5 STAR. WHY?
NO RAPE✓-im sick and tired of yaoi normalizing rape so this is a fresh air.
GOOD PLOT✓- the concept of being back to the past is a YES. I LUV Transmigration/reincarnation/reborn kinda plots. ANCIENT WORLD, MORE YESSS. Dog blooded drama with smart mc and cruel ml is good for my braincells.
RIGHT AMOUNT OF ANGST AND CUTENESS✓-I meant that in the midst of all the tragedy, they truly love each other.
LIKABLE SEME- I meant the seme is NOT some scum man. Majority of yaois with angst have scum semes that justify their f****cking shitty attitude using their f****cking miserable/tragic past. CONTRARY, this seme with a cruel and tragic childhood, we've seen from the very beginning how devoted he is to the uke. WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIS STATUS, RAN AWAY AND DEFEND the uke regardless of the uke's schemes. I WAS REALLY NOT EXPECTING THAT. I have my fair share of semes as emperors. And NONE of them, I mean, NONE are wholeheartly good to the uke and CAN give up everything, take humiliation, lower his pride as an emperor for the uke. So that surprised the f out of me. I was expecting him to say something bad about the uke to protect him or forsake the uke for the sake of status. BUT NO. HE STRAIGHTFORWARDLY, BRAVELY, DEFENDED THE UKE.
MUSCULAR MEN- The uke is not some fragile flower. He's beefy. Same with the seme ofc.
MOE- yes, cuteness. They're both so adorable as a kid. Their personalities as well as their looks are adorable af. Healing my tragic heart.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE REALISTIC AF- Characters are alive and not mere 2d characters.
JUST READ IT.
The Tyrant's Reign