Minority
Second time reading this, and its been a while. I originally said " the story was compelling in a quiet realistic way" and yk what, yes. the way they fall in love is so beautiful. I can see how it was clumsy at the beginning, but truly all the scenes are so sweet, and you see how two unlikely people who are both imperfect in their own ways grow towards each other, and eventually fall. The distancing and problems with the school were honestly deserved in my opinion, and yes although the situation was horrible and made me + them feel sad, it was a believable and sadly frequent outcome of the beginning. Then when they work on themselves and get back together it's a bit idealistic and rushed, but i think i can chalk that up to them (still lol) being young and naive, and youth. You kinda see that in the blushes lol, they annoyed me a bit at first, but seeing the 3 year dating ver and 8 year dating ver, you can tell theyve grown so much more comfortable with each other. speaking of the time skips, idk if ive ever seen manwhas do that? I seriously appreciated it tho, it gave us a realistic way of how their life progressed, and (sadly) brought it back down to earth with the engagement and marriage dreams. That was kinda a return to form to the mood in the beginning chapter: quiet, melancholic, but real. I really truly loved this manga. absolutely insane. I remember how I used to come back every week when this was updating (before i had an account that gave me notifications) and i always loooked out for this manga specifically. I remember and understand why. (ALSO ITS SO FUNNY HOW IT KEEPS TRYING TO GET PAST THE SHOUNEN AI RATING LMAO, LIKE THE CUCUMBER??? AND LIKE BRO I JUST SAW U JERK OFF DONT TRY TO PLAY W ME AND CLAIM UR INNOCENT LMAOOOOO)
Pittosporum
wow i like it more than i thought i would. seme is unexpectedly cute asf, and i feel rlly bad for him. But again, I love it when the popular kid falls for someone outside their circle. esp when they're this down bad lmao. I think the characters make this super interesting, this is suprisingly touching and the coming out scene did make me cry! i rlly love this, it touches a tender place in my heart?
Checkmate(TAN)
"burning hot but cold, frosty but warm" perfectly encapsulates their chharacters, and that dynamic is the main (and most compelling) feature of this story. I truly loved it. Yes, its a bit fucked up but its bc the ppl in it are a bit fucked up, due to fucked up circumstances, and this gives them the space to heal and grow together. This did a phenomenal job at characterization and conveying the story through an unreliable (ish) narrator!!! the beginning is definitely a little rough but you can totally see how the author and characters completely evolve!! Plus they do so around an interesting storyline with an incredibly satisfying end, which is a great plus to this manwha. It was such a delight to see the mc and ml fall in love, and try and analyze all the critical moments, I love how this emphasizes the show not tell mantra that so common in storytelling. I just think this is an amazing, if tragic (but happy ending) work THE EXTRAS R ALL ADORBS AND DOMESTIC RAHHHHH
Reunion
FUCKKKKKK THATS A KILLER CLIFFHANGER IN THE SENSE THAT IT MAKES ME WANNA KMS, I DIDNT EPECTT THE TRAUMATIC INJURY TO BE IN THE PAST PLOT BC MC POOKIE SEEMED SO AMBIVALENT TO IT AT FIRST BUT THATS JUST FUCKED UPPPPP, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA COME TO AN END BUT NOT LIKE THIS?!?!?! anyways! art is so fucking cute and good, i adore the characters, the double plotlines keep u engaged and super frustrated with all the cliffhangers! it rlly is so delicious to watch their relationship development on both sides of the coin, and sm of the present plotlines/details r like perfect harmony completions of the discord in the past, and i rlly like that. i like the grandpa, the friends, the mc, the ml, theyre all super cute and pookie and dear to me. BUT FUCK IS THE PLOT FUCKING ME UPPPPP
Form of Sympathy
ah. yuri kwon. how shouldi percieve u pookie... lets get on w it. ok so ik the beginning definitely isnt pretty, but its raw and i like that!! 2 very jagged pieces dulling each other down until they fit together! and i do like that they fell so long after they got involved in each others lives, and on both sides i found it incredibly tender and sweet. GOD FUCK I WISH IT ENDED AT THAT FUCKING HOTEL ROOM. YURI IS SUCH A FUCKING BITCH. i mean we all knew he had issues but he is toxic asf and mr lee keeps excusing him like "hes cute, i cant blame him" NOOOOOOO. bby he calls u a manwhore blows up ur phone when ur with friends, and has no manners during sex??? granted sure, during the end chapters it was more banter (which i wouldve expected anyways) and the initial cuteness (u make me laugh/smile more than i ever have in my life" type shit), but u cant make me forget those middle 20 chapters!! erase that and i love this. i also did find it funny how it was s1, s2, s3, 30 chs of extras, 20 chs of side stories lmaoooo. It was 4.5 leaning 5, now its 3.75 stuck on 4 lol HOLD ON ALSO I LOVED THE POOKIE BESTFRIENDS they were like my darlings, im def gonna read their story now! wait also apprently the author also fucked up their sidestories so i can officially declare all side stories not canon!
Monster In The Mist