Hold Me Tight
The smut scenes don't really do it for me. The constant like staring or whatever Giovanni has it going on for our MC should have made me like anticipate for like the climax*wink, wink* but it just feels very odd. The artstyle is very minimalistic, though that would usually be a compliment coming from someone like me, it is unfortunately a bad thing in this case. The sketches make them feel robotic and it doesn't feel smooth. It feels static. The plot itself is so stupid and common that it just made me roll my eyes everytime they mention it in the scenes that the mc and ml are in together, we all know it is a plot device to bring two unlikely dudes together to have some spicy moments and naughty interactions going on. So? my judgment..two stars maximum
I’m the Demon Queen, but for Some Reason the Hero is Doting on Me
Haven't read a manga like this in a while..things are needlessly complicated these days with all the trends in psychological or dramatic manhwas with all their schemes, it feels nice to go back to this. Cute girl + simp. That's it. I'm 5 chapters in and there are 11 chapters rn
Bad Friend
It's such a shame. It started off great, I loved their dynamic and interactions as well as their constant bantering and sparring. They felt like two boys who were best friends and knew eachother inside out. That was the first half. It was so refreshing to me how despite the MC being a uke held such power or authority and can refuse seme for anything and everything, how he drew the line and all. They felt equal. They were the same age and there was a power balance to it. That was before the timeskip. Our feisty and witty MC was nowhere to be found. He became so submissive and stupid. He walks around without using his brain. What was the reason he trained ten years in that ravine for? He is supposed to be as strong as seme and fight side by side but he is alloted to be a damsel in distress, letting his emotions get the better of him with the seme running things however he wants and him blindly and happily following. When they have sex, the seme like traps his hands and he can't resist..he just whimpers "St-Stop" but the seme ofcourse don't. The seme refuses to tell uke everything for uke's sake, man how I hate that type of plotline, yet fully expects the uke to tell him everything. Not to mention how he disciplines him by spanking him and calling him a "good boy", like that is so out of the blue? What is going on in the author's mind? I guess she wanted to trade a completely fresh and unique blb dynamic into an unhealthy, power-imbalance with the typical top and bottom. They are literally the same age, grew up together side by side and used to fight eachother yet now that changed..the seme and uke's personality has been changed to fit into what people likes and expects of a YAOI to be. I hate it. Not to mention this is a manhua so I should have expected it but they had Korean names so I was confused Baek is a Korean name I'm sure . I got upto ch35 but I don't want to continue
If You Are Reincarnated as the Villain Mob's Daughter, You Will Be Favored by the Strongest Prince Who Is Not Captured
The title is essentially the plot. How expected of a Japanese shoujo manga to have an overbearing and borderline yandere ML and a pushover and gullible MC. Although I prepared myself going into it, it irked me so much how the ML just decides everything and expects the MC to follow his wishes/demands. The first time they meet (again?). He just straights up kisses her, strips her, fingers her and fondles her breasts. That's not the worst part, the MC just goes along with it. Another thing is when she refuses to have sex with him and he is denied, he walks out all sappy like and the MC feels guilty and tries to apologize to him. That hurts me as a woman. Them having sex for hours even when MC told him to stop and he straight up replies 'I don't care'. Him seeing her make contact with the knight and him subtly slut shaming her while touching her saying 'It's bad when I do it? But Ok for him?' Like Sir that's sexual assault. Also in the sixth chapter, the og fl has a group of guys drug MC with aphrodisiac and had them strip her naked. That guy tried to rape her, ofcourse the ML shows up in the nick of time BUT I hate this. I hate that this kind of woman exist in this world who would have someone rape a fellow woman cuz of jealousy and possessiveness. The hypnotism power that og fl seems to have by making people look into her eyes does not ~surprisingly~ work on him. I wonder whyyy..
Kamisama Hajimemashita
Such a flashback to the past. Just seeing this fills my heart. My heart is swelling. This means so much to me. I finished the anime. I switched from sub to dub. Back in the day, we didn't watch anime on the internet but through discs and the dub was the only one available so I made do with it. Nanami is such a wonderful person who is so bright and sunny, who has such a positive outlook on life and everything else. Our fox is such a tsundere but we love him for that. His protective side..we love to see it. When I learned that Nanami was the girl he fell on love with in the past, how happy I was. I thought it was her pretty and elegant ancestor but it turned out to be her time travelling. I love her and I love them together.
Only Hope
The first chapter was great! Really sets up the tone the manhwa is going or will go in the future. It builds anticipation and hype from the viewers eliciting excitement over the content that it is promising. How will the MC react knowing her husband's true colour? Will she confront him? Be scared of him? Does the ML find out? Did he plan this? Why put the laptop there and record you burning a person while showing your face? That hardly seems smart.
Waterside Night
I already read the earlier chapters of this and dropped it because it wasn't my cup of tea. Saying that, I am willing to give it another try because Lucy recommended it to me and informed me it gets better. Personally, when the top forced himself on the bottom and blood dripped from the bottom's ass, that's where I drew the line. It made me question things and put me in a sour mood. I know that the story will probably delve deeper into the psyche of the top considering from what Lucy said, that the top is beginning to trust and open up to the bottom. That tells me everything, what the author prioritise in their storytelling and so on and so forth. I was fully expecting the top to be head over heels in love with the bottom by now, bending to the bottom's every wish and whims but that does not seem to be the case. Maybe we get that sprinkled here and there but I have an inkling that that's not the forefront of this manhwa.
Metropolitan Nepenthes
Nah..the seme is a total simp!! I love it!! Unrequited love for 3 years and going strong? That's dedication right there. I like his personality too..he says the funniest stuff as well. When asked if he made any progress over his crush, he replied seriously "I made breakfast for him this morning, so we are basically a newly-wed" and him telling his junior "When you are in love, your facial muscles get messed up" when the junior told him he looked creepy with that smile on his face. The smile he had when he thought about the uke. Also I love how he is so weak to the uke, the way he never even thought of turning him in when he found out his identity as a villain then trying to make him quit even if he had to break a bone or two. He handcuffed him and hit him "very lightly" though he uncuffed him right away after the uke sobbed and told him everything. He even believed that he was blackmailed tho it is true, normally people would be suspicious but not him. And that is so daddy of him...you know what I mean? The boss I thought I would ship him to the uke to some extent but no..there is no competition for the seme. He is abusive and not in a hot way either. That statement right there is so wrong but you know what I mean! There is no sexual tension and chemistry between the two and I like that in hindsight. The uke is a victim in this situation. He was a kid when he was forced into this life, just for stealing chips in a convenient store he was coerced into this life. That is manipulation from an adult towards a kid. Also the sexual favours he makes him do..yuck!! Him saying that the only thing the uke was good at was sucking his dick was such a turn-off. Not to mention the dangerous situation he puts him in time and time again. He is not even doing the bare minimum like preparing a safety net for him to fall into, and his orders are so ridiculous. Telling him to rob the same bank he failed to rob the day before the very next day? That's foolishness and that shows how little he thinks of the uke and his safety. Also the redhead is pitiful being in love with that man? That blondie looked annoyed too when he asked if there was someone he fancied. He just responded "Yeah, a guy with a killer body. He has a nice ass" which by the way is such an asshole thing to say. A nice ass? For u to put your dick in? Fuck u and your narcissism. The redhead's foolishness and insecurity as well as his persistence to see his ass was what led him to the uke's identity being revealed. Though that's a good thing, the seme is a green flag so
K's secret
The artstyle isn't the worst. I actually like it in some ways. The uke is a half-vampire who feeds on sexual energy (the essence). He was said to have had relationships where the said partner broke up with him on finding out his true identity. So he avoids relationships and is set out currently to have a sex partner. It was pretty clear from the get-go that the seme was into him from the very first chapter, he is also the one getting him coffee every morning He is an amiable person and is not the typical cold and rigid CEO or in this case, a director. He mistakenly sent a message telling his need for a sex partner to the director of all people and hence the plot. The director asks to meet up...the uke prepares his resignation letter since that's the common sense but they ended up making out. They eventually date because the director indirectly threatened his job. Now, this is the part that made me a bit surprised (?)..the director isn't a simp. He concludes that there is something that the uke is hiding from him, and his insistence on having sex eventho he doesn't like him. The seme's thought process is this...'Does he have a high sex drive? No, that isn't it. Just a sex partner? He is too vanilla for that. Something is going on'. The uke is also an open book, when people were walking around talking about vampires, his expression was odd so therefore the seme has all the clues now he just has to arrange them for it all to click into place. The seme's friend is the typical seme in other manhwas too. His uke is very cute. He is whipped for him, the seme's concern about his relationship went in one ear and out the other and then he perked up when the uke arrived. Before his arrival, he even checked the time and said 'He will be here soon'. The uke is rather playful too and places his hands on the seme covering his eyes 'Guess who it is' to which the seme chuckles and look at him lovingly. The ML also comments 'He is as cute as ever'. I doubt the friend even heard that. But what he said struck me 'Why are you holding back? You didn't care for the other partner's opinion in your old relationship. Just do what you want' to which he replied 'I'll go to jail if I do that'. But that convo flipped a switch in him. And he has been some teasing motherfucker eversince. Teasing the uke left and right and once he gets turned on, leave him hanging or sopping wet in this case. He gets jealous easily and asks what relationship the uke had with a coworker of his and talked about firing him and warned him not to take other people's side in front of him, otherwise all his coworkers would get fired. I mean I don't think the coworker was being just friendly as the uke implied, he touched his waist telling him that he lost weight, if he didn't eat as much. And that his face has gotten thinner as well while touching his face. That was sus, he asked him out for a drink too. The uke's friend that is trying to turn him into a full vampire was hilarious. Him telling the uke to just use the seme and not to get uselessly involved and fall in love with a human just to get his heart broken was a moment. Oh! It was mentioned that the uke can't drink blood, I guess cuz of the deal with him being a half-vampire? So he relies on the essence.
The Taming of The Tyrant