matmat's manga / #obsessive(3)

Sura's Lover

Complete | Shin yuri | 2019 released

Deep in the mountains is a village that offers prayers to the mythical Asura/Sura in order to stay protected. Doctor ‘Cho-ah’ who lives in the doctor’s town ends up saving a mysterious man named ‘Mujin’. This encounter marks the end of Cho-ah's peaceful days as he gets caught up in a whirlwind of events.- Okay...WTF just happened?? like the art is pretty amazing and all but that was....idk?? I like the story and all its horror and stuff. I just couldn't really like the characters. I mean I liked them in a sort of thinking they are interesting stand points, but I found myself stuck with the thought that it was not really love. Uke is very naïve and seme was very obsessive. Spoiler I read the Raws and well it just gets worse from there. The uke gets raped by this one dude and I think he falls in love with another dude. Like the uke cheats a lot but then I realize that most of it isn’t his fault or like the uke is not really smart but he is placed in terrible circumstances, so don’t care about the characters and just watch it for the drama. That’s literally how I see it. The seme and uke don’t love each other, and both aren’t really good people, but the prince dude is cool so I was fine with him. (You gotta remember the seme had also raped the uke and killed thousands of people for the uke and when he becomes very angry.) Mujin also has a sad story but I realize he is definitely I terrible person.

Scent of a Witch

Complete | A Reu | 2017 released

Beyond the borders of the kingdom of Yarke, is the blighted land of Uren. Peasants and nobility listen with open ears as travelers recount tales of witchcraft under the moonlight. As tensions mount, the third prince of Yarke travels outside of his kingdom under a full moon only to encounter a beautiful woman. While the prince is charmed by her graceful appearance, she isn't all that he seems. DROPPED Not my favorite of the batch that I read. I did not like the protagonists but that doesn't mean they weren't well-written. I like the second couple, but at the same time I feel as though this one follows two very toxic relationships that I do not considered fun. I did not actually finish this one, I just read the ending while I was at the middle of it cause I was sick of the drama.

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai

Ongoing | yoneda kou | 2011 released

The masochistic, lewd and beautiful yakuza Yashiro and his silent, clumsy, impotent subordinate, Doumeki. This is the story of a man who has never known happiness and of a man who is reborn by getting to know him. Currently includes Vol 1 * Don't Stay Gold * Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai ch 1 - ch 3 * Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu Vol 2 * Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai ch 4 - ch 10.5 Vol 3 * Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai ch 11 - ch 16 * Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai ch 16.5 Its beautiful. I love it. The characters are very well written, and you could feel the pain of the seme and uke. To me, the seme has sort of this obsessive-like love he sees in the uke. I also feel the uke also has the seme in a special place in his heart. The seme also knows that his love would hurt the uke, but he just wants to stay by his side!! Also, it gets more painful after the 4 years they see each other. Their dynamic is very different, and some what stiff but for some reason the tension is there, like their chemistry is pretty amazing and really hard to capture. Although the seme seem stiff at first, its his actions for the uke that makes it beautiful and painful at the same time.