stressedpenguin's manga / #melodramatic(57)

Shh, You'll Wake up the Child

Complete | 능 | 2019 released

The kid is basically irrelevant here. Unnecessary last minute drama, unnecessary drama in general that doesn't actually have any impact. Yeah this was just poorly written. 2 or 3/10

Dating Practice

Complete | Kkobogbyeol | 2000 released

This.... is so dumb. Everything is so contrived. The author's got their hand shoved up everybody's ass as is piloting them like a bunch of brain dead, horny muppets. The author reeeeally couldn't come up with ANY other scenario for fake dating? Every thing is just forced drama. These characters dont act like real people The red thread premise isnt even relevant for 90% of the story. It's just a way to make drama. Bruh =_= 2/10

Yume to Utsutsu to Wasureji no Kimi

Ongoing | Ittoumai | 2019 released

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

Lustful Aquarium

Complete | serizawa nae | 2019 released

story 1: dolphin trainers falling in love with hints of supernatural? unsatisfying ending story 2: college guy (seme) runs into a beautiful astronomy buff (uke). uke is a sex addict. there's some very dubcon stuff with another guy and everything ends. 5/10 name on MAL is Yokujou Aquarium

Koi suru Bicchi no Toro Ana Jijou

Ongoing | Ittoumai | 2019 released

last read ch 17 it's been 9 chapters. how many times are shitty exes from the past gonna rape the uke =_= update ch 15. more contrived drama =_= name on MAL is Koisuru Bitch no Toroana Jijou

Koishite Daddy

Complete | KITAZAWA Kyou | 2011 released

Prescription for a Lonely Boy Who Wants Love

Complete | Long Utsumi | 2019 released

Seme is a freeloader who leeches off all the women he dated. Then he met the uke, a plain but sexy doctor with an actual sex addiction. Seme is obsessed with the idea that the uke is in love with his friend but the uke refutes that over and over. Ngl, didn't feel a lot of love in this story for whatever reason and the seme annoyed me cuz he couldn't just accept the uke's word. Also there was a completely unnecessary rape scene. Idk. 4/10

Dame na Yatsu Hodo Kawaii

Complete | Ueda Niku | 2015 released

....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.

riht.

Complete | Isiki | 2019 released

I... I was confused the whole time. Is there a prequel to this? Did I miss something? There was a lot of poetic...ness in this one that kinda obscured the meaning of... anything? everything? The only way we know theres two characters are in love is because they're in a BL, otherwise I wasnt feeling it. They barely talk ever. Also the MC suddenly brings up their mothers at the end and I still dont know why? I either missed everything or the story sucked at conveying its meaning 3/10 too much poetry

Last Omegaverse

Complete | Shinta harekawa | 2019 released

....wut. So there was a lot going on with that and absolutely none of it got any attention. So the uke is in debt and that's why hes a porn worker, and we see that maybe once or twice for a page. They keep doing the omegaverse "I can't control myself" thing purely for the angst but without the set up... idk plot goes by too fast and it's kinda disconnected and confusing. 3/10