Can I tell my childhood friend—my closest companion in a master-servant bond—how I really feel? “Kimi wa Tomodachi” by Nago Nayuta (那悟なゆた).

Let me introduce Shueisha’s EYES COMICS .Bloom, “Kimi wa Tomodachi”!

The following is quoted from the back cover. This review does touch on the story’s content! If you just want a quick summary!! I’d be happy if you read only the red text and highlighted sections.

——Will you still be just “friends” from now on? Or will it be something more——……。

Born into a yakuza family, Takanari has longed for an ordinary household ever since he was a child. By his side is Ayano, his attendant, childhood friend, and closest companion.

If Takanari doesn’t inherit the family, Ayano will end up serving someone else……

Torn between his desire not to inherit the family and his wish to keep Ayano from serving anyone but himself, Takanari wavers. And Ayano, too, is hiding the fact that he harbors special feelings for Takanari……?

A heart-fluttering childhood-friends love story between a devoted attendant and an oblivious heir.

From Shueisha’s EYES COMICS .Bloom, “Kimi wa Tomodachi”

The blushing boys drawn by Nago Nayuta（那悟なゆた） are absolutely unbeatable

Yes, I think I talked about this when I previously introduced Nago Nayuta（那悟なゆた）’s work on this blog, but no matter how many times it is, I want to shout it out (in my heart): the sheer preciousness of blushing boys. I’d like to talk about it again this time!! Let’s start with how the story unfolds from the relationship between the two of them, and the exchanges of words they share…!!

Takanari, the heir to a yakuza family, grew up in a very unusual environment, which led him to long for a “warm, ordinary family”. He has been together with Ayano ever since they were little, and because Ayano serves as his attendant, they go to school together and even walk to and from school side by side. However, they kept this hidden from their friends and lived their daily lives that way. Being together all the time felt completely natural, but one day, after his grandfather tells him that if he doesn’t inherit the family Ayano might no longer stay by his side, Takanari begins to feel a sense of panic.

Up to this point, there are plenty of frustrating moments and scenes where Takanari struggles, making your chest ache—but then there’s a panel where he shows clear obsession toward Ayano, and… ahhh— we are blessed with the most amazing blushing moment!!!

Ayano has been carrying around such huge, overwhelming feelings all this time… it’s just too precious…!! As both a childhood friend and an attendant, the inner conflict of believing he must never hold such special feelings is just so incredibly emotional. Even in the midst of that pain, Ayano seriously 고민 about what he should do, and Takanari accepts those feelings head-on. I want to award these two the Best Childhood Friends Award. Thank you so much for the healing (at the top of my lungs)!!!!!

This is a pure childhood-friends love story about Takanari, who doesn’t want to inherit the family, and Ayano, who struggles to keep his composure as a devoted attendant. If you love master–servant dynamics or simply can’t resist blushing boys, I highly recommend it (＾＾)