Asanaha sensei is pretty hot without his glasses, or for that matter, without his shirt on.
ur so real
Woaoh, the chemistry between Leo and Eight is super-hot, ngl. Plus both MC and ML are very likeable. And I really want a spin-off for their two friends, Natsume and Kota. Its an ABO so of course story is somewhat cliche, but its worth re-reads if not for anything else the intense bed scenes between the two leads.
The art is GORGEOUS and Yoru is SO beautiful. I have serious envy for his form - that lithe waist and swaying hips, ooooo. The sex in leonine form was ok for me as Amran's bottom half was as human. No ick factor for me except the shaky start with noncon, but as story went on Amran became an emotional teary green flag and so in love....
Takumi is so very adorable especially his dazzling smile. Such a cute story of unrequited love on BOTH the seme and uke's part, and the bits of angst balanced it out nicely. My only complaint is that the sex was rushed in the last chapter - like confess and immediately bonked. Should have stretched it out to two chapters to really ground their feelings and build on the smexy scenes.
Rape, prostitution and child abuse are very heavy topics. I appreciate that the author did not make light of it, but chose to instead to focus on the survival, coping and positive emotions, esp for the seme. He remained a gentle soul despite the atrocities he had to go through. Their relationship build felt raw and unsure when they ran away but it built the seeds of a lasting love.
Makes for a great re-read, so I can capture all the nuances, glances, art that I may have missed it getting absorbed with the story flow earlier. All 4 main protagonists grew on me, despite the SA by Sukyun which pissed me off. All their character development and relationship with each other were well fleshed out and by the last chapter I felt so much satisfaction, and genuinely wishing both pairs all the happiness in the world. Now we just need a good story for Jun, bcoz I do like him a lot too.
There were plenty of smut scenes, but the character development was quite well thought out. I felt the plot with Park ended on a meh note. He deserves more shit happening to him, bcoz he was just such a deluded narcissistic MF. Loved the ending, Eunsung ended up being a fluffy seme despite the rapey start, and I warmed up more to Soohyun. Side stories were good. Now we need the Author to write a BL based on Soohyun's editor boss and his brother. PLEASE.
*Puts 100 stars down on the table. "Take all my stars. Take it!! Take them all!!!" Such a goddamn beautiful story. Sobs.
I would SO date Satoru. He is so mature, level headed, sensitive to others, kind and open. The first chap of this made me so SUS of Manato and thinking wtf is this lol.
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And that sudden stabbing felt like some WattPad/GoodNovel app insert, like what the, it came out of nowhere. However I did love the relationship build post initial drunk sex and how the author showed Manato falling desperately in love. I would have liked another 1-2 chaps of them being in a relationship, laughing, loving and having lots of torrid sex lol. Great read and would reread.
Honestly, i don't it's a sudden accident. In the chapter 2 (cmiiw) , you can see there is a woman who following manato, and satoru noticed. And in the chapter 3 there is a strange woman too, who, I assumed wants to barge in to manato's apartment in the apartment lobby and again, satoru noticed. I think it's the same woman who stabbed manato.