crispicheva's manga / #Angst(17)

storyline: yamada torao loses his lover oota hikaru in an accident, and decides to kill himself. he wakes up 250 years later after having been criogenically preserved by his parents and finds himself with an android made to resemble hikaru. reaction: jesus christ this is so sad

storyline: set in the 80s, lee sungho is a pharmacy straight A student who lives under his father’s pressure to be the best in everything he does. he gets frequent headaches that seem to only go away when he gets involved with shim dukgwang, a poster artist for a movie theater that also acts as an undercover meeting spot for gay men, away from the their homophobic society’s eyes reaction: damn this had layers!!! it could’ve been a 5 star story for me (the time skip really added an extra depth to the angst here) but the side story was a bit too questionable for my morals, so 4 stars it is!

storyline: yeon-oh is a rookie actor who has to provide for his family as his dad is a serial gambler and keeps getting them in trouble with loan sharks. jae-hyuk is a rich man who decides to sponsor him, but has his own agenda that involves yeon-ho’s cooperation. too bad yeon-ho’s heart doesn’t follow the “no strings attached” rule. review: great angst, 7/10 redemption arc from jae-hyuk (although it seemed to be spawned a bit from nowhere), but the ending was too abrupt and unsatisfying. such a long story should’ve had a more appropriate conclusion imo.

storyline: jeon yiseon is a restorer with a secret and a whole lot of trauma. sa hyeon leads the country’s top guild and wants the restorer on his team. however, what seems like a simple recruitment turns out to be a transaction: one secret for another. a deal is a deal, but what about their hearts? who wins that game? review: this is the most plot-heavy BL i’ve ever read and i LOVED it. who woulda thought i’d be a dungeons dynamics fan, huh? also the characters?? i love them all, the storyline is amazing, the plot twists, the relationships, the way trauma is handled in this story… i’m in absolute awe, this is the coolest thing i’ve read in a very long time

storyline: former delinquent meets guy at school who seems nice and friendly but is in a sort of abusive relationship with the top delinquent basically. former delinquent guy wants him to himself, telling himself he’s better for his new crush than his current keeper, but little does he know they’re all the fucking same. review: honestly this was such a tragedy fest… i feel for the abused guy, he was just being passed around and fought over like some object when in fact he deserved so much better… both redemption arcs (former delinquent and main abuser) were necessary but i truly think the guy should’ve tossed both their asses to the curb and loved himself, none of them deserved him.

storyline: choo sangwoo is a computer science major in college who’s pretty much like a robot. jang jaeyoung, a visual arts major, joins his project to create a video game, and ends up changing both of their lives in the process. review: I LOVE THEM!!! MY HEART, THE ANGST OH MY GOD, BUT WE MADE IT!!!!

storyline: haejin and sunwoo are former highschool sweethearts who bonded over their love for writing and reading, but ended up breaking up on a bad note. now find each other again working for the same publishing company review: i think some plot points needed addressing and didn’t get the resolution we needed… did sunwoo tell haejin that he plagiarized his writing for the contest? when did sunwoo even read haejin’s writing before? i don’t think these were mentioned anywhere in the story and i believe these were key points in the narrative… a bit disappointing but not a bad story