But I’m sis yes I’ve read shintaro’s story somewhere….. or was it someone else… I really can’t remember except for that fact it was a teacher x father and then the sequel was about childhood friend x son…..but I legit can not remember for the life of me
*Warning. This comment has religious undertones and a very meh feeling person writing it. Proceed with caution and be respectful. *
I saw a discussion in the comments so I'm here to add a few cents because why not.
First of all, I did not expect this level of fucked-up shit from a story which literally has "The Wet King" in its title. The brother looked too well drawn and I find out he has a story too.... Am I willing to read it? Maybe. Will I let slide what he did because of what happened to him? Absolutely no. I know its a fictional story but honestly, the only sane character was Azam. He didn't deserve any of this. Even Tokio was a psychotic little thing.
Onto the second part and it might ruffle some feathers.... This Manga gave me bad feelings. Like I ate something weird and now it's causing me heartburn. So I went back and forth thru the panels. I was absolutely right. As someone who has read Mangas (yes the Japanese ones) for 12 years, I have a pretty good idea about how the Japanese mangakas do their research. Especially when Arabs are concerned. Now I know they always have stereotypes, but it's a bit worse with Arabs. Apparently all Arabs (and a majority of them are in romance) are rich. Oil tycoons, business owners, multinational hotel chains managers... Etc etc and they wear the dress and hair accessory. Their names too. Let's take this one for example. He's called Azam, which means great in Arabic. They always have an "Al" (literally just a suffix. It converts a simple noun to complex noun. Usually.)
Now that this does not mean that they're implying every dark skinned Arab is Muslim and usually when I read shit like this, I just breathe and assume that's not the case. Despite knowing the that they probably think all Arabs are Muslims (spoiler alert, they're not).... And it works out.
This Manga however, it made me feel queasy. Because the author implied multiple times that this guy and his country was predominantly Muslim. The artificial rain, the daily saying "if the god will be..", the attire, the settings, the names.... it all screamed Muslim....
This is not going to be me preaching about Islam or how its haram and everything, but this is me saying that even if you're ignorant, you do realize there is stuff which borders on disrespect.
I know people are going to be like "well, if you don't like it don't read it" and stuff like that". Or "Well, we're from another religion but we never went this feral when Mangas mentioned our religion" or "they use Jesus and Buddha all the time, what's the big deal?"
Its the weird way they put it and how they imagine Muslims are. I really don't mind Muslim being mentioned or used in a media, but I hate it when it's so obviously wrong. Everyone is with faults, yes. But imagine putting pedophilia, rape, fucked up family dynamics, manipulation, oppression, and so much more when implying a person follows a particular religion. I see it as obvious islamophobia. Do not twist my words and take it as if I'm acknowledging shit or "tHeRe iS aLwAyS sOmE TrUtH-" no. Shut up. You don't get to talk about a religion when you don't know jackshit about it. Which is especially my problem with this author.
The art is gorgeous. Absolute treat, but the world could do without this story. You can write a good psychological trauma, without obvious implications to anyone. You can just not think that it's fine if you're ignorant. You also can not have "Sexy Wet King" in the title and then make it a trauma dump......a BAD trauma dump.
It's getting long.... I am going to stop here. Gawd.
IT STILL TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, THE WAY HE DIED.
I GASPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OFFICE!!!
Gawd, I wanted some more chps to see that ghost get wrecked and the closure author talked about.
And I still want so-eun’s story…. Give him some love too
Rereading this entire series because the first vol is one of my most favorites (the prequel)….and Thor first vol of this sequel still makes me feel meh. I hate how Zen was like “why can’t you trust me???” And “we shouldn’t be together if that’s how you think.” And Ryo was like “it’s all my fault.”
No it wasn’t, tf? Your lover is giving you rain checks on rain checks, you suddenly see him with someone he suddenly got chummy with, never explained why he’s treating him the way he treated you before (rivalry, it is a significant relation for both of them), is lying to you because “that’d seem uncool for you to know.”….AND YOU THINK YOU ARE AT FAULT FOR GETTING *checks notes* GETTING ANNOYED????
I paused midway to comment this because I was so frustrated and it’s not even my first time reading it. I hated how Zen handled it, I hated how his character was butchered. Fukami you highly inconvenient motherfucker. How the fuck are you leaving your actual friend and pinning another dude because of their rivalry? I understand your perspective, and it’s not really your fault (it is Zen’s cus holy fuck communication is not uncool) but still.
THE ARGUMENT WAS SOLVED YES, BUT IT WAS DONE SO SWIFTLY. ZEN NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY INSTEAD OF THINKING “why didn’t he just tell me??” Um, if only you could do the same?? How are you the best sales person when your interpersonal skills are so low in private??
I love both Zen and Ryo, but I still think whatever spanned 7 chapters, was absolutely bullshit and shouldn’t have happened.
Now if you don’t like this entire rant of a comment, you don’t have to tell me. I don’t want lessons on how life works or that’s just how it is or they handled it maturely.
It's fiction. We are reading fiction for a reason. Ranting about one thing or another, is part of being a reader’s experience. If you agree with me, that’s great. If you don’t, great.
Oh and if you’ve read a similar comment, chances are that was me, too.
I stopped midway to comment this because I got very frustrated. If you see another of my comment, treat that as a separate entity. If you lasted til the end, have a cookie
I was reading the novel until the mtl ver. I honestly can't say anything since I'm reading unofficially, but they are so messy... The chapters start with no head or tail, end up somewhat better but the next chapter is almost the entire same story as the prev one until the half and then it cuts and continues.
It's very hard to follow and since I know they will cut the novel to fit the comic format (almost always happens), I'm lowkey sad....
THIS WAS SO GOOD BUT I WANTED TO SEE HIM BOTTOM.
THAT “The end” CAME OUT OF NO WHERE OMFG I NEED SOME EXTRAS
I reread the second story every few months and gawd. I always crave more….author needs to release a whole vol
I read it.... They're unreliable narrators.... I need a paragraph person since I can't determine the bottom's intention. I feel like the top was somehow manipulated but gawd.
And yeah, moral of the story, don't take stuff others have.
Does he end up with the one he covered for? Or someone else?
Just spoil that for me so I don't root for someone else (second lead syndrome)
I read it in 2016...solely because of the scene where yashiro stomps on doemeki's dick after he had declared his ED (he got hard for yashiro lmfao logic? Never heard of it) But it always had a special place in my heart.
So I dropped it, after memorizing the title (ish) and waited..... And waited..... And waited..... And its almost been a decade but this thing isn't done yet. I want to rebel and read but I know this author and I know the last chapter is 100% a cliffhanger.....
I just hope this gets done before I'm in my 30s
God that wa intense... But I started it thinking all chps were released..... Holy hell it is one of the most action packed Manga I've read.
But I imagine, it's a mess since the releases are once a month AND SO SHORT. JUST END NOW DAMN IT