Bleh, another overrated tropefest

TachibanaChiharu October 16, 2019 3:19 pm

Ugh, how is this rated 9.0? It's so bad (the problem's always in the writing). It comes across as a completely plot-by-committee story to check off several tropes and fetishes that a standard BL audience might be interested in, and then gets mixed together in a tepid soup that doesn't quite gel.

Even the mildly amusing same-name subplot is half-arsed; a better take on it would've been to find out that uke's beloved "chi-chan" is actually the same person as the seme with a wig on or whatever, since they actually kind of look similar and have the same name. I would've died laughing if that had been the case at least. But it was far too generous of me to ever think that this minimum-effort production could've had that much thought put into it.

If you're looking for a rape-to-love story, go read "Oni to Tengoku" instead. It's way better.

List time! (spoilers, not that it matters)
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- Rape-to-love: an overused and tired trope to be sure, but not done well here
* subnote: stories with the rape tag can still be good. this isn't one of them.

- Seme just generally acts like a spoiled, selfish a-hole the entire manga and it's frustrating to watch

- Manga attempts to excuse Seme's raping of the uke in a number of ways but fails utterly:
* Sob-story backstory w/a little bro
* But then his bro shows up and seme treats him like crap
* Side-note: half-brothers are still brothers, ffs
* Lame trope of uke catching a cold for dumb, improbable reasons
* Uke getting sick just so seme can oh-so generously take care of him so the manga can pretend like the seme's not an a-hole, hypocrite rapist with a bad personality
* Seme has a dog that he seems to care about (which is movie short-hand for "good guy", look it up), but it falls flat because there's nothing likeable about the seme

- Mom is harangued by seme for being a slut when seme acts JUST LIKE HER

- Seme says he's a porn star early on but literally nothing is done with this

Sigh. I feel bad for the uke.

Responses
    Creatyll October 18, 2019 3:33 am

    Your right though, its very typical and not unique to itself or interesting. Regardless, I enjoyed the art style.

    みか October 30, 2019 1:11 pm

    You're so right! I thought I was the only one who thought this. I need more original yaoi, but I still read it doe cause I got nothin else to read.

    arinbunny November 15, 2019 11:03 pm

    You must be so fun at parties

    TachibanaChiharu November 16, 2019 12:26 am
    You must be so fun at parties arinbunny

    Absolutely~~ ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

    yaoiislove December 7, 2019 9:57 pm
    Absolutely~~ ლ(´ڡ`ლ) TachibanaChiharu

    Lol yeah sureeee ヽ(`Д´)ノ

    lostikins December 27, 2019 10:18 am

    You're the type to watch porn for the plot, aren't ya? lol

    TachibanaChiharu December 27, 2019 4:46 pm

    Isn't that what we're all here for? :]

    Mici Angels January 5, 2020 3:27 am

    This is smut manga, not plot manga. One shouldn't take these seriously and it is aimed at a certain audience. Re-read this piece plenty of time already, the rating fits

    Zen January 17, 2020 6:38 pm

    I agree with you pal...same here

    big gay May 13, 2020 7:27 am

    but y know it’s smut right?

    big gay May 13, 2020 7:29 am

    oh no i’m sorry the tag isn’t there my bad

    Luna May 14, 2020 5:10 pm
    You're so right! I thought I was the only one who thought this. I need more original yaoi, but I still read it doe cause I got nothin else to read. みか

    The things we have to endure coz we aint have much to read. ( ̄へ ̄)

    Luna May 14, 2020 5:14 pm

    You are very right on point there. Im looking for self redemption for the seme every chapter but it failed everytime.

    みか May 14, 2020 5:24 pm
    The things we have to endure coz we aint have much to read. ( ̄へ ̄) Luna

    Yeah, and when we do have stuff to read that's good, it's either dropped or untranslated

    Luna May 15, 2020 12:15 am
    Yeah, and when we do have stuff to read that's good, it's either dropped or untranslated みか

    Ahhhhhh reminds me of soo many series left to shades ╥﹏╥