crystalvmin's manga / #BL(103)

(CONTAINS SPOILERS AT THE LATTER HALF) I like the premise of this manhua a lot ! But it was confusing at first because I think the early translations weren't too good so it might be easy to misunderstand some dialogues and scenes, but I am grateful that the translations after chapter 60 did get much better and much easier to understand because this story is interesting enough. (SPOLERS START HERE) The only thing that was iffy for me was that at times within the 2nd world, it did come across as borderline shotacon or can be misconstrued that way with how much qin xian was becoming the target of wang yi's S tendencies when he transformed into a kid; and you definitely couldn't even interpret it as something innocent because he had even admitted these were "perverted thoughts". Even going back to the 1st world, some parts were hard to read because qin xian was definitely still a minor (17 years old, was it so hard to at least make him 18 T^T) with a 5-year gap with wang yi but there were a lot of scenes which were not appropriate for minor qin xian (that bartending job that caters and satisfies special guests, like no). Anyway, this could easily have been a 5-star manhua if 1) the earlier translations were better (I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be ungrateful and I know translating is hard work, but it is what it is), and 2) if the parts I had mentioned were altered or not included at all because they already had a lot of chemistry and we know they would've progressed into something more as the story went on. On a more positive note, I genuinely think Qin xian being a yandere isn't bad at all too (since he's not really the murderous type) because I think it fits well with wang yi's personality and him having S tendencies, they're both odd in their own ways. Plus, I think that the diversity of the novel genres tackled within the story is actually really cool. I'm excited to see how this story unfolds and I'll be waiting for updates.

You know that the art is good as hell when the smut isn’t as explicit compared to other R-rated BLs (e.g., showing of privates) but it’s still so sexy and sensual. The way their hair falls down, how they all grasp and hold each other, how they touch each other so softly, THE EXPRESSION OF EVERYTHING is just too good. Calling it beautiful art is an understatement. To complement the gorgeous art, the story is also great, interesting, and feels very noir without everything being black and white only. I loved that the author took their time in discussing the stories and backstories of everyone AND who knew we were getting some GL on the side which really made me love everything even more. Furthermore, even with such a plot, they didn’t forget to insert really funny panels as well. You wouldn’t expect it, but it really gave the manhwa more variety. Greatly recommend this !

As always the art is so stunning this author really is the master of portraying sex as the sexiest thing in the world, even without showing too much detail. I also noticed that the author loved using certain colors for certain moments to either highlight or bring color to the panel when it was more or less monotonous, and idk I really liked that. I’m also impressed with how the author managed to smoothly connect the main characters from each story to another main character in a different story; at first I really only thought they’d only be a collection of short stories that were not at all connected to each other. I gotta warn y’all tho about the angst and drama that’s incoming cos goddamn that last story really got me to take a hit in the heart. Enjoyed this a lot !! Also this author literally makes the sexiest women, I want a GL from them too

Honestly this shit was so depressing lmao I was just sighing the whole time I read this because I just pitied the MC so much. I rated it a 3 because by no means do I condone rape, but it is omegaverse so I really can’t do much about that. I just skipped a lot of the smut scenes

I was almost on the brink of dropping this, but the story did develop better when season 2 came; the premise of the story is also really interesting. First of all, I love how Sunwon is wild and sex-starved but I do have problems with how he gets his sex (SPOILER) through coercion and I know it’s not real, but with a story that relies on his ability to bullshit and become a god of, technically, a cult, it just feels weird and uncomfortable for me to laugh at his antics when irl there are a lot of sexual mistreatment and lack of sexual knowledge in cults and religious factions. But at the same time as the story progressed, as a person and not as an impostor god, I liked how the author tackled Sunwon’s hypersexuality with which seems like he had a past of being raped and victim-blamed and I really felt sorry for him. I don’t think topics like this are commonly fleshed out in BL too so I was surprised. It was really hard to read the panels of Vercion raping him so I didn’t read that at all and I thought was showing the rape really necessary, I’m still 50/50 on that. On a more positive note, I love Albis so so much and how he’s progressed throughout the story as I’m writing this comment and I’ll just have to say that he’s in the running for best boy along with Risa and Karl !! I’ll be waiting for updates.

Honestly I'm now only here for the MC and his story !! I love his character so much tbh super badass. I'm not rooting for his romance with the ML whatsoever though, their relationship was kind of okay at the start and I was willing to bypass the r*pe because it is common with slavery themes (not saying it's right though, but it is what it is in these types of plot), but after awhile I was like nah, let's just root for the MC (and maybe Christian lmfao). I did like how the art style on the MC improved tho he had a cleaner style + Christian cos silver/white-haired characters are always pretty to me, but I always hated the art style on the ML because his eyes were always wide open for no reason T^T Anyway I'm actually pretty invested in the plot now and I'll be waiting for the next update.

Sol in the recent chapters is stressing me tf out tho and I vibe with Ian’s overthinking ass so much lmfao even though Brian was just reincarnated into a different body ngl I feel jealous for Ian while I’m reading Sol and Brian’s backstory Hoping that Sol will wake up and love Ian for Ian and not for Brian but idk if this is possible. (I was about to comment about the same-face syndrome of both Sol and the Cardinal but they’re deadass twins)