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 loved Season One, there was a poignancy and honesty about the flow that really appealed to me. Then Season Two hits you like a truck and I was like, "Dem. They are both so fucking fine I cant decide who I want to pummel me first."
This shit is seriously awesome. Plus a Beta top and Alpha bottom? I am so there!! Tight script, mysterious plot, well carved flawed yet likeable characters, and freaking hot sex. Fuck, whats not to like? Full stars from me!
Despite the typical ABO trope and SA in this story, I really loved the first couple. Their RS is so well-balanced and both are attractively drawn. Rei as the uke isnt drawn as smol and weak, he is assertive, strong and almost the same height as the seme. Yuujin loves his omega and its shown many times how PROUD he is of him. I couldnt really get into the second couple unfortunately, and of course I want to bury Sena's asshole uncle, but I could re-read this story many times.
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.