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Toma Sugawa is a cool-headed, unsociable businessman. For some reason, he's not in a relationship, and he spends his life watching the days go by. One thing that has become a part of his daily routine is waking up one of the tenants in his grandfather's apartment complex. That tenant is Kaoru Aida. He has countless alarms go off, and still doesn't wake up until Toma comes in to wake him. On top of that, he asks Toma to wake him up the next morning, without a lick of remorse. With an attitude like that, of course Toma is on the verge of snapping. But one day, Toma goes to wake him up as usual, and Kaoru, still sleepy, pushes him down?!
Enjoy this clumsy, blooming love story between an inconsiderate guy and a guy still stuck on his ex!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "The Seduction of the Deep Sleeper"
Enjoy this clumsy, blooming love story between an inconsiderate guy and a guy still stuck on his ex!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "The Seduction of the Deep Sleeper"
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First published December 1, 2025
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January 2, 2026
I really liked this. It's such a good depiction of the early stages of a relationship - when you don't know the person all that well, but you have a strong attraction and an interest in spending a whole lot more time together.
There are a couple scenes early on that could be seen as dubcon, but I didn't really take them that way. The first was Aida genuinely just thinking he was still dreaming - even after a couple weeks of having your landlord's grandson waking you up at 6 AM, you still aren't entirely used to an actual real life person leaning over you and tickling your ear while you're sleeping. (It's the only way Toma found to reliably wake Aida up, who drinks too much at night and raises the ire of the other residents when his too-many-alarms blare endlessly.)
The second time was a bit more iffy, but it was actually Aida who was inhibited at this point, again from too much alcohol. He still keeps a clear head and stops whenever Toma actually does want to get away from him - which is conveyed through a steady stream of Toma's inner thoughts as he gets frustrated with himself over how much he is responding to this annoying (but handsome and well-built and weirdly charming) tenant. His hesitation is mostly because of lingering hurt over an old relationship that he's never quite gotten over...but with Aida making serious moves on him, he's starting to think he might finally be ready to try again.
After that, Aida is entirely respectful of Toma's boundaries and even asks every time before kissing him. Which is all they're doing once they start sharing a bed every night...mostly just so Toma doesn't have to wake him up in the mornings...but also because Toma's realized there's a lot more depth to Aida, and both of them have been extremely lonely for a long time.
Like I said, they still don't know each other super well just yet. They've gone on one real date and mostly just talk and kiss a little bit at night and in the mornings, so they're slowly learning things...like Aida's strained relationship with the mother who'd abandoned him, and Toma's ex-boyfriend and similarly estranged parents.
One of the things Toma actually likes most about Aida, that tips him over into wanting to date him, is how deeply kind and selfless Aida is. His mother was awful to him when he was a kid and is awful to him now, sponging money off him and literally throwing things at him from her hospital bed, but he keeps going to visit her after day after work because he doesn't want her to be alone.
Toma compares this against how he hasn't spoken to his parents in ten years - since they found out he was gay and dating one of his male classmates, and he fled to his grandfather's house, where he could be accepted and loved. That relationship is so good and so important. I love how much he and his grandfather care about and take care of each other.
A grandfather who adroitly fields a call from Toma's ex-boyfriend, Rui, who's suddenly back in the picture and wanting to know where Toma lives. I liked how all of this was handled: his grandfather's steady support, and Toma being careful to give Rui a response, waiting to be sure he'd read his texts, before blocking him. He has some big hangups still about leaving anyone waiting for answers, since it has been ten years since he'd last heard from Rui. They'd never actually broken up, and Rui had ignored all of his texts after their outing at school.
I even liked Rui tracking down and trying to talk to Aida, whom he'd seen hugging Toma in a park on their date. The tension and aggressively polite verbal battle was brilliantly handled.
Toma and Aida haven't talked to each other yet about Rui, but it does seem like that's on the horizon. Right now, Toma is just basking in how wonderful it is to have a boyfriend who shows him he cares and who talks openly about their future together. The quiet wishes that he'd met Aida when he was younger, instead of Rui, or shortly after Rui, were wrenching. A first love really can be devastating, especially when it ends because outside parties tore you apart before you even had a chance to figure out your own feelings. Toma is finally letting himself start to process some of the hurt and to let go of it, and I'm very interested in seeing how that pans out over the next two books.
There are a couple scenes early on that could be seen as dubcon, but I didn't really take them that way. The first was Aida genuinely just thinking he was still dreaming - even after a couple weeks of having your landlord's grandson waking you up at 6 AM, you still aren't entirely used to an actual real life person leaning over you and tickling your ear while you're sleeping. (It's the only way Toma found to reliably wake Aida up, who drinks too much at night and raises the ire of the other residents when his too-many-alarms blare endlessly.)
The second time was a bit more iffy, but it was actually Aida who was inhibited at this point, again from too much alcohol. He still keeps a clear head and stops whenever Toma actually does want to get away from him - which is conveyed through a steady stream of Toma's inner thoughts as he gets frustrated with himself over how much he is responding to this annoying (but handsome and well-built and weirdly charming) tenant. His hesitation is mostly because of lingering hurt over an old relationship that he's never quite gotten over...but with Aida making serious moves on him, he's starting to think he might finally be ready to try again.
After that, Aida is entirely respectful of Toma's boundaries and even asks every time before kissing him. Which is all they're doing once they start sharing a bed every night...mostly just so Toma doesn't have to wake him up in the mornings...but also because Toma's realized there's a lot more depth to Aida, and both of them have been extremely lonely for a long time.
Like I said, they still don't know each other super well just yet. They've gone on one real date and mostly just talk and kiss a little bit at night and in the mornings, so they're slowly learning things...like Aida's strained relationship with the mother who'd abandoned him, and Toma's ex-boyfriend and similarly estranged parents.
One of the things Toma actually likes most about Aida, that tips him over into wanting to date him, is how deeply kind and selfless Aida is. His mother was awful to him when he was a kid and is awful to him now, sponging money off him and literally throwing things at him from her hospital bed, but he keeps going to visit her after day after work because he doesn't want her to be alone.
Toma compares this against how he hasn't spoken to his parents in ten years - since they found out he was gay and dating one of his male classmates, and he fled to his grandfather's house, where he could be accepted and loved. That relationship is so good and so important. I love how much he and his grandfather care about and take care of each other.
A grandfather who adroitly fields a call from Toma's ex-boyfriend, Rui, who's suddenly back in the picture and wanting to know where Toma lives. I liked how all of this was handled: his grandfather's steady support, and Toma being careful to give Rui a response, waiting to be sure he'd read his texts, before blocking him. He has some big hangups still about leaving anyone waiting for answers, since it has been ten years since he'd last heard from Rui. They'd never actually broken up, and Rui had ignored all of his texts after their outing at school.
I even liked Rui tracking down and trying to talk to Aida, whom he'd seen hugging Toma in a park on their date. The tension and aggressively polite verbal battle was brilliantly handled.
Toma and Aida haven't talked to each other yet about Rui, but it does seem like that's on the horizon. Right now, Toma is just basking in how wonderful it is to have a boyfriend who shows him he cares and who talks openly about their future together. The quiet wishes that he'd met Aida when he was younger, instead of Rui, or shortly after Rui, were wrenching. A first love really can be devastating, especially when it ends because outside parties tore you apart before you even had a chance to figure out your own feelings. Toma is finally letting himself start to process some of the hurt and to let go of it, and I'm very interested in seeing how that pans out over the next two books.
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