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I thought this was an amazing story. It was filled with ups and downs. You definitely have to be in a good headspace to read it though.
Personally, I liked the ending as is (and even thought it would be fine ending on chapter 34 for example). I think it wraps up well even though it is a bit open-ended. Would I want to know if everything works out? Sure, but the set up itself was able to provide enough clues that I can picture how it ends, just not the exact details on how.
Does anyone have any recs for smart/strong bottoms?
I always see stories where the top tricks the bottom or gets their way in the end and I'm tired of it at the moment. I want a bottom that fights back and a top that actually appreciates that and doesn't try to subdue them.
What I sorta have in mind is Roses and Champagne. I'd prefer fantasy but I'll take any recs. I do mainly have BL in mind, but if there are any GL or straight recs I wouldn't mind them either.
It doesn't even have to be explicit, but here are sorta the vibes w ch 62 of R&C: https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/roses_and_champagne/uu/br_chapter-150228/pg-1/
I agree that it's not super smooth as far as story telling goes, but if you give it a bit a chance and use some reading comprehension, it's not impossible to understand.
I will say, not everything is clear but that will hopefully be cleared up in future chapters.
Spoilers:
It sounds like to me Kazami, somehow, purposefully had Ikuse tell Mr. Suzuhara about the plot of his story with the intent of "killing his career" (ch 4 pg 64-65). Ikuse is a big fan of Mr. Suzuhara's works and especially "Moonflower," Ikuse's favorite work, which is written by Mr. Suzuhara under the pen name Shizuku Nanami (ch 4 pg 55-57). So I think Kazami was likely jealous and so he tried to end Mr. Suzuhara's career. I don't know for sure, but it seems like Mr. Suzuhara and Kazami know each other or Mr. Suzuhara just knows the reason for Kazami's actions; I think this because Kazami sent Mr. Suzuhara the video he took of Ikuse in the material gathering trip in ch 3 and because it seemed like Mr. Suzuhara understood something Ikuse didn't about Kazami's intentions in ch 4 pg 64-66.
I don't understand the jump between the end of ch 2 and the beginning of ch 3 or what exactly happened in ch 2 where Ikuse told Mr. Suzuhara about Kazami's story.
This is all speculation. Idk how accurate it is or not until the next chapters come out. I took the page numbers from looking at the story without multi-page on. Do with this what you will.