axima's manga / #BL(42)

3 might be a little harsh but idk the conflict in the latter half felt rushed. The idea is good though and their personalities are cute. Only the extra contains smut.

Some of these chapters had me losing it with the absurdity. There aren't that many romantic scenes because of all the shenanigans but the cute couple moments we do get are great. I'm putting this down as shounen ai for now but it's bordering on yaoi with this one part so I might change it.

I have a lot of feelings about this manhwa. So many I'm not sure where to begin. It's not anywhere near a masterpiece, there's plenty of issues, yet I couldn't stop reading because the whole thing felt weirdly nostalgic. Brought me back to when I first got in to BL and read those trashy stories with drawn out drama and toxic relationships, all the typical clichés. It's just far enough to not quite be the same as them but still somewhat reminiscent. The main couple playing self sacrificial hot potato to save the other from the crazy 2nd ML, the stupid redemption arc that didn't redeem anything, the old friend/ex coming back to also be a creep, even the loose ends and plot holes feel similar. The concept was really interesting and I wouldn't say it didn't go anywhere but I'm not quite happy with what it did do. Still, I don't know if it'd feel the same if those issues were fixed. All I can say is if you're expecting a story about MC using knowledge of the OG novel to change the future that's not what you're getting, it's more like isekai > cooking show > slice of life > k-drama > soap opera. Then it wraps back around to average BL.

Why was this in my want to read I Def remember binging this. Really good humor and the main couple is very cute.

Not bad but pretty forgettable.

It's kinda fucked up but they're both toxic so it works. I have a soft spot for codependency.

Not for the faint of heart

Love how they mixed regression with guide verse and how much more grounded it is compared to normal. You see them deal with the fallout of natural disasters, bombs, heck possibly war. MC is interesting, he really was a "villain" in his past life and now he wants to do better because as he was dying he realized that his actions never got him what he wanted and just made everybody more miserable. So he decides to spend his second life atoning by preventing major tragedies and doing what he can to make his love happy even if he knows it's unrequited.

Not bad. Concept is solid and I like how they deal with ML not having any memory of his superpowers, he's not immediately perfect he does get scared and confused. There's something wrong with the art though I kept thinking he was up to something shifty because his smiles look fake af but they're just drawn badly. The other characters don't seem to have this problem though. So far no smut since the preview in the first chapter, which I appreciate because coming up with random excuses for them to start boning would blur the line between their professional/personal lives too much and would get in the way of them developing an actual relationship when one is convinced the other hates him and will regret it and the other is an amnesiac which is at least a little dubcon.

It's reincarnation and guide verse, what more do you want? I like the more realistic military style. It's cool to see MC immediately go tell somebody when he realises he's in someone else's body. Not planning on telling his close partner that he's not dead isn't great but keeping secrets and running away is basically a requirement in the romance genre it seems and his reasons at least make sense since he doesn't totally want to leave him out to dry.