Lex's manga / #Multiple stories(35)

The first story was okay-ish. I thought Tatsuo was cute in how he'd change behavior around Satoshi, but that's about it. ------ The second story had trash of a human being as ML. He looks down on anyone and everyone around him and shames the bottom. He used his position at his job to trick the second lead (forgot their names sorry) into having sex with him. Basically, he told him that he'd think about making him a host if he followed his orders, which was something the latter desperately wanted. Honey, that's sexual coercion, which is a form of rape. ------ Finally, the last one was hella rapey and predatory, even more than the second one. No thank you.

Godai Manami is a loan shark looking for Karekura Shinji, a debtor who disappeared with no more than a million dollars worth of debt. Manami and his coworker Shinji decided to go and get the money from Shinji's two sons, Makoto (28) and Haruki (17). After meeting Makoto, Manami was delighted to see that Makoto happened to be just his type. He then offers him a deal: if they to have sex together, he'll take 20.000$ off his debt each time. ---------- The main story was cute. I liked it. A short, nice read. But what the heck was that side story tho?

Junya accidentally intrudes on his gay childhood friend and roommate, Akiyoshi, while he’s in the midst of a steamy hookup. Junya finds he can’t tear his eyes away from his friend’s “O face” or stop appreciating his rough pace in bed. Akiyoshi protests, but Junya eventually seduces his reluctant roommate into some hot groping and a little anal play to boot! So why does Akiyoshi continue to refuse to seal the deal? ---------- I really liked the chemistry between Jun and Aki. Jun's overall character and his personality were so relatable, him and Aki were both really likeable. The Artwork's amazing to look at, I'd have enjoyed if their story had been a bit longer, I felt there could easily be more to this manga. But even as a short story like it is it already was pretty enjoyable. ----- The heck was that side-story though......

NOPE.

Minjae accidentally witnesses a younger guy, Hyeongjo, jerking over the sleeping Assistant Professor Jinhan. From that day on, Minjae continues to suffer both mentally and physically from Hyeongjo. How will the relationship turn out between two guys who clearly hate each other and yet, who are also drawn towards each other for some reason that they don’t know? ----------- Damn... Ya'll ever heard of this thing called a therapist? This story would've worked perfectly fine without anyone raping anyone and being so unnecessarily edgy. I just don't get how any of this was viewed as necessity to the plot. It could have worked perfectly fine, and would have been so much better without anyone forcing themselves onto anyone... It had so much potential, an initial interest between the Minjae & Hyeongjo's characters, potential good chemistry. It could have made for a really enjoyable read. But nope! Ya just had to go and made this into some unnecessary rapey shit, didn't ya? The only times rape is "justifiable" in a story is if you want to work on traumas/psychology/thriller oriented stories. Just stop doing this seriously... And again, Hyeongjo, Kiseon, my dudes... Why you be so edgy? Take a chill pill and go to therapy will ya? Why do so many BL try to sell such behavior as "love". this isn't love. It's obsession. Mixed with psychological issues that need to be addressed.

Receptioning the newcomers is a task for YuYang, and he ends up helping the unsociable and towering LiHuan, the kind of person that does everything to be disliked. But after better knowing each other, he discovers that the giant isn't that bad of a person at all. ---------- Every character in this story is charming in their own way, especially the two main characters, but even the side ones are fascinating, the Art is really striking and pleasing to look at. The plot is really simple: You follow the growth of said-characters. I can't get enough of how realistic and natural Yu Yang and Li Huan's relationship feels. How invested I got into each chapter. Yuan and Huan Wen also have such an endearing and breathtaking dynamic to their relationship. The story feels so realistic and well thought-through. Nothing unnecessary was being added. And the focus is really on to the characters, their growth, the realization of their sexual orientations, ... It's really a one-of-a-kind work.

For someone that has always been stimulated by pretty things, he takes photographs from afar, feeding his secret fantasies. But when Youngwon finds out, Haemin is forced to face the object of his desires and before he knows it, those secret fantasies start becoming a whole lot more real. ----------- This one was quite the let-down. It started off as really interesting, the characters were fascinating and you'd want to learn more and more about them. But as the story progressed, their characters suddenly turned into mush and had lost that spark. Somehow, the author made this main pair, which was Haemin & Youngwon start interacting with each other in such a way that the chemistry they'd started off with got obliterated. Haemin's character also went through a ridiculous growth-spurt which somehow turned him into a tree over a mere few months, his character's design felt really off. Then, the story shifted focus onto another couple, Sanho & Dongha and I couldn't bring myself to find them to be an interesting pair. Whilst they did have a few moments here and there, especially towards the end, which I did enjoy, overall I found their dynamic & overall plot-line to be really uncomfortable.