Tai's manga / #Drama(88)

a lil sweet, a lil angsty, slice of life childhood friends to lovers story. pretty typical storyline and outcome but it seems i never tire of this trope so here we are. i thought it was good altho it would have benefitted from perhaps one more love scene....(my reiew isnt doing it justice haha cuz im lazy but 3 stars means its a worthwhile read so go on ahead. its not that long either)

a hidden gem i found on pocket comics earlier this week that im very intrigued by but not sure if ill be able to stick with depending on what its ultimately going to lead to. (i want some dark romance with my mystery thrillers but i aint holding my breath for it here)

sexy sex (but lots of dubcon), gorgeous art, gorgeous men, and some not totally half assed world building. its ultimately more erotic romance than historical fantasy but its def trying to be a bit of both. and i appreciate its effort even if that part of the plot isnt as engaging to me as the more sexy romance side but thats just cuz im a pervert haha. anyway def one of the better BLs out there. if u like dubcon this is extra hot, and if u dont that might be a turn off but they do eventually fall in love and i did feel convinced enough by it. feel free to skip the 2 or so chpt short story BL in Space that comes after it. its just very....meh. (gorgeous tan boy made me give it 3 stars right away haha)

i hate that i read all of this and that it had just enough potential to keep checking back in on it every now and then to see how things had progressed (or not progressed -_-) too bad. its not awful tbh, its just ok. i think i had hopes it would be a little more...thoughtful? than it turned out to be but perhaps thats my fault~ (anyway as is the case with alot of these korean BLs the straight gaze is just overwhelming here) and the story doesnt rly do the best job of convincing me how these two could or would or should work as a couple. it spends more time having them fuck than like actually connecting and knowing that sex scenes can absolutely be used to show a couple getting closer with each other and yet they p much almost never were...yeah. disappointing is how i would define this series overall. basically i wouldnt bother unless u REALLY love omegaverse, in which case this is mid tier. not horrible but not great either. just...ok.

had so much potential to be fun but takes a bit of a weird turn at the end to drum up extra drama and have the soft boi top save the "bitchy" bottom and then ultimately ends on a very vanilla and straight gaze-y note. which woulda made me take off a star alrdy but then the weird shit where for some bizarre reason the bad guy wants sado-queen to fuck his own younger brother....huh??? (the real huh is they almost do it! they are like "oh dear...well i guess we have no choice~~" like...wtf? im not even that opposed to incest in fictional stories but for it to occur in a story where one of his main motivating factors is to hide his kinky lurid lifestyle from his innocent baby bro and protect him and provide for him...ugh whatever. that was another star. im mad cause the setup was so up my alley. coulda had it all~ (it def conflates having a job doing sex work and being kinky with somehow being "broken" inside or troubled and ughhhhh just BYE)