Blue's manga / #Psychological(3)

• 2 stars: Minor errors. Many smut scenes aren't consensual due to bottom repeatedly saying stop (no to avail), and top being mentally disturbed to the point of not knowing he was having intercouse with the boy he parented/ considered his brother. Rating is a 2 mainly due to the side couple, but they weren't necessarily the best either. Main couple was decent near the ending and in the side stories. Displays dissociative-type disorders in a very strange way to say the least. ️: Jinsung has always had a crush on his next door neighbor, Yura, ever since they were kids. Due to unforeseen circumstances, they had to move in together and they practically became brothers. Jinsung eventually gave up the thought of ever becoming Yura’s lover because Yura would draw a line in the sand each time he tried to reveal his feelings. But one night, Yura’s behavior begins to change. He seems to be turning into a different person in the evening...someone with an insatiable lust for the physical… Jinsung has to admit, a side of him does enjoy his feelings being reciprocated, but this feels wrong and unsustainable. What’s gotten into Yura and is there something more sinister at play…?

• 1 star: I don't know if there are errors because I only got 6 chapters in before tapping out. This is basically just a bunch of incredibly unnecessary and gruesome things all piled into one horrible mess. There are many ways to go about bringing up the topic of childhood trauma and it's affects without something like this. I get it's supposed to be fucked up, but I believe there is a limit and this is just not for me or anyone else even remotely sane. Wouldn't actually label it as BL as their "connection" is more of a trauma bond than anything, but it was difficult to tag this. ️: The story follows Bum, a young mentally ill man with a difficult past. After becoming infatuated with Oh Sangwoo, a peer from his time in the military who saved him from a rape attempt, he decides to enter Sangwoo's home while he is out of his house. Bum finds a tied up, bruised woman in Sangwoo's basement and before he is able to free her, he is discovered by Sangwoo, who is revealed to be a serial killer.

• 5 stars: Symbolic of what child abuse can do to a person. Because of her mother, she continues to see herself as an iguana long after she passes and is even worried about whether she'll be able to connect with her own child. Her mother definitely had some unchecked problems and I wish there could've been more closure for both her and the main character. ️: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana.