stressedpenguin's manga / #angst(92)

Kowagaranai de, Soba ni Ite

Complete | Long Utsumi | 2000 released

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

The Omega Takes a Husband

Complete | Kuroi yodaka | 2019 released

this one was surprisingly sweet, and hey! the omega can actually fend for himself and has a strong personality. 8/10

Suki de Gomen

Ongoing | Okamoto Satoru | 2000 released

last read ch 19.3. uke has such bad self-esteem issues it's getting in the waaaaaayyyy just be happy come ooooon. Tbh Haruto never setting boundaries with the girls is actually the biggest barrier to this relationship going well. It's not really kouta's fault for thinking haruto likes girls better cuz he sure acts like it still reading but putting on the read list cuz IT NEVER UPDATES Lmao the day after I complain this never updates, it updates whoops

Ai to Yobu ni wa Mada Aoi

Complete | yoshii haruaki | 2019 released

Kinda sucks that it's one or the other but I get it. It was very sweet in the end tho. They worked things out together healthily rather than dragging out some angsty drama plot. It was very sweet watching Motoki cry bc he's so happy. Solid 6 or 7/10

23:45 Re:

Complete | Ohana | 2016 released

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.

Yuki No Shita No Qualia

Complete | kii kanna | 2014 released

Really atmospheric and unique art but the botanist guy kinda.... sucked? Like Umi gets assaulted and mr botanist is like "that's what you get" like ??? It's literally not tho??? And this never comes up again. Botanist guy is just homophobic until hes not. Idk. I wanna say this feels grounded but that's not quite it. It feels floaty or like rather than being grounded on earth were being grounded to a cloud? 5 or 6/10. This wasnt it for me

Kishi-sama (Ikuseichuu) to Doukyo Shimasu

Ongoing | Akihisa Teo,AKIHISA Teo | 2019 released

Yeah this ones just kinda whatever. Interesting premise but doesnt get to explore it much. feeling a 4/10 for it.

Warawanakute Ii Noni

Complete | Aino Coco | 2017 released

This one was actually really good, I'm almost surprised. Seme's girlfriends are always dumping him for his friend but he finds put in college that his friend is in love with him. There's a bit of a slow burn as in time actually passes in this story. The seme is genuinely a nice person and the uke is precious. Seme protects the uke from all the ukes stalkers. Also nice to see the seme care so much to the point of crying. PLUS he stops and asks the uke if hes okay during sex which is SO FRICKIN RARE WHYYY Ima give this an 8 or 9/10. Its good!

Hitsuji no Kawa wo Kita Kemono

Ongoing | Kyuugou | 2000 released

Very... unsatisfying ending. I wish we'd seen more remorse from the seme and also getting stabbed at the end was kinda... unbearably cliche. The ending was meh. Overall, interesting. UPDATE w / ch 10. Is there more?? Sumimasen???? UPDATE vol 2 ch 10. NOOO GODDAMNIT JUST LET THIS MAN MOVE ON. I originally didn't like this story much but I'm changing my mind. Still don't like that Daichi went straight back to Tatsumi before Tatsumi started cleaning up but... I'm really rooting for Tatsumi to get his life together, not for Daichi but for himself. Fingers crossed this story does them justice.

Nakanai Hibari

Complete | Minazuki akira | 2019 released
2022-08-13 19:45 marked

last read ch 4. one of those story's where there's a dead wife | sister | brother and the two connected through that relationship fall in love but are like no we can't fall in love and then they get together. 5/10