tsukineko's manga / #virgin uke(6)

After this, read 'King and Prince Kaiser'. There are also a couple of King and Prince dj by the same mangaka.

This looks like fun - funny & smutty.

I actually really enjoyed this. The drawings are expressive; the plot has enough twists to be interesting, as well as being somewhat realistic; the characters are likeable, especially little sweetie Haru, (and it's rare for me to like the uke in a manga, especially if they look 'girlish'); and the dilemma faced by the mcs is a truly heartbreaking one. I would reread this, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of Minase Sensei's work. It's marked as completed, but it seems unfinished, so I've put it as currently reading just in case there's an update. So for future reference, I've read up to and including Vol. 01, Ch. 07, p09.

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?!'

Meh - couldn't really feel the love. The seme was just an asshole!