I liked it - love once they officially got together - but I’m kinda confused about the period after aoi told kota about his past and they were just normal friends, and it’s kinda impairing the rereadability for me....so I feel like nothing in that conversation fully clarified anything they were feeling (but somehow brought them together again and caused no future problems?) cause kota said he would stay with him (only mentioning the friend part in his head - and I don’t remember aoi saying anything about wanting to continue only as friends but he didn’t confess his feelings either so that’s very ambiguous)..... and Kota likes aoi during this time - and he knows it - but he doesn’t know that aoi knows?? And aoi didn’t tell him he knew in that conversation??? Plus did aoi know his own feelings by then?? Or was he only aware of a feeling of wanting to stay close to kota?? But then despite knowing kotas romantic feelings and still not sure of his own, he continues to be with his sex friends during this time??? (Since he only mentions cutting ties with them a while later) And kotas apparently just okay with this.....??? Uhhhhhh yeah no that doesn’t sit right with me
I get that it’s possible aoi wasn’t aware of kotas romantic feelings towards him considering how surprised he is later at his confession, but he does say earlier that he was noticing the signs but chose to ignore it or something like that but as I said NOTHING ABOUT THIS IS CLARIFIED IN THE CONVERSATION THAT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER SO IM SO CONFUSED - but even if he didn’t know about kotas feelings, I still don’t like that kota had to go through that
Sorry I keep talking about how confusing this part in the manga is but I can only imagine how much more confusing this comment actually is ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Just how many more excuses can Justin come up with before he realises he’s acting this way cause he likes jake???? ヾ(☆▽☆)
Honestly? He probably won't notice till someone points it out to him.
Alas, it is the inevitable curse of a shoujo manga (〜￣△￣)〜
Aaaahhhh I knew this was going to happen but I’m not ready yet, can they just keep being fluffy and happy pls??? (〜￣△￣)〜
Rereading for the tenth time ヾ(☆▽☆)
Ngl I still get annoyed thinking about how chanwoo wanted to keep being with md even after rejecting him, I just think that’s so selfish, but it’s whatever I still like the whole story, the endings so satisfying ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Also I love jiwon so much~~~ I feel like he doesn’t get enough love He was definitely HORRIBLE at first but the whole point is that he bettered himself and overcame his past traumas which isn’t easy! (Obviously) but he became such a good boyfriend!! I’m so jealous
But I will say when I first saw Chanwoo’s puffy face from crying in the bath, my heart actually broke
Same(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
What the hell!! I’m so confused - does he actually think he’s getting rusty or is he just saying that for some reason???? What are you talking about he’s amazing!! Even I know that and I haven’t been eating his food for the past month! If someone else has been working as a real chef for the past five years or something, obviously they are gonna be good at cooking full on meals and dishes but how does that mean jake has gotten any worse??? It just shows the other guy has gotten better. You just acknowledged how he must be feeling down because he’s scared of getting rusty but you’ve just exacerbated those feelings yourself! And he said it in the worst possible way at the worst possible time!! ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
I genuinely don’t understand, he’s only been praising his food this entire time and now all of a sudden he’s like “I’ve been thinking this for a while, but you’re actually not that good”?!??
yup thats totally not cool at all
I think he meant that Jake doesn’t think he’s a good enough chef
But he said “don’t you realise that your cooking skills are getting rusty” ??
Lol I read that line wrong my bad but i don’t think Justin meant it really harshly and just blurted it out like that. I think the meaning was more about Jakes skills are getting rusty because he isn’t keeping up with expanding his skills like the blonde chef. Instead Jake is cooking only food Justin wants and working as a server, It makes sense Jakes food isn’t as good as the blonde guy because Jake quit being a chef. All and all Justin definitely let out the wrong words but I think Justin is upset seeing Jake waste his talent.
I get what you mean, I hadn’t thought about it like that, I was just imagining being in jakes shoes and I would be soo offended and hurt if he had said that to me after everything that’s happened, but I guess it doesn’t really matter as long as Justin knows it wasn’t okay and didn’t mean any harm, plus jakes already forgiven him ╮(￣▽￣)╭(although I’m not sure what his face was meant to convey after Justin said that if he actually didn’t really mind)
Ok people might hate me for this but I actually love this (⊙…⊙ ) but it’s only cause I’m like 99% sure this is a parody or been purposely exaggerated - I mean reeaaallly think about it - it’s even called candy man!! people are put off by the guys toxicity but isn’t that the point?? Practically the whole thing is based on how he’s constantly going after the brown haired guy (I have the worst memory with names lol) and it’s made no secret how obsessive and crazy his behaviour is. I’m pretty sure this has just been mislabelled/not described accurately and it’s actually supposed to be a more fleshed out yandere story just without the death. The plot doesn’t even make sense most of the time I mean how they overcome the prejudice of their parents - the dad is literally abusing his son because of this while the mum does nothing and it’s stopped because the guy says he will take care of him??? Plus the grandma who accepts them after he acts really cute with her. I really don’t think this is meant to be taken seriously as a healthy and loving relationship - more like something just different and fluffy to read, or just to live out a forbidden fantasy of a relationship that would NEVER work out in real life, obviously. Which is why, regardless, it wouldn’t be a good idea for anyone with past or present trauma with abusive or toxic relationships to read this, but personally I was fine with it - especially as someone who I’m pretty sure has the whole wants someone to rely on/take care of me/never leave me thing going on right now I actually enjoyed reading it - but obviously I know these are major red flags and would be an absolutely horrible and suffocating partnership in real life
It was annoying how manipulative ginu was at the beginning but honestly after a while I just got annoyed at how dense yubin is at how after all that he seriously still convinced himself ginu didn’t feel anything else for him... but I am really happy the author didn’t go with the second protag / “love interest” route with the blue haired guy cause I hate plot lines like that and I always end up disliking the uke for being completely oblivious and leading both people on.
I know most people think this made it seem like there was no plot but I don’t really mind there being less conflicts just cause I love fluffy stories where you just see a relationship develop and this was just that with more smut
(Idk if it matters but I feel like I should mention I haven’t read the side stories yet)
I do like it... but I hate the start when hibiki basically pressured hiroto into having sex straight away without telling him about the gender switch which is SUPER IMPORTANT information to tell a prospective date, and then proceeds to blame him afterwards!! That’s so manipulative! （＾_＾）also that coworker guy- hibiki clearly knows that he’s interested but then gets mad at him for worrying about him/her sleeping in front of him when he called hIM BEFORE AND SAID HE COULDNT CONTROL HIMSELF!! This gets so annoying!! ＼＼٩(๑`^´๑)۶//／／ (I’ve only read up to that part tho I don’t know if it gets better later)
He didn't "blame" him, he was just playing with it. Gender is also something trans people (or intersex people) don't need to disclose until they feel comfortable, trans and intersex people are victims of a lot of hate crimes, so revealing the gender to someone they've just met is not possible unless we live in an ideal world.
Also, she (girl Hibiki) was very adamant on having sex but he agreed, it's not like she raped him, he was just very much surprised.
I get what you mean but are they really trans or intersex - to be fair I don’t know what intersex means? I mean to say this situation seems kinda different and even though I’d understand if hibikl was uncomfortable telling him, I still just didn’t like how it felt when they like dragged him off to suddenly have sex. I haven’t read it in a while, so correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t hibiki know they were going to meet again the next day? (So he would have found out anyway) Either way it just kinda felt to me like they were trying to guilt trip/ trap him into sort of feeling like he had to “take responsibility” for the relations they’d had, like he had to keep dating him now, but I get that he was probably just teasing him, I always take little stuff like this in mangas way too seriously
Plus from what I remember I actually wrote this right after reading the part I talked about when hiroto/hibiki got angry at the guy after he told them to not be alone with the other guy or something like that and that was the part I was most annoyed with, I just figured if I was making a topic I might as well write about everything
if i may interject. their sex is important because the weight of being able to have a male body is just as important to their partner. Because, in Hiroto's shoes, he felt deceived which is apparent when he realized it the next time they met. and it's not just "surprise". In this story, even if it is smut, Hibiki had the responsibility to come clean especially because they are in a "contractual" or arranged meeting. If they are going to date Hiroto, it means having Hiroto know what he's getting himself into.
And yeah, for those theyve just met, they don't need to. but if they enter a "dating" relationshup, it's a different story. the same can be told to a transgender or intersex when they do not let their partners know before having sex. it's less pressure and risk than when they actually start doing it but their partner didn't know. that would create more hate crime because it gives the impression of being "deceived".
also, being a transgender or intersex is an identity which shouldn't be shamed any longer. that's why we have to confront problems which is central to their identity. it may sound insensitive to transgenders or intersex people but it's only right that their partner knows their identity because just like them having their preferences and sexual identity, heterosexuals or those who do not prefer transgender or intersex partners are just as valid.
I’m kinda confused about the scene at the beginning after it showed them meeting when the uke was a kid, when he was in the middle of sex and someone said it was his first time (I’m assuming it was the uke’s first time cause I doubt he would care about stuff like that but idk). That definitely couldn’t have been with the goblin cause it didn’t show it, even though the skin tone was the same colour, but if it was with a random guy that the uke lost his virginity to - isn’t that such a random thing to put in?? lol I mean it made it seem like he really cared and liked this person but it was not important to the story at all. I get if it was signifying how he’s grown up and stuff but there must have been other ways to go about that
OHHHH WAIT WAS THAT THE DREAM HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE HE COULDNT SEE THE GUYS FACE BUT IT WAS THE GOBLIN but then the talking about it being his first time and stuff doesn’t make sense cause he doesn’t know him and the goblin wasn’t actually there since he didn’t know he was dreaming about him....... Yh I’m still confused someone help pls (￣∇￣")
Pretty sure it's the goblin lol
Ohh that’s good then it makes the most sense lol