Anyone else feeling a lil iffy abt how the author is writing the top? At first I was like fuck it up, wear those cute booty shorts, but now I feel like their character has low key been reduced to using forceful methods and pushing their love on the bottom. Also we’re not going to act like the bottom did not just said that if he doesn’t change his outwards appearance he won’t be able to fall in love with him. I kinda wish more time was spent on fleshing out the top’s back story cause I think there a some important topics that could’ve been discussed (especially around being trans and drag). But that’s just my two cents nd wanted to know if it was just me...
I hate that on tiktok Harada-Sen is only known for their rly dark works and everyone’s like ewww they’re such a bad writer when they have such bangers like Yatamomo and Yoru to Asa and this one. Like yes some of their stuff is fucked and they writes with a dark undertone but let’s not act like they’re not a good writer.
Lololol i don't use tiktok but wth dark themed stories doesn't mean it's bad writing. What I like about Harada is that yeah some of her stories are effed up but like she's so wicked good at writing them. The way she sets up the panels, the pacing, the writing itself. I feel like her approach to dark styled writing is
Bruh i got cut off . But yeah I feel that Harada's approach to dark stories differs from others in that the dark twists that are infamously incorporated are slowly developed. Idk how to explain like usually w other stories sometimes the dark aspect can feel so sudden or forced but w Harada it just slowly creeps into the story . Like everything is normal and then bOOM . The gradual approach makes the dark stuff even more disturbing for me ( ̄∇ ̄")
Right like I think Harada is rly good at storytelling and I like that her characters are kinda realistic in the way they deal with it bc I think ppl think that when trauma happens people have to take time and deal with it but for a lot of people they tend to laugh it off or try to continue with their lives and sometimes breakdown which Harada shows rly well (ex. Yatamomo)
Yeah I mean good for recognizing those mangas but let’s not forget our roots. When I started reading BL it was mostly b&w and I still prefer those to the new Color ones. Like these days ppl be starting on KS & BJ Alex whereas I started on Junjo romantica & YBC. Also if this site gets taken down bc ppl keep putting it on tiktok im coming for necks
Idk I don’t rly care if Azusa or whatever gets hurts bc yeah I get that he rly loved Kaede but to use your pheromones to force him to mark you...he’s not the only person who has had to let go of someone they’re in love with. Moreover yeah they’re cute but I feel like he forced Kaede into a tight spot. He should’ve let Kaede decide for himself or talk abt it with him instead of catching and coercing him when he was down. Like imma just throw it out there if Azusa didn’t force Kaede then the likely hood he would’ve ended up with his fated pair (if that kid is his fated pair) is pretty high. Idk karma comes back to you
Some of these have stories/ couples appear in other stories so check out this list below and the authors’ other works.
Ch 2 (Sleeping man loving man by Zaria): http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/nemuri_otoko_to_koi_otoko/ (full story)
Ch 3 (Caste Heaven by Ogawa Chise): http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/caste_heaven/ (this is the book where the couple is from but I don’t know if they appear again after this one shot spin off)
Ch 8 (sense of loyalty by Matsumoto Yoh): http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/oath_of_allegiance/ (one shot —> prequel)
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/musebenake_junjou/ (they appear here briefly but nothing super lovey dovey)
I’ve been here since chapter 1 and to see the end...I’m happy for everyone but to know I won’t be seeing this in my notifications anymore makes me want to cry.