stressedpenguin's manga / #amnesia(8)

it's so cliche but i'm a sucker for this storyline. 5/10 but its a 10 in my heart. ultimate comfort cry.

Glad I'm not the only one who had struggled u freestanding this . I get the overall fist and I really liked the concept, but man it's just hard to understand. I originally read this a long time ago and it left such an impression on me that I was thinking about it for years. I guess that speaks to how good this story is. Just a shame I cant find an official translation for it I guess... 6/10? I'd probably like this more if I could understand it.

Ngl....kinda thought there'd be more to the story and the relationship. Like, I thought the supernatural elements would be more prominent. Honestly the amnesia doesn't even feel that supernatural, just feels like the uke cant remember the seme cuz it's been so long. They also keep saying the seme is some evil spirit but they never show WHY everyone thinks that. He doesn't seem like a spirit at all. Also their relationship seems so... shallow. Idk. Not my story I guess. 3 or 4/10

....So it's a collection of one shots that are largely inconclusive and kinda unsatisfying or boring, imo. Ch 1: Guy gets saddled with a freeloader who legitimately cannot do anything. Guy had to pick up extra work to take care of them both which is mmmm Ch 2: Guy watches his two friends be in love, is reluctantly supportive (cus homophobia but kudos to him for grappling with it). Pretty okay. Not much you can do with one chapter. Ch 3: Rich guy gets bored waiting for the guy who stood up his sisters arranged marriage and runs away. Encounters another runaway who invites him to tag along and have fun. Turns out Runaway 2 is the guy who stood up his sister and now is announcing he likes our Runaway 1. We basically end there. Ch 4-5: Guy starts dating his senpai who secretly works at a crossdressing maid cafe. Things are going well until suddenly senpai breaks up with him over text and completely disappears only to return 3 years later with amnesia. Turns out senpai had a stalker who hit him not hard at all, giving him amnesia, and also that's why senpai broke up with our guy?? Didn't really explain much and I got kinda irritated cuz I personally hate ghosting. Overall verdict: 2 or 3/10 depending how annoyed this makes me if I think about it.

Yknow. I'll never understand these "I love you, goodbye" ghosting plots... Writer picks up a naked guy of the beach who claims to have amnesia. But does he really? And who is this mysterious kid? *Dun dun dun* 5/10 i guess

Guy is so desperate he rapes a ghost but it's okay cuz hes got a dead mom, that's how this works right? They keep flip flopping between him being an annoying asshole rapist and being a sad depressed kid who misses his mom. I guess people can be both both when its literally back to back panels, I just... ugh Story could have been fine. Ending was fine, decently cute. Pretty standard all around I guess 4/10

Years ago, a meteor stuck nearby our MCs home town. Over the course of 20 days, it rained so much the town was completely submerged it what is now the 20 Day Lake. Everyday, our MC dives under the lake, searching for something even though shes not sure what Update now that I've finished it. I feel like there was a more compelling mystery that could have been told with this premise. I was already less invested in whatever memories she was missing when she was four because... that's pretty normal? Lots of people dont remember anything from 4 and earlier. And then the revelation that what she was searching for was her memory of wishing on a star right before the meteor strike... and that doesn't get explored really. Did she blame herself the whole time, and that's why she has this fixation on the town? But that doesn't make sense because she doesnt remember the wish. So why was THIS the memory shes been looking for? Its so... uninteresting to me. I feel like there were two potential stories buried in this premise, neither of which were told. One would be a more episodic story featuring different previous inhabitants of the town and they visit the girl at the lake and tell her stories about the place she didn't get to grow up in. There's less of a mystery and more of a reflection on times past and times present. The end would still be an photo exhibition of the town and it might be more impactful. The second possible story is the insurance guy angle, where we uncover what really happened, that it WAS a satellite, and we debate the worth of dredging up this old tragedy. Do the previous inhabitants deserve compensation for their loss, or is better to leave it as an old tragedy and let people move on. Again the photo exhibition can still happen and be a satisfying conclusion. There's a lot of elements to this story that I like, but regular amnesia about the time you were 4 isn't really compelling to me. Lots of thoughts on this one I guess. 5 or 6/10, just a bit disappointed.

guy wakes up with amnesia but only about his lover so we know it gon be aaangst Update ch 4. .......Eh? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ their backstory of why they got together is super surface level imo. To me it feels like they're together because this is a BL, and they got into the argument because the story needed them to for plot. Not feeling the impact of this Wound up being a 5/10 for me despite having two of my favorite angst tropes.