ALisAnimeLover's manga / #BEAUTIFUL(22)

Argh bat ko siya binasa nang alam kong ongoing siya. Huhu currently 8 for portrayal of crossdresser (queer) and pansexual (i think) - me in ch5 N years ago. N years == probably > 3 years ago? since mangafox pa binabasa ko nun. welp, explains why i don't remember much except remembering that i've already read this one BUT! hanggang ch 5 lang din narito sa mggo and it's tagged as completed???

seriously though, wtf is wrong with the ex?! you darn cheat on him, leave him for a wife, then expect him to still be with you when you return? wtf? then there's also a random rape part where the ex saves him then attempts to rape him as well. wth and the story also kinda started with rape - although the seme didn't mind at all??? wth are with chill people anyway comment from N years ago (i.e. when I still read in MF): So... Beautiful... "you're you" "I'm me". Further than lgbt. Hate that the bastard didn't get what he deserved tho. And why a rape scene? :( 9 (despite all that) tho i upped my standards and now it's a 7/10

were we mistaken? i don't know.

A story about Mirai-kun's first experiences in love told from the point of view of Hibiya-kun, his childhood friend. What's amazing about this is the realistic portrayal of the innocent main character and his experiences in love. He's young. He's sincere. But that's what also makes it frustrating. Beautiful. His exes, while not exactly the worst, aren't the best, and perhaps are also learning. His first ex broke up with him not because of him not calling when the accident happened. It may have been what he said, but if you look at it closely, he's simply insecure - he wasn't there when his bf needed him, there's another guy who's too close with his bf, and most of all, he can't believe that his bf actually likes him, perhaps because of how their relationship started. The second ex... Has a lot to grow as a person, not just as a lover. He should use this experience to start going out of his shell and become more courageous. Let's be honest, not everyone knows what to do when they witness a molesting scene, it's as terrifying as when you're the one being molested. For the third ex, a lot of things remained a secret. Though I do think he's sincere in their relationship, given that he thought of bringing the MC back to Osaka. But he didn't. Perhaps, he was guilty of lying to his bf and didn't know what to say once he brings him to Osaka and admits the truth. Perhaps, he decided not to because the MC is a mere child he can't simply elope with and support. Perhaps, leaving the money was his way of apologizing, albeit shitty. If this was another story, they'd probably reencounter each other some time in the future and get back together and no one will bat an eye about it. All the chapters, had they not ended that way, could easily be a happily-ever-after story while the couple grows together as a person, or maybe not. But no, this isn't that kind of story. This is about the multiple heartbreaks a person goes through in life. Who knows? Perhaps they will also break up in the future for who knows what reason. But people grow. That's what matters.

The most beautiful thing in this manga, or in their relationship rather, is how they're slowly adjusting to each other, compromising in their own way. I love how Yanagi-san said that if he saw an unpleasant part of his lover and improved it, it would work in his favor. What makes me give this a 5-star is the interview session tbh. Yanagi-san is such a wholesome person!!!

Ch 1-3 is an intro story for the main story (ch 4 onwards). It's about two heirs (of different companies), one of which is a successful omega and the other is a less successful alpha. With the omega's parents' death, his stepmother banishes him as unfit to be the heir. He then becomes the butler of the alpha. The main story is about the omega's butler, a beta, and his journey on outgrowing his own prejudice against subgenders and finding his own happiness. Note: in the start of the manga, the MC (the butler) mentions several groundless biases humans have (against less educated people, against people of color, against people of a certain blood type (honestly the most out of the world one lol), against (old) bachelors/bachelorettes, and ultimately against omegas). The point of this line is to expose how groundless the bias is and that they are untrue. Do not take offense. It may be uncomfortable, but the author's point is that it is untrue and unfair.

Holy shit, this was so beautiful. Growing up to be a better person than they were before so they can become more suitable for the other. Such beautiful portrayal of love. I thought it would be a yandere-type messed-up story, but I got the opposite. Wtf, this is so good

Ch 1-3: unconventional love between a guy and his almost-stepfather. 7 Ch 4: meh. Kinda feel bad for the girl ngl. 3 Ch 5: idk, not my taste. 2 Ch 6: about learning a lesson from a past mistake. 8 Ave: 5

There's apparently a prequel and a main story (?) besides this one.