the manga is too focused on being a romance to even consider developing the themes which are supposed to make it interesting aka alternative culture, bands, music. Instead we have a boring ass girl who makes boring ass graphic designs who magically wins over the hearts of badly written bad boys just because she's earnest. It's not like I don't find this manga cute, but I wonder if the shoujo authors are aware that their storylines are often poor. I think it might be to due to publishers and editors more than authors themselves...
Ooohh hot take but I kinda agree
Ahahaha! It's honestly one of the reasons why I don't read shoujo as much
But this manga s actively one of the better ones
*sry. I posted an incomplete reply by mistake
In this case, I think it's handling the other themes just fine since it's focused on the romance from the get go.
If it gave more focus on the other themes, it'll become a different manga: music shoujo rather than a romance shoujo
Worst basketball advice ive ever heard of…you’re a girl so you should shoot with both hands…??????ts pmo
I love the art and Rei's character design. The manga covers are phenomenal and Kira's artworks (which are very obviously inspired by Klimt) add a lot of depth to the manga. However, when I found out through the comment section that Rei's behaviour as a boyfriend was subpar, I checked out the final chapters. I read up to chapter 10, and felt the urge to drop it because it was very obvious that there would be an ex-lover or love triangle situation developing. I honestly don't understand why shoujo authors use and abuse this plot device. While it is true that in real life relationships the question of exes often pop up, it's kind of ridiculous how EVERY shoujo manga deals with it in nearly the same way. Anyways, rant over. I read the last chapters and was genuinely surprised to see how little the characters progressed? Kira and Rei seem dull as hell in the last chapters, even the way their eyes are drawn make them seem flat. I think this manga probably lost it's sense of direction. And although I find their story to be cute, it's weird that the rest of the 30 or so chapters are comprised of adding new murderous and morally bankrupt characters. Hurdles in romantic relationships are important to discuss, but how about we have a more developed storyline...
And that’s why making a review when you only read up to chapter 10 isn’t the smartest lol. They become more mature overtime. And that “love triangle” was never serious. It’s an ex that still likes him and he rejects her. The only reason he even entertained her is because FL pushed him to do so (because she’s the nice type that likes to see the good in everything). The only reason he shows care toward the ex is because she has ties to his brother and was there when his brother was around/passed. That’s all. He sends her off after rejecting her and she’s never seen again. There’s never a real rival in the story that causes an issue.
This is a good story because aside from the main couple’s relationship, you see how serious things are with the people around them. (The bad incident with the FL’s stepfather, the murderer, the truth behind the deaths of the ML’s brother and mother, etc).
I didn’t expect them to be teenagers...especially since main character had a fuck buddy.
Same I thought they were young adults
I figured theyre gonna be classmates simce the cover pic looks like theyre in uni
uniform
Teenagers have sex too lol
Boys just wanna hear « I’m not disappointed by you senpai because I never had any expectations in the first place » in bed.
WHY do they always fuck after being raped, assaulted, harassed, whatever the fuck. It’s so wrong because it literally insinuates that you can “overwrite” traumatic shit by getting some good fuck which is not true. The sex after rape trope is literally the worst.
He’s not speaking english. My man what you tryna say.
after banging in a car for several hours i guess heforgot human speech jhwnqkdlhanlj
PLSSSS
SH (forgot his name lmao) saying “just don’t leave me” while treating nakyum nicely is pretty manipulative wether he realizes or not. I won’t consider these changes an improvement until nakyum starts having more control in the relationship. I still like the pair but morally their relationship is shit.
Periodttt I was thinking this exactly
Louder for the people on the back plz we do love the steaming sex scenes tho can't lie
LMFAOOO this might be the biggest red flag ive ever seen. Like he called her boring and nearly ditched her but then 10 pages later he says “he's always having fun with her”. THIS ISNT EVEN A MISUNDERSTANDING HE LITERALLY DID SOME NARCISSISTIC SHIT???!!! I’m so confused as to why the author thought this kind of progression was positive. Like this is a shoujo manga so obviously everything is cute in the end but ANY guy who exhibits this behaviour in real life is NOT WORTHWHILE people!!!! Stay safe