ALisAnimeLover's manga / #Psychological(29)

Umhm... So first, the uke rapes the seme. Okay, we learn the uke's dark past where his mom left for another man and his dad became evil and vented all his frustrations on him. That doesn't excuse what the uke did. Then the seme persists to call the uke by his name even though he has a trauma with his name which may or may not be the correct thing to do, it all depends how the uke responds to it (whether it'll help him cope with the trauma or it'll remind him of it, making it worse), but it's dang insensitive. Get a therapy please. And get an STD check up too. Morals and logic aside, this is just a quick forgettable read imo. But it's not bad, just eh.

So... I can't tell if the uke is a doormat who's way too in love with the seme so he just forgives the seme's sexual harassment and attempted rape so easily, or if he has a savior complex like his friend joked about. Probably both. The seme is also a dipshit, but he's aware of it, and did change. And that's why I gave 2* instead of 1* lol. (He apologized for the rape attempt and clarified why he was having a breakdown then; he did get better and went back to school and all; he got back with his gf (which is expected) and dumped her once he realized it was a mistake and she's just treating her like a lottery she won (this went for only a few pages so it's badly executed, but it's there at least)). A lot of times, I feel like I missed a page or a chapter because of how fast the story went. Especially in the latter half where the seme meets his gf again then all of a sudden they're together; then the uke confesses, next page, they're having sex; etc etc. This leads to the issue of sensitivity of the topic, because it goes at a very fast pace, putting neat details all together in a mess (honestly, it did have good parts, just not executed well). I don't like how it fetishized anorexia, though at the same time, it portrayed it well (in some parts). Would probably have been better with a little more sensitivity put into work.

Did he just accidentally lick the floor? (Lol, once I noticed, I couldn't unsee) I like how it leaves it up to its reader's interpretation. Did his father really look at him and touch him indecently as a kid, or is it just his own version of his memory? Is the ending really indicative of him finally having sex with his father or is it not?

*spoilers* Since I can't reply to comments, I'll just put it here as a reminder to myself when the comment system returns (which I hope it will, and I hope I do remember). Niko knew about Utsuromachi being trans because of Aiyori. It wasn't revealed how, but it was shown that they both weren't certain about it either. In the last chapter with the convo between Niko and Aiyori, the lines were shown: "Kill Utsur..." (presumably kill Utsuromachi next, her weakness is blah blah, so do this) "But that's too risky" (presumably too risky because if the guess (that she's trans and values keeping it a secret) is wrong, the plan might not be effective) It was just a little portion of a page though. And the translation isn't the best - most evidently in the last chapter when some sentences didn't make sense, and when the translation changed for a phrase from the same sentence used before (the one about Shira being hard to talk to after Ichimaru died). Tbh, I can't rate this properly because of bad translation (sorry translators, I'm still very grateful though). I can't tell if it's simply the bad translation or if it's the dialogues themselves that jump here and there. This is just for a few parts though (albeit important ones), the whole story can still be read and understood fine.

I'm getting the feeling... that this one shot was meant to be a pilot but didn't get serialized. Because the ending was perfectly cut off to have enough story for a one shot but enough space to continue. Makes me wonder if square enix has the same system as shonen jump (SJ system is to have mangakas submit a storyboard. If it passes, they have to submit a one shot pilot which will be compiled and be published then voted on by readers. If it wins (I think top 5 or smth?), then it gets serialized. And there's a cyclic voting if the manga is still popular enough to continue getting published. If it isn't, the mangaka is given a few chapters left to wrap up their story - aka axed. Idk if SJ still uses the same system though.)

Dropped by ch 12. Found it boring ngl

Uke needs therapy and seme needs a restraining order + therapy too - from the comments HAHA I love how Harada has her own tag now. Her works are a different level of twisted >w< -1 star because this is a one shot HAHAHA. This could've been more. Though I like the ending

I won't rate ch 2, 3 and 6 anymore since they already have their own pages. Ch 1 doesn't feel like Harada tbh. It's not really fucked up. It's just a tsundere guy learning about his true feelings. meh 2/5 The extra was about them being official though. Ch 4 is definitely definitely Harada. I could tell th plot twist just by the second "coincidence". But man... I am fucked for wanting more HAHAHA I love the extra where the sensei and the fucked up kid looked at each other and were like "yeah, we're on the same team". HAHAHA 5/5