tofu's manga / #Great(119)

TW: onesided teacher x student, CREEPY AS FUCK TEACHER I ACTL HATE HIM Geez, what can i say about this manga? This and the direct sequel (http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sotsugyousei/) are all i want from a coming of age/romance story. Trust me when i tell you that this is the holy grail of high school BL. So good and memorable. (This has tons of other sequels and spin off, they're good too. Just ignore harasen please).

TW: abusive family, mental illness, bullying, trauma, suicide attempt // I'm still screaming to this day everytime i remember this manhwa. What a masterpiece. I put reading it off for so long because i didn't rly like the art at first, but boy oh boy, i'm really glad i got over myself. The story has dark themes FOR SURE, but it's handled respectfully and consistently. Nothing is magically fine just because two people love each other. They are still trying their best to heal even at the end of the story. And i think that's really wonderful of the author! Also, the way the misunderstanding and mystery unraveled was masterpiece, i cried tons, and the happy(ish) end was so so so well deserved that my heart was purged from 10 years worth of resentment. A++++++.

This is my favorite trope ever, all in this one book. Two badass men falling for each other so sweetly and tenderly, so lovey dovey while still being badasses. I wish there are more of them, like another volume would be Great, but i also think that the story ended in a perfect place.

MANNNNN this author! The way she writes stuff is just magical. This is the best ABO verse BL imo. I don't rly like the genre bc of how rapey and degrading it usually is, and while it's still true to some degree in this manga, it's also a whole lot more realistic and reflective of what's happening irl.

A really well written story! It's not focused on romance, it's more about the ins and outs of a friendship between two polar opposites, and i'm all for it. The characterization is on point, and i love that the two main characters stayed true to their personalities to the end. The author also did a great job portraying how highschool life and relationship works in real life, and i got tons of nostalgia from reading this manga. It's super good!

TW: non consensual groping, sexual favor The quality of writing and research that went into this manga was unreal. It's a rom-com in a university setting but it's also much more than that. It's a Good One, really hard to find this kind of BL mangas nowadays.

TW: age gap, internal homophobia

How do i begin to describe my feelings when i read this manga? There's nothing like it to this day, because it was like seeing myself and it definitely left me feeling weirded out and sad and hopeful at the same time. The inner monologue of the MC is really relatable to the point of scary. His worries and reluctance to both live and die, him blocking all the people from his past because he gets overwhelmed, him hoping and looking for affection even in the most mundane interactions with strangers....... it hurt my heart reading this manga, i guess because i was hurting for myself. And seeing the happy end made me even sadder because well, i see a lot of myself in the MC, and that kind of ending still feels so far away from me in real life.