This whole thing was a pretty frustrating read, but it's an old one so maybe that's why. The story is also pretty cliche and not in a good way. My fav character was hands down Issei. Even though the best friend being secretly in love with the MC has been done before, and I usually hate it because it means the MC will lose a friend or I'll feel sorry for the friend that never had a chance. In this story, though, I kept wondering WHY Mizuho and Issei weren't really an item. His whole relationship with Enji was so awkward and I just skimmed through most of it. At least it's short.
I just got back into this manhwa a couple days ago. I was so excited that it had updated that I read the second season chapters even though I'd forgotten most of the story. I'm done with that and I'm reading it all from the beginning again. Whoever posted this, thank you so much! And I hope we get a bunch of posts this month, too.
So this was cute, but I think it could have done with a bit more development because everything moved way too fast. The art is pretty, too, so I think it's such a shame. I was just confused through most of it, then there was a two year time skip until they met again, and another eight month time skip and we get to see smut.
Also, am I the only one that didn't appreciate that best friend? I'm an introvert myself so I know how having an understanding, caring friend would really help Itsuki, but I don't like how the confrontation with Yuno went. He had no idea what was going on and he approached a stranger to take him to task without understanding the situation. Then, he kept quiet about it until the two year time skip. Whether or not Itsuki would have done anything or if it would have changed his determination, he shouldn't have interfered if he wasn't going to come clean about it to his friend.
Just to clarify, for anyone who's read Star x Fanboy manhwa, Dong-Ryo was the best. Even though Fanboy wasn't an introvert, I still love how Dong-Ryo was there for his friend and supported him without getting too involved in his business, since he wasn't completely sure what was going on. He knew not to interfere. Takuma not only interfered, but I don't think he handled it well, either. Just as well since he's probably a 19 year old kid like his friend, but understanding doesn't make me like him.
I actually really liked this one, but at some point, my attention shifted to the second pairing, and then it just ends. Because there's no closure for them I can't help thinking about them more than the main couple now.
I really wish I could like this story since it seems it grows sweet later on, but for right now, I am uncomfortable.
Daewon is homophobic, and there's nothing right about that. But that doesn't mean that his opinions and feelings shouldn't be respected, especially since this is a bl manhwa and we all know he's going to end up with a guy, the fun part is the character development. He might be a homophobic bastard but he's a person, too. I hated how that chibi hyung is trying to hold him to a contract he signed while drunk, that he didn't even remember signing because he was that drunk. They shouldn't have let him sign it while drunk, it shouldn't even be valid. Do you know who gets people to sign things while they're under the influence? Scammers. This poor kid got scammed. It is not okay to make someone do something they don't want to do, that they are completely uncomfortable with, even if it furthers the plot. Far from disliking his attitude, I feel sorry for him.
Then, the other MC. At the moment, I don't even like the bi guy, and I'm onyl up to ch 3 because he's making the other guy uncomfortable and that is not romantic. I get that it changes later, but there's apparently some sexual harrassment going on there, with the bi guy making advances and Daewon not liking it, saying no, but still the other guy doesn't stop. Now this is a pretty common trope in yaoi, but maybe because I've seen some great stuff recently where it's all consenting and even when it's a guy who starts off as straight ending up with another man, there's consent all over the place, and apologies if boundaries are crossed. So I really hate to go back to the old stuff where you just skim over the rapey stuff for the story.
The story is fine, except I wouldn't mind some parts getting switched around: the uke shows he's homophobic, the thing with his house happens, he has no other choice, so he sucks it up. the bi guy offers to house him for a while with the rule that he won't try to hit on him or make him uncomfortable, the chibi hyung gives him the bl job and he signs the damn contract sober because it's work and he was in desperate need of money. You can just as easily develop a relationship from this without it feeling forced. even if he had no other choice, it's still his choice to make, especially since in the manhwa, the reason he couldn't move back in with his parents was because he'd already signed the contract for the bl VA (while drunk.)
I'll probably continue with this if I can't find something else to read, but for now, I just got off a really sweet somewhat long bl series that I wouldn't mind seeing more of. It was both cute and sexy, and I really want to find something where there is no jerky behavior.
Could you link some of those with consent all over the place?
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Where to even start? there's so many, but these are some of my favorites
webtoons
shounen ai: Dasadanan, star x fanboy, unriped expression, cherry blossoms after winter, at the end of the road (slightly dark), voice of love, my darling signed in
yaoi: alice in adultland, sign, following namsoo to the bathroom, ice man (short)
manga
shounen ai: sasaki to miyano, slow starter, seven days and i can hear the sunspot (both with bl movie)
yaoi: Honto yajuu (pretty much everything by yamamoto kotetsuko), Arashi no ato, Elektel Delusion, Usagi otoko tora otoko, blue sky complex, fushidara na hanatsumi otoko, sofure buka!, koicha no osahou, yume wo miru hima mo nai, sono koi ni wa wake ga aru
mangaka
yamamoto kotetsuko
morimoto shuu (mostly shounen ai, but pretty art)
naono bohra
ichikawa kei
You might have read some of them, but these are some of my favorites, some that I read ages ago and still remember just off the top of my head. I have plenty of folders with the different mangas and manhwas I've read but it would take way too long to go through them all. All relationships are consenting, in some it's the uke that makes the first move, which is pretty rare, the shounen ai ones have cute relationships. From what I remember of them there was no forcefulness from anyone, total consent in the relationships where the two actually talk, very healthy relationships. It has been a while so something might have slipped through (I know for sure at the end of the road has a consenting relationship where the guys fall for each other, but one of the guys does start off forceful) but I loved these.
Forgot to add these. They're also very sweet, i think all three are yaoi: koi to no dogfight, eyes on me, Taberarechaukei danshi.
Thank yoouuuu (≧∀≦) I do know some of these, and they're great :D can't wait to read the ones I don't know OwO thanks again, kind stranger ^w^ *gives cookie* have a good day~
So, just a heads up. Taberarechaukei Danshi has two stories, the second one is from ch4-6, and it's another terrible story with no consent and blackmail. If you do read that one, remember to only read the first three chaps. I was so happy to see it updated but the second story is trash.
Ok, thanks :)
Yes, these were my thoughts exactly. He may be a homophobe, but it was horrible the way his opinions, and rights, were violated and outright ignored. I'd quit working for a boss that waits until I'm drunk to get me to sign something I so obviously did not want to do, and sue his ass. Pretty sure, even in Korea, it's still illegal.
Even if the brother gets help later on, I think it'll be a lot healthier if the girl stops living with him and he just visits her if he wants to. I don't care if he's depressed about everything happening, taking it out on an innocent child is unforgivable, but this is fiction and there's the tragedy tag, so who knows what will happen...
While I understand where you come from and I mostly agree with you but I won't 100% blame the brother either I mean his family tried to steal his inheritance etc plus he has a mental illness so while I agree that he should not have hit his sister I don't fully blame him alone for it
But a mental illness doesn't make you an assholeand shouldn't be an excuse for shitty behaviour. He definitly got some issues he needs to work on, some that he can't help, I get that. But his abuse is defenitly not caused by his depression or can be excused by it. So yeah I think he is 100% to blame.
That's where I disagree, yes he's got issues and I think his abuse is a part of that, I mean you saw it in the rental onii san guy he was an asshole as a kid because of what happened to his parents. I mean of course it's still his problem and he should, I don't remember the right word sorry, and visit a psychyotrist and get proper help and actually look through his actions and apologize etc, I mean it's not only depression but also probably trauma of all his family members trying to get his money instead of actually helping him and his family which probably made him on edge all the time and probably also lost most of the trust he had in others, of course it doesn't completely make him free of blame, If I was there I whould probably punch him and drag him to a psychyatrist for help, but I also think his family has a cause in him to end up like that so I whould definitely blame them a bunch too
By family i dont mean his sister but his uncles etc
What he should have done was push his sempai away and say clearly I'm not interested in you the first time he came onto him. he overreacted, and that was the point I wanted to stop reading. yeah, the sempai might have had ulterior motives, but this is still someone that was always saving your ass because you couldn't do it yourself. considering the job, they probably work on commission or have penalties for not meeting quotas, he only met Tsukasa again because the same sempai was willing to give up one of his own clients and even helped with the initial negotiation and later when the deal nearly fell through. he was so proud of himself for getting the job on his own, but he just became a crutch for someone else. instead of immediately treating him like a bad person because the story already had his love interest, he could have given Tamura the benefit of the doubt and tried talking things out first instead of running away like you saw someone coming after you with a chainsaw. I would understand some awkwardness thereafter and keeping his distance in a normal manner, but not the way he acted. Then again, this is an old manga and I came across it accidentally, so I know better than to expect much, even if i did enjoy yebisu celebrities by the same mangaka.
This is so true
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'm completely okay with a reverse harem ending. I like all the guys...
Maybe because I'm just getting into the genre, this looks like it would have been nice if it was a reverse harem story. Still, I hate the bullying, but it is hard to make characters act hateful enough to be possible love interests later without making them out to be horrible, and of course she ended up with the guy I thought deserved a punch in the face the most, from other's commenta. I haven't finished and I might have to do it later because I'd feel sorry for the guys that don't get the girl.
Supposedly he's 31, but I think that's a little high if they've only known each other a year and a half. In the author's notes at the end of the last season, he was 28 with fanboy at 23 in his senior year of college. Even if his birthday already passed it would still be 30.
Maybe shes going with the korean age where when the new year starts you became 1year older just something like this ik its confusing
He's 28. Where did you get 31 from? The character he was playing?
Sorry, my bad, got something mixed up. I'm with the korean age theory. Though yeah, it is a bit weird
I think it was just a mistake, since in the author notes he was 28, then a year and a half later, and when his age is next mentioned it's 31 (not sure which chapter but its season 2), and fanboy is 25 I think. He would be at most 30.