世田谷シンクロニシティ

by Chika Hongo, 本郷地下

バイト先によく現れる「彼」は、いつも決まって同じ席で同じ男と居た。……めちゃくちゃ、タイプだった。　「恋をするのは女の子なのに、男にしか欲情できない」という不思議な体質に悩まされている高史は、彼女・舞の転勤により、一緒に暮らしていた家を出なければいけなくなってしまう。困り果てていたところ、友人が使っていない寮部屋に住まわせてもらえることに。が、話によると「同室の男は“あっち系”」……。入寮の日を迎え、同室の男・深町と出会った高史は度肝を抜かれる。深町は、バイト先でいつも気になっていた「彼」だったのだ。そしてある時、二人は一線を超えてしまう……。「ふつう」ってなんだろう。俺は「ふつう」になれるのかな……。不器用な二人が手を取り合ったとき、涙が溢れて止まらなくなる。あたたかなメッセージがぎゅっと詰まった、本郷地下・待望のBL最新刊！

Genres: Manga, Queer, Yaoi

Comic

First published November 24, 2017

About the author

本郷地下

Reviews

[Peppa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine I guess? But honestly I got kind of bored while reading it.

[Rachel]

I LOVE THIS. It's a really lovely and very queer story, highly recommend.

[Ester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Otro manga leído gracias a Futekiya y que me encanta. Ya me gustó mucho Metro, otro tomo único o de la autora, pero este también me ha encantado ya que, con un toque de humor, la autora nos plantea una historia con dos personajes, muy diferentes, pero que se atraen mutuamente. Me ha gustado mucho cómo se trata el tema de la sexualidad, el miedo, el no entenderse a uno mismo, querer ser normal y, aún así, no poder negar lo que eres y el hecho de que no es nada malo no ser como se supone que debes ser. Eso sí, ojalá un spin off de los protagonistas para ver cómo se desarrolla su relación. Lo único malo de la mayoría de tomo únicos es que siempre acaban antes de que podamos ver cómo evoluciona de forma orgánica un romance. Igualmente, es muy recomendable.

[Morthos · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hated the last 4 days I spent on this book <3

Will probably update later, I just need to read something else. Fast.

[K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Love how this is the Manga Planet title I was the most excited about and waited the longest for it to come back in stock...only to find that it's absolutely nothing like the summary.

It sounded like it was going to be a really cute, sweet college story about roommates and fate and slowly falling in love. Except there was So Much Cheating.

I'll be honest, I got confused at the beginning, when Takafumi's friend was teasing him about "getting some action" from the woman who was moving out of their shared apartment for her job...because in the introductory pages I'd thought she was his mother. I think she is a bit older than him - they met at work at some point in the past, but he's a college student and she seems like a pretty settled office lady, traveling for work now.

Anyway, they are dating, and they continue to date, despite the distance, and despite the fact that Takafumi starts sleeping with his new male roommate.

His excuse is that he always "falls in love with women but only physically desires men," so that...makes it okay somehow? Because his girlfriend knows that he's unable to physically touch her? Except he never tells her he's sleeping with this guy, or falling in love with him, and while he feels guilty about it, he keeps doing it, and drags his way into finally trying to break up with her. Except she does it first, with a confusing speech (not sure if she meant she'd fallen in love with him or with someone else before they started dating?).

Then, at the end, he tells Fukamachi that he might still fall in love with women, but that he loves him as well. And Fukamachi had been sort of using him as a stand-in for his straight childhood best friend, also named Takafumi, whom he'd been in love with for years but who rejected his sexuality.

In general, the ending was kind of an inconclusive mess, and I didn't really get the point of Takafumi having a girlfriend the entire time. It's meant to be bittersweet, and I get that it was about figuring out who you are and accepting yourself, etc, but none of it was written very well. Not my kind of story.

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a nice difference from the majority of BL out there. The story deals with one character trying to handle being gay and the other whose sexuality doesn’t fit in a neat category.

Its not a spicy read or has super highs or lows but its so fresh and thought provoking that its definite must read!

[Lara Combina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es diferente, y eso es bueno. Sí es común que muchas novelas BL traten el conflicto de admitir la homosexualidad de los personajes, y aún así... Este destaca por tomárselo con seriedad, manteniendo un drama realista. Lo disfruté mucho, y lo recomiendo totalmente.
Lo leí a través de futekiya, en caso de que alguien necesite ayuda para encontrarlo.

[Kai · Rating 1 out of 5]

This id a dumb manga that made no real point. A so called straight guy wanted to have his cake and eat it to with sleeping and cheating with a love who is male and yet can't face him self just saying he is bi. This was such a waste and the summery did not match what we got. Instead you get cheating and lying not cute or romantic. Wasteful.

[bee · Rating 2 out of 5]

[ ★★,5 / 5 ]

[ cw//tw: cheating. ]

Though the premise was good and pretty unique (accepting yourself, not everything has to be labeled), the execution is lacking, and it involves cheating so nah, not my cup of tea 🍵

[Jasmin S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was super nice! Somewhat unsual yet thought provoking. I really liked it. 4.5/5

[Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

An identifiable read for any person who has struggled with understanding their sexuality. Life is complex with its contradictions. And this story feels very real


Cw cheating, homophobia

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you can ignore the consistent cheating, the story is entertaining and funny at times. It didn't stick the landing, though.