pinkstarred's manga / #attempted rape(3)

Smells Like Green Spirit

Complete | Nagai Saburou | 2011 released

The way this story is told is amazing. It had me holding my breath, made my stomach fall and my eyes water. A coming of age story about boys coming to terms with their sexuality and the reality of accepting what that means in their world. Beautifully depicting the horror of being attacked one minute and the humor of adolescence the next. The stark images pack a punch and evoke deep emotion keeping me enthralled in this realistic tale of growing up.

Toumei ni Kuchizuke

Complete | Shimokura | 2000 released

Hmmm, this was not done well. If you’re gonna dive into this painful deep story, do it right. The convent was dubious and there was not enough real communication for him to heal from that trauma. And he was the cop who saved him? Like wtf? That takes it to a creepy level for sure. A story of healing is possible but this was a failed attempt. I do think nishina had true feelings, but souta’s seem quite manipulated from loneliness and real attention mixed with shame and confusion about his reaction to his trauma. This topic was poorly handled and missed the bar of what it needed to be, to make the reader comfortable and the characters believable.

Love me More

Complete | EZ | 2000 released

Its nice seeing an established couple. I hate that I’m impressed by HaeJun’s strategy but like I am. Like I can’t believe it worked, cause he’s like total scum and not hiding it, and even Tom knows, but it’s still having an affect. Thats some intrigue right there, it’s so annoying but make for an interesting plot. Seriously! He is such a manipulative asshole who only whats you to amuse himself and his dick and Tom, what are you doing? STAY AWAY, report him. WTH...I’m kind of scared what will happen, but also want to see like watching an accident...not good. Cheating plots always do this to me...though that was assault, but idk dubcon for sure. It really did go there, it was hard to watch. Haejun is seriously a trash human, i will say i actually like how this whole whole story turned out and how it was told. Interesting. Will say the sexy scenes got kinda repetitive, it needed a bit more variety i think. And Jae Min was too cold right after the attack, sure i think they needed time apart but not after a traumatizing event like that. He should of gone with him atleast for a few days to make sure he was okay. I wish they called the cops, but at least they didnt just right it off. But still to lenient, does he really understand what he did and how his actions are deplorable? Idk. Overall it was a good read.