rainydays's manga / #beautiful art(97)

this wouldve been flawless if ch1 wasn't nearly entirely non-con. i liked that ml does acknowledge his wrongdoing in the beginning but it was saddening to read his repeated attempts. aside from all that, i liked the trope of found family among 'freaks' and the way th two were able to open up to eachother on an intimate level.

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.

i was a bit worried in the beginning but things definitely got better as the manga progressed, it was pretty funny with just the right touch of angst realism and relationship development.

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.

another 'cliche-but-i-loved-it,' idk this was just serotonin for my heart even if some aspects were overly cheesy. felt like the angst development was over the top and ended too quickly, and the whole 'straight men will leave you' kinda thing (cause duh?) but this pair was so cute i was really rooting for them!

you have such a fine man basically offering himself to you on a platter, but you just decide to play with his feelings anyway? rou is so glad yoshino had the balls to be honest with his feelings cause i would not let that slide. overall i liked it bc yoshino was so bbg but rou gotta pick up the slack!

feel like while it was a bit on the blander side, but i liked takeos character being as realistic as it was, wakou was human in his own right but these two were just the biggest bickering old couple, geez. understood both perspectives and felt like it needed more.

bro really had a shrine of photos and broke into mcs room in order to install a secret camera... made me feel bad at first but it kind of neutralized itself out towards the end where mc does weird shit as well, i guess i liked the fact that there was at least a semblance of equal ground and understanding than mindless manipulation. art was really nice though i think the story needed a bit more fleshing out.

kinda unpopular opinion but i liked this well enough, you can never get the right amount of grovelling in manhuas but i learned to look past that as a fundamental flaw of this genre. art was so pretty and it fed the toxic 2nd chance urges in me. but if were talking fr, the doctor was 1000x better than ml.