rainydays's manga / #Romance(155)

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.

emperor heeyeon brings a goblin named yeoheun to his side in order to relieve his overheating body. aside from the dubcon at the beginning, this story was simple and quite a light read. though i do feel like the setup left me anticipating some more conflict, it felt like things just kinda wrapped up before there were any real problems. like, was the climax the moment yeoheun recalled his memories? if nothing happened after, what was the point of suppressing them in the first place? i feel like though this ended up as a decent read, it had a lot of potential that just did not take off due to lack of actual conflict given the circumstances. other than story, shin yuri does it again with amazing art, i absolutely adored the emperor's character design it was just so good.

alex and her maid marie fall down a rabbit hole of s&m i think this was a bit dubcon but id be lying if i wasnt blushing my whole way through this... this is just a pwp with great art.

haikyuu dj-- iwaizumi can see the red string of fate between himself and his best friend, oikawa the chibis were SO CUTE???? story is simple n all but its a serotonin boost i desperately needed.

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.

the art is really nice and unique in the realm of manga, even if the story was a bit simplistic and got muddled for me a bit halfway through. cute ending tho!

i liked this, though i do feel like this wasnt fleshed out nearly enough within 5 chapters. it had all of the right story beats but i feel like the romance didnt have an adequate chance to develop. other than that, i loved the art, the character designs (THE TATTOOS UGHH) and how painfully respectful the ml was.

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.

akabeko really knows RANGE, i loved this slice of life-type deal with this work, the snippets of the trio's lives were really enjoyable and i loved kota, he was so cute. does address complexities and struggles of parenthood.

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.