I love that you gave such a detailed yet precise summary of me screaming "my thoughts exactly!" at my phone. School the children please because although those flaws weren't enough to ruin the story for me they were kinda blatant...some of us fujoshi are sticklers for the details authors! Anyway, new follower here. I'm in the Midwest USA. Let's be BL buds. Ttfn!
I have to have a good reason to dislike a character and a few pages of asshole behaviour just wasn't enough to make me hate the ex. There is always a reason why people, or characters, do what they do. I need those details for characters with a face! Does he do this to everyone and if not, what made Chiaki so special? I get the feeling that if I understood why he did this to Chiaki, I might like the ex. He also gave up really easily. That isn't a psycho stalker type. That is a desperately in love but desperately awkward type. And, damn, if I don't just love that type! They make me want to pop them in the head, give them a hug and show them how to do it right. LOL
I'd love to be BL buds!
I was also thinking there had to be more behind the ex and Chiaki story! They hinted at it and then refused to give up the goods! What a letdown!! What's with the ex saying that Chiaki was violent as well and then that cigarette burn teaser and then?...... nothing! Come on!!! You slutty tease you! Lol! I was so bent. Just finished "Small Fetish" from your reading now or want to read list and it's adorable. It's incomplete and another story that I can easily give 4 stars depending on how much "raunch" (I made it up I think) they can work into the story; so far it's starting out pretty good. The characters are engaging and that's always a plus for me.
Sorry for the late reply. You sound like a yaoi connoisseur like me! I'll have to read or reread Small Fetish before I can give my two cents, but I look forward to it.
This really had such "long term series" potential and it felt like it ended in the middle. It was such a sweet story and yet it was so unbearably short. I would have liked to have seen the ex's reasons for blackmailing him. I mean, I grasp that he was obsessed with him, but it felt like the ex could have been a faceless character and the impact would have been the same. Which means, there is a spin off of his story in the works... I hope. Although I wasn't impressed with his actions, I am curious to know more and try to understand why he acted that way.