tas's manga / #romance(34)

9/10 SM fun i loved ripley to death and zeronis was great too and it was just such a fun ride. super funny, beautiful art, and great character development too! i was initially a bit apprehensive abt zeronis bc he was way too pushy towards ripley and i hated that sm but the fact that he acknowledged that at the end w his proposal was sooo satisfying sylvia is my fav character obv.

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

9/10 very funny plot and characters and gari was def my fav (2nd lead syndrome hit so hard in the beginning...). loved jaerin as a FL too she's so fun and strong. park hwan was also the scariest villain ever. i also was super invested in hwi and hwaya's story. i think near the end, i slowly started to lose some interest but i still wanted to see it thru till the end and i appreciated the dragon stone wish they made at the end.

8.9/10 very realistic office romance from the guy's pov i honestly REALLY enjoyed this webtoon the entire way through like the writing was phenomenal--the dialogue and manager son's thoughts were so realistic--and the art was also gorgeous. i loved seeing manager ahn through son's perspective and i thought this was a unique take on the office romance genre. [SPOILERS] as with realistic romances with grim foreshadowing, they obv didn't end up together bc wrong timing which was p sad but i would've enjoyed it more if ahn wasn't such a red flag. like she took advantage of son's kindness so many times bc she knew he loved her and literally dropped EVERYTHING he was doing if she texted him for help and it felt kinda pathetic at some point like he knows he's not gonna get anything out of it but he still leaves important things just for her and she has never done the same for him! like i sympathize with her struggles as a single mom but it was just too much. and i rmbr a comment saying that everything, their entire relationship, continued on her terms only, not his, and that is so true. like she controlled everything, she didn't communicate well when she first broke up w him and was never open abt her intentions but strung him along a lot and she was a frustrating character. i still rly enjoyed reading this but i do think it was for the best that they didn't end up together bc she was not the right person for him. but i also feel so bad for son's wife bc he was/is so in love w ahn that he prob won't ever get over her completely in order to fully love his wife (who was also struggling w grief and illness and son got tired of helping his own wife but never ahn who randomly texted him after 2 years of ghosting him to meet up??). the fact that this is the author's true story makes me feel so bad for his actual wife who prob read this like how do you explain that you're never getting over your ex to your wife man. still recommend but awfully realistic

4/10 Fake dating bc they both want to get the attention of their real crushes, end up falling for each other. Cute premise, but not so great execution. The drama was interesting but the romance was so forced and I hated that we only saw Natsume liking Chikage but there were no signs of him liking her back but supposedly all of a sudden yes he does. The whole Kana arc was also weird. It was honestly mid.

8/10 funny romance webtoon abt a woman ceo of a fitness-wear company. loved gaeun as a character and i loved the dynamic btwn her and chan. it started off so unserious but the gradual development into a more serious plot was done so well. SPOILERS the whole poor ppl are greedy and leech off their rich friends idea rubbed me the wrong way tbh. also i wish chan got to pursue his ballerino dreams. BUT finally getting juhyeok on his knees apologizing to gaeun was sooo satisfying, amazing revenge plot

10/27/22 - 5/19/23

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

10/20/23 - 7/11/23 9.5/10 such gorgeous gorgeous art and i love both characters soo much im glad that yura was able to prioritize her career while also prioritizing Seunghyeon and their relationship dynamic was soooo good (and so mature like they addressed potential power dynamic issues esp w her trauma w her horrible ex) and so heartwarming. seunghyeon is also SO fine so many butterflies throughout this series. <333