chlorine's Manga

FUCKING PEEEAAAK

OK so my rating might come down a little after I have more time to sit on this, but I just haven't read a BL in so long that was so thoroughly entertaining and suspenseful with characters that were so rich in complexities. Neither Jesse nor Law were really good people, and the actual plot was very morally questionable but in a way that was just so good to read.

Jesse and Law were great characters, and their relationship was so complex and frustrating but never actually hard to read. It was frustrating in a way that made you root for them, in a way that made you want to see it to the end instead of just putting it down. Both Jesse and Law were kind of these emotionally stunted men who couldn't really communicate well, but it didn't fall into the death-trap of miscommunication just for the sake of it. The way the characters acted felt very natural to who they are.

The actual mystery of the story was very engaging, as I was reading I kept making my own assumptions and theories and I felt as confused and disjointed as Jesse did as new information constantly kept getting revealed to him. And the actual payoff was great, it wasn't underwhelming, it didn't feel like it came out of nowhere. It was perfect.

Dropped.

I didn't drop it because it was particularly bad or anything; the art was gorgeous and incredibly unique. I don't know if it was proper water paint or if it was a digital technique, but regardless, it was amazing to look at. The art was genuine art in-of-itself. And for what it's worth, I did like the main two characters, the catboy and the tired adult. It was cute to see the catboy still be more cat than boy despite being mainly human in appearance.

But, for me, it just didn't hook me. I finished chapter 15, realized I don't really care what happens next, and decided to put the book down. I didn't particularly like the dual timeline, and there were just too many main characters thrown in at once. I think there were like 5?

There will be people who like this, and I don't fault them for that. This isn't a thing where it's like a proper critique, this just simply isn't to my personal taste. So for that, I'll leave it unrated.