ArtemisFowl's manga / #yay!(151)

A boy and an exorcist go on adventures and find themselves. The boy doesn't know what's going on with him, but keeps on having recurring dreams in the middle of the story. ~Chapter 5

Two guys -- Ryuuji and Tomoya -- end up together. Ryuuji thinks Tomoya deserves more than the perpetual abusive relationships the latter finds himself stuck in, and Ryuuji is also starting to feel something more than just friends for Tomoya... The two are longtime friends, where the straight guy (Ryuuji) has always supported his best friend (Tomoya). Tomoya has always secretly been in love with Ryuuji, but when Ryuuji gets dumped by his girlfriend (and Tomoya comes back to his apartment after getting abused by his sex partner), Ryuuji finds he wants something more from Tomoya... ~Chapter 5

Two blog writers for video games/anime end up meeting each other, only for one to realize that the other (who writes about cute, sweet things) is a gentle giant (male). The giant falls for the other gamer/writer, who ends up in a relationship with him despite being straight and perpetually single. Very cute and sweet. ~Chapter 5.5

First story: Deliquent-looking high schooler and a cute guy who likes his face get together. Second story: A guy who was dumped by his lover ended up getting married to his pregnant drinking buddy. His former lover comes back five years later, way after his wife passed away. This story, specifically regarding the complexities of why they broke up and whose fault it was, is very realistic. Third story: kind of dumb but kind of hot.

I think this was a really smart, in depth look at why relationships can fail. It’s often not for anything dramatic and black and white, like cheating or abuse, but instead for the simple reason of one or both parties failing to treasure the other person as they should. In this case, it was Jinwoo that stopped treasuring Candy in the ways he had before, and had started taking him for granted at some point. I think the author also tries to point out an error (at least to some degree) that Candy makes in the relationship (read Candy’s journey through the extras). At first I didn’t agree with it; but upon further reflection, I think that although Candy truly wasn’t in the wrong, things could have been fixed had he communicated his feelings explicitly and verbally. Not the feelings of love, which he did; but every frustration that he let go of was just building up inside of him and didn’t really do any service for either of them. If he had communicated those feelings, Jinwoo would have realized what was happening to them and likely changed (as he did when he realized what he had “thrown away”) as a result.

A guy who (literally) makes everyone fall in love with him meets the one person who's immune to his charms. Amazed by this unicorn, he proceeds to make this person his manager at all costs. He won't let go of the person who isn't affected by the curse he and certain family members are under. ~Chapter