queerdinosuar's manga / #Dragon(6)

For a story with sex pretty much every other chapter, I’m really invested in the plot. The author has done a good job writing a story that tugs at your heart, I can’t wait for season 2. That transition with the butterfly at the end of season 1 was awesome. And I love the lore. I do get tried of the gratuitous sex every other chapter. Sex scenes should serve a purpose to deepen the relationship and fuel the story. I honestly really love this story. It was well done to be heart wrenching- an epic story of love spanning centuries. I definitely cried. The art is beautiful and the story is well told. But I don’t like how disjoined the sex scenes feel from the intimate moments of the story. It’s like suddenly the story stops and “insert sex scene” happens and they are in the middle of sex with all the in your face graphics and sound effects and exaggerated lewd drawings that are this author’s style. I’m not knocking the style and I quite like smut in my stories but all the emotional tension and intimacy is missing from these scenes. I just want them to slowly ease into it and talk to each other slowly before building to a frenzy. Instead they feel flat and one note rather than meaningful.

Moderately interesting story, not sure it’s worth rereading tho. I like the main character learning to be self confident after an abusive family but there wasn’t much outside of his partner telling him to be confident. Would have liked to see more self fulfillment and confidence on his own.