Kejora's manga / #smut(7)

5 stars // I re-read this from time to time. It's really good, it's worth five stars, the story is light but there's still enough conflict to make it interesting, the progress of their relationship is also done nicely and we get a very interesting story for the second couple too! and of course, the sex is top-tier, seeing ukes with toned bodies is just, ugh /chef's kiss/

5 stars // Although i praised the main story for being light-hearted and did not go the dramatic route when they know they don't have to, i actually prefer this spin-off a lot more. The start of this story is already hella dramatic since we have a gay man with trauma behind him as a main character, it's bound to just get more and more heavy as the story goes. I get Iida, it's scary to be rejected by someone you thought would accept you, worse when that person is the one you had feelings for and got not only rejection but also humiliation, that must've taken one hell of a toll on his character. Though, that didn't give him a pass to make forced moves to Asahina, he's still an asshole for that, but i think with a little bit of "talking it out" it could be resolved, so i like Iida, I understand his desperation, I too would be head over heels for Asahina. Then we're introduced to Yanagi, and i love this son of a bitch, from the moment he showed up i was already wheezing, masochistic tops are such interesting creatures! ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ To be honest i have always thought about this "straight x gay" trope because it's so weird, because yes, maybe if it's not Iida, Yanagi wouldn't be attracted to any other dude, but would he? how could we know about that? maybe Iida woken up Yanagi's homosexuality, so that would technically mean Yanagi is bisexual now? or Pansexual? If he falls in love with Iida because he is Iida, and not because he's lusting for a man, Pansexual? IIdasexual? But eh, to be honest i don't really like labeling myself either since i never really know my sexuality either, so. As for the story goes, i like how complex it is-- to me it's not that dramatic to the point where i cry, but i was kind of visibly upset when Iida told Yanagi to end things between them because WHY would you go and do exactly what a straight girl who's the ex of your current fwb told you to do? It just felt very unlike him to listen to someone he doesn't even know that well, but again it's understandable because i think Iida was just scared to fall in love for another "straight" dude (truthfully it's always so weird because Yanagi clearly would take a bullet for Iida and even ended things between him and his ex the moment he's getting it with Iida, like he didn't two-time him and treat Iida as like an experiment to see if he's gay or not that boy is hEAD over heels for this really troubled third-year who needs therapy) and thus backed away before his feelings developed more but SIKE, it has already developed so much. The resolution was my favorite because we get to see them both be vulnerable, without their guards up and really, really talking things out; Iida's horrible past, the reason why he hates people like Yanagi, Yanagi's reasoning, the adorable blushing Iida asking "should we date?" and the hug afterwards, it's just such a heartful. Oh and also, a fucking timeskip of them living together living their best lives at their respectful jobs together? Are you fucking kidding me? That's so fucking adorable, what the fuck? I love it when high-school couples grow old together and be the domestic full of love couples that they are, especially after such a rocky road to get where they are, hhh. I love it.

5 stars //

2 stars // okay first of all, what the fuck. i really hate it when omegaverse stories use this concept. All my years of reading omegaverse stuff, i have never really been a fan of "alphas turning to omegas" because then what was the fucking point of an a/b/o dynamic in the first place if you're just going to alter it to fit your narrative? With gender it's acceptable as gender is wide and goes beyond what's on your pants, and gender doesn't abide by a social construct, you can be male and wear dresses, you can be female and do sports, but with a/b/o, where there's an establishment of your dynamics no matter your gender, you live through it, i hate it. because what's the fucking point then man? Just make a regular omegaxalpha story then because clearly the dynamics don't even matter in the first place. When he turned into an omega i just fucking lost it, i was already really repulsed by the uke for his views on omegas and the seme isn't really fucking helping either, and when the "you're turning into an omega" part came i let out the largest sigh ever, like, fucking seriously? AND not to mention seme turned out to be a psychopatic yandere who stole uke's previous partners and threw them away so that he could be with him? Tbh i knew it, when he said that biting was his habit i got so disgusted i needed a breather because this bitch just goes around mating omegas?? And the fact that uke is an alpha so he doesn't really get how scary that fact is just frustates me, idk man, i've been really enjoying omegaverse lately but this one just reminds me how much i hate a/b/o dynamics in the first place. Sigh.