Tai's manga / #slice of life(72)

ha ilkwon did it again. and by it, i mean making me cry real tears. neway full review later

i really enjoyed this webtoon and highly recommend it! It has 3 (and eventually 4) couples and one of my fave female leads in a webtoon period. altho it can be quite smutty it also has alot more story and dialogue than sex scenes. so if u just want a parade of filth then this might not hit the spot but if u want a good helping of romance with ur naughty scenes then this should hit the spot! (the art did take me some getting used to tho, it does get alot better as it goes on but yeah i wasnt a fan of it at first and its why i put off starting it so long). anyway this is all very consensual MINUS some dubcon elements (the sex is consensual but not all acts involved are fully consented on, rather its kinda...heavily pressured on the guy). basically almost all the problematic elements are in the femdom couple. which was also the least well developed or realistic of the couples just cause of how over the top the guy was and how disinterested the woman was in even attempting to communicate with him. tbf her intention wasnt romantic or to be a couple at first so...yeah. it didnt Offend me and i did love her whole "im a cool sardonic tall girl" vibe but it was frustrating to see how their relationship was more a source for comedy than actual romance or relationship exploration. they work it out in the end tho so i guess its fine? lol. no complaints at all about the other 3 couples tho. we even get the CUTEST MOST WHOLESOME GL couple in this story among the 4 couples. but yeah all the female charas are great and i woulda recced this just for them tbh.

i can never decide if i actually like studio stellas art style or not but it is distinctive i will give them that. neway this toon was such a trashy soap opera but i enjoyed that. i dont rec it and i dont not rec it? the sex scenes are sexy tho. ill say and she def ended up with the right guy

Super charming and fun! i wish it didnt have that tired "man pretends to be gay to be straight gal's roommate" trope that is so weirdly common in korean based cohabitation shenanigans. neway its otherwise excellent tho. the gay thing is dropped by s2 and instead we get 2 seasons of them learning how to be a couple despite both having some real trauma in their pasts. and their own internal issues to work thru. watching two people grow together and also as indivuals is so satisfying. and on a shallow note the dude is crazy hot like omg. anyway i like the female lead is such a stoic closed off person, we dont get alot of female characters in main roles like that. instead the usual bubbly type of female lead turns out to be a more complicated and even sinister character. the characters are all interesting in their own ways but i'll be honest about not caring too much about the secondary guy until maybe right before the very end lol. anyway highly recommend this, very satisfying romance and slice of life story. and i would gladly spend another 40 chpts with the male lead's adorable and loud family. (i will say i lament that i never got to see the UST resolved, only had it hinted at. i know its not a smut toon but...CMON! at least give me some over the bra action!)

another fun dynamic where the guy is soft and domestic and likes to be dominated by his free spirited takes no shit female partner. its a cute but ultimately forgettable story. and the art is kinda ugly lol. but i enjoyed it. its an easy breezy read. alas there is no pegging. this guy woulda totally said yes too! (in fact he was perhaps a little too agreeable and mild mannered...) like the guy is a little too much of a pushover sometimes that he becomes pitiable. their relationship basiclaly didnt feel fully equal and it was also too short to rly delve into either character or the relationship as whole. but i did like the gender role reversal and finished it so its ok imo. not good. not bad. just ok.

that was depressing af but also....meh? it would've had more impact if it was longer and we got to know the characters more. i feel sad for both the main characters. these kids really had to grow up too fast and were failed alot by the adults in their lives. its sad for sure but becuz so much happens offpage, via a sudden time skip of EIGHT years, we get little insight into their character growth or complexity of motivations so its hard to be as invested as i wanted to be. the ending feels rushed instead of painful and earned. anyway ramjak continues to be a webtoon creator that i have mixed opinions on. im also reading his current work right now Snowman. which is also clearly a setup for tragedy but with a less sympathetic main character so that's..something (appreciate that its full color too). anyway yall can just skip this one

the best thing i can say about this BL ero webtoon is that it has a love triangle where i can see the appeal of both guys and relationships and the sex scenes are Really hot. EDIT: caught up and looked at the newest raws (101-104) and hoo boy my mains get back together, the breakup that was long time coming finally comes, there's some fun drama involving paparazzi and jealous little shits and possible Exposure of our main pair's sordid past all culimating in a beautiful reunion and reconnection that feels earned. also 101-104 is legit just...kissing, cuddling and fucking. like ty Yeongha my fields were DYING from the drought of sexy scenes and u finally watered my crops. and by crops i mean p**** Edit Final Thoughts: a beautiful and satisfying ending to an almost perfect series. top scores here kids! can def see myself re reading this one day (but uh maybe ill skim thru half of s3 cause hoo boy did it drag in parts...)

having read all the chpts and sides now, i decided to bump this up a star. the first 60 chpts while fine are pretty typical romance story that i see alot in het romances and this is just that applied to a campus setting with two guys instead. however! after they become a couple and the story finally delves more into who Dong gyun is and also the homophobia he experienced, the story became 50x more interesting and emotionally affecting. and it was handled in a fairly respectful realistic way. its still def a BL comic so its nothing too deep but considering how rarely this genre which is all about Boys in Love seems to deal with things like homophobia or discussions of sexuality even when set in our real world, i gotta say it was refreshing to see that handled here. it was also nice to see that we get 4 different kinds of queer guys in one comic, albeit we only really get to know two of them. i loved chanwoo he's like some of the real gay dudes i've known and he was also a ton of fun. i would gladly read a whole series about him but i will settle for the Sides instead. his kinky relationship is also more interesting to me than the more vanilla standard one with Jiwon and DG but no question i found myself rly adoring the main couple once they were finally an actual Couple and i only wish they'd gotten together sooner tbh. anyway while i dont love this story as much as other people on this website do, i managed to finish it and find some of its charms by the end. i dont know if i'd call it a Must Read tho.

gosh where doi start with this one? im surprised its not more popular and also Not surprised at the same time. i mean i am baffled that a 20 yr old woman NOT ending up in a relationship with a 38 yr old man at the end would be considered a bad thing by Anyone but also her actual endgame love interest is super hot so like why not? I do wish we got more of him and her together but thats clearly not that interesting to write about cause its ultimately friends to lovers and the tropes that go with that. which i dont mind! but i can see why Choe was more interest in portraying the female protaganist's first (and very sexy) love instead. while also making sure we all can rest at night knowing she's not going to ruin her life by marrying a man almost twice her age who also has a kid ffs. tbc im not big on age gaps esp when its the man that's older However i can totally understand why a younger person would want to fuck a notably older person, or have a crush on them. i just wouldnt root for them as a long term true endgame couple. it doesnt feel realistic to me as a coupling that would work irl for more than 5 yrs tops. Anyway, this is a nice coming of age josei style story with a distinctive art style and some really hot sex scenes like hoo buddy. My main complaint and why i didnt give it 5 stars is the underdeveloped and very depressing side story with the other female character in the larger cast. i just felt like we didnt need to see her suffer so much. tho im glad she got to have her first love and a cute kid by her side at the end at least. i do love that there are 3 interesting female characters and all of them are distinct from each other. Also one of them is a sexy ass butch lesbian who has a one night stand with the female lead like Damn Ms choe, way to hit me right where i live. anyway i def rec reading this just brace yourself for some sexual assault, rape and domestic violence in a couple of chapters. (most of which is tbh skippable...)

completely adorable! and a couple of guys that feel like real people and not two BL stereotypes. their little romance is so precious and feels really natural despite the kinda goofy setup. but i actually thought the "sex lessons" were in fact quite sexy and a good setup to them realizing what a good fit they are outside the bedroom too. they go on little dates to the theater and to cafes and its all very precious and couplegoals. both guys are super hot to me (often times only one of them is My Type and the other im like "well he's fine" but not in this one!) a third and equally gorgeous guy appears later on who seemed like he would cause some drama but uh...he doesnt rly lol. its a bit anti climactic. but it wasnt a big problem to me, this is pretty low stakes story but its still very enjoyable to read. however this is also why i dont have much more to say than this.