I'm not sure why I expected more, but the plot of this was very, very thin, and didn't hang together very well. The personalities of the two main characters were sometimes expressed well and the art was sometimes very, very cute, but overall it just wasn't worth the time investment.

This was so dang sweet! Rui and Yuyu are perfect together. The art is absolutely stunning(especially the glamour style shots of the boys)

This is a cute BL manga following Yuujirou and Rui. When they were younger, Yuujirou saved Rui from a storm drain and they have been best friends ever since. I really liked the art style and the will they/won't they of their feelings. This BL manga has the trope of both boys feeling like their love is unrequited by the other. There was no big non-consent issue that other BL mangas that I've read have.
I did expect a one-volume BL manga to have steamy scenes; however, for it being both of their first time, the actual sex they had was very mature and a bit much. These characters were so cute and loving at the beginning of the volume, but as soon as it was time to get steamy, they knew way more about it than they should have. It was just not believable and took me out of the story.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is such a lovely friends to lovers story with great artwork. I enjoyed reading this. It is a great mix of love and humour with well developed characters. If you enjoy manga you will definitely enjoy this one.

Copy provided via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

It has been so long since I have read a manga!!! I enjoyed it a lot and it was so cute and sweet! I don't get the name though...

Now, although I like it, I want to mention the perpetuation of the Male Gay stereotype, the extremely feminine character who is "wife material" and the extremely masculine jock, now on top of that the roles... I think it is too predictive and boring. I like the thought of the hight as a factor of insecurities but it is not the same time I have seen it. One of the reasons the jock like the other guy has to do with this "cuteness", his clumsiness, his weakness, and his need of constant protection... a alpha male...

I honestly was not expecting it to get so steamy into the "room" and the assignation of the "roles" was again a stereotype... I might be reading too much into it but I like enjoyed it :) They were characters that made me laugh and the whole style of the manga with its jokes was such an expected touch n.n

I found this book to be sweet but very sexual. I wasn't too familiar with manga so I did not know what to anticipate. That being said, it's a cute story about two childhood friends who fall in love and start to date.

This was a pretty adorable manga about two childhood best friends falling in love. It starts out with them both feeling awkward about the changes in their feelings for one another, and then shows their relationship progressing as they navigate the insecurity and worries of having their first serious partner. Both boys are nicely detailed characters, though I perhaps would have liked a little less of Rui being referred to as 'girly' or comments that he would make a good 'wife'. I appreciate that this may be a difference in cultural attitude.

I wasn't expecting the story to get as sexual as it did. I think it's really important for teens to be shown positive, healthy sexual relationships, and for the most part it was done really well, from the nerves to the awkwardness, and there is a good depiction of the importance of continuous enthusiastic consent (although there is one throwaway line that feels a bit iffy in terms of consent, it happens later in their relationship when their sexual relationship is established and isn't actually anything worrying in context). I would, however, be concerned that the first half of the story definitely feels aimed at a younger age range than the second half. Perhaps an age rating might be worth thinking about (though obviously I wasn't able to see the back cover).

I liked that this was a standalone manga rather an a series, and it's certainly a sweet read that captures the awkwardness of first love really well.

So cute! I'm a huge fan of the friends turned lovers trope and this does that sound well. Their respective insecurities were interesting, and helped move the plot along rather than drag it down. The supportive best friends win Best Character as they were basically my proxy for the story.

A cute and self-contained high school romance between a somewhat stereotypically masculine boy (likes sports, bad at expressing his feelings, cast as the "protector" in his relationship) and his childhood friend, a somewhat stereotypically feminine boy (good at cooking, has female friends, clumsy) who has -- shock, horror -- grown to be much taller than he is. It's not groundbreaking, and in point of fact I know I've read this plot before (I went looking through my reviews and the book with a similar height-difference-childhood-sweethearts storyline is Stay Close to Me by Yaya Sakuragi), but it's relatively free of consent issues and the art is cute in a rough-edged sort of way. (I say "relatively" free of consent issues because there is a genre-typical "if you tell me to stop I won't be able to" throwaway comment and sex appears to initially be uncomfortable for one of the parties, but it is vocally consented to at all times.) I'm curious to see Tokyopop getting back into the Japanese to English market after that enormous collapse in the early 2000s; so far as I'm aware they've stuck with English-original works and translations from languages other than Japanese until very recently. I'll be keeping an eye out to see what else is forthcoming.

Dekoboko tells the story about two childhood friends who have crush on each other but never confessed to each other. Yuujirou had a height complex since he was a kid. His crush Rui is over six feet tall that certainly doesn't help. Out of all the yaoi I've read recently, Sugar Days were definitely my most favorite. I am a sucker for childhood friends trope and I just loved the way Atsuko Yusen made their relationship. Sure, it might've been a little bit of cliché, but I couldn't stop grinning. It was too cute.

Most of the story focuses on the relationship itself and on the slow path to confessing. It was my most favorite part of the whole story - I was rooting for both of them equeally. Everything's wrapped in a really nice art - author's artstyle is very clean and pleasant to look at. We get a little bit of sex scenes in the end - but that's just bonus and nothing too graphic!

Recommending to everyone looking for a cute BL romcom.