By My Side

Description

A guy accidentally witnesses his friend masturbating. This shouldn't really affect their relationship any, right? After all, men see such things all the time; it's just an amusing incident, to be laughed over once the embarrassment has worn off. Or maybe...

Original Manga
Official English

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

BY MY SIDE 長相廝守

BY MY SIDE 长相厮守

バイ・マイ・サイド

바이 마이 사이드

Groups Scanlating

Seraphic Deviltry

u-zai

Latest Release(s)

c.5-5.5 (end) by Seraphic Deviltry 5 years ago

v.1 c.3-4 (v2) by Seraphic Deviltry 6 years ago

v.1 c.5 by Seraphic Deviltry & u-zai 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (174 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.58 / 10.0

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Last Updated

January 1st, 2026 1:23am PST - 4 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

NATSUME Kazuki

Artist(s)

NATSUME Kazuki

Year

2016

Original Publisher

Shinshokan (2016)

Tokyo Mangasha (2019)

Serialized In (magazine)

Cheri + (Shinshokan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Futekiya

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #700 (-10)

Monthly Pos #1881 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3727 (+286)

6 Month Pos #5656 (-155)

Year Pos #6677 (-1009)

List Stats

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On 183 wish lists

On 379 completed lists

On 11 unfinished lists

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by gojotism
7 months ago

Rating: N/A

super short barely has smut but when it does there are zero waits and stops so

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Nice.

by kidoraku
4 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The story is simple but cute. Art is beautiful. Give it a try if you don't feel like reading overly complicated love story.

Be careful what version you are reading, cause in the beginning mangaka was publishing single chapters in a magazine and suddenly, after releasing chapter 5, she changed her mind and published the whole story at once, as tankoubon, as a result previously published version of chapter 5 was completely rewritten. It's like the magazine version, with more drama, was dropped. Keep that in mind.

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Best friends are my jam, but not this

by arethusa
5 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Man, I read this going "huh? that's not how things work" over the logistics of the happenings with their life. It was trying very hard to make them look cool (which was cringe-inducing for me) and I suppose, make the drama work. But the thing is, the drama was needless, and what was there looked so obviously contrived and over-dramatized.

Had a good start, but it felt pretty anticlimactic. I'd give this a pass.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Average

by Pandoreye
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

This didn't rock the boat. It was super average in terms of characters, plot, and art. Very forgettable.

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Charming~

by Maria-Ayako
5 years ago

Rating: 8.6 / 10.0

Another story about friends turning lovers. The theme is nothing new, but the characters are charming. We witness the point where friendship turns to love.
In my opinion, the time skip was huge, i would have loved to see some scenes from the skipped years, and the exact moment when Uyama saw the ring!! I need more happy Uyama moments!!!!

... Last updated 5 years ago

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I need closure

by kyleatreides
6 years ago

Rating: N/A

It's been 2 years since the last chapter was uploaded... I need some closure, scanlator-san cries

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by 56lulu
7 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I would recommend it and it isn't complete yet so YAY.

Expect the feels

... Last updated 7 years ago

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I am so in love with this mangaka

by JHax9999
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

Every single story that I've read from this mangaka has been amazing! Emotional, poignant, complex, and perfectly paced with just the right amount of drama and angst to give weight to the relationship. They are all so good, and this manga is no exception. In fact, it's going straight into my favorites list.

I love that every character here behaves like real people, real men. They aren't females with dicks. The uke is gay, but doesn't do the cutesy feminine sh*t that I hate. He's just a regular guy who happens to be gay. He struggles with his sexuality, as any normal person would living in a traditional country like Japan. And the way he loves the seme is just... gawd, it breaks my heart!

The seme is straight, and that plays a lot in his struggle to understand his jumbled, budding feelings for his friend. This is not just a case of, "oh, they hooked up, and suddenly the straight one is perfectly fine with being gay. It's no big deal." He actually struggles quite a bit to work through his emotions, and I love him for how desperately he tries to keep them together despite it all.

Anyway, this manga is really really good. I look forward to reading more.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Why did i start this? LOL

by noxplum
8 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

So uh.. yea the "uke" or bottom or whatever yeah he's like everywhere o__o no like i think I've seen him around other manga like the character design is super familiar but whatever. Mostly just reading it for memes i guess

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