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Bad Boys, Happy Home #2
Bad Boys, Happy Home, Vol. 2
Sometimes all it takes is a good fistfight to find true love!
Akamatsu has problems at home, while Seven doesn’t even have a home. When these two strangers meet, fighting soothes their troubled souls, opening up room for something more.
High school bad boy Akamatsu allows Seven, a homeless guy living in a nearby park, to crash at his place for a few months. But one day Seven up and kisses him! Things get awkward after that until one night when their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
Akamatsu has problems at home, while Seven doesn’t even have a home. When these two strangers meet, fighting soothes their troubled souls, opening up room for something more.
High school bad boy Akamatsu allows Seven, a homeless guy living in a nearby park, to crash at his place for a few months. But one day Seven up and kisses him! Things get awkward after that until one night when their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 16, 2020
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February 8, 2023
You can't end it there!!!!
March 12, 2022
This went from zero to fifty in no time flat. Seven's past begins to rear it's incredibly ugly head, and I could easily see it turning people off from the book - his brother Eight's may absolutely be a bridge too far. It makes sense in the context of what we at this point know about their past, but wow, it is not easy reading.
On the plus side, the book also has one of the absolute funniest aquarium date scenes I've ever read, so there's that.
On the plus side, the book also has one of the absolute funniest aquarium date scenes I've ever read, so there's that.
August 9, 2025
This series could've been slice of life perfection without the yakuza plot, but the two main characters are simply too good to care about anything else. Actually, it's been a while since I've been rooting this hard for two characters. Aisuke's got a heart of gold under that rough appearence and Seven telling him he can start having expectations now he's with him was everything.
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August 28, 2021
Ver cómo va avanzando su relación es una gozada. Tiene un toque diferente a otros BL y eso está muy bien, le da más personalidad.
La parte que atañe al pasado de Seven me cuesta un poco seguirla y esa escenita... Hay otras formas de vengarse de la gente menos desagradables. Miedo me da el tercer volúmen ahora que han descubierto dónde está Seven.
La parte que atañe al pasado de Seven me cuesta un poco seguirla y esa escenita... Hay otras formas de vengarse de la gente menos desagradables. Miedo me da el tercer volúmen ahora que han descubierto dónde está Seven.
October 28, 2021
Ay, pero estos doos.... son tan adorables. Me encanta la relación que tienen (en especial que hablan bastante entre ellos, aunque aún les quedan algunos temas por mencionar...👀). Y que Seven lo ayudará así, GRACIAS. Estaba agonizando en esa escena esperando a que apareciera!
June 29, 2025
While I had some suspicions that ended up true regarding Seven's backstory, I was still surprised by how dark some of the content in this volume was. It's a heavy read at times.
But I still very much like our main couple. They're the epitome of dummies in love and their awkwardness feels so authentic.
But I still very much like our main couple. They're the epitome of dummies in love and their awkwardness feels so authentic.
January 31, 2022
OKAY—so, this is going that way... Prostitution, rape. Coughs!
Turns out, this is a psychological drama. I knew something was weird when the clan appeared in volume 1. I just didn't have an idea that it was that kind of clan. I thought Seven was a young master runaway haha! I don't think if this is for me so, I will put volume 3 on hold for now. But I adored their relationship so much and I love the art style.
Turns out, this is a psychological drama. I knew something was weird when the clan appeared in volume 1. I just didn't have an idea that it was that kind of clan. I thought Seven was a young master runaway haha! I don't think if this is for me so, I will put volume 3 on hold for now. But I adored their relationship so much and I love the art style.
October 11, 2022
Darker tones came into the story. It gave a roller-coaster ride feeling to the plot. Anything could happen Easy to keep reading as I wanted this tense relationship to work out. I guess Book 3 is mandatory. MC is staying innocent, which is nice.
3.5 (for the dark triggers - underage prostitution/drugs)
3.5 (for the dark triggers - underage prostitution/drugs)
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May 23, 2020Los amo, son taaaaaan lindos que me va a dar diabetes, y alguna que otra cosa con Eight, que me pone los pelos de punta
March 26, 2022
More like 3.5 stars. This was a back and forth of conflicting emotions. Either it was super adorable or it was uncomfortably horrifying.
November 1, 2021
Que divertido es este manga. Nunca falta ese capítulo super loco con el que te ríes más de lo normal. La trama de la yakuza cada vez se torna más cruda y peligrosa, a la vez que la relación entre los personajes avanza. Adoro a Akamatsu y seven. Es que son tan brutos y adorables. ¡Que ganas de leer el tercer y último tomo!
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February 6, 2022
4.5 stars
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March 4, 2022
Realmente son 4,5 estrellas
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March 31, 2022I kind of am enjoying the mixture of emotions this gives: Humor and seriousness as well.
January 6, 2024
Loved it! So good. Took an extremely dark turn at the end though, but what else did i expect from yaoi 🤦♀️
December 18, 2021
Love! Sex! Human trafficking!
Whether it’s a cultural translation issue or just inelegant storytelling, in my illustrious manga reviewing career I’ve talked just oh so much about jarring narrative elements and dark tropes ending up in often fluffy genre of BL. I think of the sexual violence of Caste Heaven, the kidnapping and sexual violence of Fourth Generation Head, the closeted, murdered father and psychotic mother of Therapy Game… basically the entirety of The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese… the suicides, the homophobia, the abusive parents, the stalking, the “if you were with someone else I’ll kill myself” instances, the prostitution… BL writers go to some dark places in a genre that’s, at its root, supposed to be about two (or more) boys in love.
As a person who engages with and critiques the medium, my problem is never with these being included–I’m pretty sure I spent most of my Caste Heaven review talking about depictions of rape in manga. My problem, rather, is with them being included clumsily. Like any storytelling, if you’re going to go to dark places, it has to feel earned, otherwise it just ends up feeling ridiculous or absurd.
In volume 1 of Bad Boys, Happy Home, easily one of my favourite titles of the year, teenage bad boy with a heart of gold Aisuke meets Seven, a young man sleeping in a local park, and challenges him to a fight–it’s what Aisuke does to blow off steam, fighting random local thugs. When he realizes Seven is homeless and about to move on, he invites the mysterious young man to stay with him, at least temporarily, so they can continue fighting. But, of course, their relationship becomes more and more intimate as they learn to live together. We learn that Seven’s mysterious past involved shady business dealings.
See the rest of my review on my BL blog: https://michaellyonswrites.wordpress....
Whether it’s a cultural translation issue or just inelegant storytelling, in my illustrious manga reviewing career I’ve talked just oh so much about jarring narrative elements and dark tropes ending up in often fluffy genre of BL. I think of the sexual violence of Caste Heaven, the kidnapping and sexual violence of Fourth Generation Head, the closeted, murdered father and psychotic mother of Therapy Game… basically the entirety of The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese… the suicides, the homophobia, the abusive parents, the stalking, the “if you were with someone else I’ll kill myself” instances, the prostitution… BL writers go to some dark places in a genre that’s, at its root, supposed to be about two (or more) boys in love.
As a person who engages with and critiques the medium, my problem is never with these being included–I’m pretty sure I spent most of my Caste Heaven review talking about depictions of rape in manga. My problem, rather, is with them being included clumsily. Like any storytelling, if you’re going to go to dark places, it has to feel earned, otherwise it just ends up feeling ridiculous or absurd.
In volume 1 of Bad Boys, Happy Home, easily one of my favourite titles of the year, teenage bad boy with a heart of gold Aisuke meets Seven, a young man sleeping in a local park, and challenges him to a fight–it’s what Aisuke does to blow off steam, fighting random local thugs. When he realizes Seven is homeless and about to move on, he invites the mysterious young man to stay with him, at least temporarily, so they can continue fighting. But, of course, their relationship becomes more and more intimate as they learn to live together. We learn that Seven’s mysterious past involved shady business dealings.
See the rest of my review on my BL blog: https://michaellyonswrites.wordpress....
August 16, 2023
Representation: gay Japanese protagonist, queer Filipino protagonist, Japanese secondary and tertiary characters.
Content Warning: violence, homophobia, parental death, drugs, death, human trafficking. prostitution, paedophilia, child prostitution, blood, organised crime, attempted rape, child abuse.
I imagined this second volume was going to be darker, but I did not realise how much. As the content warnig above lists, there are heavy and complex topics involved, very slightly softened by the comedic and romantic aspects, but still dealt with the right amount of seriousness (in my opinion).
I quickly become invested with this manga and its magnetic protagonists, so I look forward to the last book in this story!
Content Warning: violence, homophobia, parental death, drugs, death, human trafficking. prostitution, paedophilia, child prostitution, blood, organised crime, attempted rape, child abuse.
I imagined this second volume was going to be darker, but I did not realise how much. As the content warnig above lists, there are heavy and complex topics involved, very slightly softened by the comedic and romantic aspects, but still dealt with the right amount of seriousness (in my opinion).
I quickly become invested with this manga and its magnetic protagonists, so I look forward to the last book in this story!
November 18, 2021
God I love them so so so much.
Their relationship moved so much faster than I was expecting, but I loved it. It also got pretty dark towards the end. I mean it's not the worst or darkest thing I've ever read, but it shocked me a little bit. Especially Nana/Seven. I'm super nervous for the next volume, but so excited. I can't wait to read more of them.
Their relationship moved so much faster than I was expecting, but I loved it. It also got pretty dark towards the end. I mean it's not the worst or darkest thing I've ever read, but it shocked me a little bit. Especially Nana/Seven. I'm super nervous for the next volume, but so excited. I can't wait to read more of them.
September 17, 2022
La relation tendre des deux héros se poursuit bien que le passé de Seven est plus que jamais près de le/s rattraper.
Le safe-sex est évoqué, le consentement aussi mais de façon relativement maladroite dans la série je trouve.
Attention, une scène violente et extrêmement glauque au coeur de l'ouvrage, qui poursuit l'évocation de l'exploitation pédocriminelle d'Eight et Seven
Le safe-sex est évoqué, le consentement aussi mais de façon relativement maladroite dans la série je trouve.
Attention, une scène violente et extrêmement glauque au coeur de l'ouvrage, qui poursuit l'évocation de l'exploitation pédocriminelle d'Eight et Seven
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November 18, 2021
Me gusta mucho como va evolucionando la relación de estos dos, el pasado de Seven es cada vez más turbio y su hermanito Eight menuda pieza, que el tipo ese se merecía lo peor, pero eso.. Que asco por favor.. Repugnante. Miedo me da lo que pueda pasar en el volumen 3
May 7, 2022
CW: Torture (Involving cockroaches), Threats involving rape (Not between the couple), Threats of murder (Not between the couple)
I really loved this second volume! We continue to follow our two brawling boys as they begin to live together. We learn more about Seven's past and his dark side, he's involved with a gang and seems to want out. I found their date at the aquarium to be quite sweet and love how realistic this story is. The boys seem like boys, which is refreshing. I highly recommend it if you can handle the content of this volume.
I really loved this second volume! We continue to follow our two brawling boys as they begin to live together. We learn more about Seven's past and his dark side, he's involved with a gang and seems to want out. I found their date at the aquarium to be quite sweet and love how realistic this story is. The boys seem like boys, which is refreshing. I highly recommend it if you can handle the content of this volume.
November 15, 2021
wow Eight y Seven kejeje. Qué felices se veía Akamatsu y Seven juntos
February 14, 2023
3.5 stars!!
October 20, 2025
Ughh… leave them boys alone 😭
July 28, 2021
aish! ahora que al fin se animaba la cosa, aparecen cositas oscuras en el camino. Deseando leer el tres!
May 22, 2021
The ball is slowly dropping and I'm trying to brace myself because this feels like it's gonna be heavier than イベリコ豚. Which... considering they seem to have ties with yakuza like, what else did I expect?
Content warning for forced insect eating, attempted rape, and mentions of child sexual abuse in this volume.
It's wild how we go from a light-hearted date with Akamatsu and Seven in the aquarium, to whatever shit is happening with Eight. Which is of course what the creators intended: we're supposed to see the kind of world Seven escaped and is trying to leave behind vs the kind of life he's currently living with Akamatsu.
We know from what Seven has said in Vol1 that he's done sex work before, which is all very well and good until we realise he's about Akamatsu's age (17) and is honestly not old enough to have this kind of experience. And we see more of that from the flashbacks with Eight and the scene where he deals with a former client who specifically asked for him again (even though he's already 19). The fact this was all arranged by Eight's own dad just adds to the whole fucked-upness of everything.
I've already looked at some chapters from Vol3 so I have an idea what's gonna happen (like I'm glad I didn't start reading until I have all 3 volumes in my shelf), so I just wanted to say. Spoilers for uh, Seven's past.
In this volume, Eight gets back at the old man who used to rape him as a child. That was a really tense and scary scene, and I hope Eight's dad goes to jail.
Eight sees his old pal Seven having fun with Akamatsu and smiling so happily. Seven got away while he's still stuck with the old group, so Eight decided to have revenge. By this time he's become close to Akamatsu, so he invites Akamatsu over to look at his lizards (eek!) and then drugs Akamatsu's drink. Then follows the sort of random chaos I expect from SHOOWA. This part itself is another tense scene, but it also doesn't forget humour as we cut between Eight sending Seven a photo of half-naked Akamatsu to scenes of Seven putting up laundry to dry and accidentally letting Akamatsu's loud boxers fall from the balcony down the street where it gets mauled by someone's dog. Does it show us something bad is gonna happen to Akamatsu? Yes. Is it funny as hell? Yes and it calls back to the blissful days where all they had to worry is getting the futon dirty. A final moment of peace, if you will.
Seven arrives before Eight could really do anything. He threatens Eight and Eight's girlfriend (?) pretty hard. He brings Akamatsu back home. But by the time Akamatsu wakes up again, Seven has left the flat.
I really like the pacing and the chaotic energy this has. SHOOWA's really good at writing punks falling in love and how they interact with each other in general 😅 I hope this has a happy ending... like it should, right??
Content warning for forced insect eating, attempted rape, and mentions of child sexual abuse in this volume.
It's wild how we go from a light-hearted date with Akamatsu and Seven in the aquarium, to whatever shit is happening with Eight. Which is of course what the creators intended: we're supposed to see the kind of world Seven escaped and is trying to leave behind vs the kind of life he's currently living with Akamatsu.
We know from what Seven has said in Vol1 that he's done sex work before, which is all very well and good until we realise he's about Akamatsu's age (17) and is honestly not old enough to have this kind of experience. And we see more of that from the flashbacks with Eight and the scene where he deals with a former client who specifically asked for him again (even though he's already 19). The fact this was all arranged by Eight's own dad just adds to the whole fucked-upness of everything.
I've already looked at some chapters from Vol3 so I have an idea what's gonna happen (like I'm glad I didn't start reading until I have all 3 volumes in my shelf), so I just wanted to say. Spoilers for uh, Seven's past.
In this volume, Eight gets back at the old man who used to rape him as a child. That was a really tense and scary scene, and I hope Eight's dad goes to jail.
Eight sees his old pal Seven having fun with Akamatsu and smiling so happily. Seven got away while he's still stuck with the old group, so Eight decided to have revenge. By this time he's become close to Akamatsu, so he invites Akamatsu over to look at his lizards (eek!) and then drugs Akamatsu's drink. Then follows the sort of random chaos I expect from SHOOWA. This part itself is another tense scene, but it also doesn't forget humour as we cut between Eight sending Seven a photo of half-naked Akamatsu to scenes of Seven putting up laundry to dry and accidentally letting Akamatsu's loud boxers fall from the balcony down the street where it gets mauled by someone's dog. Does it show us something bad is gonna happen to Akamatsu? Yes. Is it funny as hell? Yes and it calls back to the blissful days where all they had to worry is getting the futon dirty. A final moment of peace, if you will.
Seven arrives before Eight could really do anything. He threatens Eight and Eight's girlfriend (?) pretty hard. He brings Akamatsu back home. But by the time Akamatsu wakes up again, Seven has left the flat.
I really like the pacing and the chaotic energy this has. SHOOWA's really good at writing punks falling in love and how they interact with each other in general 😅 I hope this has a happy ending... like it should, right??
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June 18, 2021
Las partes entre Akamatsu y Seven son geniales, he estado chillando todo el tomo, el resto son para ir con cuidado si te impresionan ciertas cosas, avisos de contenido en el spoiler ().
August 7, 2021
tw: violence, sexual assault
The romance is adorable but goddamnit why couldn't this story be just a cute romcom ??? Did it really need that whole murder/prostitution thing on the side ?
The romance is adorable but goddamnit why couldn't this story be just a cute romcom ??? Did it really need that whole murder/prostitution thing on the side ?
January 14, 2022
This volume continues to build on the relationship between Seven and Akamatsu. Seven seems much more aware of Akamatsu and starts to make moves. Other than the romance, the other main focus was on the character Eight. Akamatsu runs into Eight again and they become friends. It’s clear that Eight is connected to Seven somehow though, and that he might be targeting Akamatsu because of that.
I wasn’t that impressed with this volume. It features a lot of problematic BL tropes that I really hate, like dubious consent and attempted rape. I was hopeful that this would be a BL manga that strayed away from that problematic content, but I guess not. I also didn’t care much for Eight’s character and almost half the manga focused on him. Same could be said about Seven. I don’t really like him anymore and as interested as I was in learning more about his past I’m more confused about it than I was before. Even though we get more information I don’t know who all these people are and what they’re doing. It’s been hard keeping all the names straight too.
On top of not being able to keep the names straight, it was also hard to differentiate between the characters on the page because they looked so much alike! Seven and Eight especially, even though they aren’t related by blood. There was a time where I found myself flipping back and forth between pages because I couldn’t figure out if I was already introduced to a character, so I was comparing him to two other characters to see if there were any similarities. Another reason I don’t like the art style is because I find the action hard to follow. The only scenes I could kind of stand were the explicit ones, of which there were many.
I would probably end my relationship with this series here if I didn’t already purchase the third one (why did I do this to myself?!?), but since I did I’ll keep going even though I didn’t enjoy this one.
I wasn’t that impressed with this volume. It features a lot of problematic BL tropes that I really hate, like dubious consent and attempted rape. I was hopeful that this would be a BL manga that strayed away from that problematic content, but I guess not. I also didn’t care much for Eight’s character and almost half the manga focused on him. Same could be said about Seven. I don’t really like him anymore and as interested as I was in learning more about his past I’m more confused about it than I was before. Even though we get more information I don’t know who all these people are and what they’re doing. It’s been hard keeping all the names straight too.
On top of not being able to keep the names straight, it was also hard to differentiate between the characters on the page because they looked so much alike! Seven and Eight especially, even though they aren’t related by blood. There was a time where I found myself flipping back and forth between pages because I couldn’t figure out if I was already introduced to a character, so I was comparing him to two other characters to see if there were any similarities. Another reason I don’t like the art style is because I find the action hard to follow. The only scenes I could kind of stand were the explicit ones, of which there were many.
I would probably end my relationship with this series here if I didn’t already purchase the third one (why did I do this to myself?!?), but since I did I’ll keep going even though I didn’t enjoy this one.
July 2, 2022
There is explicit content as expected, but there are some cute and adorable moments that make me so happy between Seven and Akamatsu. The aquarium date has my heart! But, why?! Why?! When it was going so well. The story was great and then it came to this? The dark turn was expected. That didn’t throw me off. We knew from volume 1 that there is trauma that hasn’t been fully explored yet. You get a bit of it here. But, it gets very uncomfortable at points. Trigger warnings blaring on this one. I just didn’t expect Seven to threaten rape even if he was trying to protect Akamatsu from Eight. Seven’s threat to Eight telling him that he would rape Eight’s precious Moto in retaliation is what?!!! What did you say? It’s meant to emphasize Eight’s next words. That Seven doesn’t belong to a guy like Akamatsu when he says threats like that. That Seven and Aksmatsu come from two different worlds. Seven’s world is ruthless and he was bred from that. But, still….There are other ways to demonstrate that without him threatening rape which seems so odd considering Seven’s past. Ugh. Why?! I already have volume 3 so I’ll read on but dang I dunno about this one. I’m conflicted. I like the wholesomeness and adorableness amongst the hilarity that comes with mature content. This may become the manga I read and enjoy knowing the problems. We’ll see. I may or may not tap out.
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