Sugar ❀'s manga / #dropped(147)

P: 勇気 (Yuuki): Hidoku Shinaide did NOT get off to a promising or very memorable start. The first volume seemed like an experiment about the dynamic between the two characters. But the second volume on burst onto the scene with heart-rendering questions essential to the targeted age of the audience - one's future and career. Struggling to balance themselves between work and play, Hidoku Shinaide makes a total 180 from its start as a rape tale, becoming a mutual, crazy-cute story of the trials of a relationship in a "vanilla (plain)" life. The message in this story was unexpectedly quite powerful, "Success is nothing when you have no one left to share it with." I thought that was a great way to legitimize the literary notion of "the power of love," when it is placed into a universe that couldn't be more practically or realistically oriented. I gave the story five stars because of its fantastic comeback after the first volume. O: Tbh I agree, I initially dropped this because I don't really like rape, but it got better later on. However I don't think it's worth 5 stars. Dropped again, not interested.

P: Keiichi is a single parent, and has two sons. Takumi and Ren both confess, and it turns out they secretly plan together to get Keiichi in bed. O: It was a threesome, so weird tbh.. o_o wtf how could they fit two dicks like seriously. . . nice art, but.. slightly disturbing..

P: Employee Kim Doyoon has been working for 5 years. He has one secret that he can't tell anyone else - the fact that he's a half-vampire born between a human and a vampire. One day, a single mistake turns his whole life upside down. O: Tbh I find this ok, but not amazing. I can't be bothered reading more.

P: I Thot You Was a Toad: Historical fantasy as a thinly veiled excuse for BDSM, slavery, torture, humiliation, etc.. A king slaughters all the people of a neighbouring kingdom whose king murdered his family, except the son who he takes as a slave in order to humiliate and torture him, presumeably as an example to anybody else who gets ideas, but maybe for the shits-and-giggles. So far the aggressive king is straight out of the Snidely Whiplash school of villains, all grimaces and "grr-grrrr-grr", while the enslaved prince is a po-faced trampled blossom who is pitiful, not just because of all the spectacular bad treatment he's been dished, but because every character tells him he is. Because of this, the story tilts into bathos and is very amusing example of popcorn yaoi. O: I didn't like this. 1. Bad art, 2. Long ugly hair, 3. Abusive seme. I only read 4 chapters.

P: Shuu's partner at work is none other than Ayame. His ex-bully, Alpha senior from middle and high school. The same Ayame that used to call him, an omega, out and toy with him over really trivial things. Shuu just wants a peaceful life, but is that really possible now with this reunion?!?! O: It was ok, but the art and story wasn't to my taste. Dropped after chapter 1.

P: Sola exposes to Kyung-ho how his technique in bed sucks. Then they break-up their relationship of 3 years. The next day, they wake up in each others' bodies. O: I don't usually read this kind of manhwa, but this was gold lmao. So funny and interesting. Only thing that bothers me is how selfish Sola is, she didn't care about Kyung-ho's feelings whilst having sex. Nvm, apparently it gets worse later.... no longer 5 stars

P: being-you: Hana Yukishita(Ω/26) works at a Cafe & known as a kind alpha because of his good nature but in reality he is an omega...Their shop is frequently visited by the regular Renjaku(alpha), a flower creator with a bad personality & look down on others.. inspite of all this Hana actually smitten by this alpha but never shows his real self...until one day his 1st heat as an omega came & the person who was with him then was none other than Renjaku ...?? so will this be another one night stand or will it developed into something pure & blissful .. O: It's ok... I don't really like Renjaku tbh, he only has his good looks going for him. He is cool and aloof, and basically a dick. I also don't like Aoba, Hana's brother, HE is the one seducing Hana, resulting in Hana being blamed by his family. Like wtf, Hana doesn't deserve this crap. Probably gonna drop this, I don't feel motivated to continue. F/ c4.

P: Michiya seems ordinary at first glance seems normal, but is actually a yandere, and is in love with Takayuki. They first met at a university. O: Feel a bit conflicted.. Michiya is kinda creepy to be honest, but he IS a yandere so… lol I wonder what a boy yandere is like (not in BL), must seem stalkerish. o_o When he put saliva in the drink though xP

P: KeraQ [31966]: Yukihira is in love with his maths teacher (Abe Hiroshi 34) but no matter how hard he tried to fail the class so that he can get supplementary classes, he always finishes the test correctly. One day he finds his teacher buying underwear and he found the courage to confess in tears, wanting to know who he is dating. In the end the teacher confesses that the underwear is for himself. O: Weird, slightly disturbing how the teacher likes crossdressing.

P: Aki is a male escort. He takes on customers from the shop. Miyaji-san is an ordinary salaryman who becomes Aki's client. He told him he thinks he might be gay because the person he likes is a guy. Aki suggests that they first start with a kiss, but ends up sleeping with him. He likes Miyaji, so he gives him his number. Then they meet outside the store...  O: It is meh.