Motokare ga Fudanshi ni Natteorimashite.
My Ex-Boyfriend Loves Boys' Love!

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Ok so first of all, I don’t know why this shows 60 something chapters. This story is complete, and there are 44 chapters.

So that out of the way, the review. Will contain minor spoilers.

Art - top tier, imo. It’s excellent, super suuuuuper cute. Absolutely no complaints. I will say that it was almost too good considering the plot. There’s no way two girls this pretty would have had no chances at having boyfriends before meeting the two guys in this story. I’m not saying they would have had to have dated, but the story is written as if they’re undesirable, which is ridiculous because the ... art is gorgeous.

Story - I don’t like angst, and there wasn’t much here which was good. But it was also too convenient. They’re ex’s, but there’s no bad blood. They work in the same office building, just on different floors. The girl, unbeknownst to the guy, is the guys favorite manga artist. The girls friend, who also works in the building, is his second favorite manga artist. They’re both written to be “love fossils”, having no experience with romance at all despite wanting to experience it…. But they’re superstar levels of pretty, have no issues dealing with people in general, and generally lack any of the social downsides that an otaku might experience. It’s just too tidy.

Pacing - It felt like it *should* have had 60 something chapters, the final three or four chapters felt rushed a bit. Also, apparently a year passed by between when the guy realize she likes the girl, and finally confesses. It felt like a month or so.

Characters - no big complaints. Both the guys and the girls were great and fun to read about. The two side characters from the guys office are also nice.

Angst- not much, though what little there was was done pretty well.

Humor - I thought it was funny. Not gut bustingly funny the entire time, but it was funny.

Final thoughts - I found this after reading Genshiken and finding this as a recommendation. While they share similar overall concepts, this is nowhere near as good or as realistic as Genshiken is at exploring the “otaku life” themes. Everything about this was more shallow, but I don’t think that’s necessarily bad. If the Genshiken manga was a full meal, this was a fun snack.

I think it’s a solid 7/10. A good quick feels good read. Not every single manga needs to be a masterpiece. This isn’t, and that’s ok.