rainydays's manga / #Drama(70)

mei ye is best friends with xiao hai, a mute boy whos life was saved by the sea. ngl, this was pretty sad. im glad that the extra chapter gave them a happy ending, but i feel like the sad one suited this better. very light shounen ai and the art was really pretty and vibrant.

to avoid an arranged marriage, shoma enlists stranger kanata to become his fake lover. i feel like so much happened here. 1) why did the kanata have to rape shoma after he took him in? 2) why were there no repercussions for emika after she successfully raped shoma? 3) why did they have to do that pregnancy jumpscare thing? i think this manga was pretty basic in the abo sphere, though i will admit i appreciated the realistic rape aftermath here. the ending was cute and i liked the two sorting their lives out but the rape in this was very difficult to get through.

yamato reencounters shiki, the best friend he thought was dead, who is now the himiko of their kingdom. ngl this made me kind of sad at points, but i liked the way things turned out! yamato's character design had me drooling and his character itself was great. lit the perfect man. the narrative was well paced and toned well, i felt so bad for shiki and what he'd gone through. the only complain i have is that foul cliffhanger regarding the baby.

hard to read, though realistic in execution, applause to the author cause i think they captured the long lasting trauma and instability caused by csa well. sensei can go rot in hell.

THIS. THIS was FANTASTIC. i liked the abo work by this author but this work was a complete confirmation for me-- i am officially a huge fan of kuroi yodaka and majo to neko is their best work to date, no doubt about it. i really liked the thicker art style they have, and the story itself, despite the minimal world building, was super interesting and i was really rooting for the main couple. they were so emotionally intimate, i loved it all.

gotta say, of all kuroi's works, this was probably the weakest and least compelling to me. i dont know if its just because i am not used to subverse (ive never read one before this) so the inherent power imbalance is throwing me off, but the blackmail aspect turned me off from ml from the beginning, and he didnt really redeem himself after, it was more just mc giving in. just kind of an odd dynamic.

sorry guys im a total sucker for cliches like this, obviously the situation was reprehensible but i liked the delving into emotion perspective and reconcilation.

first of all: art was fab. 2nd of all: character design was fab, especially the tattoos and piercings. 3rd of all: story was simultaneously so sad yet so nice, i loved the relationship development between the two main characters, so happy they got their good ending. only complaint is that i dont see why the yakuza guy had to turn up at the hospital one last time to rape blondie, just give my man a break fr.

idk if its because of the kind of mental state i was in, but despite by abhorrence towards cheaters & cheating participants (especially someone who goes after taken men), i was really emotional while reading this and enjoyed it a lot. soichis actions were truly deplorable, and trauma cant excuse that, but it did a good job explaining his psychology and low self esteem. i did like how he reflected and tried to do better for himself, ik its the bare minimum but thats my bae im so proud of him. while i feel like souichis feeling development was a bit hasty, im happy the two sorted things out.

this is the kinda josei stuff i like. unconventional couples, the bickering but attracted dynamic, i feel like yes this is super cliche but the characters were so cute together and the story was simple and straight forward. bonus points for fl actually setting boundaries with ml instead of being pushed around.