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My exactly thought of this manga and the mangaka, and what I'll do right after reading it. (I was about to write my thoughts down when your comments catch my eyes(oh, btw great review)
Thanks!! It feels nice knowing that someone has a similar opinion to mine :)
Oh, BTW, I read the side story on Masa and Shige and I love it <3
Still didn't particularly like Tatusya and Suruga, but at least this time it was well executed.
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God did I dislike this manga. I realized reading the comments that a lot of people like it a lot, but I just could not get beyond the bad execution and the selfish characters. The manga in itself felt very jumpy, a character was saying something one second and the next he's saying the complete opposite. I feel like there was no sense of fluidity from one scene to the next.
The other thing that I disliked was that Tatsuya denied his feeling for 6 out of 8 chapters. That was so frustrating and tiring. By comparison the last chapter was a lot better, but at the same time felt rushed. And that sex scene felt so rapey with Tatsuya saying that it hurt and Suruga just shoving his dick in, please be considerate to your partner. On a relationship level I feel like everything could have been solved better with better communication and the main two characters being able to leave the egos behind for just a few seconds.
I think the idea behind this was good and this mangaka's art (even though not my favorite) is really good. I just think it would have benefited a lot if the progression had been more even through out the manga, maybe they could have started to accept their feeling for one another a bit sooner. Poor Masatoshi (though he is partly at fault for not saying a word) just got kicked to the side and Tatsuya was wondering what was wrong with him when the guy had just confessed, gee, be a bit more perceptive.
Okay, that's it for my rant, I know this may not be a popular opinion. As I said in the beginning, I realize a lot of people liked this a lot. This is just my personal opinion and doesn't mean that anyone should like it any less than they do. I also want to clarify that all my criticism goes to the two main characters, I liked all the other characters, specially Louis' and Yuuichi's story, that was freaking cute. I hope there is a manga dedicated to just them, that would be awesome. Now I'm going to go read Masatoshi's story, I hope he isn't too mean to Shigeru as he did say in this manga that he was only gentle towards Tatsuya.