skullcandies's Topics (34)

wellllll.... toxic yuri! *shrugs* idk yall i thought id be able to stomach trashy love interests if it was a woman doing it instead of a man but i still felt the ick with the whole blackmail angle and the no actual negotiations and discussions prior to the whole cig burning and even just entering the entire bdsm relationship in general, even though it is undeniably hot JEJDJDJDJE just not built to love scumbags and assholes i guess... and i am more than at peace with that but yeah this goes out to the sloppy freaky toxic yuri lovers

wanted to like this so bad this is the 2nd time i gave this a shot buuuuut. it's just giving too much "i can fix him!" and "i'm the only one that can understand and change him!" and "i have to put in this much effort because he's the prize!", which is a shame because i Really like rishe as a character and i chugged along reading because of her, especially because the scenes where she's not all gung-ho about arnold and we get to know more about her past lives are what kept me going.

also, been trying to find out why i have the ick for the ml and i think i nailed it - the chemistry between the ml and the fl is soooo ass especially when you compare fl's chemistry with the other characters that don't even have half the screentime he does, i.e., her teacher, prince kyle, the merchant, hell even the guy's own lil brother. like i know being all aloof and mysterious is his fucking shtick, whatever, but the interest is sooo one-sided and there's not even enough back-and-forth between them that arnold comes across as boring occasionally. it also does baffle me sometimes the amount of devotion rishe has for this man beyond wanting to stop the war he'll start in 5 years.

i think if it wasn't just a constant barrage of rishe bending over backwards trying to understand and empathize with the guy while arnold is just being an impenetrable wall that passively accepts rishe's antics all the time it would be more enjoyable. feels like they really fail to strike the balance between them, like it's more just rishe trying to get to know arnold while there's barely any effort on arnold's part to get to know her back (he doesn't even deeply question the more questionable aspects of her person, like how does she know how to do all of this shit like making medicine, gardening, fighting, etc as an "ordinary" noble lady), he's just too busy aura farming or putting up a front that doesn't hold.

also it bothers me that they're not really written as equals due to the reasons i mentioned above. like it's as if rishe just Has to put in aaaaaall this effort into getting him because he's So Worth It once she can finally understand him. all the stuff she learnt in her past 6 lives just culminates into a continuous effort to show a Big Grand Gesture of Devotion for arnold, while he just kinda stands there and reaps the benefit of her work, because in the end he's an Impregnable Enigma who's gonna be So Worth It once she finally proves herself Trust Me Guys. like hello? arnold you are not That Guy. you are not the prize troy bolton. quite frankly rishe is a far, FAR more interesting character than you are and i would like to learn more of her adventures and accomplishments across her past 6 lives without having them tied back to you.

anw that's just my thoughts. who knows, maybe their chemistry will pick up and improve in future chapters. idk the disappointment for this one is just more palpable to me because rishe is such a fun character but the main component of her story, her romance and chemistry with the ml, is bogging it down and the contrast i feel betweeen how great everything surrounding rishe is versus how... unsatisfying the romance is so far is always a niggling presence in my mind as i read through this manga.

whoa thought risa was the freak initially but eko already matching her freak, actually dare i say OUT-freaking her in fact. #seated for further toxic yurious development !

oh i am simply too seated i cant even bring myself to be all that mad knowing that this story is gonna be wasted on idiotic incel mangago readers with shit from a butt reading comprehension and media literacy... I <3 Lesbian Mermaid Literature

tbhhh the split focus on the different couples really ends up hurting the structure pacing and focus on the overall story i fear, and judging by the comments ive seen im not alone in feeling this djcjejdj

its such a shame cause both couples are nicely written and im actually more partial to the 2nd couple's dynamics and writing but the first go i had at reading this webtoon i put it down once it switched focus to the 2nd couple cause i was too attached to the 1st couple to want to read more about a random new couple. my subsequent go around reading the webtoon i decided to start solely from where i left off, that is starting from the 2nd season or when it just starts focusing on the 2nd couple and found myself running into the same frustrations i had during my first read but this time my frustrations was directed at whenever the story switched focus to the 1st couple instead suddenly djejdjsj. also lowk it was very clockable that the 2nd couple is the author's fave by a large margin looking a the difference in emotional depth between the 2 couples - my first go around at reading, when i tried to force myself to read more of the 2nd couple's season i was pissed cause it felt like they had much more complexity to them and i was like "this side couple has no business being this annoying and in your face bitch take me back!!" how the turn tables LOL.

anyways, its such a shame because if the author just had more skill and/or talent at better integrating the stories of the two couples more seamlessly the switching focus wouldnt feel as jarring and off-putting... like maybe if the 2nd couple started off as the 1st couple and the 1st couple was the side couple instead? cause the more you read along the more you can Feel like the 1st couple is just getting shafted in a story where they were first introduced as like, the main couple. as it stands, the 2nd couple's story wouldve probably been better received if it was a standalone or a separate spinoff and its truly a shame cause i far prefer the dynamics of the 2nd couple over the 1st. also the weird short stint of the pink haired guy meeting the white haired guy and having that plotline end abruptly by pink haired guy finding out white haired guy was a dude had me thinking the author was tryna pull that shit off Again for a new 3rd couple and imma just say im glad they stopped there cause they do Not have the skills to pull that off smoothly LOL

if anything ever happens to keito im locking all of us in a room and filling it up with carbon monoxide

honestly i think this difference in perception btwn me n the rest of the comments here n why most of the readers seem disappointed by the story is because for me first n foremost this isn't actually like, a love or romance story even though it is BL lol. like yes nacchan n issei's relationship does play a major role in the story but honestly? this story reads more to me like a character study of nacchan, and the relationship - though major - serves more as the background to the foreground of telling nacchan's story, about him in stagnation and struggling against his conflicting desire of wanting better or more for himself in his life versus his fear of essentially stepping out of his comfort zone.

and personally? for what it is, by which i mean reading this as more of a character study or character-focused narrative over a love story or a story About the romance, i think it executed it pretty well *shrug emoji* i personally like how grounded nacchan's source of turmoil/personal conflict is, like it's something that is very very relatable esp for jobseekers and workers in current times i feel lol. hence why his character felt compelling to me ig, ive seen many ppl react the way nacchan did when confronted with their own struggle regarding the misery and mundaneity of their own lives and the fear they have that paralyzes them from putting in the work into pursuing something that'll actually make them happy - and lowkey i've also felt the same envy he felt about issei's life/work from time to time.

Idk overall this feels like a pretty enjoyable more mature story to me, and i think it's cause the actual point of it isn't about the romance or about centering the romance. Like issei & nacchan's relationship does play a huge part in the story but i like how their relationship isn't written for us to consume for the sake of it being a love story/romance that the story is centering on. instead, nacchan & issei's relationship, both in the past and in the present, serves more as a vehicle for the narrative to explore what issei and nacchan's characters are really like. we get to see a lot of interesting tidbits about the both of them as characters through how they navigate this relationship and how stuff like work, their differing lifestyles, etc. factor into that - their relationship felt more like a goldmine of information about them as characters rather than the centrepiece love story.

BUTTT ig tldr if ur looking for the more classic actual romance-focused bl story you're not gonna find that here and you probs wanna pass on this if you, yknow, wanna read a LOVE STORY love story. if you like a more grounded n realistic character driven narrative And you wanna read a bl then all things considered, this one is executed pretty well in that regards imo *shrug emoji*

rereading this again and the 2nd experience of this manga still brought about the same fluttery, heartwrenching feelings i felt and made me tear up like the first time i stumbled across this. the art style is just so pretty and distinct, and i love the atmosphere that was painted by the tenma and uno's voices - love love LOVE being in tenma's headspace and just viewing his perspective on love and tagging along on his roller coaster ride of falling in love with uno, getting to know him, and having that love and effort be reciprocated in the end by uno himself likeeee i just LOVE tenma's voice as a character guys :") his relationship with his parents brings me so much joy and he is such a distinctive and mature character - his narration feels so compelling to me because he feels so grounded as a character, he's written really well and so all his lil quirks and just his views abt love and his experiences makes him a relatable character that you want to root for. also he is constantly #drippedtfout, brings me back to the good ol days of late 90's - early 00's era shojosei where the characters wld actually be fashionable and have distinct fashion styles (miss seeing actual fashion subcultures i.e. lolita, goth, punk, gyaru, etc. depicted in my manga :"( ).

anyways who the fuck do i have to kill to see this made into a movie like the manga is just so atmospheric and cinematic PLEASEEE I NEED TO SEE THIS ON THE BIG SCREEN

read through all the chapters out rn with tears in my eyes god i love old women yuri.... yuri rly does change the world .

decided to pick this back up again after a long time and catch up/binge the chapters i havent read yet and when i was going through chapter 35 i started dry heaving in my room like this shit is so serious to me UN BREAK UP YOUR SITUATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW WHAT THE FREAKKKKK (me begging for this and ignoring the fact that this happened decades prior to the actual story/manhua even starting)