Owaranai Fukou Ni Tsuite No Hanashi
this was pretty bomb. i liked it more than the first one abt his brother. it was more angsty but also i like the couple better together. even if the seme let way too much fucked shit slide. but i mean the uke literally repented for his actions for like 8 years of unrequited love so.
Bokura ga Koi wo Ushinau Riyuu
BRO. LOOOOL. i dont know what to say. i loved this and i really liked the ending too but that fucking detail took me out. this could and maybe will do in my faves list but like .... really....... a random and unnecessary incest plotline?? ugh i hated that so much it made me view things from a different lense, i almost wanted him to end up w his childhood friend instead. but other than that i really enjoyed it. i love the group of friends and i really liked the seme too leading up that . fucking line. im docking it a full point bc of that. 8/10
Hate Mate
i wanna congratulate this series for being the first to get me to spend solid money on it. i dropped 7 bucks, and i mightve only spent it on like 3 chapters but its still a feat. now, if it was worth it is another matter. i liked this but i cant say that i enjoyed all of it. i actually found it a 10/10 until like maybe around the 30th chapter? the way hyunwoo and subin's relationship wrapped up and subin's committment issues to his actual relationship is what threw me off. first of all, i understand that the appeal of this story is the realism. from the conversations between friends to the thoughts of someone who suffered an unrequited love, its all very real. i completely relate to the lingering feeling that you feel for someone who meant so much to you, to the point that maybe for a second you consider dropping your healthy relationship for a chance at one w them even if you know itll end badly. i get it, but that doesnt make it a satisfying read. its realistic but i dont really read these stories bc i want to read abt someone who makes the same stupid decisions as me. jun is honestly probably too good for subin and if i was him i wouldnt want to stay w someone i constantly have to feel insecure and paranoid abt. i cant say that any of this is subin's fault either tho. its not his fault that he fell in love w a piece of shit who in turn made him act like a piece of shit to someone who just deserves better. still, my heart soared whenever subin prioritized jun over hyunwoo, even if to the end, he still wavered. ig thats the realistic part of it tho. i dont hate hyunwoo at all and i dont necessarily think hes at fault for everything either. subin forced his feelings onto hyunwoo and made him feel uncomfortable multiple times but hyunwoo was also really inconsiderate abt his feelings and deliberately tried to stomp all over them. he also hid the fact that they sorta slept together and played w his feelings when subin finally began to move on. tbh everyone in this story is an asshole except for jun and dongun. and yeona's ex, hes not that bad either. yeona's a bitch but shes so fucking cool and i aspire to live like her. she was ALWAYS spitting cold hard facts, regardless of who to, and the only person i always agreed w was her. i really really enjoyed the pace and story for the first half but it started to get kinda annoying to me. first of all, how can the fucking official translations be so shit. half of it didnt make fucking sense or seemed so off from the korean translation and didnt flow well. that alone annoyed me so much fucking much. subin and jun's relationship goes from like 0 to a 100 and then back to 0 in like 10 chapters. the flow of the story is so off sometimes, like some scenes were so out of place bc of the sequence and sometimes we'd sit and watch a convo between a main character and a random fucking person for like a quarter of a chapter. for no reason, like they wouldnt even be talking abt anything important. i think im only going off bc i actually spent money on this but i didnt like the ending either. im glad it was a happy one and i think every character ended up in the place that i hoped they would but the uncertainty in their relationship is so tangible that it bugs me. i cant really give this any higher than a 7.5. i feel really strongly abt this series but again, i cant say i feel good after reading it. it was still relatively worth it tho. the art is great and the characters are really fun. tbh the first 30 chapters were probably some of my fave that ive ever read. idk this was a perplexing read. i normally LOVE this trope too, and i love even more when the one in an unrequited love ends up in another relationship and the one who puts them thru suffering is the only one suffering in the end. so like, this is obvi my cup of tea but it just leaves me feeling bittersweet ig. i cant say i want to read more either, bc the more i read the more unsatisfied i feel LOL.
Kakkou no Yume
bro this was so fucked up ljklfsd. they were all really shitty people all for different reasons but ig thats why they fit so well together. the plot twist was wild like i had completely fallen for the whole body swap thing, so i had to sit back and think abt everything seno lied abt. im equal parts digusted and impressed. natsukas an absolute asshole and has always been to everyone other than the one person he liked and thats so selfish. he treated seno like shit too which was hard not to look back on. whatever this was definitely interesting but it kinda fucked w me. def not a cute light hearted read but it was pretty good. 7/10
Keep Holding On
sob so cute. so short but such a great trope. childhood friend unrequited love except its NOT UNREQUITED AHA. also the translator for this was so great her notes were hilarious and super detailed i loved them. anyways this was super cute 8.5/10
Kimi no Yume o Mite Iru
so fucking beautiful. i loved it a lot. i kinda sped thru the first few chapters, half bc i didnt want to get too attached knowing he would die, and half bc i wasnt particularly that interested, but after the tragedy struck i was pretty much in tears til the end. god it was happy ending but im still in pain. yui just went thru so much and even if they end up falling in love again, its not the same amemori he originally loved. and amemori cant love him like he once did since hes a completely different individual and didnt spend his entire life pining after yui. god. such a good story tho nonetheless. their relationship dynamic completely changed too loool. i really love what it had to say about fate and the way our lives are intertwined. i personally believe in reincarnation, or at least id like to believe its true, so i just really liked plots crossing lifetimes and stuff like this. sometimes i find it difficult to cry even when seeing sad things but then sometimes i cry really easily even tho it might not be so sad for others. idk how this managed in such a short time but my eyes were leaking right on cue for the tugging-on-heartstrings moments. also i thought i was tripping when the cat started talking LOL. anyways 10/10 such a good read i shouldnt have waited this long to read it
For Your Love
8/10. i binged this entire thing last night and it was really cute. i burst out laughing SO MANY TIMES omg the reaction faces are everythingggg. after reading whats out of the sequel, i really miss how wholesome and pure this was. their relationship is v sweet and yohan is adorable. i really enjoyed how quick they both were to apologize for any misunderstandings or wrongdoings and i completely related w how they both sometimes spiralled by overthinking small things. we got to see them properly fuck in the sequel too so yay LOL. anyways v good read.
Heart no Kagi o Te ni Irero!
cute. i hate the sister tho and it kinda felt like the uke really reluctantly moved on from his sister but i liked the ending ig. ngl the seme kinda forced his love onto the uke tho even if he did feel the same deep inside. wish that was handled better but overally it was alright. plus the way they never addressed the cheating? yikes. 6/10
Wistful Summer