rainydays's manga / #Yaoi(99)

slice of life dj in which erwin and levi have a kid art is not my personal favorite but the scenario is adorable as well as the baby

yuuma, in hopes of becoming the top host of his club, summons devil ai to help him grant said wish. i feel like so much happened in this manga within such a short span of time... i think it was a bit tacky at points and hard to read at others, but the ending was cute! art style was a change of pace for me too.

an eldest son imprisons and manipulates the father that never cared for him in his own form of obsessive love, after the death of his brother and mother. one of akabekos darker works, yes its really fucked up and weird but pretty compelling from a psychological/horror perspective, on top of great art there was interesting insight into topics like child neglect, fanaticism, manipulation, etc.

yoshihisa has been dating his childhood friend takeshi for years, but becomes uncertain as to whether the alpha wants to permanently pair with him or not. i like the idea of rejecting fated pairs for true love but im sorry, this was soo boringggg. 1st story was decently cute while the 2nd gave me no interest, the only plus is the cute twins at the end. very typical abo story.

hibiya is a beta with omega traits, and falls in love with his coworker yamagi, who isnt who he seems to be. thought the couple being a researcher pair was such a cool dynamic, along with hibiya being a defective beta. but no matter how much i tried to like it i couldnt. i had a pretty hard time following along with the story from a chronological standpoint, and things just happened so abruptly it gave me whiplash. also, why does the ml in the covers not look like yamagi at all? this woulda been 1 star but sana at the end bumped it to a 2.

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.

emperor constantly harasses terrified eunuch in order to get his attention art is gorgeous as per shin yuris style, but woow was the emperor unbearable, a man child to the 100th degree what a loser. i will admit though that the story was pretty funny at points and that i wish we got the empress's story instead.

mr joo and mr yeong try to fuck, the rerun we love a role reversal plot twist, both of them are kinda shit people so theyre perfect for eachother lmao, love the art even though the title was a bit of a head scratcher.

a vampire uses his adoptive priest father as an energy bank and accidentally turns him into a vampire. the cover for this was drop dead gorgeous, so when i say i was disappointed at the story, i really mean it. we were already off to an odd start with the priest being the vampire's adoptive father, but the boundaries of their relationship were really muddled. i feel like this story suffers from poor pacing, making it feel empty as the ending had no effect on me. great art, poor storytelling imo. this is completely ignoring the fact that the other vampire was having a sub/dom relationship w a child..