Rae D.'s manga / #OTP!!!(64)

This is so sick bruh. A lesser version of Cherry Blossoms, which is saying BIG things!!! It’s like if a Cherry Blossoms was a Starbucks drink with 10 pumps of sweetener, this one would be the same drink with 4-5 pumps, but the fact that it’s still the same drink is really saying something. The sweetness, cuteness, wholesome, real-lifeless of it all is too much to bare. Clearly I’m happy for this couple but BRUH did this BL just call me SINGLE AS FUCK in one million different languages. Like, man I’m not even playing around of exaggerating too much it hurts so bad . .......*sigh*, whatever I guess I, happy for them Lol but seriously this was delightful in most every way. It didn’t do anything crazy but it didn’t need to. It did normal stuff but each normal thing was done to the best of its abilities. Only real main problem is that I wanted more. Like, legit the the author could have squeezed 50 entire more chapters out of this and I wouldn’t even be mad in the slightest . 9.5

This here is… one of my guiltiest of guilty pleasures. This is one of my most pleasurable of guilty pleasures. Oh my goodness. I am simply smitten. My first ploy relationship in fiction ever. It makes me so happy. My heart is so full. I really needed to see that I think, like I really did. I feel like it’s opened up my worldview literally. I’ve been identifying as poly for a while now (about 3 years) but it’s always been more of a vague concept- never something I ever thought about to concretely. And that’s in large part because of how little representation there is like, anywhere. Obvi it won’t be on mainstream tv or romance anime considering the time. But the fact that I couldn’t even find it in BL really shows just how non-favorably polyamory is viewed today. So this BL here? Did something kind of revolutionary for me. Did some toxic shit happen? Hella yeah, Kou and Ginga did some truly unforgivable shit to Yuu. However, I’m quite willing to overlook it. Why? Multiple reasons. Is it because of how much I like this being poly? Yeah, that too. But also because of the way that the artist sculpted a particular tone and vibe throughout this story. It’s a tone that allows the reader to really suspend their disbelief as well as the nitty gritty parts of their morality for the sake of making this story work. She truly allowed me to grant myself a full escape from reality. It’s not just that the MC is okay with those toxic things, but it’s more so the way he responded and the way the two of them responded in he aftermath that’s made it work. Just enough condemning the bad thing, just enough them being genuinely sorry and knowing they don’t have a valid excuse, but most importantly the MC not forgiving them because is illusioned into thinking abuse = love/okay because of love. But more so him thinking “well that was horrible but I love these guys and won’t stop loving them so I will choose to forgive them and whip them into shape so that we can all move forward into a happy future that is happy not just because I have them but happy because I chose it of my own will”. Idk, I don’t think I explained that well, but that’s good enough for now. Anyway, the art was very mediocre. But the sex scenes, humour, characters, plot, and dialogue?????????????????? Waaaay up there bro!!!!! Me thinks if this BL had good art on top of that I’d pass out from joy before I could finish reading . This BL is a prime example of dirty talk done right. Oh and the characters all felt so real and I got t know and love each one of the three. The rapport they have with one another is also phenomenal. No cop outs around here bro they all loved each other dearly and I could feel it through the page. No matter which two out of three you pick to put in a separate room, the vibes in that room will be stupendous. We really denounced the idea of depending on tropes to tell the story with this one in one million ways. Were tropes present? I mean yeah, but that’s not a bad thing. So many of these tropes were tweaked slightly to really make them a new thing of its own. Instead of one trope per character and that character’s personality being based 90% on that trope with the other 10% being other quirks, each character basically got two tropes that almost directly contradicted each other to work with as groundwork and the the character was fleshed out built to fullness from there. They’re so multi-faceted, good looking, funny, and lovable. Overall, the traits of this that I like are not present only in this BL (aside from the polyamory). However, it isn’t often that I see all of those traits fall into one single BL and wrapped up so wholesomely with a smutty bow on top. This author has garnered my praise. I’m giving this a 9.4. PS: I tagged with “f’ed up” just to be honest and consistent. Even though I didn’t quite mind

It’s giving a 9.65. Super cute, super funny, and super wholesome bro. What the hell. Ugh, will say more later.... They get OTP tag not necessarily because I want them to but because their OTP startups is one that I simply cannot take away from them given how everything went down

Bay-BEE!!!! This was all I needed and wanted it to be and soooooooo much more Like yeeeeeeeeeah, we really got in there with this one boyz. Whew…. That was a ‘lil ass ride I just got taken on… Alright, so yes I loved this. It was very good indeed. As usual with me, these Reincarnated Heroine webtoons can seldom do much wrong lol. I really be reading these to scratch a specific itch. I want the escapism that comes with a Victorian fantasy world. I want the bad bitch license your MC gets when she know the future. And ofc I want the PRETTY ASS OUTFITS!!!!!!! This here, delivered all of that but then on top they really came in clutch with an engaging plot and one FOINE ASS NIGGA Like bitch, this man? Whew. For a PG-13 type beat with no sex scenes or nothing……….. somehow this man had me ~feeling tingzzzz~ Oh man I was reading this webtoons and punching the air and punching my pillow pet and damn near punching through the sheetrock wall lmfao. Crying, throwing up, dragging my teeth across the cement. Why all this, you may ask? Because the JELOUSY was eating a bitch aliiiiiiive . I want me a Noah so bad it physically hurts. This man is so handsome and funny and witty and smexy and possessive and dominant and rich af and most importantly, sooooooooo in love with her!!! “Head over heels” does not begin to describe the way he is down bad for MC. Then he got that VILLAIN LOVE???! I knew I was gonna fall deeply in love with this webtoon the moment I realized “oh shit, MC not getting with the hero; she getting with the WHOLE VILLAIN” (as she fucking should). I needed some of this about now. No goody tissues saving the day as nigga around here. Nah ah. He looking out for him and his ans when he says “his” he means RAELIANA! What he told her? Something like “I don’t care who you kill or what crimes you commit. Do whatever you want, as long as you do it by my side”?

Sooo.... This has a 9.1. Which to me is kinda harsh lol. Like, I actually do understand why many people wouldn't find this remarkable or anything and may even have found it bland. But me?! Nahhhhhhhh.... I read this after Obuchi basically told me the whole plot, lol. She told me a good overview of everything that happens in the first ⅘ of the story at least. Usually I would think that me knowing everything that would happen would lessen the enjoyably. And yet… I still had a good time! The spoilers did not stop it from drawing me in. The romance between the MC and ya boi was being sweet and tender.. I like the MC a lot. She is an endearing character. Baby boi is too. Moreso than that, I adore the way he does not play when it comes to the MC!!!! That scene where his past love interest is trying to come between them and he corners her is iconic. Likewise the one where he confronts her sister is also wild! "If I had a sword right now, I would duel you to the death," he said. Huh?! lmfaoooooo ayoo, that's so crazy hahaha. I like the MC so much. Like, first of all we love an ultra-powerful femme mc mhmm. Also, just in general she is particularly endearing and adorable to me as a character. I love the way she acts and carries herself. I really felt her plight with being villainized by everyone including her own family. That scene where she finally realizes her family won’t ever change really hit home with me. I can't help but really resonate with her. About the main couple's romance... I love love loved the way they fell in love after being traumatized into thinking they weren’t fit to love or be loved… uww. They get on otp tag on god. It was so satisfying to see their relationship progress all slow and steady and realistic. Let's see what else, I liked the white knights a lot. They were nice and funny and felt pretty well fleshed out. A cute lil bunch fr. I like how it ended with the kid brother potentially reconciling with MC and her new family. I liked the magical elements of the whole thing with the personification of winter. Also loved all the folklore behind that. Not super impressive and yet very lovely world-building. if I was going to have any criticism of this story one of the only things I would say is that the whole "Arundi" thing could have been slightly for fleshed out or attention-keeping or whatnot, but that’s not a huge criticism or anything- just something small. A bigger criticism though? I don’t think the sister’s punishment and the father’s punishments were good enough. Especially the sister. Much too fucking lenient for real. That annoyed me. Overall, I thought this was great despite the public's perception. I would for sure read this again the future. I’m giving it a 9.5 me’thinks. (Even though it only really deserves a 9.4 at most hehe. The 9.5 is for the personal feelz?)

Ripley, Ripley, Ripley….. My girl So, this is hands down one of the best in the genre bro. It just is; I don’t make the rules man. I can name 3 stories TOPS in the genre that I like more than this overall. It is simply THAT objectively good. It’s got EVERYTHING. Good art? Yep. Good plot. Yep. good side characters? Yep. Good MC? Yep. Good love interest? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Yes Lordt . Wowzers……. He for real in the running tippity top bracket of the “that’s the kind of dude I was looking for” contest in this genre. Sweet jesus the grand majority of other male leads just don’t be doing it like him lol. He was ughhhhhhhh whew! – Okay, let me calm down hahahha. Look. I’m just saying Zeronis was my MAN. He was hot as hell, sexy as fuck, funny, fun, witty, charasmatic, smart, charming, romantic, caring, loyal, dedicated, resourceful, intimidating, everythiiiiing. Everything about this man was top tier peak cream of the crop material. Now, let’s get into Ripley. I love Ripley. We love Ripley. What’s not to love about Ripley? Did she play too much? At times? Was she trifling? I can’t deny it . Was she a little dumb and reckless? Well…. look . But these are all the things that make us love Ripley! Because above all else Ripley was relatable . She was a real deal girl. She was always absolutely hilarious with her juggling and bomb shots . Hahahhaha, Ripley always gonna be my girl. Zeronis always gonna be my man. As a couple, I stan. They were so so so much fun! Now, for flaws…… if I had to give any flaw about this story I could say that the side stories were a good bit more boring than the main story. (But they weren’t bad!!!). I could say that it was a little weird in the side stories to try and garner sympathy for a home-wrecker? (Lol.) I could also say that while I love love loveddd the couple that was Zeronis and Ripley….. Their relationship was SO good… that at times it actually made me a teeny weeny bit lonely . None of these flaws are actual flaws lol. Overall this story had such fucking good vibes, and that’s needed sometimes in a genre usually fraught with political turmoil, outbreaks of war, and races for the throne. Sometimes we just need a silly bitch like Ripley living her silly little life! Hosetly, I am writing this review over a month after I finished this story, and I know if I was writing it fresh out I would have 3 more pages of stuff to say. Who knows, maybe I’ll do another review fresh out of the inevitable re-read one day. Giving this a 9.67 (ever the leg up on the 9.65 I gave my girl Realiana!) P.S. Why does the cover art for this so inadequately portray what the art is actually like in the story, lol?

(not in proper timeline order) REVIEW AFTER FIRST, INCOMPLETE READ: most overrated BL I’ve ever read like jeez bro 9.6 fucking stars??? Really? And it was way too long it dragged out way longer then it should have, I swear I barely finished it . And the “characters”? Caricatures is more like it, boy were they typical as shit. Also how dare in top of all this other stuff, the sex scenes all be bad???? (or at least not to my taste). man, how annoying. (but also... after all that being said... there were still moments that made me just... uwu) REVIEW AFTER COMPLETION: So………. It is clear from my first review….. That I was a MAJOR HATER skskkskskskskkskss Lmfao why was I such a hater? Hahahaha I couldn’t stand this shit hahahaha. OMG breath, it is actually absolutely batshit crazy how much of a different tune I am singing now that this shit is over. So looking back, it seems as though I wrote my first review for this on Jan 11, 2021, which is when there were 108 chapters posted on, out of the 173 total there are now. I don’t know man…. Something about these last 60 something chapters must have really changed my mind? LOL. (This is why I try not to read unfinished works haha.) Anyway, moving onto this final, once and for all review: I LOVED it. Ahhh it’s a very guilty pleasure. I can’t help it. I couldn’t help it if I tried! Keeping up with the ins and outs and ups and downs of Felix and Giovanni’s relationship was the soapiest opera-iest thing I’ve ever done in my life, and I did it for like, 2 years lol. I did it for two years, and that’s with me already being two years and over a hundred chapters late to the game! I honestly can’t imagine how the girls who read this story for FOUR years are feeling now that it’s over! Felix will ALWAYS () and forever be my darling baby boy and no one and nothing could ever make me say otherwise. He is the cutest thing that has ever graced the face of this planet and I’d kill for his happiness. Now…Giovanni?

Wow…………….. wow. I’m in awe. Very sh okey and surprised by how much I liked this. And to think that I almost didn’t read it due to its low score (9.0). I liked this so fucking much and that says WAAAAAAAY too much about me lmfao. Jeez, there were many, many things wrong with this and yet…… ooooooowieeeee

This may be the best “one of them is a mind reader” BL I’ve ever read! It was ridiculously cute. It was so so sooo cute. But it was also so hot!! I had such a good time. These two were adorable. The MC was very prettt and I liked his personality a lot :) The top (Kaneko) was soooo

Stoooooooop this was so cute (big black eyes crying emojis) like, i’m gonna cry fr (emojis). Oh god, this was very cute. Somehow, someway, the couple of the original Jun and the original hero/hero become demon king (Marcus) was waaaaaaaaaaaay cuter than the main couple of this story! And that’s not dogging the main couple becuase they were totally cute as well! But Jun and Marcus meeting back together in the modern world warmed my whole entire heart right the fuck up! Man this was sooooooo adorbs. Cryign emojis. Also, the premise was very funny and so was the execution. Aside from being funny, I do think the execution of the plot could have given a bit more life, but that’s just a bit of a knitpick. Overall this was truly great. A wonderfulllllllllllllll length as well! It just felt really full and complete! I’m giving it a 9.4 (even though it maybe moreso deserves a 9.37). P.S. Marcus was kind of foine af lol