GlisteningRain's Favorite

Lmaoo am I the only one who doesn’t hate Chinese Manhua? I see the overall general opinion of what people think:
Korean manhwa = amazing
Japanese manga = could be great or terrible
Chinese Manhua = horrible
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I can say that I’ve seen some pretty bad Manhuas and the art would be lacking but I’ve mainly noticed that this occurs frequently in modern time stories (especially including the rich cold president stories). But most of the historical time or stories set in a world that contains magic are really good. Maybe some people just haven’t looked hard enough to find the best Manhua, cause I know I’ve seen many and am perfectly happy :p
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the art style in the cover is obviously better than the actual art style in the chapters, but this doesn’t just go for manhuas only. I’ve seen this happen many times, it may be to attract readers, or maybe it was a requested cover by the author to a really good artist, or it’s because high quality art style is hard to maintain perfectly after a while. There have been stories that are able to keep the same high quality art, but I’d just say that they’re really talented or have a lot of time and patience to keep their art consistent.
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As a person who’s done art myself, I draw a really nice character and then as I try to make some sort of comic I get tired of having to redraw with the exact same quality, it’s also hard to keep your style consistent.
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Anyways I don’t care at all if the art is different in the cover than the actual story, it’s still good art regardless. Please give love to all asian comics and try to be more open minded to Chinese manhuas, cause I dunno some people be like “no offense but...” or “not trying to be racist but...” even though you kinda did say something a bit insulting lmfao

I always feel like the norm for yaoi is the uke staying at home just having sex with the seme, and the seme being capable while being head over heels for the uke. does anyone know yaois where the seme and uke are both capable and have their own lives while being mutually in love with each other? I get annoyed when the seme just handles every single thing for the uke and the uke just waits at home doing nothing.

eg. paid by fujoking, the sex is great but im a bit sad that taekyung just shelters heejae when he's capable. I feel like even though heejae has amnesia he would still have some independence but instead it feels like he's just at home to be dumb and airheaded. don't get me wrong-- I love gentle ukes but I want them to have a life of their own TT

eg itadakimasu gochisou sama: uke is gentle but has a restaurant and is a good cook,

a shoujo example: suit no sukima: fl has her own worklife and doesnt daydream about ml all day.

does anyone else have an itchy/uncomfortable/confused feeling omegaverse? more so on the omega side of things, the entire genre seems like an excuse for rape/sexual coercion. like oh, yeah the alpha raped the omega and its totally okay since he was an heat, he was asking for it or the alpha just couldnt resist. and how theres also the very very common trope of i took suppressants but they didn't work(they never work).

however what also irritates me alot are the yaois that try so hard to negate these tropes with the alpha thats not like the others, being the knight in shining armor for the omega. however their kindness feels so shallow and uncomfortable. it feels like theyre just conveniently put in to make the other party look bad. specifically, (for me) in ousama to puppy love, the alpha just goes into the omega zone but its totally overlooked since hes a good alpha and blahblahblah. in addition, when the omega went to the alpha's palace hes seen a """woman""" they give him female clothes and spruce him up for a quote on quote sexy night?? im all for guys wearing female clothing however the way they portrayed it was an omega blushing princess looking pretty and perfumed and in heat for her wonderful prince. i hate how in omegaverse and also yaoi in general they use female as a derogatory term. like "oh you're all wet and taking my cock and moaning like a woman, or i've turned you into a woman"

adding on the "knight in shining armor" does anyone feel frustrated when there's a love rival whose a perfectly decent person who is as good as the lead but BAM now theyre a rapist, or they are a psychopath and the lead will save the mc because all along everyone knows the second lead is always bad and evil and shitty, and make the lead look like god.

I also get the itchy feeling when its like the omega stays at home and looks pretty and is in heat waiting for the majestic important alpha, however its """"romantic"""" since the alpha cares for the omega or whatever. although I don't deny that a person who would care for you and love you and work so that you don't have to seems nice, I love stories where the two characters seem mutual and equal and both help each other up.

so in conclusion, does anyone have manga where the two characters are equal to each other instead of one dominating the relationship? sorry, this was a rant I had to get out ;_;

I actually think the head maid is with the other maids on this one. This chapter actually presents her as less intimidating than all the previous ones in my opinion. Her vibe is different. I think she truly disapproves of what Carter is doing, maybe not because of the fact he's having an affair, but definitely because kf how open and known it is, plus the person that it's with.

The whole reason why Carter and Giselle haven't had any kids is because of Carter sleeping around, at least that's how I interpreted the early chapters (like he got a disease or something from visiting the brothel).

[PLEASE READ TILL THE END TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION]

This didn't portray BDSM correctly at all! BDSM is built on consent. Remember this acronym dear children: FRIES
Freely Given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific

1. Freely Given
This means that there was no coercion involved. No substances were forced on the individual such as alcohol to get them to a state where they would say something that they don't actually mean. In the manga, Akihito is drunk when he says that he is willing to have Shizuru do anything to him. Meaning that he is unable to give consent as he is not in his right mind. Shizuru had nothing to do with Akihito's alcohol intake prior to their meeting, but he could certainly take advantage of the situation and use it to his advantage. The fact that Akihito woke up with no initial memory of what happen only further proves that the "decision" he made was not a legitimate one and was not to be taken as actual consent.

2. Reversible
Most yaoi fail miserably at this. The seme says, "Even if you say 'no' later on I won't stop," or some iteration of that. This is not consent. You have the right to revoke your consent at anytime and for any reason. If you don't want to do it five minutes later, that is your right. If you get hungry, sleepy, feel sick, or whatever--it's your body and your right to say when you want to stop. This is especially important in a scene (BDSM lingo). You need a safe word to signal to the other that you want to stop. All parties need one. This is not only for the sub, but also for the dom/me and any other participants as well.

3. Informed
This manga does this terribly. You need to know what you are consenting to. You can NOT spring shit up randomly. If you're doing a scene with your dom/me and they start paddling you when you two never agreed upon this, then that is a break of consent. Most people write up a contract and make sure that everything is confirmed before engaging in the scene. This very important. It is not up to one party to decide what happens. That is going against individual autonomy and highly unethical. Shizuru telling Akihito that he was just going to have to do whatever he says in the playroom is absolutely fucking ridiculous. Akihito has no fucking clue what Shizuru could do. He could fucking electrocute him or do blood play with him or put him in a body bag. BDSM gets very fucking dark and gets very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. You have the right to know what is happening to your body. How the hell can you give consent when you don't know what it is that you're consenting to.
I know my shit when it comes to BDSM. Akihito did not. He needed to be taught way before even trying anything. He obviously never dabbled in the lifestyle before (for many people it is a 24/7 thing). So he needed to be educated and not just thrown in. Informed consent requires all parties to be informed. Why the hell do I need to say this?!

4. Enthusiastic
This is really obvious. You need to be very sure that you want to do something. If you are taking forever to respond, then you don't need to do it. If you are on the fence, then you don't need to do it. Stop try to please the other party. You need to be selfish and think about yourself. This is your body. So you have every right to say no.
Akihito was very unsure in many situations because he felt torn between his feelings for Shizuru and his unfamiliarity and discomfort with Shizuru's lifestyle. "I can only love you like this." That's some bullshit right there. Yes, there are people who center BDSM as a very important and almost integral part of their life, but it is not impossible to love someone outside of your lifestyle. Sure, for some people BDSM is more of a hobby or somewhere in between. However, Shizuru gives off the 25/8 dom/master who needs to feel in control. He totally took advantage of Akihito's feelings for him in order to get him to comply with his demands.

5. Specific
This goes hand-in-hand with "Informed"
This is what I am consenting to. You need to be specific about what is being discussed. If you agreed upon a scene where there is breath play but instead are suspended and subjected to sensory deprivation then that is a violation of consent. You consented to breath play NOT sensory deprivation and suspension. "That's not what I ordered!" This manga really didn't go into specifics with their scenes which they didn't even call "scenes" because the manga posited Shizuru as the sole person able to make decisions about their play, which is goes against everything that consent is about.

In BDSM, I'm sure you've all heave of Safe Sane and Consensual (SSC). Now there has been a lot of talk over the years about how problematic this is and how it could be improved upon. The acronym RACK was created to mean "Risk Aware Consensual Kink". This essentially means that you are aware of the all of the potential risks involved in whatever type of play you are going to be engaging in and are giving your full consent (refer to FRIES). Need I remind you that another pillar of BDSM is after play. This can take numerous forms and means something different to each person who is in the BDSM community. The are general things that people can do but there are also very specific "rituals" that people will follow after they play and these can be very specific to the parties involved and their individual needs. Communication is key in this because needs can and will change so after care will look differently as a result.

This was not to bash this manga, but I cannot stand when harmful messages about BDSM are pushed in any media and more often than not the representation in the media is very misinformed which is why there are so many people praising this manga. They have absolutely no idea how inaccurate the manga was.
"But it would be boring if it was." No it wouldn't. Why do you think there are real people in BDSM?? The creator can create an interesting and accurate portrayal of BDSM. Plus you all could learn something. It's the creator who can make or break something. I've read stories about things I had no prior interest in and was sucked into it because the author wrote about it in such a way, while still being accurate to the real thing, that I was hooked and wanted to just keep learning more. Mangaka are fully capable of researching BDSM and making a well-researched and well-written story where the characters all have full agency and are enjoying themselves as a result. Akihito never got to voice what he wanted. He even had a little side thought at one point. "This seems unfair." I believe that was the approximate phrasing. Yes! It was unfair. What about his pleasure? What if Akihito wanted to try something? What if he wanted to discontinue something? Shizuru made it seem like it was his way or the highway. That is how he came across. He made it seem like a "no" to what he wanted was a "no" to their entire relationship. That was not right.
It was still entertaining and I did like it, but I don't feel right now bringing up all of those issues that were so pervasive. This manga was not long t all. If it was at least a few volumes long if not longer and was well fleshed out. Shit! I would be praising it on all of my platforms. They said five years passed. Shit, show us those five years please. Those years were material for more story goddamn it! More volumes = more money. Whatever. That's all I wanted to say.

As someone who is witnessing this issue from Korea, I say that, before everyone start hating lezhin completely, please, at lease try to see where they are coming from. Lezhin has been a very good company. What they are bragging about it their FAQs about their competent pay, the opportunities when you work with them, are all true. Problems only started to arise when they established the international site which is the US lezhin. The problem is, South Korea has very different rules as compared to the international laws so they have to do a lot of adjustments. Let's take a look at what happened just this year of 2017.

1. The web novel service was closed. (I wouldn't blame the company for this entirely. THEY are a company. And business is indeed BUSINESS. They aren't charity, so when they saw that the web novels are not profiting and instead, are making them loose money, they stopped it. They went through proper protocol. They gave 30 DAYS notice to all the writers. The problem with this is, they didn't properly pay off the writers with their separation fees and breach of contract fees. Everyone received their pays very late, as opposed to what Lezhin has promised them, and some didn't even received their payments.)

2. Issues with international cut offs from English sales. (A lot of authors are complaining about how they didn't receive their international revenues for months now. Lezhin has already responded to the issue about problems with syncing their financial accounts because of international laws. You see, the authors aren't the only ones losing here, because Lezhin also has to pay a lot of fines due to this issue. What I hated about this, is how the creators took to twitter, instead of organizing a union and directly confronting lezhin authorities. And on Lezhin's side, they didn't even made an effort to talk to the authors, too.)

3. The recent call of authors for even international fans to sign up a petition on tax investigation regarding lezhin accounts. (You see, I mentioned above about the problems with the accounts and financial laws both domestic and international. Lezhin already has a problem about this one since US Lezhin is established. If the artists keep kicking Lezhin while the company is already at its knees, they would also be hurting themselves in the process. And also, I don't know if you have signed up for the petition, but I hope you won't. I hope you make an effort to understand what was written in there first. I don't understand why they do this when a lot of international fans can't even read and understand Korean. Koogi's tweet of calling international fans to sign up and simply copy paste that you agree, is by our law, will not even be counted in the vote ins. This is kind of hypocritical of them also, because back then, they were so aggressive to international fans because of illegal uploads, to the point of them resorting to name calling and making fun of how "international fans" are so thirsty and desperate just because fans don't understand their tweets. I'm serious. Try scrolling back through most of the popular BL webtoon artists and look through the replies. You'll see what I'm talking about.

4. Overall, you would see that majority could be blamed on Lezhin, but it is not because they wanted these to happen, neither it is because they don't care about their artists, like what a lot of people are thinking. Lezhin has 5000+ series and counting. (Korean and English site combined). Provided that there are manga and non-Lezhin exclusive artists included in there, their artists must be numbering around 500~ or even more. It's not easy to cater to everyone equally. Their editing department is even less numbered. That's why a lot of changes happened, like how they established a rule about submitting a completed chapter 2 days before the upload date. This has taken a toll to creators who have a weekly deadline because that just gives them 5days to create. The point with this is, lezhin wanted to make sure that they will be uploading quality chapters. You must've noticed how a lot of creators are retweeting before how they made a mistake so fans should go back to read the chapter again an hour or two after the upload schedule of their chapters. A lot of korean fans have complained about this practice, for a lot of reasons. That's why Lezhin made that move. They didn't do this simply to torture the artists. They did this so they can catch mistakes if there are any. I think they should've consulted and made an arrangement with the authors first regarding this issue, so that every one could've voiced their opinions and planned for necessary adjustments.

What I'm trying to say is, there are always two sides to an issue. And you, as a reader, as a fan, should always be aware of them. This is the age of the internet, so we should make effort to double up our skills in analyzing and awareness. Don't just jump on something that someone said just because you liked their works, and you are so bent on supporting them. The only way to properly support them is to buy their works legally, even if you are reading from a site like this. (Because let's face it, I am also reading from this site.) My references for these are from twitter mostly in the reply sections of main tweets that a lot of fans dont often see. (So please, make an effort. I don't care if you google translate the tweets, just so you will have an idea about the entire picture, not just a very small part of it.)

To people are are syaing "why now?", the removal of Lezhin series from here are only to be expected. They have been filing for the copyrights months ago. Due process only dictates that they have to go through proper processes in accordance to law that's why it took them months to get here now. So yeah. Everyone, enjoy it while it last. Stop giving shit to lezhin, stop giving shit to creators, basically stop giving shit to our fellow readers, because seriously, the fact that we're here reading doesn't give us the right to complain about anything, unless we all go to the official site to buy and then send our complains through the Lezhin feedback system.

Thank you for reading up until here.

Honestly idk if anybody will see this but I’m just here to explain it.

BL is the official name of the category. BL are works that feature the love between boys whether smut or fluff. Smut means stories with sex scenes and fluff means stories without sex scenes or implied sex scenes. The works can be straight up smut or a long story with an intricate plot; they’re all considered BL.

Here’s the part where most people get confused.

Yaoi and Shounen Ai are outdated terms. Yaoi was originally a term used in Japan to categorize doujinshi. They were basically stories that weren’t original and only contained smut. The meaning behind Yaoi is Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし?) "No climax, no point, no meaning".

Many mangakas didn’t like that and how the word described their works. BL mangakas like to refer to their works as BL.

Shounen Ai literally translates to “loving young boys” and is often viewed as a bad word in Japan. Yes on this website it means stories without smut but in reality the word itself refers to pedophilia. Some might be confused because Shotcan is also pedophilia. But both terms are considered just as bad in Japan.

I’m sure that most people want their BL works to be referred to as BL. It doesn’t matter if there’s smut or not. You can just refer it to a smutty BL or a fluffy BL.

This is pretty common in Japan. However because the west has westernized the terms so much, ppl get confused. Westerners took the terms and did whatever they wanted with it and now that it’s been popularized, many people don’t understand that the words are actually very outdated.

So if you’ve read this far, congrats! You learned something new today :)

This trend in isekai romance webtoon where the mc slaps « a bitch » (an unrespectful maid, a bully, etc) just after reincarnation, because now she « stands up for herself » really makes me uncomfortable. Since when slapping someone means you are confident and standing up for yourself ?
Most people slap others who are not able to slap back, I don’t see where is the confidence here. Use words and non-physical punishments : it shows that you have self-control and are clever enough.
And the people who says « yeah queen you slapped that bitch » kinda disgusts me. Do you really think you learn through violence ? (If so, that mean you think it’s good to slap a child for education). Or do you think some people should be beaten ? (If so I’m sorry for you that you live in the XXIst century where it’s most of the time illegal. A few decades ago, we thought that was barbarous you see ╮(￣▽￣)╭)

Please recommend me any of the best groveling mangas you read. I love to shed tears over a good one.

But please do not recommend mangas like Overdose, Innocent Blue, First Love (Miyuki Abe) and Scarlet because those mangas where the MC forgives way too easily makes my blood boil.

I don't mind the MC and Ml ending up together. But the MC or Ml shouldn't forgive the other way too easily like the ones above.

My favourite groveling mangas are 10 Years Where I Loved You The Most, Warui Yume, and Cappucino.
I like shoujos too, So anything is fine. Thanks.
P.S. I already read Palace of Bardo.

I love how beautifully written these fucked up mangas are. Our MC is not unjustly punishing and blindly killing people. He is a high functioning psychopath who subject criminals to the justice of his own terms. I'm not justifying the crimes he committed and will continue to commit. The actions and punishments he did are only acceptable within the parameters of a manga. What I'm implying is that, in real life, there are the untouchables and criminals who get away scot-free. There are victims who's entitled for more yet can't get the justice they deserve. And there are the bystanders who even though did not aid the criminals, did not also help the victims. We all have demons inside us, and maybe that's why I find this story interesting and somewhat relatable.


Anywaysss, I'm very happy to be able to read this masterpiece and I'm excited to see how just the author will continue to provide us with thrill and excitement for the upcoming chapters

I read this manga a long time ago, and I came to read it again today... It shocks me reading the comments of how many people didn't understood the ending, I understood it and I read this when I was in high school :O

The ending doesn't mean that they will not stay together forever:

1. The annoying ex-girlfriend says they will definitely break up but that's because she's bitter, this doesn't mean anything, Daisuke's mom is a good person, she will not make them break up because Aikawa has a horrible past I believe it more plausible that she will show love to her and concern instead of rejection.

2. The childhood friend never says that they will break up in the future, but what she does says is that it will be though, the future will not be easy, and that's true.

3. Daisuke says Aikawa may find in the future someone better than him, more mature, etc... But that's just means that he loves her so much that he would be willing to let her go if someone better comes (and if she wants to go with that person), he just loves her that much (and doesn't want to hurt her even more than she already is), for all we know he may come to be that person one day, the man that Aikawa needs, someone gentle and mature, he may become that person because of her.

4. Aikawa says that Daisuke may find someone more suitable for him, someone who fills his eyes more, someone more cheerful, but that's her lack of self-love (self esteem), he loves her and just her, maybe this can change but we do not know about it, and knowing him he will not change, Aikawa just needs to start loving herself more, it will be hard, but with time, patience, understanding, and a lot of love, she will start healing, and I think Daisuke and his mom are a good medicine for her.

Everyone may understand the ending in anyway they want to, because they may or may not be together forever, but the manga is not telling you that they will actually break up, the manga is just telling you that the future will be though, but they love each other enough to go through it together. The manga doesn't sugar coat all the difficult things that may happen in the future and it has never tried to make a fairy tale version about abuse and rape, it showed you how horrible it is and how much that can scar a person, maybe for life. It also doesn't tell you that Aikawa now is magically completely healed because of Daisuke, no, she is seriously traumatized physically & mentally, she may or may not recover from it, but Daisuke loves her so much, and his love it's so selfless (because he just wants what is the best for her) that he will not hurt her further, instead he may start to help her heal... Little by little.

The ending is open and uncertain, but that's how life is.

I dont think the end was dissatisfactory at all. We have these expectations from fiction based on the tropes they fall into but I find the authors attempt to make this close to reality very commendable. Its holistic and natural. It's sad to see the rating of such a good story so low just because everyone didn't accept the outcome.

I really really liked this webtoon. *Spoiler at this point forward*
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I liked this webtoon a lot because it didn't follow the typical "get back together" scenario. She's not where she wanted to be at in her life and getting back into the relationship would have been the same cycle. And she broke that by leaving. Her ex found someone else, he moved on, he lived, his life continues. And so does hers. She got her own place, a job, and her life continues. She's happy. He's happy. I like how it shows that life continues to move on beyond their relationship and that there is more out there for them whether it be a new relationship or a new career. I think it helps break that whole "what do I do now" after someone breaks off a long-term relationship. It shows that two people who were once in love are able to to continue functioning and be their whole self and continue life in a positive way.

War has no use whatsoever to the common folks. In fact, they're the ones who lose the most. Presidents and Prime Ministers wage war on terror, but not in their homeland, but in the homelands of innocent civilians. Children live in fear of bombs and bullets, while other countries make money off the bullets and bombs they sell. Everyone fights in the name of honour and nationality, two things that God, if there is one, or Nature, never made.

Only bringing this up cause I got into an argument with one of my friends. I find it really annoying when some fans refuse to watch a show or claim that the show is bad because the fandom is annoying/stupid/cringey. I have never understood this. It's perfectly fine to watch or read something without partaking in the fandom. Why do some people allow a fandom to dictate how they feel about something they've never read/watched before. I'm genuinely curious. Not looking to argue. If anyone would like to explain, pls do!

Since I know what's gonna happen, all I can say is "Girl, stop playing with fire. You're gonna get burnt".

This make-him-fall-for-me trope is very common in isekai stories, especially if it incorporates game-like setting such as dating sim. But what I love about this novel, is that the author shows that love varies from person to person. Not everyone will love the same way. Some loves make you feel secure, yet some can be very very harmful. So just because a guy falls for you, it doesn't mean that you will benefit from it. Sometimes, it's better to just avoid red flags especially when you're already aware of the other's personality.

I’m tired of people calling these episodes filler. They’re not filler, we started the story with them together and there’s barely any background that we know about them besides one being a scientist who thinks that she is terminally ill and the other being a son of a conglomerate who wants to escape from it all. There’s no true substance to them besides the stories that they told each other. Now we get to figure out who they are individually. The struggles they go through separately. If you wanted a fluffy story that always follow the two main characters you should’ve probably looked up a story where it’s high school or college theme, because that’s the only way you’re going to follow them interacting with each other every single episode without said “filler” #－.－)

i never knew this story will become more depressing...it just kind heartbreaking to meet someone again who once important to you when you're still alive and get to know how twisted and miserable their life after you died..mann it just to sad...

Saw this manga first time at the bookstore and immediately I fell in love. I relate so much to the MC's emotions, situation and feeling of self-alienation that I felt like crying. It's even more touching when the story is told by the cat who loves her dearly. It doesn't comprehend her struggles, yet to it, she's the most beautiful "lover" it's ever gonna devote its life for.

Her earnest and kind attitude toward life despite hardships really grips my heart. It's a very beautiful manga that I would recommend to everyone ^^