clown's manga / #cute(43)

i actually liked the development and progression of this story a lot !!!! it was a little tiring seeing them dance around each other but i understand chief gu wanting him to come clean about it himself. and i liked the whole arc about zicheng trying to find his own worth and place in the world and how crossdressing actually helped him with that. also i love neo

short and sweet. love me some old gay men HOWEVER. the most unnecessary sexual assault scene in the beginning from ethan when he jacked off mike for no reason. and this was before they were even a thing. at that point mike was only there to seek help from ethan for his wounds and ethan went ahead and did it anyway. he acknowledges that it's wrong but it's kind of glossed over by both of them and no consequences are ever shown for it. i am very very sick of finding these nice, short stories that end up tainted by sexual assault. the setup was there for them to become closer in a romantic/sexual sense without the sa, so why resort to such a lazy trope? ugh

WHY WAS THIS DROPPEEDDD im gonna start sobbing. kind of like a slice of life bl where an office worker w/ a hamster meets his neighbor, a uni student w/ a cat. presumably, things happen where they'd end up together over time, but we'll never see it ig. sighhh. what's out is good though

this was so short and sweet and cute and the progression of their feelings felt natural and im gonna jump and die