The Man I Picked Up

by C.J. Michalski

When men's club owner Tamaki closes up, he's surprised to find a battered man lying out front in the open. Responding to the man's fear and need, he picks up the stray and takes him home to bind his wounds. It soon becomes all-too apparent that Kouta is much more like a stray, beaten down puppy than even Tamaki had first realized, but it also becomes rather apparent that Kouta feels more than mere gratitude. Is it only pity that Tamaki's generous nature feels tugging at his heart strings, or has the stray Kouta found his home?

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, LGBT

200 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2012

About the author

Also writes under the pen-name of Pancho Bikkuri.

- Her doujinshi circles are called M2 COMPANY and XX's.
- she likes fairies and foreigners
- Her nationality is Japanese, and she's not Jewish, the pen-name is meant to be funny
- shota-complex

(Once self proclaimed a "Russian living in America", but at the same time she also claimed she's 14 years old...so that was obviously a joke.)

Reviews

[Jessie Potts · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright. Some of the stories cute ores (like the last two) were weird.... Manliness in the form of a cheer squad. Constantly talking about manliness.

Cute if you want a quirky quick read.

[Jasmine Wilkes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this Manga up very cheap on Amazon not knowing much about it. I wanted to try something different and get into something that I didnt know much about, if i didnt like it it wouldnt have mattered as it was so cheap. I actually really enjoyed this manga, sometimes it did get a bit unrelastic and weird but overall it made me smile and was a good read.

[Elizabeth Soto · Rating 3 out of 5]

La historia se limita bastante a lo sexual, por lo que, en realidad no hay desarrollo de personajes, mucho menos de trama, todas las historias son simplemente relaciones sexuales explicitas que justifican o respaldan el cariño que pueden llegar a tenerse cada uno de los miembros de la pareja.

No es de lo mejor que he leído, es simplón y llega a ser igual que cualquier BL cliché

[Marker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solo había leído una parte del manga y pensaba que era un one-shot pero ahora que compre la versión impresa me di cuenta que era parte de una historia completa que por cierto me fascinó.

El dibujo de C. J. Michalski siempre me ha gustado.

[Laura Friis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly entertaing.

[Swathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this author and wish more of their works were published in English.

[78sunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kurz-Meinung:
Normalerweise bin ich kein Fan von Kurzgeschichten, aber hier passte einfach alles.
Die Geschichten haben alle eine solide Grundstory, sind super gezeichnet und die erotischen Szenen wirken nicht zu aufgesetzt sondern genau richtig.
Ich möchte hier nicht auf jede einzelne Geschichte eingehen, da man sonst zu viel verraten würde. Die ersten Geschichten haben alle mit einem Club (Boy's Club) zu tun. Einige Charaktere kommen daher in mehreren Geschichten vor. Das ganze ist Yaoi und es gibt, so weit ich mich erinnern kann, nur eine weiblichen Charakter. Manche Charaktere wirken sehr jung, was einige Leser vielleicht bei Yaoi stören könnte. Daher empfehle ich, erst einmal hineinzulesen.
Der Zeichenstil ist voll und ganz mein Ding. Schöne klare Linien, starke Kontraste, gut auseinander zu haltende Charaktere... Einfach toll.
Ich kann den Manga jedem Yaoi Fan empfehlen.

Meine Wertung:
5 von 5 Sternen

[Blak Rayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Man I Picked Up and The Man I Got Caught Up With are from a compilation of short stories with the same title. Tamaki owns a gay bar, well more like a host club and one night while closing up he finds a battered man Kouta hunched on his stoop. He takes Kouta in. Kouta is a big guy, unrefined and “not cute” as Tamaki puts it, but he lends a hand around the club and eventually becomes an invaluable asset. And as Tamaki quickly discovers Kouta is crazy about him. These two shorts have simple plots, attractive characters, and humour. I’m positive if you read them you’ll route for Kouta like I did.
Original Review: http://www.blakrayneblog.com/2015/11/...

[Cathlene Hammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute stories, great art.