Play After Call

by Ohtako Mame

Kurashina est un lycéen complexé par sa nature de dominant. Il développe également un complexe d'infériorité face à Isshiki, l'imposant président du conseil d'élèves. Mais un jour, Kurashina découvre Isshiki effondré dans les escaliers du lycée. Ne pouvant ignorer son camarade dans cet état de faiblesse si inhabituel, Il décide de lui venir en aide. C'est à ce moment-là qu'Isshiki lui avoue qu'il est en réalité de nature soumise. Jusque-là persuadé du contraire, Kurashina se sent alors envahi par la culpabilité pour avoir eu cette attitude aussi froide envers lui. Comme pour se faire pardonner, Le lycéen propose alors à son camarade des jeux de rôle légers pour résoudre ses problèmes de santé, provoqués par l'absence de communication avec un partenaire dominant...
Une jeunesse tourmentée par le sexe... Un dominant sensuel et un soumi dont les sentiments balancent entre partenaire et amant.

Genres: Manga, Boys Love, Queer, Yaoi, Romance

160 pages, Paperback

Published July 27, 2022

Reviews

[katze · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE FACT I ACTUALLY LIKED IT?????

Los personajes principales tienen una relación muy respetuosa entre ellos, y en ningún momento cruzan la línea del consentimiento.
De hecho, ese era mi mayor miedo: al ser un manga de tipo sub-dom (no sé de qué otra forma llamarlo), pensé que iba a ver escenas muy cuestionables donde uno de los personajes no acepta los límites que el otro pone. ¡Pero nada de eso!

Esta historia resultó ser muy bonita.
El estilo de dibujo de la autora me encantó, y hay escenas en el manga que están muy bellamente ilustradas.

No tiene una historia fascinante o compleja. Sin embargo, considero que, si están buscando una historia de romance sencilla, Play After Call podría ser una buena opción.

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un BL que és una curiosa fusió entre omegaverse i sub-dom, una premissa molt interessant, però que queda poc desenvolupada en un sol còmic. Sobretot hi havia més marge per explorar les regles i els límits del bdsm i el lore d'aquest món en què el segon gènere pot ser dom, sub, switch o neutral. He trobat a faltar una parella secundària amb una altra combinació (switch + el que sigui, per exemple), però cal reconèixer que per ser un volum únic és força complet i digne.

[July · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.85
The Dom-Sub relationship was so good! So respectful!
The only problem was that it was a little bit too short and rushed, and I read a fan-translation that wasn't so good, so the lines were a bit disconnected and hard to follow.

[Alejandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relación bomnita y sana. El arte es una belleza.

[Yani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una relación muy bonitaaaa. Me gustó mucho y arte es tan diferente ✨😌

[Shawnie Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG

[mari · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10

i eat this trope up EVERY SINGLE TIMEEEEEE delicious i love a gentle dom

[Sari · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Ale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dinámica Dom/Sub entre dos compañeros de clase que no aparentan lo que son. Me encanta como se miran, respetan y cuidan. La secuela ha iniciado muy bien también.

[tatterpunk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute as fuck but pretty insubstantial. It's getting a higher rating than it would otherwise because it's one of those titles/translations that makes me go "this is so Japanese... this is SO JAPANESE" as I read it.

Which is a value that's hard to elaborate on further -- I have never lived in Japan, I don't study the language at present. And yet I have been exposed since its media since I was a wee thing, I'm drawn back again and again to its movies and books and cultural phenomena/analysis. I'm not saying it in the sense of "oh wow the Japanese are just different/Japan is just special," but in the earnest attempt to recognize that the cultural bedrock at work is so vastly different, in what I find to be fascinating ways.

And a lot of that is at work here. Honestly, the dom/sub stuff is so vastly secondary to the cultural negotiations at work in this title: fear of imposition, the insecurity of self in the face of social expectation, the expression of actual desire within rigid framework. Actually, that last just explained to me why the mangaka even wrote in the kink when it barely features -- sensei was clearly tapping into something cultural, deliberately so. So yeah, narratively it's threadbare, but the self-awareness at work is worth all four stars.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

*More of a 3.5*

*Original Review*
This is a subdomverse story about a dom, Kurashina, who has a complex about being a dom. He sort of resents Isshiki, the student body president, because he seems like the perfect dom and he feels inferior to him. Until one day Kurashina finds Isshiki collapsed in the halllway after school. It turns out Isshiki is actually a sub and doesn't take well to suppressants. Kurashina offers to be his partner and the two develop a relationship.

This was a cute and wholesome subdomverse. It was just a little too short for me. I think there was a lot more that could've been explored, but I don't think the author got enough pages to execute it. I still really enjoyed the story. I always love a sweet and caring dom.

*Reread 03/31/2025 *
Did not realize I’ve read this before. I love a good subdomverse. This was sweet although not super memorable for me. I enjoyed it in the moment.

[Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is suberb. I like the gentle emotions. And it felt real. There is a moment in which the mc casually says he's not interested in dating. The ml overhears and is hurt. But the ml, next time he interacts with the mc, realizes the mc was just trying to respect the ml and his boundaries. I know it is not a huge revelation. But there is something satisfying about the characters interacting genuinely, seeing each other for who they are, that speaks to me. So often we get those misunderstanding tropes but never a satisfying UNDERSTANDING of another human.

Sweet and lovely. Can't wait to read more from this author.

[ℂ ✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dinàmica dom-subverse ambientada en un institut, amb una dinàmica de parella molt similar a No me sueltes la mano, il·lustracions precioses i relació sana basada en el respecte i el consentiment. Un pèl superficial, però es tracta d'un volum únic amb una evolució de personatges molt cuqui :)

[Kiwi · Rating 2 out of 5]

3.5
love the art, it's very unique and that's something i can always appreciate. the story is ok, i think the relationship between the two characters is interesting and there aren't any issues with consent so kudos to the author for that.

[aaru · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how the dom is respectful and VERY FOCUSED ON CONSENT. Now that's one of the best thing in a relationship (mostly how yaois are made).

[KhepiAri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting use of Dom/Sub dynamics like Omegaverse

[Jhamankys · Rating 4 out of 5]

🥺🥺🥺

[Bea Tris · Rating 2 out of 5]

4/10 not a sub-dom fan...

[Carla · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️