
Yeah we came here bc we're thirsty hoes, no doubt. BUT!! This is the first time we're really seeing what's going on in Shin's head in terms of his feelings and attraction to Wolfgang. In the non-R version, he don't see that he's actually extremely attracted to him, that he longs and lusts for him, and that he wants to be held just as much as Wolfgang wants to hold him. In the other version, it feels like until the end when shin is saved, his true feelings are hidden and overlooked, making Wolfgang look pushy and his love look one-sided. Here, we get to see way more of the other side as well.

And I'm saying this as someone who thinks fem shion is fine as well and that they're just a super cute couple!
I still love and will continue to read this story, but I DO wish we'd get more male Shion, partly because I feel like there's been so much fem, but mostly because it's a newer aspect of their relationship and for them it implies a lot more than necessity and physical attraction. This is Shion going, "holy crap, I'm male, I'm attracted to my best friend and I want to be with him even though I'm not a female" and that's a big deal! So I just was hoping we'd see more of that.

Bruh I went from "aight I'll tough it out for the story" to "HHhh I need to screenshot literally every gorgeous panel of these beautiful boys"
The translator notes got me so good LOL but actually this was a great and enjoyable story. Usually the asshole seme would annoy me, but I really did come around to liking him a lot. I wish we got a little more background but j also understand how that would be hard to squeeze in.

I NEED MORE!!
I WAS SMILING THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE MANGA IS WAS SOOO CUTE!! AaHHHH
The characters were so interesting and lovable! They felt like actual individual, vibrant people and there is sooo much room to see growth, development, and just the formation of actual friendships and bonds!! I really wanna see their relationship mature and Eiji admitting that he does love Rui down the line ;~; I really wanna see seiji and gorilla man too!! Ahhhhh I loved it (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

Not an excuse for him being an asshole, but when people experience trauma, they commonly build walls and hurt others before they get more hurt themselves. I don't think he actually wants to hurt him, I think he just says it and tells that to himself because it makes him feel like he has more control and power than he actually does. He's in love and he's hurting and he's taking it out on the person who hurt him most.

I know that it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but this was really good. As far as a typical 6ish chapter yaoi manga goes, it did the psychological moral conflict thing really well. They were both the result of trauma, mistreated each other deeply due to it and their twisted conception of love, but also at the same time had genuine feelings for each other and there was a want for that abuse on both sides which made it interesting and allowed for it to have a sort of cute ending.
I usually dislike female characters in media, especially anime/manga type of media, but I adore the women in this story– I adore most characters in general in this story! BUT S H E