buttcruncher's manga / #showbiz(16)

i like the idea of this so so much but the way it's playing out is kind of lackluster, ironically, from the sameface syndrome and the limited range of expressiveness from the characters. the double entendre with the roleplay is so hot. a celebrity who can't act but is inspired by a lesser-known face is fun. it'd have been a very fun read if this was better executed.

oh this is so pretty i love it

i loved mogyun's character design and the cover art. the plot itself had potential? but the execution was ass! the idea of someone acting violently out of jealousy and immaturity, and having a problematic pattern of behavior well into adulthood is fine. a whodunnit is fine. the mind-reading felt like a cheap party trick and the story could have worked out without it. it was a super flimsy way to bring chamin and mogyun "together". none of the characters were particularly likeable. i actually really dislike chamin. usually if the main couple's story didn't work out i'd get invested in the side couple. didn't happen here. this gets an extra star bc i thought some scenes in the beginning were spicy. is this worse than a story that feels mundane with lackluster dialogue? no. but my feelings about all the characters were strong enough to make this overall story a boo for me.

if the vol 2 is true i'm gonna giddy up

i think this was supposed to just be horny but its commentary about whoring yourself out to further your ambitions, whether intentional or not, made this a sad horny.

never seen explicit scenes in a manhua before and the story was actually good

not interested in the seme bottoming bc guys like him bottoming are a dime a dozen

the art and the character designs for the pairing dynamics are SO GOOD (jun is taller and bulkier and he's an uke!) but the story was SO BAD. i think this rating is mostly for the last few chapters bc while jun gave himself agency in some ways, he threw it out completely in others. isshin faced literally ZERO consequences AND he didn't have any sort of redemption arc, he's just a little bitch-twat with no remorse who still got to eat his cake. jun didn't see how fucked up isshin's treatment of him was. their "relationship" (yes, in quotations bc wtf was this) isn't healthy but it's made to look like everything's supposed to be great from here on out. if the story's fucked up and it's self-aware it's one thing, but this bothered me bc we're supposed to believe that everything's resolved when it's clearly not.