tsukineko's manga / #BDSM(92)

Unfortunately, forever incomplete - RIP Tohjoh Asami! I feel a bit conflicted about this one, as I found it simultaneously hot/disturbing/sad. As it's incomplete, we'll never know where sensei was taking this, so it's not clear what the mc is feeling. His words are a little ambiguous, but when he says that he wants to 'end it all', it could be interpreted as him being suicidal. Even if he is suicidal, it's also unclear whether it's because he's being raped by his bro, or whether he's a willing participant but he feels incredibly guilty about being incestuous. As we're neither in the character's mind nor in the mangaka's mind, we don't know for certain. What I can say for sure, is that, (if we imagine that the uke was a willing participant), the BDSM was pretty hot! (Well I always find Tohjoh Asami's smut hot, whether vanilla or kinky.) 4 stars for the smut, the art, and the fact that it brought out all sorts of conflicting emotions and made me think, (even if I'm not sure that that was intentional on the mangaka's part).

The second story is apparently one of the most accurate portrayals of BDSM in yaoi, especially the 'aftercare' aspect.

Just found this again and don't even remember reading it. Why did I only give it 3 stars? It looks pretty good?! Guess I'll have to reread it at some point. Changing status to 'now reading', then, to remind me to reread it.

Really loved this. Half a star removed for the art style, which I liked but didn't love, and minus another half star for the first story, which was sweet, but I couldn't get past the fact that they both stank from several days, (serious turnoff), lol. The rest more than made up for it, though. Nice that the mangaka gets s/m and D/s dynamics.

I particularly like the first story. Plus I love the art style.

Spin-off to 'Tie Me up with Your Love'.