
that's how you draw/write a good sex scene. both are super into it, it's depicted as a full-body afair - calves trembling, toes curling, uncontrolled expressions - as it should be, and their personalities still shine through. a lot of the sex in BL feels copy-pasted and generic, so I adore how integral to the story and the character this feels. so fucking good

one of the few times I was genuinely taken aback by how horrible an abusive lover in a BL was. like many other readers I was also reminded of the Gisele Pelicot case, and I think the proximity to reality is what makes it so harrowing.
I have to say, props to the author for how much they've evolved both in their art style and in their writing. I see the shadow of Lucaon in Kang Jaeha, and how differently these two are treated by the narrative!

I have to come back here every so often so I can heal from all the pain in the side couple's story
miyabi endured so much with his head held high - it makes me overjoyed that he found in keisuke someone to treasure him the way he deserves, and that he didn't hesitate in the slightest to snatch his chance to be happy. it's healing to see how good to each other they turned out to be.

secretly wished that their story was more than a volume though. Even as a couple that is like an introductory to the whole kuruboku universe, they left a really strong impression.
"he didn't hesitate in the slightest to snatch his chance to be happy" - Doesn't this ring a bell? Even Keisuke said it in chapter 5; that Miyabi could be rude, but he doesn't really have a preference for people. To me, it's like Keisuke was implying that Miyabi didn't really care who he was gonna be with - be it alpha or beta. In the first place, he didn't feel the need to bond or have a relationship with someone, until Keisuke - a person who made him have second thoughts about his destructive way of living - came to his life, with a monstrous mental strength to face all his provocations and inner demons. A lot of readers only saw that Miyabi "left" Utou for an alpha, but remember how Miyabi implied that even if Utou was an alpha, there still wouldn't be a chance for them to be together. And look at how Keisuke treated Miyabi compared to how Utou treated him. This set Keisuke apart from Utou, Tobinaga, and other alphas and betas who had fooled around with Miyabi.
they need to have a double date with the couple from Boss Bitch Baby