ArtemisFowl's manga / #dark elements(5)

In this particular manga, the main character and his rival, aka Mr. Student Council President, end up together after a bizarre set of circumstances has him roped into pulling a prank on the Student Council President (leaving a confession note on his table) and the Student Council President catching him in the act and kissing him as a result. The very odd thing about this one is that there is a much darker element than exists on the surface -- indeed, the student council president set up the entire thing, so that the main character would end up confessing to him (by blackmailing his friend to bet him to do that). When the main character finds out it's a lie, he ends up going along with it for the egoistic reason of trying to 'bring him down.' The student council president is more than a little shady and a whole lot of bad. ~Chapter 13

Oh my gosh this was soooo good. I was put off by the comments for a really long time, but got tricked into reading the first chapter on one site (and decided to read the rest on mangago). Why is every freaking person in the comments section trying to shame the uke? Why should he be ashamed of himself? Even if you’re in the camp of “oh, the uke slept with so many people, stain on his purity, for shame!” — what about all the people he slept with? Shouldn’t they, in your eyes, deserve equal or more shame than him? Stupid double standards. Aside from my rant, I just want to say this was an awesome manga. It had so much emotional and philosophical depth; both characters were struggling with so much prejudice, and they grew in their interactions with the other person. I understand completely why they fell for each other. They were BOTH competent, likable characters. I can’t believe I skipped out on such a treasure. What a treat. Obviously there were dark parts to the story, concerning both trauma and abuse, but this story was so compelling. Despite not being attracted to stories that are gritty/traumatic, as well as in the omegaverse (which I normally super hate, mostly because it peddles in trauma, abuse, and sexism for tension), I again really felt like this story was just so good. I’m formally going to rate this manga, for the first time ever in the history of making this account. It deserves five stars.

Jiyeon is a nurse working at a hospital next to where he lives. One day, former childhood friend Seokhyun -- a doctor -- starts living with him based on the recommendation of Jiyeon's mom (who let Jiyeon know of the living arrangements last minute). They start working together soon afterwards. Jiyeon and Seokhyun have romantic tension between them, but something is stopping Jiyeon from getting together with Seokhyun. The reason appears in chapter 18, but the question is can they find a way to be happy after such a roadblock appeared within the middle of their workplace and love life? ~ Chapter 19