Tale of the Yellow Dragon
This drew me in from the first chapter. The colors, the art, and the concept was really captivating. Our protagonist is so sweet, but strong willed and sticks to his guns. His love interest is just as strong and dedicated to him and their eternal love. The ending was bitter sweet, with much left up to interpretation, but if you can rub 2 brain cells together, I’m sure you’ll come to the correct conclusion. I’m not really a big fan of manhwas that are extra long, especially the ones that are ongoing due to my excessive need to binge and know what the outcome will be, but this one was definitely worth it. Not going to lie, I shed a couple of tears at the end. I would, in truth reread this. Very well done. 9/10
Obey Me
Ummm so like the shackles that the psychological genre has on yaoi is just astounding. EVERYONE told me not to read this, and I didn’t……..for a good amount of time, but ya know what they say, curiosity killed the cat, and after that pen scene, curiosity did INDEED kill this cat….well butt if ya catch my drift. Like it’s getting sewed up and shipped out. No need for it anymore. Pooping who? I don’t know her. Anyways, I will say that although this art style will probably, hopefully not, haunt me in my dreams, I did unfortunately enjoy the thrill of the read. My mouth was agape the whole time. The author has a keen eye for fucked up situations. The plot twist was well done! I had an inkling that it could be both but it didn’t seem logical, then it just all clicked. That ending, as well is so open ended, it kind of pisses me off but it can be taken either literal or (what I like to see it as) showcasing that even though our protagonists fought through and refused to give the antagonist the pleasure of his full submission , the psychological shackles will always follow him, and therefore the antagonist did win in a way. Pretty profound. Shows the true effects of trauma especially to this degree. 9/10
Wagging the Tail Webtoon
I really enjoyed this. It was quick paced and pretty straightforward. I think they attempted to thrown in a twist and second love interest but I believe that was just brushed over pretty quickly. The art style is *Chiefs kiss*. Our protagonist is a nice human/wolf hybrid who is in college and is having just a sexual relationship with his Professor, which is weird, but in all fairness he is in college and from what I’ve seen seems consensual. In the beginning it comes off as if our protagonist is kind of forced into it, and isn’t there by his own will(also that the Professor has a history of doing such things with other students) but our protagonist is seen going back to him multiple times consensually so yeah. Anyways, our love interest is a full fox, or half. I’m not sure I think he’s fully a fox, and has such a (bitch don’t even look in my general direction) type of vibe, but also has his own trauma in his past that atleast affects him romantically & sexually. Our protagonist is obviously drawn to this person and after a couple of hurdles and obstacles, they finally officially get together and it’s so freaking cute. 8/10
Hadomae