Sam's manga / #Beautiful Art(245)

READ ON BATO.TO FOR OFFICAL TRANSLATION BC THIS ONE SUCKS currently 6am, i started this at 3am and had to pause at chapter 4.5 since i'm working on a final project (OB) and all i can say is 2 songs: Strangers-- Ethel Cain "AM I MAKING YOU SIIIICK" & Not a lot just Forever-- Adrianne Lenker "I could be a good mother" thats it. lots of feelings. lots. even though the story could be better/ or maybe it needs a better translation but honestly i still like it def a hidden gem i like these types of stories, v underrated ones that ppl hardly know or talk about theyre usually japanese short manga too i love the overall feel of this manga where you can feel raw emotions, where you can feel desperation, and no smut, the smex scenes are limited and a bit subtle which makes you feel the desperation even more, it's more intimate like that in a way i cant rly explain it and v sensual 19/4/24 can i also say just: Ethel Cain. bc it's SO crazy how i came to read abt her on tiktok and listen to this song (Strangers: am i making you feel sick) and another song "no one was coming to save me so i just prayed" by her and i decided to read this at the same time it's so crazy to me how ironic they're all related the church aspect, the religious trauma, waiting to be saved, yearning to find home and finally finding it in another person only to be met with a gruesome end [18:31] ALSO THE WHOLE ALBUM IS CALLED PREACHER'S DAUGHTER!!! U SHOULD LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE THING NOW WHY AM I JUST FINDING THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATION (on bato.to) WHEN IM ALREADY AT CHAPTER 5 THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING 20/4/24 [03:22]

Listened to If it's real, then I'll stay- Bonjr while reading this. this was so good sososoo good my favourite type of short manga it's so soft and it makes you feel so many things despite being simple and despite there being only minor conflicts but you can feel a lot of emotions regardless there is an actual STORY a PLOT a purpose not just mindless sex i love it when the sex is just an extra when you can feel their love for one another regardless when you can feel the intimacy through mere glances and soft touches with words carefully written with unsaid intentions i love it i love how soft it is i love their passion i wish i were like that too i envy them the sea a small town 2 little boys with big dreams aspirations being each other's sole comfort 10 years since childhood i love it it's, in a way, poetic

waiting for updates to reread 22/9/2024 listened to From the I Miss You Department- Furino (on soundcloud, apparently it's on spotify now too?) and when i tell u this mixtape FIT INCREDIBLY WELL WITH THIS MANHWA OMG I read this when it first came out. I think I was in 9th or 10th grade. I didn't like it at all. characters seemed so stupid and I couldn't relate to them. I hated Jun, I hated that Subin chose Jun despite not rly liking him at first, I couldn't understand why he'd pick that old man over his highschool best friend. I hated the age gap. I couldn't relate to any of the characters they were old and lame. But now. my GOD, now I felt this with my whole soul I cried so much oh my GOD this was such a good read!!! possibly one of the best I've ever come across it's so raw and realistic and relatable and to me personally, very bittersweet. the situation with hyeonwoo was so heartbreaking this is the type of manhwa i'm currently looking for as a 20-year old I want something real, something raw, emotions, imperfections, feelings laid out in the open, real issues something actually relatable a big part of me was hoping for a different ending, but I know it's selfish of me. i can't help it, the history between them runs so fcking deep it's heartbreaking they went their separate ways and that one panel where hyeonwoo is asked about as first love, and as he tries to chase him, he disappears from his embrace I SOBBED you see, I still honestly think they were much more compatible, they fit each other sosoo well and much better than Jun but that's the thing about life too, there is no such thing as perfect and you won't necessarily end up with your "soulmate" that doesn't mean Jun was a bad choice, far from it "This shit has me tearing me up at 6am bro . It's very realistic . "We went our separate ways" and the imagery of him trying to chase him where he disappears in his embrace MAN what if I just kms???I mean it's well deserved afterall he was always late but can't help but feel for him sad either. I just imagine if they HAD ended up together they would have been far more compatible like they have something really deep . But it took him too long to admit it and put everything out there aaa. And for the main couple it was nice to see them work around their differences . The chapter when it said most stories end with the couple getting together because navigating through it is not so easy went hard ." another comment: "Painfully raw interactions and relationships, sat anxiously waiting to see where it goes cause everyone;s so real I couldn’t even root for any specific route, it too raw on my emotions sndisniid, ended bittersweetish but well, but why the hell did it take Jun so long to realize a relationship isn’t somewhere to think about your pride or to be scared of showing you love more than they love you, as if it’s “losing” like I don’t know how they even survived five years with the “gotta act adult” play-less attitude, and it hit hard when the girl said “have you ever asked him if he loves you? He keeps asking cause he’s anxious but he’s never given you room to doubt he loves you but you haven’t shown him you love him” like yes exactly, he came to you at his lowest of the low but you’re here five years in trying to hold up a reputation of being adult and serious to not seem pathetically desperately in love? ILL SLAP YOU"