This is a very cute and quick oneshot BL manga. Others have left reviews saying that they couldn't feel the chemistry that well between the main characters, but I felt it very easily. As someone who is much like Seto in that feelings are not easily understood/developed/felt it led me to believe that Seto may very well be somewhere on the demisexual scale. With that in mind it only makes sense that the strong feelings from Hagiwara are misunderstood and not fully embraced from the get go.

Where Seto is more composed and lacking in social cues, Hagiwara is a perfect match to bring him out of his shell. We see Seto become more involved with the social aspects of his job, more friendly with his coworkers and overall much happier as he spends more time in Hagiwara's care. Thats the type of relationship I enjoy reading, where it mutually benefits both characters to become better versions of themselves.

The plot is pretty straightforward with this one and as a oneshot it gets right to the point and felt a little short, but overall I enjoyed it! I would love another installment for these two to see how they continue to grow together.

Thank you to NetGalley, Independent Publishers Group, LOVE x LOVE, Tokyopop, and Koala Omugi for the opportunity to read this manga in exchange for an honest review.

Cut-Over Criteria is a BL manga set in an office atmosphere with the characters being 30 and 21.

Seto is doing great with his software company, but being 30 has its hard parts. When 21-year-old Hagiwara starts at the company, Seto is impressed at his software skills. When Hagiwara asks Seto to date, Seto treats the relationship like experimenting with and debugging software. Will he be able to pull himself out of that mindset and experience something real?

Overall a thoroughly enjoyable stand-alone BL. It has quite a few 18+ scenes within. I do like the art and found the story to be a bit dry at first, but once I got into it, it was certainly an enjoyable read. A good manga for BL fans, but maybe not your average manga goer.

The art is well done and enjoyable, and overall I enjoyed watching the romance develop between two adults in a work setting. However, I did find consent from one of the character to be lacking and unclear in the beginning of the novel, making it a bit of an uncomfortable.

Cut-Over Criteria was refreshing. It's very credible, mundane even and fun at the same time. We get inside our characters' head a lot that was the best part of the manga. Haruma Seto is well liked at his job. He's a software programmer. Suddenly this new guy at the work place, Jin Hagiwara, confesses to him and it doesn't take long before Seto begins to cave in. This seems like a cliche, but it actually isn't. The pace is slow and the feelings actually grow quite logically. The sex scenes are well portrayed and so normal. The atmosphere is something else if you compared it to other BL series. In a sense this is more serious and it works amazingly well. I just wish Omugi had avoided the little cliches here and there. This would've been perfect then.

The art looks wonderfully odd, somehow very distant and round. So, this looks different and is different. Perhaps it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I liked it. The manga is quite solid and if you want something slightly different, then this is for you.

A cute manga with good illustration style!

I enjoy reading manga and decided to give this a read.

This is a slice of life manga with romance between two guys. Besides the romance, it mainly revolves around their professions as software developers/engineers and their work life in the office. I think that was one of the unique parts of this story because I do not often come across manga that involves coding!

The manga mainly focuses on Seto and Jin. Seto, who is Jin's boss, is also his crush. Seto ends up receiving a straight-forward confession from him, which gives him quite a shock. However, Jin is a character who is actually more persistent and bold with his actions than he seems, which is initially different from the first impression he gave.

Additionally, I did find some scenes funny because of how they illustrated some reactions more dramatically. That is what I love about reading manga, the comic relief is appreciated.

i felt a bit lack of chemistry between the characters the story plot and art was okay but i feel something was missing. the art was weird since both characters seem equal and they have a gap in age it was a bit off setting
and manga authors must stop and change the force situations because there are other ways to put things without being with force

I really liked this. I just recently started getting into bl manga but I have been devouring it like its going out of style so I am always eager for more.
This manga was solidly in the middle in terms of ranking. I've read a few that are better but this was a solid read. I really liked the romance and the art was really cute. I definitely felt like the art matched the story. I felt like the characters had some solid chemistry and the spice was solid as well. If I had any complaint its that this did feel just a little bit drawn out in the beginning.
Overall this was a solid bl read and definitely one I would recommend especially if you are just dipping your toe into the bl pool.

There's a large age gap in this and a power imbalance, which honestly I'm not super fond of. If you like that, then I guess this is fine. Also, I wasn't super fond of the computer tech speech being used as a metaphor. "System reset. Design spec" etc. was used to describe their relationship. It's a little cheesy.

What stood out to me most is the drawing style. I really liked it.

The plot was super basic, but this is a fine standalone.

This is a lovely BL manga. The couple is cute and charismatic. Seto and Hagiwara are both programmers working at the same company, and Hagiwara quickly falls for Seto. However, Seto is quite rational and pragmatic, and he hesitates because he thinks nothing relevant can happen after someone turns 30, so he doesn't believe Hagiwara's feelings will last long, nor that something so life-changing could happen to him. This raises a good point about how we can miss out on some stuff in life because we think we're too old or not worthy or whatever. But the manga also provides a good balance between heartwarming, fluffy romance and some good, hot, uncensored scenes - which means this is meant for an adult audience, of course. In conclusion, this is a story that will likely be enjoyed by most BL fans, whether they're looking for cuteness or lemon.

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This was a cute but a bit angsty BL (or outright gay) manga set in an IT department of a Japanese company. Haruma Seto is closer to thirty and single. He’s always thought he’s straight, until Jin Hagiwara, a new guy fresh from university starts working as his underling. Right from the start Jin makes his interest clear. Seto isn’t opposed, but he’s a bit bemused by the interest. He’s convinced it’s a bug in life’s programming and sets out to de-bug the system, only to fall for Jin for real.

I liked the romance with all its complications that stemmed from Seto being Jin’s superior and Jin being more active in their relationship. Both men grew a lot during the story. Sex scenes were graphic and good. I got bored during the office bits though, and ended up skipping most of it. The story is complete in one volume, which is a nice change.

I didn’t like the illustration style all that much. The lines were thin, and I had trouble telling Jin and Seto apart even with different hair colours, let alone the other characters. The big eyes were seriously creepy. However, unlike some reviewers, I had no trouble believing they were grownups.

A story about a computer nerd? Why not. I have to say that the story really appealed to me and I love manga like this.

The cover is cute and kind of goes with it. Although I might have wished for a bit of a computer or something similar in the background. Still a key issue.

The story itself is a bit wacky and funny, but also has a good dose of spicy. The drawing style isn't 100% mine, but something I can live with if the story is just right. Here she does and I have to say that I felt well entertained. It's not the best manga I've ever read, but it's not a bad one either. He is in the middle of the field. If you just want to read a love story in the tech field, you will certainly have some entertaining fun here.

LoveXLove has the best content I swear. Hagiwara a recent grad and new hire relentlessly pursues his superior Seto. He fell in love with him through his code, and if that’s not enough to have you blushing, then the open communication will. Seto is guarded, but that doesn’t stop Hagiwara from tearing down his walls. 
The steamy scenes are 18+, and they hit! There are moments where I feel Hagiwara presses too much, but Seto doesn’t feel that way and that’s what matters. For fans of Daikachi this will give you that same dynamic, but not half as sexual harassing. The story does not develop any other characters, so don’t go in expecting an ensemble. The only supporting character with more than three lines is a sales guy who is a great comic relief. I’m really hoping this isn’t a one shot, and I hope he regrows his hair!

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It's interesting to see a tech tangential plotline in a yaoi manga and I appreciated it a lot. This manga was a definitely low key and moderately paced. A typical office-type romance set in a tech space as both the main characters seem to be developers. The conflict in the volume doesn't go very hard and the stakes are very high, which, honestly, can be refreshing sometimes. Both main characters were pretty sure of themselves and that reflected in the plot. If this is a single volume, it was pretty solid.

This title did a lot of little things I liked. It was nice to see one of the love interests say from the get go "Hey. I like you and you're noting seeing anyone, want to go out?" what followed was a sweet, if somewhat generic for the genre romp that was very much 18+ in parts. If you like a pair consisting of an older "emotions do not compute," and a younger "very much knows what he wants, it's that one" dynamic, you'll like this one.

I felt incredibly uncomfortable reading this manga. Not because of the sexual relationships between the characters but because of their age difference. They are 21 and 30 years old but the way they are drawn and the way they think makes them look much younger, so I felt awkward at times.
The art was okay, I enjoyed learning about the world of coding. On the other hand I found that there was no chemistry between the main characters and their relationship seemed forced. I think the manga would have benefited from being separated in several volumes.

Pretty cute BL manga. I really love romance that takes place in adults, especially in an office atmosphere. The start of their relationship felt a bit odd to me at first, but I liked the slow burn of the characters realizing their love for each other. The art style is adorable, and the plot is what you would expect from Tokyopop. Otherwise, this story doesn't bring anything new to the BL genre and isn't a book I would read more than once. If you are a huge BL fan looking for another book for the shelf, give this one a read.

While the art was cute, and the premise could have been wonderful for adult readers, I feel this graphic novel was a bit under-baked. The characters are both adults working in the stem field. However, particularly Jin's character, made the plotline seem more like an explicit teen romance. Seto, as the older of this age gap relationship, has some deeper thoughts that are expressed well to the audience. Jin as the other male lead seemed very straight forward and two-dimensional by comparison. I'd love to see a more well thought out character development with this art style in the future.

Cut-Over Criteria by Koala Omugi is a cute BL office romance in stem! I like the story line and the spicy content was just right. I do wish the art style made the characters look more age appropriate; they are drawn to look like teens when the main characters are 21 & 30.
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Questo manga boys love copre benomale tutte le caratteristiche dei manga di questo genere (gelosia, insicurezza, desiderio e bisogno di avere qualcuno accanto) e devo dire che facendo tutto in un numero unico, ne sono rimasta alquanto colpita.
I personaggi mi son piaciuti, ma l'approccio iniziale di Hagiwara non mi è piaciuto proprio per niente.
E' andato molto vicino allo stalkeraggio e alle molestie. Per questo non ho apprezzato particolarmente il primo approccio tra i due protagonisti, anche se poi la loro storia è diventata seria e accettata da entrambe le parti.
Le parti più hot son gestite in maniera giusta e non oscena, quindi le ho apprezzate molto.
Tutto sommato è stata una lettura piacevole, anche se un po' lunga visto che è stata concentrata in un unico manga.

Grazie Netgalley per avermi permesso di leggerlo.

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This boys love manga perfectly covers all the characteristics of manga of this genre (jealousy, insecurity, desire and need to have someone next to you) and I must say that by doing everything in a single issue, I was quite impressed.
I liked the characters, but I didn't like Hagiwara's initial approach at all.
He came very close to stalking and harassment. This is why I didn't particularly appreciate the first approach between the two protagonists, even if their story then became serious and accepted by both parties.
The hot parts are handled fairly and are not obscene, so I enjoyed them a lot.
All in all it was a pleasant read, even if a bit long since it was concentrated in a single manga.

Thanks Netgalley for letting me read it.

First up, a big big thank you for allowing me to read this book. I love manga and I love myself a good yaoi, so I am very happy that I got the chance to read this one.
First up, I did love the art. I loved there was a lot of coding, often with books about offices you have no clue what they do exactly, but here you can clearly see them work hard on code, get products ready, apps ready, and more. Seto (our MC) was at times pretty nice.
However, there is barely any chemistry between the two characters, Jinn is just very forceful and comes over more like 16 rather than in his twenties. I mean, seriously, it is great that you like a guy and that you confess. But if someone is clear about things then just keep the boat off for a while. Don't force them into sex (that is how it felt, I am glad he at least listened when the anal was coming and Seto was NOPE). Don't just visit them constantly. Don't just forcefully kiss them or try to. Don't get bratty/fussy when someone is unsure. Don't just pout when someone says they don't know. And yes, Seto should have set some harder boundaries instead of eventually just giving up or going along with it.
I just didn't feel comfortable at all. It was just too forced.