lookinachu's manga / #Sweet(103)

Surprisingly not too bad. Some manga just make sense the second time you read them, I guess.

They're so sweet I love couples like this where the uke is dwarfed by the seme's build. Brash but smitten semes are so

I thought I recognized the art style, turns out it's by the same mangaka that wrote Dogeza which I also really liked. This one had a weird pacing though but on the whole it's a nice short read.

I read it, I understood it, but I can't figure out how I feel about it.

I like the way the author depicted Chika's coming to terms with his feelings. It's a more authentic take than what you would usually see in other BL manga. I also really like the way they wrote Ryo's character. It's refreshing to see this attractive and confident seme who's not afraid to be vulnerable when it counts. We get to see him actually deal with the feelings of insecurity, frustration, and even hopelessness like a normal person would when they've put their cards on the table and the other person has the upper hand. All the while he's holding onto hope that Chika will look his way and reciprocate. I also like how he doesn't take any bs and shoots down any of Chika's attempts to wriggle out of confronting their "situationship". He lets Chika know in no uncertain terms that he's serious about him and leaves him no room to doubt his intentions. I think that's a really mature way of "taking the lead" and is 1000x manlier than the typical trash seme who bulldozes his way into uke's life and doesn't take no for an answer. This manga has surprisingly more depth than how it looks on the surface especially with its title being the way it is.

Sweet but whenever I read Chiya saying "you fool" it's mf Gandalf I hear