Aishuu no Kanon
In the year 1931 Shinya Kaito’s planned to elope with his lover Yuriko and travel around the world. However, she was married off to a powerful man named Sugai. Being abandoned by the woman he loved, Kaito swore to get revenge for choosing money instead of him. Fast-forward 18 years later, Yuriko died and her son, Sugai Nanami meets Kaito. Now a wealthy man, Kaito buys Nanami from his uncle and forces him to be Yuriko’s substitute. This manga was kind of predictable and rushed as hell. There was one twist that was interesting but it was resolved far too quickly. As for the characters, Nanami was the typical weak uke, he didn’t really have much of a personality but he was likeable. He wasn’t annoying and he was kind of cute. I didn’t really buy his romance with Kaito but I’m glad he got a happy end. He deserved it after all the shit he went through all his life. Kaito was really jealous, possessive and downright creepy. He definitively had a couple of screws loose. I will say this, I liked the thing with the letters, and I think the character designs are good. All in all, it was an okay manga, nothing memorable. If you’re into jealous, possessive lovers, the “I bought you as a sex slave” plotline and you don’t mind the whole falling in love with the rapist trope, then I recommend this manga.
A Guy Like You
I enjoyed reading this, felt it was too long and melodramatic and the characters showed what love goes through even when it was done in the most cliche way possible. The main couple [Go siwoon - Kang jinha] had to deal with a one-sided love at the beginning then with others trying to get in between them, and showing what someone is willing to do for love. Towards the middle, the author or editors had trouble explaining the plot confusing the readers. It should have been wrapped up to end since they knew how to block the Envy Stone from hindering the Fate Stone (around Ch.45), author should've just let them turn the table, let our 2 smol beans eventually be Happy Ever After.. The more it extended the more it ruined the main character, now they became such complicated lovers & friends, destroyed all their good point that the author had built up. It's sad that just because it’s the most popular manga on the original website, caused it’s dragged on & on until it became this mess. That was a waste. On the positive side, the story still overwhelmed the worth of read. It’s impressive how much the art has improved from the first chapter up until the last one, it really did seem like a dream. Their love prevailed through extreme obstacles and every character showed their different perspectives, emotions, loneliness, hope, loss, jealousy, rejection, and most importantly love.
Koyoi wa Kimi to Chi no Kisu
Ha.. The second story, with saisei, haha! uke was a dhampir hybrid of a human and a vampire that's just freakishly weird. Yasuhara accepted the situasion and hunted Saisei down in his lair. The concept of the stories is creative but the details were a bit much accept for the last story...It was cliched but also unique in it's own way. I love the melancholic atmosphere; that even though we had them reunited there's still the lingering sadness, especially for Riku's family. Riku cannot thoroughly separate himself from the life he has before. It was mesmerizing to see how the vampires experienced love from humans perspectives.
Tsuki to Yabanjin