Soujirou was only in junior school when he confessed to the high-schooler, Masayuki. Masayuki didn't take him seriously. Now, more than ten years later, their relationship remains the same. Soujirou became an elite and Masayuki, a scriptwriter. Soujirou told Masayuki that he would wait for him. However, Masayuki saw Soujirou going to the omiai with his boss’s daughter…?
~from AF
Gem of short stories of wistful adult guys (A TV drama scriptwriter, a degenerate ex-actor has prolonged his answer to a marriage proposal by posing a challenge since he was loved by a younger brother of a neighborhood classmate. But he regrets as soon as he knows the brother, now an elite employee of trading company accepted marriage meeting... /At graduates' meeting, hero, a divorcee meets his ex-classmate whom he gave the cold shoulder during their junior high school days. Knowing the classmate is also three-times-divorced guy, hero accepts classmate's proposal to live together to save money for solatium. But a son of the classmate tries to freeload together, nearly rapes hero and solatium becomes unnecessary because of remarriage of hero's ex-wife, so hero decides to move away from the classmate's room.../ A chief of section suddenly resigns. A new man assigned as a replacement visits the ex-chief to take over. He is so surprised because the chief is frumpy and quite unlike his old image of "up-and-coming chief". But knowing the reason he resigned is "illicit affair" with a son of CEO, he.../ The sequel. The ex-chief sometimes visits the new man but he does not allow a next chance of making love. The new man loses courage just because he is not enough attractive for ex-chief. The ex-chief takes the new man to a sex trade shop. The new man expresses the true feelings and they make sure of it at hotel / A workaholic manager of a shop with a wife and children often scolds a part-timer student with some reasons because the student is late to his own funeral. The manager is transferred to work in another shop but he can't forget the student. When he visits the student, he sees the student fights with a stranger. The student also finds a sock of the manager has a hole / The sequel. The manager should educate a prodigal son of CEO and he is unable to control the son. The student finds another lover to forget the manager but hearing the news that the manager breaks down from overwork.../ Two office workers whose companies are different but in same building happen to have sexual intercourse. Hero regrets having mistaken time to quit because his lover has wife and children. So hero proposes breaking up. Hero is loved by a lodger of next door who supports his friend, a detective who listens in..). About a first story, a name-piece, the brother is so cool!! The scene that he gets angry and his tone becomes rough though he always kept behaving humbly is very erotic and fascinating!! Yamada's wat to use the tatty trendy TV drama is very witty & good. About 2nd story of 2 divorcedex-classmates, the jealousy of three-time-divorced guy to his son is so lovely!! About 3rd story, the gap between squalor of the ex-chief and his excellent ability of work is so cool! About 4th story of apart-timer and a manager, the hole of sock reminds me of Kuniko Mukouda, a great japanese scriptwriter and novelist who is so good at expressing the subtlety of daily life. About final story of illicit affair, it's so happy ending that a hero, Haru who always gives up his happiness finally achieve it. This book does not have great unforgettable chef doeuvre with extreme impact but as usual every story is fine and has subtlety of "lives of adult guys".
by Slash-kun
Sequel: Shinuhodo Suki
