Trigger Warning : Rape, Child Rape (since they are in school), Incest
Just plain disgusting. Couldn't go past Page 5. Disgusting family like this is enough to ruin a child's life.
Also, again with the one brother having black hair and the other having blond. And somehow the blond is being abused. This is a recurring trend in BL. Light haired uke stereotype ensues. Twisted case of Racial domination and fetishism.
Absolutely love this work. BL with actual plot. Or more like a good story with BL :) Love the plot, story building and character development.
Small things have a plot of their own. Once I read the sub plot I could connect it to the small reference or object in the main plot. And these sub plots are not there just for the heck of it (I can't help but think of Great god Airplane here (lol)). They have meaning and carry emotional significance (which help in character development) or are very essential to the main plot itself.
The character development of Xie Lian is tremendous. From a naïve crown prince who is not aware of how world works to a scrap collector god who, despite being aware of the ugly side of the world could still keep his core values. And Taihua.. same as his master.. Refuses to discard his core values.
Just every character has a story and significance. Like in real life. We might not think some one is important and that is true from certain perspectives. But seeing the whole picture, everything is interconnected.
Love the comedy as well. I found it hilarious that Mu Qing and Feng Xin tried to rescue Xie Lian from Hua Cheng saying he has been stalking him (so true). Also the part where Goushi calls Hua Cheng scary. "He’s been stalking you for eight hundred years!
Scary, too scary! My fortunes really are too accurate!" (lol). Though I tend to agree, the devotion is real. And Xie Lian doesn't seem to mind, so that's what matters I guess.
Both Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are strong and don't interfere with the other's fight for no reason.
I read the novel while listened to the One Flower One Sword track and that somehow elevated the experience for me!!!
Translating the alpha omega dynamic into men-women dynamic.. if a guy is born beautiful he becomes a girl/women? By this logic, with the number of babies who are born with beautiful features there should not be more than a few boys/men in this world. （￣へ￣）
And that disgusting brother. He is insinuating that he wants to help him with his so called heat.
Absolutely love this work. BL with actual plot. Or more like a good story with BL :) Love the plot, story building and character development.
Both Lan Zhan and Wei Ying are strong characters. They acknowledge each others strengths and don't think of the other as weak just for showing some weakness in some moment of their lives (Sorry.. this is me bringing my baggage from Shh! My Dear Alpha here.. I just wrote a review for that novel). They fight together in the later stages and both are strong in their chosen cultivation path. Lan Zhan does not interfere when he knows Wei Ying can handle it and vice versa. He lends a hand when needed. Yes mutual respect exists.
Lan Zhan is a strict top (yeah, this is a thing in real world and not just a figment of imagination of authors) and Wei Ying a kinky? bottom. And this is also why I like the BL in this. The couple does not have to be a switch couple for both of them to be strong. An uke can be strong too. And being an uke does not make one weak or does not define their personality. Same goes for seme (with what ever baggage the word seme entails).
And Chinese (Asians) having dark hair as they are supposed to (ಥ◡ಥ). And not uke having light hair for some stupid reason. The best..
I read this novel after Pay Attention To Me. Was fascinated with the physically strong omega character. But there are a few things I did not like about this novel.
Firstly Shaoyan (omega) is looking for an alpha with strong pheromones even if that person is a jerk (Zou Rui). He actually likes Wang Zhe (alpha) but still does not act on it initially because of his weak pheromones. This at least is understandable since in this universe, an omega would die if they do not get proper pheromones during their first heat. Even with this life threatening condition he still chooses Wang Zhe pretty quickly.
Now to the point which greatly disappointed me. This part in the novel
"Jiang ShaoYan fundamentally was not as strong as everyone thought.
Even though he had a buffer physique and stronger fighting ability than the average omega, could he win against two alphas at once? In the end, he was still an omega."
This is from the POV of Wang Zhe.
Throughout both novels we are shown that Shaoyan is both physically and mentally strong. He can and actually does defend himself from alphas. This particular scenario happens when Shaoyan goes out and for some reason his suppressants stop working. He is attacked by 3 alphas lead by Zou Rui (the jerk). Wang Zhe after not seeing for a while, becomes worried and starts looking for him while thinking this. And guess what Shaoyan actually does defend himself successfully here, though he gets injured in the process. Wang Zhe then confronts Shaoyan after finding him and tells him to delay things if such scenario ever happens again and that he would definitely come protect him.
Yeah.. yeah.. some might find this very romantic, but this is impractical. So what.. does he expect to always follow Shaoyan everywhere he goes? Or does he expect Shaoyan to not go out of his house anymore to stay safe? Or does he plan to put a tracker on him like a creep? I understand in scenarios where there is a choice it's better to accept help and fight together, but what about when there is no other choice like in this case? Should he have submitted to Zou Rui and be r@ped. Like what... Defending one self is wrong now..
And cherry on top, even before knowing that Shaoyan's suppressants were not working and was injured he has these thoughts about him being weak. I am not saying him worrying about Shaoyan when is in heat is wrong. Everyone has weakness at some point in life. What I am pissed of about is him degrading Shaoyan as being weak and just an omega when he himself has seen his strength many times. Where is the confidence and trust?
You might want to protect your loved ones. Even if they are strong. You don't want them to be harmed. Nothing wrong with that. But don't talk about them in such demeaning manner. Don't undermine their strength just to satisfy your protective instincts.
This especially got me since Wang Zhe is shown to be a very devoted alpha in Pay Attention To me. And the comments in that manhua/novel suggested that there is no better alpha than him. But reading this part, I can't bring myself to respect him and think of him as the best alpha there is.
Trigger Warning - Child Abuse
Spoilers ahead
Loved the novel. This has a very unique and interesting plot.
Che Che went through a lot and is going through a lot. Jiang Yao helps him through that. He might come of as a playboy and may be he is for some part, but he is a very devoted, and responsible person. Absolute green flag.
Though I still cannot understand not letting the parents of patient (who is a minor) know about the child's health condition due to law? Which civilization is actually thinking that the children (10 year old) can make decisions for themselves? This is very illogical.
So Qi Wang Zhi (seme) is an alpha who was raised as a girl during his childhood?
Then when he disguised himself as black haired guy to meet Sheng, he turned himself into an omega? Or did he meet him as an Alpha?
Present day he is an Alpha, so he turned himself into an Alpha again?
Or was he an omega at birth and changed himself into an Alpha?
Or he never changed his secondary gender and met Sheng (while disguised as dark haired guy) as an alpha.
Are secondary genders assigned at birth in this manhua or at a certain age? Could he have met Sheng (as dark haired guy) when he was not assigned a secondary gender, and then he became an Alpha?
I wish I understood this. Read the whole thing but still some parts make no sense.
Truly respect teachers like these 2, who not only provide good academic education but also provide moral support to their students.
Love that Yanagi who is an omega and understands the difficultly of being an omega in a world where discrimination is rampant, reassures his student that he will support her. And Asanaga talks about ways to deal with alpha ruts and supporting them. Both encourage their students to break the barriers of sexes and see each other for who they are.
This encouraged the other teachers to pitch in as well.
Wonderful read. Breath of fresh air after reading a lot of $hi!t lately.
Also, taller uke and shorter seme, and the taller one did not turn out to be light haired. Averted Light haired uke stereotype. Awesome.
I don't quite understand the inner workings of the aunt though. Like why would you neglect a child, when you feel that you were responsible for his parent's death.
Inner Interactions of different parts of mind is hilarious (lol). Eunsung's Conscience burying his Instinct (≧∀≦). And P.E.P. I am dead (lol). I can't laugh anymore.
Awesome Seme. The rare green flag type.
Trigger Warning: Child Rape, Child Prostitution, Explicit Depiction of Child Rape, Explicit Depiction of Child Sexual Torture, Incest Child Rape, Disgusting Father, Disgusting Brother
His father sold him into prostitution as a child. Father should be burned alive. Just a disgusting human being. I feel so sorry for Kei. He had to deal with a a lot. He is mentally very disturbed. No child should go through this.
This manga did mess me up. The thought process of the child going through this, not understanding why this is happening to him. Going as far as thinking that the adults were jailed but he was not just because he is a child is stupid. Really heart wrenching. Have to say this part of the portrayal is well written. But I definitely could have done without the explicit child rape scenes (PLAIN DISGUSTING). The author even drew explicit sexual torture scenes regarding the child. DISGUSTING. I can't say how disgusting I feel regarding this.
Another issue I have with this manga..
If the father wanted money, then why did he just prostitute the light haired guy. Kei has a brother too, why wasn't he (Disclaimer: I am not saying he should have been. please read on). I feel this is just because of Kei's unique light haired and eyes. Just some twisted case of racial domination.
Just found out that the brother, dad or grandparent also raped him. DISGUSTING Author. Racial Domination. Has something against light haired people.
This seriously messed me up. Wish I did not read this. WISH THERE WAS SOME TRIGGER WARNING FOR THIS.. Whenever I am reminded of this and the disgust reaches a certain level I come here to rant about it.
Yup. Stupid light haired uke stereotype strikes again.
Best couple in all of the BL I read - Shen Yuan and System. (rofl) They have the best chemistry and are an iconic comedic duo.
Shen Yuan and Airplane; Shen Yuan and Liu Qingge are also good comedic duos. Shen Yuan himself is hilarious. Oh... and don't forget Tianlang-Jun.
Everything else.. Can we call it reverse grooming. I don't know ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Trigger Warning - Child Rape, Child Abuse, Pedophilia by Father, Light Haired Seme Rape
No amount of torture is enough for these kinds of disgusting fathers.. I don't understand how they are allowed to have children.
Another seme raped as a child turns out to be light haired. Disgusting man. This hardly is ever depicted with dark haired semes. I don't understand why authors feel the need to do this to light haired people. Some kind of twisted racial domination thing. Disgusting
Trigger Warning - Child Rape, Child Prostitution, Child Abuse
Jean talking so calmly about his abuse.. These things really mess up a child. No amount of punishment is enough for these disgusting aggressors..
Also, regarding STR Studio version, they keep using the word catamite. I looked up the meaning. How is this word apt for him? Didn't Jean/Gin say he was never with a man. Am I missing something? Or is it just bad translation.
This is a rare gem and has an awesome plot.
Has a novel with the same name with over 900 chapters and still ongoing. Have to wait for a few years for this adaptation to complete. Definitely worth it.
Trigger Warning : Child Rape, Child Abuse, Child Drug Testing, Pedophilia by Adopted Father
Another BL without proper Trigger Warnings or tags.
Light haired seme was adopted as a child and continuously raped by adopted father. Went through drug testing by adopted father. Disgusting man. I don't understand how people like these be allowed to live. No amount of torture is enough for these disgusting creatures.
Also, why the hell is the raped character a blond again. Sick of this trope already. Authors love to abuse light haired characters. Disgusting.
There have been too many instances on this site where I started reading BL work and suddenly came across things like child rape, child abuse, child prostitution, child sex trafficking etc. Some even have explicit child rape scenes. Most of the time there are no Trigger Warnings and comes as a total surprise in an unpleasant disgusting way. I saw very few cases where the chapter would have trigger warnings at the start, but even this is a rare case. Some of these are so small and do not attract enough attention when compared to the huge red warnings page stating not to reupload or some other stuff before it.
Shouldn't these kinds of things be mentioned on the summary or prologue and at the start of the chapter. So that people can make informed decisions? And this should be done even if it's implied or a backstory. People do get physically ill due to triggers.
Sadly, with the current state of BL I go into reading one expecting there to be some kind of rape for adults. But children are not at an age where they should be exposed to some elements (even thought sadly some are exposed). So this should have a much strict regulation.
So,
1. do authors put Trigger Warning on a book when they publish it?
2. If not why?
3. If yes, why are these not present on mangago?
4. I feel it would be better to have a separate section here to explicitly mention these warnings. and uploaders should fill this information when creating a new manga page and may be put a warning page before the first chapter.
Also it would be highly appreciated if people (who know there are problematic plot points and no trigger warnings) can put a Trigger warning in the comments or topics section.
Note: I read somewhere that an author did not put trigger warnings for child related abuse because it would ruin the surprise. I am not sure how credible this is, but if it is true... that is some disgusting thought process and stupidity of the highest level.
Trigger Warning - Child Sex Trafficking, Possible Child Rape, Child Abuse, Possible Drug testing on child
I don't understand why no one puts Trigger Warnings for these kinds of things. This is about child rape and trafficking. Why does mangago not have any section for trigger warning and make it mandatory while adding a new story. I am sick and tried of picking up and manga and suddenly coming across disgusting stuff like this without prior warning.
Sex Traffickers caught the child that Ji-Chan is looking for (the seme) because of his pretty features with light blond hair and fair features. Kid has not presented but everyone assumes he is an omega because of his looks (plain stupid). One of the trafficker even goes as far as to say it's better he is not omega so he won't get pregnant. The trauma the kid had to go through... This makes me so sick. The story is still ongoing, don't know what happened to the kid. What he had to go through.
I am sick and tired of light haired characters being put through these kinds of situations in these manga.
Yup, shows the hierarchy perfectly. Black haired guy is the seme. Guy with lighter shade but not the lightest shade hair is the Seke and guy with lightest shade is the uke.
Stupid Light haired uke stereotype.