tsukineko's manga / #realistic(45)

This sounds sweet and funny, and I think I'm gonna like the uke for once.

Apparently, the ending is too realistic, ie not happily ever after, which is a good thing in my book!

Read Mameiha's comment - sounds great!

4.5 stars. Absolutely beautiful! Both the art and the storytelling are superb. The tension between the 2 brothers is palpable, and their story somehow feels very real. I was totally drawn into it, apart from a few moments when I just had to stop and admire the beautiful art! Forbidden love - especially incest - is a favourite theme of mine, and here it is explored in a sensitive and realistic manner, that I have only seen before in Ike Reibun's 'Not Equal'. I probably would have given 5 stars had there been more smut, but that's more because I'm a perv, than because the manga needs it.

Apparently, the last story especially is a real gem - realistic and heartwarming.

Sounds interesting...

4.25 stars. Beautifully drawn and written. Funnily enough, for a manga with a supposedly expressionless mc, the facial expressions are beautifully well rendered and very expressive. I especially love the eye contact the mcs have going on between them. The story itself is realistic yet fluffy. It deals with some difficult subject matter, (1st time being attracted to the same sex; trauma from bullying; homophobia; self-loathing), but only on a fairly superficial level. I appreciate the subtle manner in which such complexities were handled, gently tugging at the heartstrings without resorting to melodrama. However, I feel that the surface was barely scratched, and that we could have delved a lot deeper into psychological territory if the manga had perhaps been longer. Tbh I feel kind of like I was just given one bite out of some really tasty food, and I'm left simultaneously thinking 'that was great!' and 'is that all?!'