Flawless!
Why thank you!
So true!
A very predictable ending, and empty too.
The seme keeps referring to the uke on third person all the time, and there is no connection between them, very cold for my taste.
The formula is so true >.<, that is one of the reasons that I avoid reading “Love Triangle” stories, because the plot doesn’t matter, always the end its about who pout and avoid more the uke, and the color of the hair.
So Sad.
Actually its not always true I have read a few yaoi love triangle stories in which the uke/seme ends up with someone of the same coloured hair as him. But it is a stereotype in yaoi that opposite hair types in love triangles always end up together.
If they have colored pages check the color. Many times the color will be either a light brown or an unnatural color. It's rare for two characters to have legit same color but it can happen.
I noticed this a ways back and immediately came up with my Formula when I noticed the pattern. Really annoying even if the story is good, unlike this one.
You know, every rule has an exception, and that formula it’s no different. Yeah there is some manga where in this situation the equal hair characters are going to be together, but normally that doesn’t happen. I think that there are many reasons for the mangaka decide on that, but the thing that end up bothering it’s that not always its seems like a good couple, like on this manga where there is no visible chemistry between Kou and Yuzu, but even so they end up together.
This manga end up a bit lame, because the characters were not well made.
Kou is completely empty, he is a cliché, ignoring the uke, and latter acting like he didn’t realize he was ignoring him.
Shin is pretty cool, but is completely centered on the uke, in the end of the manga he began to gain a personality because of the shop and all, but this end up pretty quickly because of the agreement thing.
And the uke Yuzu i’s empty too, he end up with Kou because of the “You are being ignored” thing and that’s all.
And all of this just made that formula that you’ve create even more noticeable, because when the manga is well-built the mangaka is able to camouflage this things better, not completely but a least a little.
Actually I liked how this manga ended. Yuzu legitimately had feelings for both of them and during the story progression you (the reader) can tell this. It was rare to read a love triangle manga were both rivals are both nice and it's not plainly made aware for the readers until later on who will end up with whom.
As for Kou, I think from the beginning I liked and was cheering for him, he always gave the impression of a guy interested in Yuzu, you can tell from his fist and second interactions with Yuzu, it showed that they both respected and had a close atmosphere about them. That is why when Shin saw this he got jealous and realised that he liked Yuzu.
Notice that Kou was for a long time in love with Yuzu and that's why he stole his first kiss. Kou has a quiet personality and is more of an actions speak louder than words kind of person. He was not pulling some negligent ploy on the uke, Kou got jealous of the uke paying attention to Shin and kind of pushing him off to the side, so he took time to express his feelings to Yuzu with his pictures rather than force his feeling on him.
Shin from the beginning always reminded me of having a best friend not really boyfriend type of relationship with Yuzu.
Anyway that's my opinion and I respect that you would have liked the other guy to win the uke but it was not fair to have a misconception about the guy who did win.
I respect your opinion but in reality I’m not talking about “Team Shin” or “Team Kou” I’m talking about creating a plot, creating a personality because this all is really just a creation.
I’m a person that work with books, I’m a part of the editing group, so a lot of people write books, and can’t sell those books because they did something wrong, and we help them fix this. Sometimes it works, sometimes doesn’t.
That experience made me start analyzing the book/ manga in a different way, because you see more than just a story, you see character building, personality, speech, plot, backup plot (something like non-essential information that help build the plot, but is not really important for the development of the story itself).
When I read this manga I don’t see the development of the characters, I saw clichés that built a story, the characters for me, doesn’t have enough personality for me to cheer for none of them, in the beginning the impression was that the uke was going to be with the two of them, them later with Shin and after he end up with Kou. The characters don’t have a foundation. You know?
But in my field of work, we have a saying: “Opinion it’s like an ass, everyone has his own” So I’m not criticizing yours and nor am I saying bad thing about a character because I like the other more, I’m saying that in my opinion in this manga in this story are missing a better foundation of characters, the mangaka created empty personalities and yes in my opinion there is a lot of clichés to be able to reach the “happy ending” in the end.
And just to clarify in no way I’m saying that I am better or that I am right and you are wrong because of my work, I’m just explaining what my experience tells me. The majority of books and mangas use a clichés to tell a story, what we analyze is how well the writer was able to hide that from the readers. The illusion, the fantasy the feeling is everything when writing/reading a book/manga/stories/etc.
Oh wow you're part of an editing team. Then you have my thanks for all your hard work. It was nice to see that you did not get offended or overemotional and start fighting with me because our opinions differ. (●'◡'●)ﾉ
No, that’s an ugly thing, I love that the world it’s filled with divergent opinions and a vast variety of things, persons and feelings. If everyone just liked of yellow where that would leave the blue...Right?
The only thing that make me sad it’s to see a person who forces their opinions over others, I’m glad that this manga was a good reading for you, even if it wasn’t for me.
What is the "Yaoi Color Formula"? It's something I came up with.
If in a story the uke has two seme's to pick from, it does not matter who you want to win or who you think is the better choice, Why? Because of the formula. If the uke has light hair he will end up with the dark haired seme every time. If the uke is dark haired he will end up with a light haired seme every time.
This happens all the time. AND I"M SICK OF IT!
The BLONDE SHOULD HAVE WON! SHIN WAS CHEATED BECAUSE THIS STUPID FORMULA!
Avoidance Formula is when the seme acts like a child and avoids the love interest causing them to "Think" about the other, which magically creates the longing feeling of love, even though before hand you didn't want anything to do with them in the first place. Example oustide this manga is when an uke is tormented by the seme in anyway, be it hate, jealousy, or the seme is an arrogant prick and or bully to the uke, or a massive combination of many things. Then when the uke stands up to the seme, either when the seme attacks or something that can be seen as the seme saying to doing something to make the uke snap, only to have the seme to show how immature they are or even threaten the uke and walks away. The seme then ignores and "Avoids" the uke. A few days to a few weeks, and rarely a few years, go by and somehow the uke starts wanting the seme back because somehow even after all the shit they went through that one moment of kindness from months to years in the past make the uke fall in love with them. Which is BULLSHIT!