July's manga / #BL(125)

Not sure why they're making side stories for this because the original storyline was basically wrapped up already. It's about the son of the main characters, and I guess explores his romance with another boy his age or something, kind of like Blood Link? Dunno if this is an actual new season or just a long side story. Either way, it's boring and clearly an attempt to milk more money for this series.

Mediocre BL with rape smut. Follows every cliche in hentai, with the instant mindbreak of initial resistance to loving the forced sex with a flip of the switch. Nothing creative or imaginative, everything's been done before. And this doesn't even do it well. The smut scenes are boring and uninspired, and there was barely any tentacle sex here. Lame.

This is terribly written period BL. It is clichéd and has a very predictable plot. I'm fairly certain that the main character will end up falling for the guy he supposedly wants to kill, and they will live happily ever after. That, or he decides that revenge is sweeter, and either one of them or both of them end up dead. There's not many ways this story can develop, as this is a BL webtoon. There is no room to expand on the universe of the story as it is severely limited by the nature of its genre. The art is alright, but I actually like Painter of the Night's style the best out of all these historical setting BLs. Although I don't particularly care for that series' storyline either. It went downhill pretty fast, just like this one undoubtedly will.

I liked this more than Painter of the Night before in the early chapters, but just like the other BL webtoom, the quality of this one has gone completely downhill in terms of the storyline and smut. It's become super repetitive and boring, and it's clear the author is just milking money at this point with the modern day plotline.

Poorly written BL with terrible understanding of the culinary world (which is the backdrop of this, but I guess it doesn't matter since a majority of BLs have never attempted to be accurate). The main characters work in a Chinese restaurant in Korea but the author doesn't know anything about Chinese food. At all. And the soulmate plot was super predictable, anyone can see it coming from a mile away. The only good thing about this was the art. I liked the warm colors and solid lines, which made it easy on the eyes. Smut scenes are a bit lacking though, it's just standard typical fare.