(( _ _ ))..zzzZZ's manga / #good stuff(21)

While this one was on the lengthy side, I have to say I enjoyed it. I loved seeing the mc make up for his character’s past mistakes. And i LOVE when they have the morality argument of whether the people in the world are considered people if they’re sentient or if they’re fictional too. At first towards the end I was a bit iffy because I wanted the mc to confess his identity but I realized that would’ve watered down the plot and the author ended up handling it nicely. Overall this was super cute I don’t want to do a summary on this because I won’t forget it for a while. Good job to the author

He's so manipulative. What Wujin said didn't make sense, but it undermines Haewon's confidence and takes away his control in their interactions. He's chipping away at him until Haewon becomes dependent on him. Very scary. It's kind of taming prosses... How scary of him doing something like that without feeling guilty “I let you touch me..and you’re just gonna go..?” ☹️ Executed the dark and disturbing tone very well Everything about this book gives me chills

This was messyyy but so worth my time

I LOVE THIS ART STYLE RAHHH (same artstyle as "Go For It Nakamura-Kun!") - A horror mystery writer uses his fame and talent for writing to lure in little boys who fall in love with him and he kills them. He kills 9 boys and the 9th is the mc and writes about how he killed them so detailed that it attracted readers. They all reincarnate along with the writer and the boys 1 by one kill him in the ways that he killed them in their past life. The writer keeps coming back until the last boy, the mc, reads the book from 80 years ago and gets his memories back as well as how he died. The writer explains that he's never felt fear before and the mc cant bring himself to kill the writer because he loves him too much. They sleep together and decide that if they die together, they'll reincarnate together and will be tied by the soul forever. Hoshi(mc) pulls out a knife mid-fucking and stabs yamada(killer). He realizes that he was wrong, yamada was lying, they wont be tied together if they die together because yamada won't really die. Hoshi realizes that the only way yamada can die is if he is killed in the same way he killed them. Yamada realizes that Hoshi understands the curse and gets scared for the first time in his lives. Since Hoshi is the last boy, if Yamada dies by his hand, he'll really die. Yamada pleads and says he's scared. Hoshi chokes Yamada to death and Yamada smiles upon finally feeling fear. Once Hoshi is done, he shoots himself, killing them both. The second he dies, his family doesn't remember him, implying he was either 1. only born to kill yamada. Or 2. he's been reincarnated and that life has been erased from everyone's minds. - I didnt expect to like it this much honestly it was really good. I enjoyed the psychological aspect of it and the artstyle - 4/5

ONESHOT A man jumps off of a roof to be caught by a monster. The monster doesn't speak but grabs him along urging the man to follow him. He is led to a movie theater where he is force fed some kind of crystal. The monster before him transforms into his dead first love. He leads him to areas where he had dates with his first love. The movie theater, the botanical gardens, the beach. Everything at these dates were exact replications of the first time they had met. Hikaru feels tortured and apologizes profusely. He burdens the guilt of still being alive while his lover is dead. He regrets not being there more for him before his lover, Hajime. The date at the beach at night was the last one. This date is different. Hajime isn't saying the same lines he said at the dates in the past. He talks to Hikaru, his real thoughts. He wants to break up. He wants to stop burdening Hikaru. He wishes he could've been loved truly by Hikaru when he was still alive. Hikaru kisses him, not Hajime, but the monster. His spirit bursts into flames as they kiss, disappearing. Hikaru wakes up, groggy and bloody in the hospital bed. He looks to the side and sees the plants, that smells of life. I read this 19 minutes after it was released on here. Truth be told it was because i wanted to be one of the first to read it on here. I liked this. I was window shopping newest updates by cover when this caught my eye. I of course didn't know what to expect by this cover and i was so early there were no tags really to tell other than "Psychological". Im..satisfied with this. The art is beautiful, yes, and the story was pleasant. Like drinking an almost cold cup of tea. Survivor guilt always gets me. I thought making him such an unpleasantly deformed monster was an interesting approach because by the end of it, I didn't see him as the monster, I saw him just as beautiful as Hikaru did. I think that was intentional. Seeing him wake up after an attempt, even if it was only a few panels, I love the way the silence that loomed over it. It felt so real. The plants that "smell of life" got me, tears started building. His memory of Hajime was so beautiful. I loved the deliverance of this whole oneshot. Some of the things Hikaru thought and said resonated with me, even if I've never been in such a situation. Empathy is so weird. You can try and try with all your might to empathize with somebody but unless you're in an identical situation, you will NEVER know what that really feels like. And even if you're in the same situation, everyone has different relations and different experiences with one another, valuing others in a special way, building special bonds. What I'm trying to say is you could walk to the moon in someone's shoes but you'll never be able to fully understand them.