ArtemisFowl's manga / #yay!(152)

It explored the nuance and pain of a situation like that, although the ending (not the fact that they end up together or that there was relatively little drama, but rather the fact that parts of the dialogue at the end were cutesy) wasn’t keeping in tone with the nuance of the situation.

Kuroi-kun (yakuza extraordinaire) and his best on-and-off-again professed lover/friend Shirakaba (straight-rules lawyer) are running in circles around each other with Kuroi closing his ears as Shirakaba continues to confess his love to his gokudo crush (for more than 20 years). Kuroi also loves Shirakaba but doesn't want him to get involved with the yakuza, but Shirakaba does so anyway by becoming the family's lawyer (which Kuroi tries to protest by the silent treatment). Will this 30-year old love between these 37-year-olds finally be requited? ~Vol. 2, Chapter 1 (Chapter 6)

Yesss their relationship is a mood!!! Plus, the fact that cute things weren’t seen as abnormal and weak was awesome. Summary: Two brothers (one short -- in high school -- and one tall -- in elementary school) bond over discovery of the other person. ~Chapter 25

So funny! Mr. Villain has such personality (and very relatable problems). ~Chapter 56

Didn’t like the dynamic of their relationship at first, despite liking the characters. However, as the relationship progressed and the older character’s personality is revealed more, it becomes much easier to like them as a couple. Update: Nagata Shingo, all around hottie and investigator extraordinaire decides to worm his way into the life of scary, side-burn Harry Potter scar wearing Ao for information about his scar. What could go wrong? Ao is like ice but Shingo is persistent, and eventually he forms a deep bond with a person he was trying to get the 411 on. Eventually, drama ensues from the fact that Shingo was trying to get information about the scar for the girls who watch their seniors play basketball during lunch, but their love and relationship survive thanks to how strong their bond is.

Chapter 68

Angel and a human that can see ghosts are bound for each other in this slow-going romance between two different beings. The angel knows more than he's letting on, and the human has some issues he needs to work through in order to be there for each other. Chap 24 -- introduction of a rival (who I suspect is the angel that keeps taking other souls from ghosts) Update 8.20: Literally go away Dojin. Please stop being all kinds of creepy. ~Chapter 29

So much depth and nuance in all of the characters, and manages to balance lighthearted elements of the plot with more serious and complex ones. My favorite chapter is probably the switch-around, where the author reimagines Snow as a dragon and Tungsten as a human that becomes King. It is such an accurate and well-thought out version of what would happen in that scenario. It just speaks to the level of depth the writer brought to this concept, how pain can sometimes intermix with love. Props to the author for this masterwork. I hope s/he continues to write. 5/5 stars ~ Chapter (I'm not sure) 53-58

Princess Alicia is a modern woman from Tokyo, reborn as Alicia in a novel her sister wrote. Alicia was born in a small smithing town, with her mother and her half-brother by her side...until they discover that, at her mother's untimely death, her half-brother is the last heir of the noble crown to Lianne. He and his half-sister go to Lianne's capital, where the mc is trying to avoid all the 'doom flags/endings' and get the heck out of dodge with some guy named Lancelot, whose face she's never seen. Little does she know that she ends up sleeping with the novel's hero, Ares Crenoix, who takes a little more than a liking to her...and ends up entangled in her problems within the castle and the petty politics the main establishment is up to. She ends up at the castle, trying to increase her power and protect her little brother by ending up as Ares' weapons' advisor (all while telling herself that Ares is not her type). Edit: He proposes at the end of chapter 73 (despite them technically being engaged, or pretending to in order to introduce the idea of 'she's potentially going to see someone romantically' to her brother); also, the end of the season Edit: on the verge of answering his proposal in chapter 80 Edit 9/9/23: She proposes to him. - Chapter 85 Edit:1/9/24: They basically admits that they like each other - Chapter 109 ~Chapter 102