A very sweet compilation of stories about three different gay relationships and how they started out - from coworkers, to classmates to chance meetings, the stories explore first love, lasting love, and what it means to be a family.

Story: So this is more of a shortstory collection also the different couples aren't connected. While I sometimes miss the depth in the actual relationship with shortstories like these I actually quite enjoyed the way the relationships were built in this manga. Also what I liked was that there wasn't much space for big miscommunication which often annoys me in romance overall. For all the stories I would say it mostly isn't anything particularly original or new but it gives me the fluff and simpleness I need and it still discusses a few problems like homophobic views. (4/5)

Art: The art is simple but I enjoyed it in this manga, especially as the stories were also pretty simple but cute. It was easy to read and I actually read it faster than usual, which might be also because the artstyle was easy to comprehend. (4/5)

I totally thought that this book was really cute. I think it would’ve been better to read it in the manga from, because he was a little hard to read an e-book format. But otherwise I love the storyline and I love these three couples that the plot follows. I will definitely be picking up the volume to version of this, but in book form.I don’t want to give too much away but I do have a favourite couple! They are just too cute and have such a great dynamic and pair so well together! I will say that the storyline gets kind of simple in may be a little repetitive. But it was a very fluffy and funny manga overall. I’m hoping the next volume I can see more depth in the characters and some love angst.

| WARNING: This digital A.R.C was kindly sent to me by the publisher via NetGalley after I requested it in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own |

I'm a long time fan of BL and sometimes I tend to lose any interest in regular ones as the main dynamics we encounter are toxic and cliche.
So when I found and requested "Would you like to be a family?" I was curious to see if I could get something a little bit different.
And this is exactly what I received!

Would You Like to Be A Family by Koyama is a sweet BL without any extreme sexual scenes but tenderness all over.
If you're just getting into this kind of manga and you want something soft to start with here you go. In this manga, we follow three couples, from the non-usual family to the college sweethearts.
I think It's a one-shot so don't hesitate further and grab a copy!

| WARNING: This digital A.R.C was kindly sent to me by the publisher via NetGalley after I requested it in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own |

A collection of three adorable short stories, Would You Life To Be A Family? is such a beautiful reminder of why I love reading BL manga.

What makes this manga bundle special is the first story. It tackles so much issue; from being a single parent, having the fear of rejection and being ostracized for being gay, and having a gay family. Although these topics are in a lighter tone, it still is fascinating to have the experience of seeing the possibilities and effects of actions.

The other stories are more of a simpler plot line. One is about a high schooler who fell for a college guy. And, the other, is about a story of two college student who happens to be in the same class (at least some of it). The weird thing about the latter is that the two students are actually of two different specialties. It is kind of confusing as to how the scheduling for their classes work for a business and psychology student to really be colliding. As much as I am aware of the possibility of collision between the two, it still feels a little weird.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I find myself really loving the characters. For someone who is looking for a good starting yaoi manga that isn’t heavy, I highly recommend this one.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I have received an ARC of this book by NetGalley, and Tokyopop and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review. The Pub date of the book is September 21, 2021. This review will be posted on my Goodreads, Facebook page, and Instagram.
I found this whole volume very adorable. The individual stories make us want them to be more developed and with more happenings. Bigger. My favorite was the first one and although I think a whole volume would be good for each story to be better developed, I really enjoyed reading and entertaining with the characters in every story. Each story had its peculiarity and amount of cuteness.
I liked and recommended if you like cute stories and adorable characters.

I didn’t realize this was a collection of short stories when I first started it, so I was a little disappointed when the first story came to a close so soon. But after reading the complete volume I really fell in love with each story. I think it’s common for us to want more of the things that we really enjoy so of course I wish that each story was a little bit longer or even a lot longer but, I would still definitely give the series the highest of ratings. I loved the soft art, the sweet stories, and the little bit of spice in each one. Really hoping this one gets printed so I can have it in my collection.

“Would You Like To Be A Family?” Is a collection of three adorable stories. The first story, the titular “Would You Like To Be A Family?” was hands down my fave, but that’s just because I’m an absolute sucker for a story about a found family coming together and sharing meals together - think Sweetness & Lightning or Our Dining Table. Take is a loner who Masaki, a single dad/guardian, notices at work and invites into his circle and ultimately into his family with his son Mori. It’s a story that just works so well every single time - and it’s done so well here - I wish there was more!

I also really enjoyed the second story, where Kuma, a high schooler with a good heart but the appearances of a delinquent, bumps into Yagi, a gay college student and begins to question his own sexuality. Unlike a lot of stories with this theme, there isn’t a sense of disgust or internal homophobia from Kuma as he explores this side of himself - it was very refreshing to see in manga form. The adult scenes were also very enjoyable in this story as well.

The final story, between Kodama, a psychology student, and Harada, a business student who wants to help Kodama with a survey, was unfortunately the least gripping of the three. I have nothing bad to say about it, it just wasn’t as entertaining as the first two stories. It’s perfectly adequate, but I will say the decision to close this collection with an epilogue of the first story was a good one.

With well done art and two out of three stories really catching my interest, I definitely look forward to seeing more from this artist in the future!

Content warnings for mild sexual content and loss of a parent (off page)

*Thank you TOKYOPOP (LOVE x LOVE) and NetGalley for the ARC*

This was incredibly wholesome and one of the sweetest BLs I've ever read. I liked all three couples but I definitely enjoyed Natsui and Take the most. The family dynamic was precious and just added a lot to their story.
It left me wanting more of all three couples though.
I'll definitely be buying this in a physical copy, I definitely recommend it!

This has three separate love stories in it, plus an epilogue that shows a little more of how the first love story ends up. I really enjoyed all of them! It was fun to watch the dynamics of all three relationships play out.

Digital ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a short and sweet BL manga! There were three stories included and the first was by far my favorite. I think I would have enjoyed this more if the the first story was the entire book. I loved the characters and found-family plot, but it lacked depth and could have been expanded. This cute family story is a side of the BL genre that I love seeing more and more of! It reminded me a lot of Our Dining Table by Ori Mita, which was of my favorite mangas of last year.

This book is full of sweet stories of finding love. The Family story is only about half the book. It's sweet and charming, and I'm a bit sad that we don't get to spend more time with Takemura, Natsui, and Mori because the epilogue is one of the sweetest things ever. The rest of the stories are also good, with a charming thread of positive guy meets quiet introvert that makes for delightfully satisfying stories.
The art is pretty run-of-the-mill for boy's love. It fits the stories and the characters are easy to tell apart, that's all that I ask for when the stories are good enough to carry themselves.

Happy thanks to NetGalley and TOKYOPOP, LOVE x LOVE for the early read!

Thank you to NetGalley, Tokyopop, LOVE x LOVE, and Koyama for the opportunity to read this manga in exchange for an honest review.

This manga consists of three different boy love romances all with different characters.

The first story is definitely the best and seems to be the featured story from the title. Two men who work together seem to fall for each other. One has an adopted son whose parents passed away. The son doesn't seem to like this other new man around, but at the same time he kind of does. Hence the title of the book in relation to them possibly becoming a family.

The second story was my least favorite. It was about a boy who falls in love with someone he thinks is taken, but it turns out he isn't.

The third story was pretty cute. It is about two students, one of which studies psychology. He explains how he learns about about people from hundreds of surveys (and that he isn't psychic). The guy that likes him doesn't want to be treated like just another random person in a survey, but he wants to be more.

These are all pretty decent, though I wasn't expecting three different story lines in about 180 pages. I would have liked to see more of the first story and the relationship dynamics between the two co-workers and the kid, and how they might become a family. Regardless, still a nice boy love magna.

This manga consist of 3 different light heart manga which i initially found it rather confusing cause I thought they were all interrelated. The first story is kinda cute, very simple and fun to read. The plot isn’t complicated but i found the character development a little dense. I was hoping there would be more on the character backgrounds or maybe a slower development cause everything felt very sudden which kinda of left me a little unsatisfied when I finished the first story. It did affect my mood and I wasn’t very interested in the other two stories. The second story was frankly quite confusing because I spent some time wondering who the characters are before realising it’s not related to the first one. Overall, It’s a 3 star read for me.

I didn't realize this book had 3 short stories, and I was mainly interested in the first one, so that's going to be the bulk of my thoughts in this review. Would You Like To Be A Family was such a cute story! The main characters are coworkers who develop a relationship that includes an adopted son. I appreciate seeing depictions of adults in romance stories, because so many manga take place in school settings, which is fine but not my preference. This story did a good job of showing the character's struggle with his sexuality based on negative past experiences and how there can be a lot of anxiety about that even when the people in his present life are supportive. I think a lot of readers will relate to that. And, of course, it was nice seeing everyone get a happy ending together!

The other two stories were also realistic depictions of men navigating relationships and sexuality and I can see how readers might appreciate all three, however, I wasn't really drawn to the second two stories as much. I think having them all in the same volume together was a little confusing (I kept trying to connect the stories together, when they were separate and didn't have any characters in common) and it would be better if the book blurb made that clearer.

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Would You Like To Be A Family? by Koyama
★★★☆☆
176 Pages


I have to admit, if I'd known this was a collection of three stories, I probably wouldn't have requested it. I thought it would be one full story, but it wasn't.

Story 1: Would You Like To Be A Family
3/5
This was a relatively sweet, simple story with some cute elements. It was also slightly problematic, with the child and co-worker fighting over the brother.
The son Mori was super cute, but got a little whiney as the story progressed, constantly competing with Take as to who Natsui liked best. I could buy it, when it first happened, but it continued long after it was logical. Natsui was completely oblivious, a little bit pushy, but lovely, while Take was stiff and harbouring demons from his childhood.
The story itself was very insta-love and sudden, with little development or plot. The artwork was nice, clean and easy to follow.

Story 2: Kuma's Feelings
2/5
This story came completely out of left-field for me. I have no idea why it was included, as it had no connection to Story 1. It was supposed to be about a high school student, but became quickly R-rated with little censoring. I didn't understand where it fitted into the book or why.
As for the story itself, Kuma wasn't likeable or dislikeable. He was just another character not properly explored, who was put into a situation that wasn't well developed. If this story could have been saved it would have been with further development of who Kuma was as a person, and the circumstances that led to the crush and the development of an actual relationship.

Story 3: The First Love Psychology
3/5
This was a super cute teen romance, taking place in college. It had a pretty basic, but sweet story that lacked depth and detail, could have used exploration and development. But, it felt like one of the most realistic relationships of the book so far.
I loved the idea of the psychology class being used to calculate the distance between friendship and love. Of all three stories, this is the one that I'd love to read a full 100-200 page novel of.

Bonus Story
3/5
This returns to Story 1, to have an extra scene, years later when Mori is older.

OVERALL
While I liked aspects of the main story, and Story 3, I feel like each of them were let down by the lack of attention and exploration. The characters had the potential to do more with the story, but it just wasn't ever realised. I also felt Story 2 was entirely unnecessary. It was the only R-Rated story in the group, which made no sense to me.

Also, it feels a lot like the concept and execution of Would You Like To Be A Family? is a little too close to that of Our Dining Table. The plot, the family dynamic, and the extra bonus scene years later are all reminiscent of that story, which I found managed to execute the plotline better. I'm not implying it's the same, or a copy, just that the similarities stuck out to me.

First of all I thank Netgalley for providing me with this manga.

Would you like to be a family? It is a unique volume, focused on Takemura, a worker who finds it difficult to relate to his colleagues, when he was young he was cruelly rejected by his classmate and since then he has chosen to distance himself and distrust everyone, however his co-worker from the area of sales called Natsui, begins to include him more and more in his chores, to the point that he invites him to his home to share with his adopted son. Little by little feelings begin to emerge from which he believes are not reciprocated, generating misunderstandings between the protagonists.

The 10/10 story the relationship between the protagonists is beautiful and the relationship that arises between the son and Takemura gives it a touch of humor and tenderness.

Recommended to read in an afternoon, it reads very fast and leaves you with a good feeling.

I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and TokyoPop for this eArc.

It was a nice story but really confusing one, we didnt know it's three differents stories when we first read it, and with this cover. I really like the first one wich is offce romance with a single dad and another guy.The third one with the psychological student was really nice too.

Review to come September 16th to blog/goodreads.

I received this manga from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

When I saw this cover I just had to request it over at Netgalley, it looked too cute to pass by. But I guess I should have read that blurb as well. XD

In this book we apparently not just get this couple, which was very confusing. I didn't even realise it until I suddenly got different characters and I found myself scrolling back to see if I missed something. XD I thought at first that maybe we went back in time... but then the characters had different names. Haha, that is what I get for just going by the cover and the title. In the end while it was confusing at first (and also the second time) I did have fun reading the other two stories. Loved reading about Kuma and Kodama, see them find the guy they like, come out, figure out their feelings. Yes, there is plenty of drama and at times I found myself rolling my eyes because come on just talk for crying out loud.

On the first story, that was just the cutest. Two colleagues, one a loner and the other more sociable. One afraid of being hurt again, the other a single father with a sad past. One day these two meet up in the grocery store and then things get very cute very fast and I found myself rooting for these two. For it to work because they sure have chemistry. I loved seeing Take get closer to not just the man he likes but also to his son (though it took a while for them to really go well because for most the little guy treated Take as a rival to his father's affections and I had a big laugh seeing Take brag about things as well). I loved how they slowly became more and more a family and I loved it even more seeing Take come out of his shell. See him loosen up at work as well. There was a bit of drama, which had me rolling my eyes, I am so not a fan of that kind of stuff in romance books.
I am glad that in the end we also got a bonus story about them, this time our little boy is going to Junior High and our family is moving to a bigger house.

This was a sweet manga and I quite enjoyed it!

I really liked the art! It fitted with the cute stories.

So can we please get a manga fully with the characters from the first story? Please? I just want more!

All in all, I am happy I had the chance to read this Boys Love manga and I hope that more get translated in English.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really enjoyed this graphic novel and at first was a bit confused because it doesn’t say, but this is three short stories in one. The art was really well done and I thought the family was so cute! We follow three different relationships and they deal with real issues even homophobia. Really sweet and enjoyed, some suggestive scenes as well.