Gay for the Gay God's manga / #Angst(331)

I hope it goes well... Edit: It didn't but god their first time together was hot.

This is one of those manga that has that weird snowfall feeling, like everything is quiet and it's just you and your feelings. As a survivor of abuse, I applaud how that relationship is not romanticized. It's fucked up, but both members in an abusive relationship are people, and we tend to forget that because it's more comforting if we separate ourselves from abusers.

I reread this story sometimes, when I'm feeling sad. It's a sweet story that isn't about the relationship as much as it is about grief and acceptance.

That scene where Aoi keeps checking to see if Shouta is alive when they're sleeping so Shouta wakes up earlier than him always makes me cry. This story is beautiful and sad and somehow pure. It's just perfect, and oddly realistic.

This story touches on mental illness in such an interesting way. It's beautiful and fucked up all at once.

Shiro apparently gets a new name (Sora) in the extra, which I like: he leaves behind his past life completely, name included. Tora is a good man. And Sora? I empathize with him. A lot of times, it's hard to figure out how to trust someone, especially after abuse. One of my favorite things is seeing people like Sora struggle with putting themselves back together, because I understand it. And I love partners like Tora, who challenge their partners' perception of themselves. I wonder if it's because I've survived so much abuse that I read manga like these, where a person who is so much like me gets "saved". I think I wanna get saved, too.

I wish the sex scene was longer, and Amamiya wasn't such a dick.

Who was the trap? What about the rapist mother and abusive father? Who is that second couple? I have so many questions that I feel like I missed a few pages.

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING! edit: i'm sobbing it's so good ahhh

I read the raws, and I want to see this translated so fucking badly. Edit: It was good <3