stressedpenguin's manga / #angst(91)

read this too long ago to remember the relevant tags but i remember it being deliciously angsty and kinda sweet so 6/10 until i reread it?

None of my usual tags really work for this. This is a real story from a real person who suffered the prejudice and backlash of a homophobic life but managed to make it through to happiness. I think the moment that really got me was the mom who though she originally rejected him was able to overcome her prejudice. When she called all excited about Sapporo, yeah that got me. I wont rate this one since I don't wanna score someone's life experience, but it's a good read.

Alright first of all their landlord Yoshimi is the 10/10. Her selling them that house for a massive discount was super sweet and I love her cranky kindness energy. There were some many complex emotions in this one. The entire plot and character drama revolving around the promises they've made to each other over the years and how some of those promises is just impossible to keep, that was incredible. High 8/10. Maybe if I reread it its be higher?

Uh. Well tbh not really my kinda plot but it was still okay. Closet gay student is dating his lesbian friend to hide that he's gay. Hes in love with his hot teacher (who's also in love with him but kudos to the teach for being a responsible adult). And then his beat friend is also in love with him. I was rooting for the best friend and it was very sad when he rejected him. Final verdict: 5 or 6/10

That was better than I thought. I'm a sucker for angst so this was great. Had some slow burn vibes despite being 3 chapters. I like casual skinship friendships so this was also up my alley. 7/10

So flufffffffffffffyyy I love them! Yes! Exactly! Healthy, open communication about sex and working things out together Loved the uke getting over his fear of pain cuz he wants to have sex with the seme so bad. Also love the seme herring scared he'll hurt the uke and all the juicy angst that came with that. And then they talk and fuck and it's great 8/10

7/10. it was good but minus points cuz the ending was so unsatisfying. it feels like nothing get resolved.

Bro they're adorable . I love relationships that have complicated emotional backstories. They've both been in love with each other for 10 years but the complicated feelings surrounding how they met and fell out made it hard for them, especially Toranosuke, to express their feelings. I love that by the end Tora figures out how to say wahst on his mind. There are so many little things about these two that are amazing. I love the whole thing with the rings. And also FINALLY a story that doesnt use rape, assault, or kidnapping ro create drama. The characters themselves have enough complicated feelings to make this an interesting story 9/10. Might be a 10/10 and not just cuz I'm a sucker for cool, gentle guys on motorcycles but the girls kinda sucked in this so I gotta think on it

dropped at v3 ch 10. play actor really wants a role so he sleeps with a yakuza guy? wut. is that it? lmao the memes from the translator a spot on. wtf is this plot. dunno if there's anymore but ima just mark it as dropped. 3/10

Dropped at ch 30. Wow this is all over the place. The pacing's a mess. The timeline is a mess. We keep going into flashbacks at seemingly random times. The seme turns out to be a possessive creep who's very blatantly manipulating and trying to isolate the uke. Like everyone knows thus butntheyre all going along with it? The only interesting bit about this was the mysterious book which kinda winds up being irrelevant by the end? This story was pretty inchohesive and a little incoherent at times. Also, minor nitpick but why tf did the names change from Korean to English names? That was confusing. Nah this sucked. 2/10