prise de tête, je me les relis tous à chaque sortie parce que vraiment c'est beaucoup trop drôle 😂😭 J'aime beaucoup !

[María González Gil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se supera en cada tomo. Ahora nuestra pareja se ha ido a vivir a Tokio, son cosmopolitas. Las situaciones absurdas se suceden unas tras otras y las risas están aseguradas. Cómo me gusta esta serie.

[zy忍 · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's the start of something...romantic?

[Aras · Rating 3 out of 5]

Siguen siendo tontísimos pero es que es super gracioso el humor de mierda este.

[nukes · Rating 2 out of 5]

i get that theyre like frenemy fucking or whatever but i need them to fall in love already im getting annoyed

[Lexyloowoo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had read this previously, but for some reason, this was kind of hard for me to finish. It definitely wasn’t a boring story. It is just as consistent as the others, but I think I was so invested in Leo and the other character brought in in the previous story that really that’s where my head turned to and that’s what I wanted. I wanted those two characters to get together. That is where my head went. I had so many questions reading this one. Such as the new coworker, who does she have a crush on? Are they gonna go back to Tokyo? Are we gonna get any flashbacks of the bar owner with her other job?

[Estrella Inglés · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yo es que no puedo con este manga. Es horriblemente gracioso.
El humor que tiene es horrible, de mal gusto, pero es que cada vez que leo un tomo nuevo me alegra la vida. Son tan imbéciles los protagonistas que da igual si les pasa algo malo, te ríes, porque se lo merecen. Ojalá pronto el siguiente tomo. Y ojalá el slowburn avance un poquito, porque hay algunos paneles, que no son tan de humor, que me matan por dentro.

[MunWolfieSNM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yo me lo paso genial con estos dos gilipollas, son tan ridículos que me paso el tomo entero sonriendo.

Y aunque su relación no avanza, a veces sí tienen momentitos en los que se ve que cada vez se importan más, aunque ambos sigan negándose a admitirlo.

Desde luego es muy diferente a cualquier otro BL y me gusta mucho, me entretiene mucho y me lo paso muy bien leyéndolo.

[palvoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

💀

[Nayli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Debería tener esperanzas de que esto será más que un bromance algún día?🦦

[laiaowo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tan divertido como los anteriores. Muy ameno.
Sigo flipando con la imaginación de la autora y sin entender de donde la saca.

[Kahli · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8

[Jourdy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the weirdest love story I swear

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was a bit less zany than the previous two volumes but I liked that it really focused in on the two men's relationship as they prepare to move to Tokyo.

[Milenrrama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este manga es divertidísimo. Tiene un humor muy burro, tanto que a veces patina en exceso (sobre todo con Leo), pero incluso en este caso ha ido encontrando el tomo. Y, cuando menos te lo esperas y más te estás riendo porque los personajes les están pasando cosas malas (y es gracioso, porque son TAN IMBÉCILES) de pronto te saca un par de paneles donde te pega con todo el slowburn. Sin duda, no es un manga para todo el mundo (entre el humor burro con el que explora los fetiches y lo explícito y gráfico que es), pero Harada sabe narrar que te cagas xD.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kasuya's been kind of a jerk, but he was kind of worst this volume? Like he was just so mean to Yoshiyuki and Yoshiyuki seemed kind of over it so maybe that's why it bothered me more. I was also hoping to see more progression in their relationship this volume, but Kasuya was acting like such a clown it was hard for it to go anywhere.

I will reread this sometime soon now that all the chapters are out I want to read them altogether. Maybe I'll like them more? But as of right now, not my fave.

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aquest volum se centra en la tornada a Tòquio del ros, amb la qual cosa els capítols segueixen un mateix fil i es perd una mica el format estil gag dels darrers dos volums. Per tot plegat crec que no m'han fet tanta gràcia, a excepció del capítol de l'onsen, que és delirant. Aquí comencem a intuir una evolució romàntica de la relació, però moooooolt slow burn. Espero que el quart volum s'acabi materialitzant sense perdre l'essència humorística.