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I never get tired of seeing Yohan's surly face. Cracks me up every time. Either Moogyeong's seriously dense or he's already thought that that's Yohan's default face.

I feel like Old Xian was taking a shot at the government with that last panel. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

Second story was misogynistic. I was waiting for the protag to properly apologize to the girl, but it was brushed aside for the angst. It sends a bad message to portray girls' feelings as fleeting while the feelings the boys had for each other as the true one (feelings are feelings; your feelings aren't automatically more valid just because it's towards the same gender). You see this a lot in BL but it's especially bad here when the protag is super vocal about it (in his head, which makes it worse, because it suggests that's his true belief).

These stories are not for me. I did like the after story with Hibi. Had their character and dynamic been like that from the start, I'd've enjoyed it. Both the stories were gentle and emotional, something I'd usually like, but it was just a tad bit too sentimental with little substance (huh, kinda reminds me of how Takarai Rihito sets up her stories).

That damn pervert! I wanted to know the secret to hacking the scores on the boxing punch machine.

Hino is the epitome of the type of heroine that frustrated me in shoujo manga: naïve to the point of stupidity. Apparently, no amount of fluff is gonna save that for me. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/tadoru_yubi/mf/v01/c003/20/
When Aihara (bottom-right panel) was asking Takase if he's leading, he uses the term "亭主関白"... translates to him asking if Takase's the domineering/chauvinistic husband. lol. I am living for Aihara just teasing the shit out of Takase.

I wouldn't have read this without the karami--I mean the existence of the BLCD, and boi it didn't disappoint. I'll take from the words of All Might: "Hori shitto!" Perfect casting. Well-acted. They elevated the cliché-ful story so I definitely recommend listening (like, it'd probably help to hear Takase being imperious and rude, too).

If I were to describe this story in one-word, I'd say it's kitschy.

I read this back when there were still only 7 chapters available and gave it a high rating. I picked it up again to finish it and read along with the BLCD (which I recommend you do if it's your first time reading it--there's a pretty good manga + drama CD in the interwebs). The drama CD's well-done, it shined with the slow-paced, gentle feeling of the manga, but listening to it kinda highlighted the feeling that the dramatic parts were both melodramatic (their actions/reactions) and not at all (the circumstance). It's taking things too seriously when there wasn't a lot of substance (Seven Days is similar, but did it slightly better).

It's not that bad a read, it's not that great either. It's certainly good at invoking feelings. If you'd like to read a high-school first-love romance, this is for you. If you'd like to read an adult romance (emotional maturity, not smut!), you're better off finding it elsewhere.

Meanwhile, I'm still shook he's an english literature major.

http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kanraku_destiny/mdx/d_chapter-1/70/
I laughed way too much for that. I don't even know why I think it's so in character for Deku to not immediately get the oyster = aphrodisiac after being fed the first time.

Sexuality is fluid, but Shun sure did take a plunge down a giant waterfall to queerdom. (￣∇￣")

There's a big difference between accepting that love transcends gender and accepting that /your/ love transcends gender. It reads like Shun is barely on the latter. A short line about questioning his sexuality would've made it more believable (in the unbelievably short time between the wedding and the matchmaking). Anyway, the saving grace is all his reasonable comebacks to Ryounusuke's biphobic comments, so good job, Shun.