alice-chan's manga / #showbiz(11)

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Ch1-3 + 7 Cute but art isn’t the best; also very cliche and predictable, especially the handkerchief thing. It was also a bit...rushed (punintended hahaha I hate myself) ch4- 6 Was even more rushed in terms of the uke's development in feelings for the seme, and the plot had too many holes in my opinion. Overall an OK read

collection of stories they all have a decent vibe to them but the stories aren't very deep or memorable. it's just sorta average. I liked the art but the characters all had kind of a random feel to them, like they were rushed. some didn't make sense. the plots also didn't make much sense, especially the last one

beautiful and I loved the gentle, sad undertone which was constant throughout the whole story. it created a sense of dread and conflict, without there actually being unnecessary drama. it was really effective, and my heart clenched multiple times- I felt the character's emotions. for this it gets a 4 star, even though I felt some things weren't explained, like Todawa's illness. like fr I thought towada was gna die at the end and I was THIS close to crying. because of that the ending felt very rushed. the author did explain both character's backstories tho, which was good. overall a very well-written yaoi, gentle, sad, sweet and pure. enjoyed feeling the heart-clenching feels

the smut was very hot but the plot line was confusing and rushed- too many things/events/flashback stories happening in too little time. the trauma explanation was also too fast. I'm glad their relationship developed into a sweet nurturing one but even so it still happened too fast.

ahhhh wtf that was SO FREAKING CUTE I LOVED IT an actually interesting story, the idol concept was also really well-executed, the characters had dimension and weren't boring, the potential chemistry/tension between the characters really kept me on my toes and excitedly waiting, so that when they kissed I felt the heat in my stomach bruh XD oooof (ch4 freaking killed me man) it's perfect and I loved it but I will admit it was a bit rushed near the end. (I wish they made us suffer a bit more when he said 'I'm going to put an end to these feelings' bc ch4 was really effective (I almost cried bc my heart clenched so hard). instead it got really quickly resolved. welp, I guess less waiting for us haha) I was gna pace myself but devoured the plot it got all the reactions from me. I was freaking out while squealing, freaking out while nearly crying, freaking out over how cute it was XD

best one of the series! I don't think the order matters too much tbh but here it is (I read them all out of order): - Mr.Arihara's Secret Circumstances - Ijiwaru Shinai de Dakishimete - Furete, Aishite, Dakishimete All 3 have multiple stories each and I really like that all stories have shared characters (literally each character knows at least one other character from the other story lol. everyone is gay in this universe! XD) 1) Touma x Chiaki (Touma is friends with Tokida) (Chiaki co-stars with Arihara) 2) Tokida x Takeuchi (Takeuchi is friends with Takashi) (Tokida is Seno's uncle, manager of the bar. I'm guessing there's a timeline skip because I don't think he can be a bar manager and a university student at the same time) 3) Takashi x Takahiro (Takashi, friends with Takeuchi) (Takahiro, fellow idol in anDe with Matsushita) 4) Arihara x Matsushita (Matsushita is an idol in band anDe) (Arihara is an actor, whose current and former managers Nagai and Masano have potential ~ co-stars with Chiaki) 5) Seno x Hakamada (Seno is the bartender at the bar Micchan and Yuuichirou visit. He is a fan of the show Chiaki and Arihara star in, directed by Hakamada. Tokida is his uncle) 6) Micchan x Yuuichirou (clients at bar where Seno bartends and Tokida is manager) (Seiji is Yuuichirou's client) 7) Seiji x Daigo (Seiji is a client of Yuuichirou, who was briefly interested in Seiji) 8) Seki x Ikehata (the only couple not related to everyone else lol) 9) Nagai x Masano (technically not a couple but we ship haha) Matsushita and Arihara are my favorite couple :) Arihara is so fucking cute I can't~ I do wish they would switch tho. I also want Micchan and Yuuichirou to switch as well