Unmei no Tsugai ga Omae da Nante
ENEMIES TO LOVERS YEEEE so cute. kinda mad at the ending for not having more of them as a couple but like it was cute to see them get together. i wanna see if they have kids bro whats the mf POINT of omegaverse if there arent kids fr. but anyways yeah not many things smack the way enemies to lovers do, but only if theyre like super in love at the end. i feel like we got cut off in the inbetween stage where theyre still rly awks w having to act diff around e/o, hence why i wish there was more. eh still good tho - 7/10
Ao Haru Ride
ao haru ride was definitely a ride to say the least lol. i liked the anime but honestly i cant understand why they decided to animate such a tiny portion of the story and literally none of the main plot. the manga was so GOOD and the character development for both kou and futaba was done so so well. i have to say the star of the show is kou of course. this man had me experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions everytime he was present. i have many many mixed feelings for him but overall im extremely happy with his character at the end and i support them w most of my heart. touma is too lovable and wonderful for me to forget about him tho. hes the best boy ever and i hope hes able to find happiness somehow. he really didnt deserve the pain and anxiety he experienced through getting involved w these two but he is the one who decided to persist so its on him. theres definitely way too many things to say abt the plot. ill do jot notes ig: - futaba is very admirable and mature. definitely one of my fav fls. shes very persistent and bold sometimes, which can get annoying to watch but if she wasnt as headstrong as she is she wouldnt have achieved eveything she set out to accomplish, which is inspirational. she goes after everything she wants w all heart. how can u hate that. - kou's backstory is really dark and makes him probably one of the most complex shoujo characters ive ever read. his guilt towards narumi broke my heart and made me borderline hate him, but honestly it just proves how good of a person he really is, even if he did it for himself. you can say what you want abt kou but he is extremely loyal and faithful to his friends and loved ones. his journey back to "tanaka kou" was so fulfilling and watching his personality blossom was so fun. but he really did make me hate him for how he turned down futaba. but yknow what? i have never seen a male lead repent for his actions and suffer as much as kou. the love of his life literally dated a 10/10 in front of his eyes and all he could do is watch from the sidelines. those moments made my heart clench for kou but also flutter for touma. now this is what it means to have two amazing male leads and an effective love triangle set up, even if kou always owned futabas heart and we all knew that deep down. i love these 3 characters so much and i have to say that ahr is def one of my fav shoujo stories thus far. 9/10.
See you later, Mermaid
so good omg i was kinda confused in the first 2 chapters bc of the pacing but i actually loved how it turned out a lot. theyre both adorable and the little plot twist was so cute. the seme is so damn whipped we love to see it. i think his power is more akin to a siren than a mermaid but ig its pretty similar in terms of folklore. anyways really good - 8/10.
Bokura no Tsuzuki
cute! they lowkey didnt have much chemistry but theyre cute together so whatever. im a little tired of tsundere bottoms tho, tho it gave me butterflies when he got jealous. the art is GODTIER. so so so pretty gives me gender envy. yousuke especially, ugh wow. one interesting factor was the little marketshop town they lived in. made me kinda wish i grew up running a shop w my family. anyways pretty good 7/10 for plot but like 10/10 for art.
December Rain
aghhh. all i'm thinking about rn is that i'm so glad i waited to read this now and didnt before chapter 50 was uploaded. to think that ppl had to suffer with that ending for 2 years. and it was an end - their lives ended that day. but im so glad we got closure and that they were able to find each other in another life. this is a story i've put off since i started reading bl bc i've heard about how sad and heartbreaking it is, and though it entirely lived up to those claims, it was also more sweet and wholesome than i was expecting. i didnt realize just how in love they would be. especially gusam, he was so fully in love with suchae and it was painful to see how helpless and guilty he felt in their relationship. but what could suchae do, he was just as in love and obsessed with gusam. i hate that they had to resort to that kind of ending, but im honestly glad they died together rather than having to get forced apart. every chapter i would grow anxious that it would be the last time to see them together and gusam would get captured and tortured, but it never came and im so grateful for that. i ended up growing so attached to gusam even when i was trying really hard not to bc i knew it would hurt to see him get wronged. their circumstances were so unfair it makes my blood boil thinking about it. that fucking rapist shouldve gotten sawed into 100 bits and pieces. im so glad he was killed and the detective fucker too, fuck him. though its an incredible story and i felt just abt every single emotion run through me while reading, the end feels so abrupt and incomplete. thought, i suppose that fits the motif of a rain shower. but i do wonder what exactly happened to gusam that day and if that kenma lookalike was the one who actually committed the crime. i wonder if the subplot with him and the wimpy dude was supposed to go somewhere. i guess if gusam had to die without knowing exactly what happened to him, we do too. ugh, this was painful but im really glad i finally read it - 10/10
Sabita Yoru Demo Koi Wa Sasayaku
ugh what the fuckkkkk. idk. i cant feel satisfied with this. im obviously happy that he was able to escape that fucking situation but like. its only bc his abuser literally told him to go? ik its difficult for victims to choose to leave themselves but idk it just sucks that it had to be like that. also i think the issue w mamayo treating yumi like some precious china was never resolved? like yeah they both came to the conclision that its bc of him that yumi has this horrible tendency to put up with abuse with a smile in order to avoid looking "pathetic", but other than them now dating, mamayo doesnt really change. im just so frustrated abt the whole yumi and kan thing tho. after reading azami, i obviously understand why he became abusive in the first place but this is too much. like its irreedeemable and i hate the person he became. its tragic that he was pushed to that in the first place. i feel so bad for yumi he did not wrong in this at all. ugh. i just feel so conflicted and unsatisfied. i cant give this more than a 6/10.
Renai-rubi no Tadashii Furikata
this only gets 4 stars bc of the first story. fuck hayashida honestly. i cant really stand him and he never apologized to yumi either. he doesnt really deserve the happiness he gets rn if he doesnt repent for his past. i was waiting for them to have an encounter or smth but it never came so yeah. i basically skimmed past all their parts too. fuck him. the first couple was cute tho. even tho this author really does have a thing for toxic couples huh.
Everyday, Love Me More
cute! not many strong feelings abt this since it was a pretty standard plot. i thoguht the best friend, ryu, was gonna have a bigger role for some reason. oto also gradually got really hot LOL. if thats what a pimp looks like then maybe id let myself get picked up damn. anyways the parallel between the "i like you"s under the cherry blossoms was cute too. overall 8/10 ! ok i just read the sequel but its not on mangago yet so ill just leave my review here. first off, i liked this way more! i really like the seme he has such a cool and sociable personality i wish i was that good at making friends and socializing. theyre super cute and i like how they motivated e/o to try their best and move past their similar mental obstacles. vvv cute love how this author likes to show timeskip in their relationships in the extras too. 9/10
Ameagari no Bokura ni Tsuite
ahhHHhhHHH so fucking good. i love this like dynamic first of all. idiot couple but like theyre both actually really insecure/sad, secretly tho. mashiros mom and the emotional abuse reminds me of my own a bit, which is not nice but whatever. she looks like trashta too which made me hate her even more. how are parents so delusional sometimes. borderline psychotic i swear. anyways hes a champ for putting up w it bc i certainly dont. and i really like the uke, hes so fuckin pretty. i realllyyyyy wish there was another volume i really wanna see a yaoi scene sigh. but its fine i love shounen ai like this even more than works that are just porn without plot. 9/10
Hyperventilation