stressedpenguin's manga / #unsatisfying(18)

This Ending

Complete | Gwa-in | 2000 released

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

Divorce Me, Mr. Alpha

Complete | Runa konjiki | 2019 released

Started pretty good. Didnt have most of the rape and assault crap typically for abo and the omega was actually standing up for his wants and needs and then... Update ch 12: aaaaaand there it is, the kidnapping gangrape plot. Can writers not come up with better drama plots other than "and then one of them gets kidnapped | raped"? Update ch 14: ........-_- Update ch 16. Well. Happy ending that feels like it didnt resolve anything cuz the whole reason the omega felt neglected was some dumb misunderstanding so they just resolved that instead of dealing with actually interesting marriage issues. Final verdict: 5/10

One Step From The End

Complete | pyo ryu | 2000 released

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

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

Ibitsu na Koi no Seesaw Game

Ongoing | KASHIMA Chiaki | 2015 released

police guy has been tryna catch a phantom thief who's always returns what he's stolen after sleeping with mr. policeman. i really wanna know what's up with this aruse-haizaki-grey character and what he's scheming. ree too bad it seems like that was it. super unsatisfying ending. it's a 5/10

At the End of the Road

Complete | Haribo | 2016 released

not my jam. objectively no less than a 7 but personally like 3/10

Suteneko Sagashimasu.

Complete | Ayakano yumi | 2019 released

Wait thats how it ends? It's cute and all but I was getting confused about what was a flashback and what was present day. Everything feels stalled and not in a good way, like the story just stopped. Was expecting more. Minor gripe: you're on a stakeout.... and you frickin distracted having sex that you miss your target??? Bro these guys are mad incompetent ლ(ꗞДꗞლ) 6/10

Koi De Wa Nai to Omoitai

Ongoing | sumiya zeniko (澄谷ゼニコ) | 2019 released

WAIT THATS IT?!?!?!? B R U H. I wanted to see more of them. Also Sakuraba was a fantastic girl character, which is really rare for BL. Okay well this was too short. 8/10

Saikin, Kono Sekai wa Watashi Dake no Mono ni Narimashita...

Ongoing | Yui Toshiki | 2000 released

what a cop out ending tho... they built such an interesting mystery only to say SIKE IT WAS A COMA HAHAHAH :/ The last half had so much potential even if the first half was just horny but then they just went the coma route. So lame. 6/10 i guess

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.