The chemistry lately has felt kinda off. I know the last chapter something bad happened, and things like that are just life, but Akaru just...doesn't seem to be as lovey-dovey? He doesn't have to be I guess but that's what really attracted me to his character, how gung-ho he is to impress and how happy he is all the time. With him being more, not really callous, but not as unflinchingly kind and optimistic, I feel like the some of the charm is lost
An assertive uke who's not a -dere archetype!! I never thought I'd see the day
I'm....actually super impressed. It has been actual ages since I've been jerked around and had an actually satisfying payoff!! The art style and general story structure, not to mention that early on way-too-fast encounter set me up perfectly for a noncon disasterfest of terrible plot, contrived fighting, and bad motivations. But guess what! They were all, dare I say, masterful in their misdirection! An artform! I was completely thrown for a loop and I could not be happier~
Is this Okane Ga Nai
Hhhg, finished the whole thing and like
Damn it! Make the second couple its own thing, so I can rate it separately! The first story is awful, it's badly paced and there's nothing interesting or arousing in it - it has a "plot twist" which sure, yeah, that changes a perspective, but it doesn't actually change any of the meaning anything has had. Still rape, still disgusting.
The second story though - I can see that being a serial or other stories being inspired by it. It's so interesting and genuinely cute! Self-image worries, how men view themselves, dealing with feelings towards your crush, learning to love yourself, these are all great themes that are criminally lacking in most yaoi! I'd love another story in the same vein, that has more time and better pacing, but with equally in-love characters. It was actually good!
so fucking true. it pissed me off. i cant even read the second one
Totally respect that my dude - it is unfortunate that somehow the same artist made a POS and a diamond in the same manga. If you ever give it a go again, the second couple is honestly exceptional, and if not, I don't blame ya in the least
Damn, it's been a while since I got literally feel my blood pumping my face lol
The misunderstand was contrived but the payoff was more than worth it~ Seeing them so into each other was amazing
I almost cried when Daato discovered the empty soup pot. Something about that hit hard, after he bought the ingredients and made it for himself with those thoughts of his loved ones in it
awww..you're so sweet~
i had the opposite reaction. i thought it was sweet that Juda ate it. It felt like he was doing it because Juda was the one that made the food. He has feelings for her whether or not he accepts it.
him*
ok but consider this: They had sex for a whole day and Daato was obviously gonna wake up hungry as fuck and he didn't leave him any food? man didn't even wash the dishes smh
Daato must be a good cook for him to like it so much, he didnt leave anything at all!
That kinda fucked up tho like?? Their whole relationship dynamic is screwy when it comes down to the brass tacks - even if I like it they do still quite obviously hate the fact that they're soulbound, as stated in the main series
Not to mention he wouldn't know those feelings because they don't really know each other too well at this point, just seems kinda callous more than caring
;u;
I absolutely think Juda is going out of his way to be helpful, and symbolically it could be a very strong element, but it's still diegetically a dick thing to do lol
Ain't that the truth
No problemo, happy to :D Honestly, I just kinda pulled the -ally out of the air because it sounded right, I learned diegesis from a YouTube video but gosh heck it, I cannot remember which one. I could've sworn it was from a Lindsey Ellis or Innuendo Studio video, but I cannot for the life of me hunt down which one. Now it's gonna bug me lol
If I eve do find it, I'll let ya know
Whoops, found it, it was Lindsey Ellis' "Joel Schumacher's Phantom of the Opera: A Video Essay" which is a great video, diegesis definition or otherwise
Sure thing
But honestly, I just love the bickering and how cold Juda is. It just makes him look dominant but the dominance we see gets thrown off when you have a mentally strong and aggressive uke. The dynamic is just brilliant.
And juda eating the cooking had the opposite affect for me. Juda didn't want to try it IN FRONT OF dato, so he put this cold face up because (tsundere man). But he was really eager to try it, so he put up an excuse to have sex when dato (cause he needed to initiate the heat even tho he said himself that he came early) and then tried it out when dato was sleeping and couldn't stop to leave some, cause it was so good. Is how i understood it.
Honestly speaking, I thought it was just Juda showing his love to Dato. He want to know more about him, so with a childlike personality, he couldn't stop being curious.
Even if that is the case, he still took food from the mouth of his soulmate, and isn't at the point in their relationship where he can even consider what the other party thinks or feels. It's childish and callous, and Daato definitely won't feel any love if he doesn't express it. That's kinda my feelings on tsundere in general lol so it's not like it's a problem specific to this couple, but I still feel what I feel
I really enjoyed the chapter with Bernard. I've never read a story about cultures interacting quite like that, and I find it really interesting how a weakness in one relationship is a strength in another; very cool dynamic there. Also the fact that Yui and Todoki got together so comfortably was really nice, thanks for not having it go around for 50 chapters lol
This would make a good serial I feel; has enough plot for at least a full five chapters, and compelling enough characters to pull it along. Plus if it had that time, it could actually bring some chemistry to the table lol, and maybe some enthusiastic consent and basic foreplay too
Literally what took it from an 4 to a 5 for me was Shiro-chan outright stating he wanted to be kissed. Blessed! So few actually outright say so, I love confessions <33
This is the weirdest thing. For the past four-ish years, I've had a character named Rei who is basically this, a rent-a-cat except a human, who's blonde with blue eyes and dresses in light blue
Needless to say, this is exactly to my tastes
Wooooow I really like when those kind of things happen to me!
So that was what, two proposals from Souichi and one from Morinaga? What a beautiful way to end book 11, gosh <3<3<3