rainydays's manga / #tragedy(16)

minju meets jaeho in highschool and the two fall in love, but little did minju know, that prejudice from the world would lead to jaehos demise. i can see the poetic lens the author used here, and while i can say the prose was mesmerizing, i cant say i understood it to its full extent (maybe things got lost in translation, who knows). but the art was nice and the story was sad, not something new in the scope of bl but did give impact where impact was due.

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.

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.

this was kind of an odd read... gruesome for sure but i didnt like the gl in the context of transforming the poor woman into that vampire man's plaything.

intriguing short stories that i actually enjoyed a lot if only for the visual aesthetics of the work-- disturbing surely but surprisingly fulfilling

feel like its a bit too short and cliche to have much feeling for