haaa
in my original comment, i just straight up called everything mid — which is still true — but it’s only now that i realize what was so off about this story
it didn’t really seem to know what kind of atmosphere it wanted to go for. did it want a “problematic”, psychological story? did it want to simply explore an unconventional relationship? either way, it wasn’t enough. if they wanted a darker tone, they messed it up with the panelling style. if they wanted a cute romance with bits of angst here and there, they still failed with lack of further exploration in their relationship and showing ud what they’re like outside their gender
it’s like they’re playing it safe knowing this concept is already something against the grind but playing it safe won’t work for a story like this. what they did is chose a unique concept, written in a dark psychological way without fully going pass the surface yet drawn in a a way that doesn’t match it.
if they wanted to focus more on the dynamic of an alpha uke and omega seme, be my guest. but they never really go explain or explore things. it’s all surface level.
moving on…
the story itself — excusing the execution — truly is MID. it’s boring as hell but it’s not necessarily bad… until we reach the fated mates arc.
i’m a big enthusiast of jealous semes and a part of me did want a scene like this here (though i also wanted a jealous uke in this reread) but the execution- god, that’s always the problem. the alpha losing control is one thing but the fact that they actually started making out and stuff is what irritated me. why the FUCK didn’t the author have the seme step in earlier? it was seriously frustrating and if possible, i’ll rate this even lower than i already did but i can’t. there’s no 0 stars.
overall, this fucking sucks. i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who isn’t interested in a TRULY UNCONVENTIONAL top and bottom. it’s so shit. it’s frustrating. the writing is so surface level. if there’s one good thing is that the the alpha bottom makes super cute faces when they’re fucking
oh as always the second couple is shit so i didn’t bother reading lol fuck outta here
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