crispicheva's manga / #trauma(18)

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: yuuhi is a traumatized boy who became unable to see people's faces. suddenly, a man appears at the shop where he works, and for the first time since he was a child, he can see that person's face clearly. that's the day he meets itsuki, who promptly declares his love for yuuhi. review: pretty cute, happy to see that they explored how therapy would be able to help yuuhi

storyline: juri is a depressed and traumatized woman who has attempted suicide multiple times. the last time she does, her aunt (a nun) takes her to do some volunteering with a convict on death row. that’s how she meets yuu, a man who killed three people and mirrors juri’ depressive and suicidal tendencies. review: typing this with tears streaming down my face holy shit this was absolutely heartbreaking and it was one of the most beautiful stories i’ve read in a very long time… to think some people love and die without experiencing happiness, love, comfort… the world can be such a cruel place

storyline: hangyeol loses his lover, taehyuk, in a car accident. in the middle of the street, hangyeol passes out and wakes up in his own body 10 years earlier, aged 11. he then makes it his mission to save taehyuk, currently a 28 year old vet who has no clue what the kid's deal is, all while figuring his way around his own brother's obsessive behavior. review: honestly? what a fucking great surprise. this concept had a strong chance of being developed into something weird and problematic, but execution was super well done. even the addition of a future-insighted taehyuk allowed for his character to see hangyeol as more than just the kid before him, so the age gap wasn't such a striking aspect... and even so, taehyuk's resolution of waiting a decade for the simple chance of his lover finding him and falling for him again... i love love!!!! (also dojun deserves the entire fucking world and i HOPE hanyool got his ass in therapy after that whole fiasco)

storyline: yeon skylar has a crush on his schoolmate, seong chan-il, and has a folder of photos he takes of him. baek cirrus, chan-il’s friend, finds out, and skyler begs him not to tell chan-il. cirrus then decides to mess with him, and uses skylar in some twisted games he plays with his fucked up family. meanwhile, skylar is also fighting his own demons and trying to survive cirrus’s antics. review: this was actually so fucking good. the trauma on both ends, the characters, the dynamics, the ART!! i hadn’t been this invested in a webtoon in a very long time, i’m so glad i found this

storyline: lee geom is involved with gangsters and often works as a male prostitute, having been unwillingly roped into this world after his mother died. mercilessly abused, the only hope in his life was his dream of revenge, and the chance to return to his normal life beside his first love, his college best friend im wooyeon. review: not a 5 star story because i think many of the abuse scenes seemed unnecessarily drawn out and excessive, and the final resolution with wooyeon also felt lacking, but a great story nonetheless. i loved yeonseo as well, and their relationship in the friend group (WE COULD’VE HAD A THROUPLE!!!!!)

storyline: honatsu is a regular high school girl whose best friend, touma, has always been by her side. suddenly, sullen-faced transfer student shun joins their class, and a strange feeling surrounds him in honatsu's heart and mind. "what does love feel like?" is a recurring thought in her head, and touma and shun each give her a different answer. review: i liked this one quite a lot, the plot was interesting and the character's dynamics fit the narrative really well... poor shun though

storyline: a spinoff of “for your love” where kwon yuri, yohan’s best friend, is a college student who is “in love” with his adopted sister (distant cousin whose parents died and was taken in by yuri’s family), and meets his former teacher, lee seonwoo, at his sister’s wedding. mr. lee is a fucking wreck, drunk and sobbing, and yuri realized he was pining over the groom as mr. lee made a move on yuri. the story unfolds very messily from then on. review: i LOVED yuri’s character in “for your love” but i’m glad we delved a little deeper into it in this story. i really believe yuri has bpd from the way he behaves, his upbringing, and every thought he has. glad his relationship with seonwoo seems to work but i wish their dynamic didn’t seem so volatile. also yohan and yuri’s friendship still makes me cackle every time, i love them so much.