Between Love, Hate and Affection
Now this feels like just fucking and fucking. Tbh I have just read upto 5 chapters so far out of the 10 but many people are unsatisfied with the ending, saying that it is disjointed and messy. So it kinda is like a rush ending. The main complaint was not enough scenes or moments with the male lead, Kendon and the mare being annoying. I do like the style of the bottom and like that he has multiple sex partners as well. In the latest chapter that I read, ie ch5 we found out that Kendon likes Risbel which was obvious from the earlier chapters and I can see why people are complaining about him paying more attention to Berner, he is trash through and through. Also love the added complex of the MC who is the senior feeling frustrated that his junior will surpass him or perchance already have.
Kiraide Isasete
This cover is very familiar to me because it's basically everywhere and I have always put off reading it since it wasn't my taste. But I picked it up and read upto CH10 and it went exactly how I expected it to. Though the alpha being 27 years old at the start threw me off with the omega being 21..so a four year gap. Sweet Jesus. Omegas are discriminated against, they are basically treated like women. They rape them and then tell them it's their fault for dressing that way, in this case it's the scent that they give off. What I hate about this manga is that even when the Alpha console the omega, it's like 'You did well for being an omega', 'You are not built like me so you did well till now' and 'I will protect you'. Like it's their job to give them happiness or some shit. Also the janitor has to be the MVP. This is also some conservative shit that they are trying to spread, like ofcourse it's brave of the MC to give birth to the daughter of the man who raped him but the justification 'I can't hurt/blame an innocent child for this' is so ugh...like I hate people that say abortion is wrong. The thing is women are the one that will be ostracised, a teenager gets raped and decides to get an abortion for her future but she ends up being blamed. So if she gave birth, she won't be able to attend school cuz duh..and then she has to look after the child and then no-one will like her as a partner, people will point their fingers at her for being a slut while the rapist gets off scot free. I hate that so much. Anyway...the omega is very submissive, crying in every scene and the alpha comforts him every time. Every words said to him gets to him, he blames himself for everything, does not want to rely on anyone yet ends up relying on them. Also he can't hide his expression so it is obvious when he lies so why hide it in the first place? The alpha being angry pissed me off not gonna lie. His mom is a creep, the rapist a spoiled brat and the MC a spineless idiot. I hate the saviour trope in general so there's that. Also the whole alpha × omega thing is not for me, I hate the whole fate thing anyway like mates and all, with the added combo of pheromones so you can't control whom you like~ you are horny when you smell a scent~ you have a heat cycle but forget to conveniently take pills~. Ugh like there is no free will, also I hate it when they get hard over a scent. Leave it be. Like instant love is so overrated..for the whole fate/destiny thing anyway...I know love at first sight is a thing so. It's like you love them because it's predestined you don't love them of your own volition. The Lil girl was cute tho
Sugar Rain
*gulps* T-this seems s-s-spicy!!! UPDATE (14/3/23): I expected more from this. The artstyle was giving but the translations are so off. I can't make out what they are saying the whole way through and I read upto ch29. They all seem to be Caucasian yet the awkward yasangnim and all the other Korean tidbits were weird since they are white as fuck!! Herbert is the definition of the Aryan race...blonde platinum hair, with blue eyes and is a Duke, the flower of the upper society. His parents died leaving him and his younger brother as the heirs to the massive fortune that they left behind. The brothers are typical in the sense that the elder one is rigid, strict, doesn't have a funny bone in his entire body with the younger one being friendly, outgoing, pulls pranks and is a social butterfly. I don't know if they are twins but if they aren't, they must be very close in age but they look identical. It may just be the artstyle or that all white people look the same. The deal with Maria and Yohan is so far-fetched. They have to be twins tho since the story conveniently left out that Yohan did not know who his parents(bio) are and that the only picture he had of them..he lost the year before. He encounters the younger bro in the public toilet to which he works as a toilet cleaner or a cleaner in general. He saw a wallet and looked through it and debated if he should take a few dollars. Now Yohan is supposedly a very naive and good character so this moment feels like a tool the author used to establish a connection between the two and get from point a to b in the story, ie letting the two main characters meet. He mistook him for Maria since they look that much alike and he decided to make him work in their mansion since he thought it would be fun and it has been established that he is a prankster so. Yohan has a little brother that is the cutest thing (he only appears here and there, pretty sure the author added him in to justify that the MC takes on such a shady job offer because he has someone to look after). The butler sees him and notices the resemblance right off the bat, takes him to the ML (who ignored it since there are new employees everyday and since it wasn't a big deal for his Lil bro to send in more workers). He makes Yohan stay in a wretched abandoned hut in the middle of nowhere where noone will see him since he didn't want him to meet Herbert. But they meet since Herbert got lost while riding Daisy (his horse), the reason he got lost was because the sign board with the arrow thingy was broken. Yohan goes out to help him but gets his arm and leg injured since he touched Daisy without any warning (he didn't even pat her head or something). He invites Herbert to his humble abode and offers him a drink in a paper cup (since he is soooo poor). Herbert finds this whole ordeal and him disgusting. The reason he accepted his help was because he was ashamed that he got lost in his own mansion or place. Yohan calls the butler, he picks Herbert up. Now Yohan eventually goes to the hospital after thinking to himself that his mom was in the hospital for most of her later years and his dad died while working. So he hates the hospital...then in the same chapter he asks the butler to take him to the hospital since his condition has worsened. Herbert goes to see him and ofcourse Yohan gets the most luxurious hospital room there can be but he's like...'Can I just have a normal hospital bed, please?' or 'Just bandage me up, I can't possibly pay for all this'. Btw Herbert pays for his expenses. And he doesn't do any work, he just gets paid an absurd amount of money for not doing anything. He bails himself out before the given time (ofcourse he can't possibly stay in such a nice place) after Herbert explicitly told him and the doctor as well as the butler to make him stay there. It's like they don't fear him. Again plothole. I don't want to recount everything but Herbert keeps having wetdreams about Yohan. From him naked in the garden confessing his feeling to Herbert asking him to hug him- to him in a maid uniform pouring wine all over himself and telling him to 'lick him' all over. The dreams are wild af. Herbert also buys him clothes since Yohan keeps wearing the same dang clothes over and over again(for days on end, maybe even weeks). The author just hammers in that he is poor over and over again. But that doesn't make me feel for him. He has money now, he gets paid but he insists on living like that (for what?) The number of clothes he bought for him in a high-end store is astronomical, Yohan is surprised seeing those clothes on display since they looked like clothes he would wear and could afford (supposedly that's a real thing, old money rich people lifestyle is very interesting. The clothes they wear do not seem excessive or too much, but they are very neat and classy. Apparently the way old money can recognise eo is by the way they button their shirt etc) rather than stuffs he has seen in Hollywood. He gets wide-eyed seeing the price tag and tells Herbert to just give him the money and that he can buy in a cheaper price in some other store. He can't dress himself because of his arm brace and so Herbert offers to dress him. Now idk why Yohan covered himself, I thought he would be automatically be a character that presumed he was straight or some shit. Btw the white loose undies that Yohan wore..I want to bully him for some reason ( and not in some kinky way). One of the storeworkers question their relationship since they denied dating eo. She ofcourse could see Yohan's resemblance to Maria but she offered the insight that Herbert did not seem to like Maria to this extent, sure he went shopping with her but he was straight-faced the whole time but with Yohan she noted, that his emotions would slip and he would get angry . Now Yohan clearly saw the price for those expensive clothes Herbert bought for him, ofcourse he felt burdened by the mass number of it but to sell it for 50 dollars a piece to the workers(?). That's low. For someone who is seemingly such a good person, didn't it cross his mind that selling something that's given as a gift to you is mannerless? It's not something a good person would do. Also after selling those expensive ass clothes, he started gifting it for free since he collected such a huge amount of money now. I want to punch him. Now Herbert feels hurt by this and asks to be left alone then he had that wetdream about Yohan in that maid outfit. So I guess that's resolved? Now their first kissing and sex scene. Rumours have spread about Herbert taking a boy that resembled Maria to stores and people want to see a glimpse of this boy in the party hosted by them. But the Butler cleverly places Yohan to work in that hut Yohan calls his(don't even get me started on this) and Herbert agrees. After the fireworks and when the party came close to an end, Herbert goes to Yohan to see him. Now we see Yohan in a waiter-esque wardrobe with bottles of wine and cocktails around him not even crossing his mind that they wanted to hide him away. Now he offers Herbert a martini and he himself drinks. Then a heavy downpour of rain falls upon the drinks that Yohan prepared (outside the hut) so Yohan stupidly goes outside to salvage it even after Herbert warned him not to. Then ofcourse Herbert follow suit and they share a moment with Herbert breaking Yohan's fall after he tripped on a bottle. Yohan initiated the kiss after commenting in his head that this is the moment that the stars kiss in films and whatnot. Herbert kissed back more strongly. Yohan is at a loss since it's his first kiss and apologizes profusely mistaking Herbert's twisted expression to that of anger. Then Herbert pulls him inside the hut and throws him on the bed, kisses him with tongue then ripped his shirt after kissing and biting his neck leaving three bitemarks(I know this in too much detail). He proceeded to lick his nipples and bite it too. Then he undresses him and Yohan is hard btw and so is Herbert. When Herbert searches for condoms, without missing a beat Yohan answers that it is in his table to which he just blankly stares at him. Yohan clarifies that it was there before he lived there, the hut seemed to be a place designated for sex and the like since there was also conveniently lubricant or lotion. Herbert tries to loosen him up but after putting in two fingers, he couldn't wait anymore and just thrusted despite the pain Yohan felt. He just told him to endure it and to relax. Then Herbert tells him to call him by his name like he did in his dreams, then he called him 'H-Herbert' then a satisfied expression crossed Herbert's face then he asks him to repeat it then a barrage of 'Herbert' 'H-Herbert' followed...and that is how we come full circle to the prologue/first chapter. Btw I really want Maria's husband for myself. He is so attentive and is so loving and I can order him around, granted I'll treat him better than Maria. This bitch still has affection for Herbert. I mean I don't blame her for leaving Herbert since they were engaged for three years and there didn't seem to be any progress among the two. They have fucked and kissed for sure. Since Herbert said that her lips tasted sweeter than Yohan's and that her back was smoother etc. The younger bro didn't seem to be too fond of her because she is always so blank that as a kid he would search for a thread behind her back since it looked like she was a puppet. Herbert has mentioned her several times, often comparing her to Yohan but it is clear as day that Yohan occupies a much more special place in his heart. Heck I would argue that Maria has no place in his heart. It is very interesting
Deep Throat
*chuckles* the title lured me in. There is only one chapter so far but the plot seems very intense. I think they dropped it tbh. So *coughs* deepthroat. The seme I reckon misunderstood the reason he was abandoned by the uke, they knew eachother 12 years ago when they were in middle school. Based on the uke's flashback, the seme used to be more docile and he was the one giving him the deepthroat now he is the one since the seme is in a higher position than him. When I heard the name 'Garam' I immediately thought of Kim Garam from Lesserafim. Such a sad case. He used to be the maknae of the popular group 'Fights' then their boss ran away with their money and he hasn't been able to contact any of them since he did his compulsory military service. Then he saw that there will be a show for 'Popstar' just like AGT in America so he auditioned for it. Then he saw the seme, who at first he thought didn't recognise him then he(seme) pulled him in and asked to meet him in 10 minutes at the smoking area. Then we see that the seme is still not over whatever the uke did to him and offers him maybe the position for sexual favours (deepthroating perhaps?)
Honey Trouble
I like this. There are only 12 chapters as of now (15/3/23) but so far, everything has been enjoyable. The characters are a delight and no-one is annoying me. I read the comments first..as always and they talked about a love triangle. Now I immediately assumed that it was a love interest for the MC but that does not seem to be the case. Now the thing is, the MC is a architecture student so he looks upto a famous architecture..who happens to be someone that the seme is acquainted with (we don't know how yet). The guy seems to be interested in seme since he had that picture of him with the uke smiling..and it zoomed in on seme. Now this gives me 'guy from high position monitoring the guy he's obsessed with as if it's normal' vibe. The seme is very very pretty with platinum blonde hair, long eyelashes and pale skin( not my type, but he's a pretty guy). The uke is like Cale Henituse reincarnated, his semi-long hair that comes to the nape of his neck and his piercings as well as his style..I have never simped harder for a bottom (uke from (main couple) love so pure is a close second). The artstyle is also my style so everything is aligning in place. They have known eachother for 2O years, which we get a glimpse of from when the seme dreamed about their first encounter when they were in kindergarten. The seme had long hair then so he looked especially like a girl(a pretty one), the uke approached him first with him nudging closer to where he sat and commented that he looked like a princess. To which he gets mad at and is offended so he pulled up his shirt or pants and his jalapeno appeared (off-screen ofcourse, we don't wanna see a child's ding-a-ling). The uke cried at the sight to which the female teacher calmed him down with him on her lap, he fell asleep and we see the cutest most adorable child with tears in his eyes(they are closed btw). The seme is just as stunned as we are(first simp alert) and he leaned closer while clasping his hand muttering a 'sorry'(the teacher told him to apologise). Now the deal with the cousin. She is the female replica of the seme. It is blatantly clear that she isn't interested in the uke in the slightest and her personality is what you would expect from her face tbh. She is very clear-cut and is straight-faced most of the time unless it's about the owner of the bar where the uke worked at(a female and a beta at that). The seme notices this and use it as bait for her to go along with his play. So that clears up the situation in ch1 when he asked for her number and said that it was for personal reasons. I thought he was bi and since this was an alpha×beta×omega manhwa, I didn't think a big deal of it. I assumed that the seme was a playboy and that uke was the one who liked him with them being sex buddies. Boy..was I wrong. The cousin brought up an interesting point when the seme asked for every detail of her talk with the uke and him telling her not to let anything slip about him and his family to which she commented 'So u can know everything about him but he can't know anything about you?' to which he smiled and said 'Yep'. He hates when interviewers ask about his famous actress of a mom too(who we are informed is currently in UK, she immigrated there(?). He works as a model and is famous in the field as you would expect. He is a nepo baby with the looks and figure for it so..He is also very closed off with other people and has a 'no nonsense policy' example when a guy approached him talking about how he still doesn't have an omega's scent on him yet to which he offered a deal with his cousin having ties to procure some drugs that can let betas have pheromones or some shit. He replied to that with 'I already tried that and it don't work'...ummm S-sir?? He also warned him to know his place and not to act like he knows him or some shit. The deal with the beta thing in this genre. Now I already know that alphas and omegas are like the...ideal pairing. Since they can both feel eachother's pheromones and omegas irregardless of their gender can get pregnant and have a womb. And it's been noted that betas can't feel most things an omega can (we see this when the uke commented that he isn't an omega so he can't 'feel' it when the seme was fingering him. Well..he proved him wrong when he touched his G-spot). We even see the seme searching in the net for how 'a beta can be turned to an omega'. I figure that's the only thing holding him back from making things official with him since society and all other stuffs. The thing that came up when he searched that you was comical...it was basically like 'You should love yourself. It is not a surprise that you would want to be an omega or alpha since they are the minority(oh..the irony) but you should be proud of your identity'. To which he had a "trauma" on..with the emoji used, he even asked the uke not to use that emoji anymore while they were texting eachother. The sex thing. So the uke claims he likes the cousin, to which the seme says that she pegs guys to ward him off but he is resolute to change himself to fit her taste. He further added on that she likes guys blindfolded and hand-cuffed (which are his fears..he can't stand the darkness and being tied up), he expects him to give up at his point but he is adamant that he can do it. So they ended up doing it...slowly and over time ofcourse. He started fingering him with two fingers first but the uke has a 'no kissing' policy since there was nothing between them anyway to which the seme think 'he is OK with me sticking my dick in but he has a problem with my tongue ?'( I weirdly agree with the uke in this, kissing is much more personal and intimate than sex I feel). Also it was comical how the seme was so offended whenever the uke whips out the giant dildo that he purchased. But I agree with him, sticking that thing in his tiny asshole is incredibly risky. But I don't condone how he tricked him when he was scared to do it by wearing that silly eye-mask and when his guard was down, thrusted and filled him half-way then all the way in eventho he promised him to only do it half-way. He compared it to a pediatrician and called it 'something trick' which the uke responded with 'am I a child?' Now, like the alpha is certain that the uke likes him..I agree with that take and I think it is made abundantly clear that the beta likes him as well. There is no way he fell that fast and hard for the cousin. His first impression when he saw her was 'The resemblance is uncanny'. Then he likes her and is supposedly willing to do all these absurd things for her. Nuh-uh, you can't fool me. I think because he is aware that he can't be with him by normal means since he is a beta, he resorted to this. He himself might not be aware of this, I would be pleasantly surprised if he were. He feels safe with him, I still think he hasn't overcome his trauma (can't wait till that is explored) but he seems to think he overcame it since he could withstand being handcuffed and blindfolded (remember this was when the seme was with him). Also the scene when he was a stand-in for some online modelling gig so his neck was scratched(by him) when he was asked to change in the dressing room. He even asked if there were another dressing-room available. The thing that bugs me is the seme is aware of everything alluding to the uke, even that trauma since it happened 10 years ago and they are basically joined at the hip for 20 years... give or take. But he doesn't know anything about him, which the seme makes sure of. The cousin also confirmed (for us) the reason the uke wasn't aware of her existence and that she was his cousin was because he probably made a fuss to his friends not to tell him. The uke's behaviour and response to some of the seme's actions are interesting.. when he suspects the reason the seme asked his boss for her number, he acts like it doesn't bother him and doesn't let that show or when he assumes that the seme hooks up with a lot of random people when he said that he practiced( the uke asked how he was so good at sex since he didn't have any partners that he was aware of). He had on a monotone expression and just willed himself not to think about it. I thought that it would come up but he hasn't let it show. Very very impressive.. with his personality, you would assume that he won't be able to hide anything and blurt everything out or be very emotional but that is not the case. Umm..also the seme supposedly 'trains' the uke's body so he can feel 'it' even more than a omega so that he would be able to get aroused.
Full volume
The synopsis is so straight forward that it slices through the air. Aight I'll give it a try but why a woman boob in a YAOI UPDATE (18/3/23): Awww..I read only upto Ch1 for now but I like the direction that this is going. The uke is the seme's favourite camboy(he wears a mask and hat, masturbates infront of viewers who gives him money, the seme is one of his top sponsors). The uke's 'toys' were delivered to the wrong place, that is the seme's so the seme went there to give it to him and tell him off. Then he meets the uke, who fits his ideal type to a T. Cute, innocent, baby-faced with a built body. But he is soon turned off from his attitude and tells himself that he isn't going to watch him any longer. But he still watched him, and imagines his face now since his face only elevated him higher up his list. The seme is a writer of some sort I guess? He only imagines dirty stuff while being near the uke and checks him out frequently. Then when the uke saw him throwing out books cuz he thought it was boring, the uke made a face which the seme is again offended by. Then, he promised himself again that he won't watch him then saw that the uke was doing some sponsor with vibrators up his ass which the intensity only grows to the amount of sponsors he gets. That's how the seme spent his hard-earned money..and he is satisfied with it. The chapter ends with him receiving the wrong order again and going over to his place to give it to him saying that 'this will be the last time' with a face that was clearly looking forward to seeing him UPDATE (24/3/23): I have read upto Ch10 and it is starting to get fun. There is a link established now between the two. Dowon pseudonym in the writing and photography world is Coral Snake, which Beom has been a fan of since he was young. He said his books helped him through the darkest times in his life, which explains why he got visibly upset and angry when he saw Dowon throwing away Coral Snake's books(not knowing that it was him all along, with the added comment that it was boring from Dowon..yikes). Beom's past though much has not been revealed as of now, his childhood was not the best. Since he had a pretty face, he was called pretty and beautiful wherever he went to which his chauvinist excuse of a father said some bullshit about how 'guys aren't supposed to be pretty'. Now his mom also isn't the best, after comforting him she just left like...huh? The peaches were a tool for apologies as well as taunting. Beom who has been single since birth does not want to go out on a date with Dowon who asked him since in his defense, Beom kissed him first and that kiss felt intimate so he was certain that he liked him. Now Beom refuses him and somehow the conversation shifted to sextoys and how that feel better than the real thing. But I agree with Dowon that the argument is invalid since Beom never did it for real. Oh FYI Beom has inverted nipples, which is sexy apparently. I like how their relationship is heading towards. Both are very immature and pure in a way. Beom is 24 years old and Dowon seems to be older since he called him young.
He Guanyu & Xu Xingchen
So this a bunch of oneshots with no concrete plot. And each chapter is super short. The uke is the tan daddy with the seme being the puppy blondie. Gege is a term for older brother and it feels very intimate and heart pounding when seme calls uke that. Also the seme is the ultimate clickbait. I love how he isn't feminine yet is still a bottom. It's just his preference, he likes taking it up his ass. Simple as that.
A Tree Without Roots
Read upto Ch5 and it honestly is a decent read. The plot is not too generic but I was surprised at the age gap between the seme and the uke (9 years). The uke was 28 when the seme was 19. The link between them would be that the uke sponsors him through his adoptive parents, tho they misuse that money and abuses him. He had a mother who used to drop him off at a church (he said sister in one of the flashbacks) who later died in a fire at the church where he was rescued by the uke. The uke has scars in his back which is supposedly from this scenario since the seme asked to see his back when they talked on the hospital. The seme has a female friend, who is always by his side, and who eventually as it turns out notifies the uke on his day-to-day activities in exchange for money (for her mom's surgery). She is a good person tho, as she sincerely expresses her worries and apologised. She even offered for him to stay at their house which the seme refuses. The seme mentally is not there. There are already signs of the 'psycho seme syndrome'. He is also very smart, as he is able to deduct things at a glance and has fair reasonable skills. He observes the uke and even his surroundings. Even him going to the rooftop was him testing out who was calling the police everytime since he did it so frequently that no-one took him seriously anymore. He set fire to his adoptive parent's house (rightfully so) in order to lure the uke out. Also, on finding out the uke is gay, what would be his reaction? Since the guy that the uke dates was the one he met in the elevator who thought that he was a thief. He was also mad that the uke referred to him as some kid he took pity on, and he also found out his profession (a lawyer).
Stalker's Game
I loved this more than I should. It has been a long time since I read it, but honestly I remember every detail. I won't go into talking about the plot or the characters since I don't feel like it. Honestly the concept was already very interesting to me, a stalker that does everything for u that one might deem tedious. That's a damn convenient thing, ain't it? Until it isn't. See...it messes with his mind. The MC leaves it alone until it gets to the point that it goes beyond that, beyond just cleaning his dishes, he appears before him, texts him, interferes with his life. The MC was already depressed so all this was a lot to him. Also, the stalker to noone's surprise has a mental illness. Yeah..stalking isn't a normal thing, who would've thought? He has a twin, who also stalks(?)/annoys another co-worker of his who opens up about it to the MC. When he first saw the MC, he couldn't understand since he seemed so lifeless unlike the one he annoys...who is a spitfire. The two eventually attains a happy ending since they fulfill eachother's needs. The tables turned (how the turned tables..) on the stalker when his twin helped the MC out to do the same thing he did to him. But he was happy at first, since he interpreted in his psychotic mind as him doting on him, giving him food, feeding him(since he was tied up!!). Until he started ignoring him, being indifferent to him then he started crying and being vulnerable. He was just like a child. I kinda felt pity for him and found him adorable (I know that's sickkk but..). Anyway, it was perfect in my eyes.
bros.