Our Relationship Is...
7/2/22 - 7/7/22 SOOOOOOSOOO GOOD best depiction of friends to lovers i have EVER read. first, i'm ngl, the author def sold me on the woojin and gayoung are JUST friends and they will never be anything more bc their friendship is perfect the way it is and tbh i would be happy w it bc there was never anything missing in their friendship. so when gayoung started developing feelings i was like mmmm i can see where this is going and i like it but also not completely sold that the love she feels is romantic (same w woojin later on). my only nitpicky issue is woojin's confession bc it felt kinda quick BUT i was willing to overlook that bc the rest of the manhwa was just too too good. i literally shed tears during gayoung's first confession and i usually only cry for super sad moments but oh my god the angst in this was just top tier--the repressed feelings, the caring about e/o so so much, the DRAMA w seeing woojin and yoojin together, both of them hurting ahhhgghhhh i loved it even tho it hurt sm also, o-hyung is my fav side character prob of all time (and HIM AND CHANHEE DESERVED THEIR OWN LOVE STORY ARC) he is the sole voice of reason. and boyoon and ari's lil arc too was just too cute but i wasnt as invested in them as i was for chanhee and ohyung idk but they were still cute. and yoojin deserves better than her current bf im still mad shes still w him. overall, 9.999/10
Swim Classes for a Mermaid
9.5/10 so incredibly wholesome and soo and choa's relationship progressed sooo naturally and wonderfully and all of their shenanigans were so fun to read. rlyrlyrly cute and i loved the ending and that we were able to see them as college students too
Gatabutata
7/10 suuuper super fluffy and cute and i liked the premise of little T trauma sticking w our m/c and her healing and finally getting back into a healthier relationship w the ML (i forgot both of their names tbvh). i kinda got a little bored halfway thru bc of the drama w the sunbae bc i truly did enjoy just reading the sweet parts but it was still fun. i loooved how supportive the friends were too. overall, rly cute rly sweet, relatively realistic college romance in terms of coming to terms w feelings and past relationship trauma and healing. prob not the most memorable webtoon tho, at least for me.
Mystery
10/10 first of all, the art is definitely a masterpiece i need a musum of each panel of this webtoon bc oh my goodness i have never seen more captivating art like i was literally stuck in place frozen for certain panels bc of how magical the art is. myst, true to her name, is depicted with a (mystical) ethereal beauty and i rmbr a comment that said it's not just her being conventionally attractive bc there are many attractive characters in webtoons, but the artist captured such a transcendent, literally otherworldly beauty with her like her eyes too they feel like they transcend the screen and reality idk what else to say to convince anyone to appreciate how gorgeous the art is. the story was also so so funny and i truly adored myst and garam and the friends and all of the grandma neighbors and even lala. i loved the progression of their relationship but the mysterious bit about myst's origins was also so intriguing. [SPOILERS] myst's __ scene stabbed me in the chest. i was SO heartbroken i felt garam's pain. we all felt the dark foreshadowing from the prologue and him narrating the story in past tense with a sense of regret and longing for the happy moments but THAT DID NOT MAKE IT HURT ANY LESS. seeing the light leave garam's eyes and him grieving without any support bc myst's identity was a secret just argh it hurt so bad. so when she finally came back and they started over i went all misty-eyed and breathed a deep sigh of relief i didnt even care that she didnt rmbr i was like it's totally fine. but then when she gets her memories back OBV i am even more elated and overjoyed. tbvh i wouldn't have completely minded if the story ended with her death bc from a storytelling perspective, it may have been satisfying as a tragedy? esp bc throughout we all know smth bad is going to happen and garam is living a future w/o myst. but i loved myst sm i chose happiness idfc this is fiction and if the author wanted to bring her back i was not gonna question their choices.
Awesome
1/10/23 - 1/12/23 10/10 the FUNNIEST couple ever they got together so quickly (obv) and their friendship was so nice but the slow progression into an actual romantic relationship was done soooo well and it was so healthy too and i laughed out loud so many times i love panda and tarot 4eva
Koi Wazurai no Ellie
4/6/23 - 6/1/23 10/10 i enjoyed this manga SOOOO much. i adore ellie sm and she is so #real like her twt is insanely relatable and hilarious and she is best described as her friend said--the things she says and daydreams abt are so perverted they almost becomes innocent. LOVED the relationship dynamic and these two were so cute together i truly could not have asked for anything more from a lighthearted cutesy shoujo romance
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