Mitsuka, Volume 3

Mitsuka #3

by Akabeko

Leo is host at a nightclub, and he always thought he had no interest in men — until he slept with Takahiro, a sex worker who introduced him to pleasures he'd never felt before. Now, sex with women doesn’t satisfy him, and after begging Takahiro to sleep with him again, they agree to a “friends with benefits” arrangement.But just when Leo thinks he may be falling in love, one of his best customers asks him to sleep with her. Takahiro catches him in the act, and things take a dark turn…

Genres: Manga, Romance, Adult, LGBT, Yaoi, M M Romance, Fiction

Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2024

About the author

Birthday: February 24th

Inclinations: Heartrending story

Pixiv: akabeko

Instagram: ranchiki_iberiko

「かべうち」[kabe-uchiroom]: akabeko

Reviews

[syh]

I'm giving this kinda like a 2.95 stars...not for the plot (its bad) but for the humor. This volume was really fucking funny ngl.

[♡ Dakota ♡ (Sarcasm is my middle name)]

Meh. Two Stars.

[Molin]

YES HE'S STRAIGHT. THE STRAIGHTEST SCOLIOSIS.

[Ester]

Era necesario este flashback para conocer cómo comenzó a cimentarse la relación entre Leo y Takahiro, así como para conocer mejor al propio Takahiro. Me ha gustado estar todo el tomo en su mente y poder saber cómo se va enamorando locamente de Leo.

Leer la reseña completa en mi blog:
https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...

[Yeollie]

Takahiro and Reo have a transactional relationship, but they move in together to facilitate their arrangement. The structure is a little confusing, but the story’s been getting good!

Given Mitsuka’s confusing structure, I’d recommend reading them back-to-back in this order: Volume 3, 1, 2.

This is a PWP, but it’s confusing the first time you read it. Volume 1 throws you into the action with little to no explanation, Vol. 2 has the plot’s development, and Vol. 3 is pre-Vol. 1 context.

Overall thoughts
Mitsuka is for a specific audience given its trope. Misunderstandings and miscommunication are a huge part of the story. Although the plot isn’t the strongest point, it’s still interesting. It shines in the spicy scenes, and as a PWP, it does its primary selling point justice. Despite its caveats, the art is beautiful, and the spice is done well. Just be prepared to have patience with the plot.

Who is this manga for
I’d recommend this to manga fans who don’t mind a complicated story. Misunderstandings and miscommunication are essential to the plot, so fans of the tropes, or patient tropes will likely enjoy this PWP with a plot.

Check out the full review on the blog: https://yeolliestorytime.com/mitsuka-...

[MunWolfieSNM]

No entiendo por qué este tomo no es el 1. Me hubiera venido genial para entender cómo empezó su relación y disfrutar más del después.

Creo que este es el que más me ha gustado de los tres, sin haberme encantado. Conocemos mejor el punto de vista del jefe y cómo empezó a sentir cosas por Leo que en los otros tomos ya están ahí.

Aún así siguen sin contarme su primera vez. Yo no sé si es que está en el tomo del que sale esta historia, pero si vas a hacer un manga nuevo sobre una pareja nueva aunque se los haya mencionado ya y no cuentas su primera vez en esta nueva historia, no lo pongas como número 1, o advierteme que tengo que leer el otro antes para entenderlo.

Ya no tengo más así que aunque sigan sacando no creo que lea más.

[Mariána K]

Trigger warnings: explicit, BL.

Only took three volumes to finally tell you how they met. Absolutely bare bones storytelling here. And it's not like the explicit stuff is making up for the lack of story either. It's just rambling and borderline boring. The worst part is there was actually a seed of potential in this volume. You actually could feel the romance to some degree.

I think that it's kind of important to understanding the relationship between the two characters in a romance to know how they meet. Especially when their first meeting includes prostitution. This is totally taking a page from pretty woman without telling you. Very frustrating storytelling. So while this volume was better than the first two, it's still not a series I would recommend to anybody.

[ℂ ✧]

Una seqüela innecessària i que es nota afegida amb calçador per explicar-nos el passat del Takahiro i com es va anar enamorant del Mareo malgrat les reticències d'estar amb un noi hetero per una mala experiència del passat. Entretinguda, però massa forçada, no acaba de lligar amb el final del darrer volum :/

[Cheyenne Davey]

?? I'm so lost. why is this vol. 3? this would've been a waaaaay better vol. 1. it's all backstory. which would've been a way nicer set up than whatever was the crazy start of vol. 1. like I enjoyed this one the most thus far cuz the story is forming and the set up is there. where the first one felt all over the place and had 0 story direction.
definitely my favorite so far.

[Alicia Gourdine]

A trip to the beginning!

I enjoyed this back story of how they got together. The graphics and storytelling were once again spot on and very entertaining! Can’t wait for the next one!

[Dayamarali Espinosa]

Reading this on Hoopla App, now that I complete vol 3 of the series, It has me a little confused because this backstory seems to be vol 1 but it is put on vol 3. I wonder if this Vol 3 is the first backstory there? I am still in between 3.5 or 4 stars.

[Camron Winger]

This was hilarious. I loved the deeper focus on the bottoms career choices and how that was messing up the relationship. The comments in this one seemed to be more focused on fun and that was something I needed to be reading at the time so I appreciated that.

[meelee]

takahiro's pov

[DonutKnow]

I like seeing it from Takahiro’s perspective but I thought they’d go a bit deeper than just the earlier parts of their relationship- still it was interesting to see! 😍❤️

[Mabel]

The prequel

[Carolina]

This should’ve been vol 1 😵‍💫

[Alien Josten]

3.5 stars

[Vanna Lester]

3.5 🌟 I like that we get to see the build up between them from friends with benefits to more

[Briana]

So cutesy! IM having the time of ,y life

[Sushie]

Read like volume 2 and i was looking forward to them growing together

[Hisgirl85]

3 stars. Back to confusion