Sugar ❀'s manga / #08-2017(35)

P: When childhood friends Ye Zi, who experienced domestic violence, and Gao Hang, who lost his parents as a child, meet again, Ye Zi, who desperately wish to return to those childhood days, was only met with scorn from Gao Hang O: Lots of backstory randomly inserted, haven’t seen much of anything that happened in the present. This is interesting.. apparently they did it but I almost forgot :P it was in a .5 chapter I think? 5-->4 Dragged on too long f/162

P: vignette00 [59728]: Two-story volume. The first is about a high school student who is blackmailed by a salaryman(?) over stealing pencil lead. If that sounds petty, that's because the characters are bare sketches, and the plot merely hints at development. The fundamental question of "do the characters fall in love?" is answered, but there's a family subplot for the student and a backstory for the O: Pfft.. I don’t really like this author’s writing+drawing style :P

P: Every Tuesday night, a mysterious man named Ito visits Kyosuke, who is a prostitute, and talks to him about silly things until dawn. One day, he brings a briefcase full of money and tries to give it to Kyosuke, telling him that he wants him to quit his job and do something he truly wants to do. O: This was dark and it contained rape but Ito was such a nice guy.. this was bittersweet

P: I Thot You Was a Toad [12961]: Uenoyama was once driven to learn guitar, but he lost his inspiration. He comes across Sato sitting in his favourite napping spot with a poorly maintained Gibson and flips out. The two boys open each other's eyes to music, Sato to possibilities he never imagined and Uenoyama to possibilities he had abandoned. O: Pretty interesting and cute, I love the art, it’s beautiful. This gives off more shounen-ai feels but it seems exciting that it says this is a yaoi… I want more of this ;-; I wish I could hear the music. The anime is honestly amazing. C34 ;-; it must be hard on Uenoyama to finish Yuki's (Mafuyu's ex) song. Ngl I kinda lost interest later b/c I've been reading this for so long

P: I Thot You Was a Toad [12961]: Salaryman Takamura is given a job under the EnMa Daiou, the ruler of hell, who relentlessly coaxes him for sex. Takamura discovers that his position includes frequent temptations to break the laws of hell in order to interfere in the destinies of people he longs to save. One of these individuals is a professor he once loved. Who will win over his heart? The professor? Or the King of Hell? O: The old art is off-putting, the plot is interesting but sorry.. the art just throws me off.

P: Fujinami Kou is a high school second-year who had lost his boyfriend, an upperclassman schoolmate, to a car accident an year previously. On the anniversary of Misumi senpai's death, Kou is dispirited and contemplating skipping school. Kakitsubata Saki, a first-year, sees him and offers help, assuming that he's ill. As Kou startles at the sight of Saki's face and mentions that he resembles "the person I used to go out with", the younger boy is instantly intrigued and resolves to discover his sorrowful, introverted upperclassman's secret. O: Slow-paced , sweet, cute and dramatic. It is interesting.. Rereading... not really a fan of two-timers tbh -_- I felt that this manga was kinda meh after rereading this tbh, doesn't really interest me. 5-->3

P: In this country, every person has to be matched up with a partner. Partnerships are made around when you turn three or four. The doctors decide who gets paired together. One person acts as the 'supplier.' The other as the 'receiver.' O: I feel a bit disappointed, because the plot was quite interesting and had potential. The thing that bugged me was how some chapters referred to the present, and some to the past when Alexi was little (also, when things that happened in the past come up, the background isn't black like most manga...) I wished that there was more romance developed.. but it was sweet.

P: After Ame's father remarries, he's not sure what to do with 3 new brothers and a stepmother at the age of 19. As he comes to appreciate his happy new home and family the glue holding them together starts to come undone. How will these 4 brothers weather tragedy after tragedy and stay together? O: I want more ;-; esp. on Ame x Hayato.. Hayato seems interesting. But the pairings are ok. Lol so much drama, feels, adorable, brilliant! I love this author ^^ Rereading... C2 - tf???? Take (Masato's friend) kissed Kento??? So random. We literally only got introduced to Take last chapter. Take is ~14 bruh C5 - tf? I thought Kento was homophobic tho C8 - frankly speaking I'm not really vibing with any of the ships C9 - ok what Kento actually likes Take x.x C11 - this manager dude LMAO, "Could you confess to your family?" "Yeah." -chill face- C13 - man I feel bad for Hayato, his love for Ryou is like a knife slowly digging deeper and deeper into his heart :( C15 - oh shit Hayato finally dropped the bomb outta nowhere C16 - ah... he pulled the it's just a joke card :'( Tbh I'm not really a fan of the story... didn't feel that well developed. Both ships were questionable and I didn't really feel any synergy/empathy, particularly Take x Kento. Ik they didn't actually do it, but it was quite disturbing how Take was literally a middle schooler and how the author purposely made him look more mature for his age lmao. Ngl it was kinda hard to tell the difference btwn Take/Ryou/Mahashi?? (manager's bf) they all look pretty much the same. I liked Hayato x Ryou more, but if we're being honest I can't imagine Ryou liking Hayato back romantically... it felt really half-assed. Probably should've kept it unrequited for more pain 5-->3

P: Kise x Kuroko O: The art was slightly confusing.. Kuroko looked ok but Kise.. maybe his eyes shoulda been sharper. This was adorable though :P

P: A lighthearted romantic comedy that lampoons the adult film business, the mainstream media, and the natural vanity of actors while exploring the earliest stages of a brand new relationship. Iwaki (black hair) and Katou (blonde) O: The start was interesting but then it started dulling down.. the art wasn’t too off-putting as it seems in the cover. Pretty cool how they occasionally switch roles, which is rare in yaoi. C5 - wtf fking weirdo stalker.. C5.2 - ok wtf lol... ummm.. how did they end up jacking each other off??! LMAO C6 - ok Iwaki.. that was a really nasty move.. C9 - bro why can't Iwaki trust him... tf.. Katou is not a player. Ummm I don't think doing "it" was the right play.. C10 - ok... I'm not liking this new guy.. oml... Iwaki... -facepalm- I know you idolise this dude but come on... how can he be so oblivious tf C10 - BRUH I knew that dude was a slimy bastard. I'm so glad Katou punched that lil shit C17 - Bruh this new manager is so sneaky - another lil shit. C21 - I honestly don't get what this new manager's problem is bruh, why does he have a grudge against Iwari??? Then again Iwari is so dumb sometimes I swear... C26 - wtf was this chapter.... so random. Iwaki randomly thought about this unborn baby or some shit.. C29 - glad that Iwaki didn't jump to wrong conclusions, and ended up backing up Katou from that slimy dude. C30 - bro wtf.. who even gives a marriage to another couple as a gift TT what even.. f/30 umm yeah... I'm not really liking this manga ngl, it feels really shallow. It's a meh read.