Ann's manga / #psychological(20)

Checkmate(TAN)

Complete | TAN | 2000 released
2023-07-24 18:15 marked

Since around Ch 75 and forward it gets sooo good. Finally some clear communication and feelings My expectations were high for this one and I'm satisfied. I didn't get so immerse as I would like but it's a really great story. Art is perfect and characters are so interesting, the plot is also great, it could have been even darker with that background story but maybe I got that feelings from the mood I'm right now. I'm actually so happy they get to be a happy and common couple. I'll be waiting for side chapters if there's any Ok but those sex scenes were so mature like, not realistic but you get the couplely feeling. I didn't get much of their chemistry in previous chapters, but in those two, I even get personal flashbacks of intimacy and the peace of sharing bed with someone you really appreciate

Kiwa (Kaori Monchi)

Complete | Kaori Monchi | 2000 released
2023-07-27 18:49 marked

It's messed up af and pure smut but actually is SO interesting. You get so into his mind in so shortly and you get hints of some bigger plot, it's a good work. I also liked the art

Natsu To Fuyu Node Au Basho

Complete | nakamura asumiko | 2000 released

This author is just to good for their own good. So many twisted story and it still so interesting

Raising a Bat

Complete | Jade | 2015 released

It's always the one I set my expectations the lowest. Omg, for real. It kinda put the vampires thing in a secondary level at some point and it's questionable but the plot get so dark by then. I actually felt everything quite a lot, even drop a tear Ok, it's a low-key funny drama. You get hints but it does get darker than you expected. Art is SO simple, but it's in a good way. The relationship is healthy and it does feel like they have a real connection. When it comes to the mother pov... Just amazing, so realistic, you really get the maternity feelings, the worries that a love so deep can hold When the drama is done, this is ssooo cute

Loplop

Ongoing | CTK, Chongtak | 2017 released
2023-11-07 15:41 marked

Omg first thing it shows its people debating bout existence, YES AND THANK YOU. GOD IT'S DROPPED NOOO, just when it was getting better

Escape into Oblivion

Complete | Gawee | 2017 released

Re-reading cause I forgot everything except that I love this author work so much (after reading it again, this comment is so funny) God I was right. This is so intense, I love it so much By the end of Ch 13 I was crying. At the start of Ch 14 I was laughing while tears keep running NOT HIM WANTING TO BE THE CLOTHES HE WEAR AAA I could get addicted to this author, I swear I forgot so much of this story but then Ch 23 moved something in my memory. Fuccck to tell u I'm scare 24: I just can't breathe. God I can't. I'm not even crying or anything, but I got too anxious. It is so heavy I know so little bout psychology but was dark haired guy giving him antidepressants, right? Those were the pills? At least that would explain why he's so depressed when being apart I'm screaming and crying FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUUCCCKKKK. I though he could be the beggar right away but the way that thought emptied him. i can't take it, I don't even care bout his brother. He even piss me off but I know he's necessary Maaan I can't even think bout what's going on in author mind to get the anxiety so well in their stories GOD I'm so relieve, the eye's colour made my heart beat again... I came back one Ch after, not longer relief, HE PLANNED IT WTF I already can figure out some hate comments bout the end, but I do also think it was the healthiest option. It's not what we would expect of a sane relationship, but it worked for them, to get over the pain they held for so long... Now that I read author note bout finishing the story in Ch 29, I can tell it was indeed a smart decision. Both endings would be great, if it had finish in Ch 29 the impact would've been so big, even traumatizing, so to get a happy ending out of this heavy story it's really a good thing

Oni Wa Warau Ka

Complete | kimura hidesato | 2014 released
2023-12-18 18:39 marked

Reeaaally interesting. I wish it was longer but at least we get some happy ending (even if it's kinda implicit)

Chew and Swallow

Complete | Gawee | 2014 released

Re-reading cause I forgot. I hate my mind that just nicely decide to forget any traumatic manga I read just to make me read it again. I love this author with my whole heart. You get a complete story with some damn good plot in a simple art. You get good looking characters going through some big drama and overcoming it bittersweetly with love. Here's this author being one of the greatest when it comes to trauma being so underrated. Ch 39 was so hard to read. NOT IN A BAD WAY, like, it was dark shit, the piercing guy is so wrecked. Before that Ch they didn't do it, it's unexpected but they're child we're talking about, I keep forgetting. I keep thinking bout what the guy said bout the girl getting pregnant, I feel sick each time I remember it and now he got Minjae to play . Fuck. And even after that, he kept the hope of some honest love... But then again, the new guy also raped him That being my concern and actually getting mentioned few ch after... That's a great author, doesn't forget the damage their characters made The way it got coloured as soon as they meet again They get back to be so patient with each other, they matured that much through the hardest pain so they get to love in a healthy way The way this author brought back each character, do not left behind any to show us their present, how they grown. It's so great. EVEN THE STORY WRITING IS BROUGHT BACK I love this author. Few seconds later even the bad friend show up Now that I finished it, once again, I love this author. I would read it again in a future. I thought it would pain me more but I wasn't feeling that empathic, probably it's not fault of the story or the author, it was just me. Apart from that I get the angst is real and deep, but so was the hope. I know for sure I will be back some day

Smells Like Green Spirit

Complete | Nagai Saburou | 2011 released
2024-06-24 02:20 marked

This one is dark and really heavy. It touches a lot of difficult themes that weight in the young boys so much, not to metion in few years back and rural society. It is great, but not an easy and light love story. You get all of the hardships shown. I get that the Ni something guy got a happy life with a family but how I wish he would get a chance to be completed and full of himself as he always wanted. His story was the most heartbreaking for me and I beg for him to not feel lonely. The other two got a chance to be themselves together so that heals my soul a bit. Still it's a serious story, you won't died of fluff or cuteness, it is realistic so you see them carry on in their life the best they can. It's a sensitive story but perfectly done and mostly happy but still bittersweet ending. After reading something like this, you know everything else will feel full. Pasó como una hora de que lo leí y llegué a la conclusión que es una de esas historias que te dejan un impacto. Me hizo mierda, siento la angustia en el pecho por todo los temas pesadísimos que abarcó y como en ningún momento te da ni una imagen de total alivio y tranquilidad. Incluso la parejita principal, no se los ve que se mueran de amor y ternura entre ellos pero la historia te los muestra como que ellos tuvieron el mejor de los finales posibles. Es resignarse en un punto y en otro es ser agradecido, porque las alternativas más cercanas eran reprimirse, desarrollar un trauma/perversión o incluso morirse. Sé que la realidad es algo así, pero como lectura (y una que hice con toda la ansiedad de que en realidad tendría que estar estudiando) solo te queda el consuelo que al menos tiene aceptación (de las familias que eso es un montón) y compañía.

Nocturnal Flight

Complete | Haruta | 2000 released
2024-07-08 18:10 marked

Duuuuddeee it started cute then I thought it was gonna be just one abusing relationship, left some trauma and that's it, but that end was so interesting. I know, it's twisted but really well done. I liked it a lot