bokutotiddies's manga / #one of my favs(14)

okay. i loved this. im feeling so many SO MANY emotions rn for all the characters and im just mostly upset that its over. god. i dont know. im most perplexed on how to feel about yul. i understand that he was definitely fucked up and he was insane to go to the lengths he did. even in their relationship he was overly possessive and literally provoked a guy into harassing her knowing that she had severe issues with men. thats AWFUL and i know that. but i cant help but feel so fucking bad for him. his home life was abusive and refused to nurture him and he was bullied for no reason bc of his face. i can understand wanting to keep safe and being possessive of the frist person that was kind to you. mostly im just so glad he didnt die. its been a little while since ive cried so hard over a fictional character, but yul really made me sob. i just pity him so much. hes also so beautiful but terrifying at the same time i spent far too long staring at the panels of just him, even when he was yuri (especially her fits, they were sooo cute). i think it says something abt how great of a character he is that i loved him so much despite everything he did (maybe the fact that he looks exactly my type also has a role in that yikes). i really wanted him to have a happier ending. it was left pretty ambiguous but i suppose knowing that he was able to move on is enough. i swear its always the characters i care most about that are given ambiguous endings. i really liked yujin a lot, even from the beginning. he was adorable once he fell in love w her and after the timeskip but i loved the brief banter we got from them in the beginning too. i was able to root for him and sian even while lowkey rooting for yul bc of how great yujin was. sian made me a little angry at times but i did like her character development after the timeskip. and i think given everything she went thru she has the right to be a little weird. the art is gorgeous of course and im really happy that i was able to read the majority of it on lezhin. i enjoyed this sooo much i started worrying about it ending from like chapter 20 loool. i was also surprised that this wasnt a BL tbh i went into this thinking it was. i was also expecting smut, which HONESTLY wouldve been the only thing to make this story better. overall, 9.5/10 i really enjoyed it a lot and i wanna reread 100%.

ahhhh so much pain. so so so so so good. just, such a great concept and and even better execution. its tragic and supposedly ends with death but such a beautiful and sweet story. this is the first time ive thought to myself that a story was gentle. everything is just so melancholy from the beginning but it makes you feel so elated at the small happiness they find within each other and life. they grew to love each other so much its so sad but so damn sweet. ughhhhhh this is so fucking good. 1000/10. just a great read. fuck. i love every aspect i literally flew thru this. from the photographs of the vending machines and the thought process behind those seemingly meaningless pictures to the importance of making art and pursuing passions for yourself rather than others, i love every line in this manga. theyre such kind and generous people, even though their lives are "worth" 30 yen, theyd willingly give every last yen to each other. god it hurts. such a fucking good story. im so glad i read it.

i read the hardcover version and not only is it fat as hell, but also as good as i rmbr it. this is the first manga (i think) i ever read, back in grade 10. so its been about four years and its now also the first actual manga novel i own. im nothing if not sentimental like that. anyways, i was lowkey expecting a happy ending? i mean the ending doesnt really make sense, so ito-sensei couldve at least made it a happy one yknow. but its fine. i read this thicc ass manga in one day, bc just like the spiral, the story sucked me in ~~~ ooo scary. my fav chapters are the spiral obsessions. the goriest was either jack in the box or the umbilical cord. reading that in the dark of my room with only my phone flashlight illuminating some horrifying lineart was definitely an experience i suppose. consistently had a crush on both shuichi (def doesnt have anything to do w the fact he looks just like akaashi) and kirie from beginning to end, and im glad they stayed together til they died in e/os arms. anyways, uzumaki and junji ito will always have a special place in my heart. if we're talking art - 100/10, plotwise, 8/10

this is one of the first mangas that i read on this site, so its one that ive been staying updated with for some time now, over the past year. it was really good throughout and im really glad there was a happy ending for them both. i was anxious that it would take a dark twist at any moment but it all worked out so yay. i just wish rize didnt call him brother when they were fucking yknow? LOL. like even when theyre alone, why keep up the act sldfjsd. but then again i dont think her perception of him as her "brother" is necessarily a familial one, just someone who is a constant presence of comfort and love for her. so its awks for the reader but thats just how she was raised i guess. anyways this was great. 9/10