Tai's manga / #webtoon(48)

this is like a modern fairytale in the vein of Tim Burton (but less goth..y) and Guillermo del Toro (but less grotesque). To give an idea of the tone. And as for The story itself, you’ll see elements of tarzan, frankenstein, the shape of water and to a lesser extent pinocchio (he just wants to be a Real Boy! This can actually apply two characters in the main cast...) and dare i say a smidge of edward scissorhands? I do want to be clear though, its small elements that add a sense of what kind of story you’re in without feeling derivative or cliche at all. Perhaps the greatest achievement of this comic though is it somehow brought out serious pathos from a character that is a Talking Bird. (anyway i loved this so much pls read it)

super secret? More like super CUTE! Just very sweet, heartfelt, romantic and Hilarious. And like ghost wife it starts to embrace a hint of melancholy in the back half that works rly well (without losing its sense of humor). And unlike ghost wife this is an unequivocal happy ending that feels very wrapped up but not in an obnoxious Perfect Bow way. that said the side character's endings were perhaps a bit Too open ended. more in some cases than others, and thats my only gripe tho i understand why the author chose to do this. but otherwise this a Perfect friends to lovers romance with a really cute fantastical twist involving werewolves, witches, fox demons and vampires!

started out weird and intriguing and ended with me in TEARS. Very funny but with an underpinning of melancholy that becomes more pronounced in the later chapters, genuinely creepy and the art is...an acquired taste. Basically if u like ito junji and sweet highschool romance with a big side of goofy comedy then i strongly rec giving this a try.

this is the cutest most wholesome romance webtoon ive read so far. I would say its part shoujo highschool romance and part shounen action comic and ALL comedy. Its a bit like Rumiko Takahashi’s works if i think about it. Which is perhaps why i adored it so much. I was a big ranma fangirl back in the day but tbh i liked most of her work, and it had the usual marrying of action, romance, and comedy. like Ranma it does interesting things with gender roles albeit in a very diff way. Anyway altho it was super stinkin sweet, its also really moving and manages to feel light and fun without feeling lightweight and vapid. Furthermore the female lead is Goals and the male lead is the SOFTEST boy. Finally its absolutely hilarious and if this wasnt a korean webtoon it would prob already be an anime cause it would be perfect as one. I would say its tone also reminds me a bit of School Rumble but this one is def better to it’s main female lead but unlike Rumble, the extended cast is def less fleshed out. I do adore all the side and supporting characters but we dont really get to know some of them as much as i would have liked. Two in particular come to mind. But anyway the plot manages to feel fast moving and frantic and while it took me a few eps to catch up with its hectic and “noisy” style, once i did i was really ALL in. this is great for binging and i wonder how the pace would have felt if i’d been stuck reading it on a week to week basis while it was running. At any rate i highly recommend this, and even tho its set in a highschool the actual schooling is barely a factor (which the comic cheekily points out on several occasions). The tongue in cheek take on the many highschool romance tropes is also really fun and never feels overused. I seriously laughed so much! (and also SUCH a happy ending my heart needed this)

so im crying really hard right now. and i dont know WHAT i expected but somehow it wasnt That? like goddamn well played once again Ilkwon. auuughhh im gonna go lay down now. (i'll come back with a proper review of this later ok. i need like..a few days)

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.

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!)

picked this up on a whim and holy shit this is so compelling? and also extremely sexy damn. one of the best BL comcis i've ever read. its such a damn shame the side stories or sequels to this story never happened and the author herself seems MIA from making comics for the last 3 years. anyway i loved this from start to end. it was sexy, it was romantic, it was thrilling, it even made me tear up once. it had great worldbuilding and lore. if it was lacking anything it was that like most BL it had almost zero women with speaking lines in it but otherwise it was just A+ work. and i seriously bummed that this webtoon artist has neither made sequel stories or a new comic period in the time since this one ended. truly a loss! hope she's doing ok. in the meantime im so gladi got to read this. and highly recommend it even to people who dont care for BL that much. (also the art is so vibrant and fluid and i loved the steampunk aesthetic it had going too.) anyway, im sad its all over now but at better a nice ending than a story that runs way longer than it needs to. also this is the best depiction of a bdsm style realtionship i've seen so far in any comic that features them. just really dived into the psychological aspects of it instead of just using the imagery for some kinky thrills. and then ofc there was a genuinely moving love story woven thru it too. cant say ive seen that pulled off so well before. anyway this work was A level and the sex scenes actually furthered the character arcs and relationship. and thats also what made them so entertaining to watch. (i would tbh read another 50 chpts of this story easily. why is it always the good comics that arent 100s of chpts long?)