RoseMary's manga / #Family Affair(98)

[[Author: Sakuragi Chisako; Artist: Honami Yukine]] Honestly speaking, I couldn't put up with their mutual misunderstandings anymore. In that respect, it was a frustrating almost ridiculous reading, especially regarding the uke's thoughts. At some point he himself said "maybe I'm overthinking too much" and I really didn't know what to do with him anymore. They seemed both pathetic and hopeless, but especially the uke. Anyways, overall I liked it. Mostly because it's a cousins' story, which I always like to read, and in the end, when they FINALLY get together (after dragging the misunderstandings for so long that it tired us out), it was nice! And Honami Yukine's art is nice as well, so it made the story more bearable! I must say that the character Issei, the uke's childhood friend and uni buddy, was so much more interesting then the two protagonists! He even took the situation into his hands and convinced Mizuho to go to see Enji, otherwise the uke would have still been there not knowing what to do with himself. So yeah I wish there was a story for Issei, especially since it was said that he could be bisexual! And in the end, when he accompanied the uke, I liked how he met Yoshimi-san, the seme's tutor and physician who is gay, so that could have been the beginning of a story for those two! #Cousins, Uni Students, 1-year-older Uke

Younger Step-sister, High-school Student (15) x Older Step-brother, Prep School Teacher (24)

«✾✾» Oneshot for the series Camellia. It seems the author wanted to include it in the original manga but left it as a oneshot. Camellia: mangago.me / read-manga / camellia_minami /

// Complete // 4 Chapters (Discontinued) >> Note: "MINAMI Kiriko decided to discontinue Camelia because she felt as if she was giving out the wrong message to readers and the story became something that she didn't like anymore." - "She changed her name to Miko Kato because she didn't like how her pervious name was associated with Camelia." >> Note: "There were originally supposed to be 6 chapters and an epilogue but since the series has discontinued chapters 5 and 6 were never published. MINAMI Kiriko instead published chapters 5 and 6 in her novel adaptation of Camelia." - Novel chapters 5 & 6: kato-miko.com / works / %E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E4%BA%94%E8%A9%B1%E4%BB%A5%E9%99%8D%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88 / (Jap) > Oneshot for the series Camellia: mangago.me / read-manga / butterflies_don_t_dance_near_poisonous_flowers / (Note: It seems the author wanted to include it in the original manga but left it as a oneshot.) «✾✾» Personally, I was really liking this story. And by this, I don't mean to say that I like or support the violent and heavy issues portrayed here. It goes without saying, that such things, which unfortunately happen also in everyday life to so many people, are to be condemned. In fact, it's not a favourite of mine and it's not my cup of tea (apart from incest, which I like in manga). But what I mean about the story is that I think it was pretty interesting and well-written! Despite being obviously twisted, it drew me in. I don't know how it could happen that the author felt that she went off rail and that the story wasn't what she intended anymore. Maybe she received too many critics?? Well, only she can know. But personally I felt frustrated, because only two chapters were left to complete the manga and I really wanted to read it till the end. It's disappointing that the story got wasted, because it had potential and I think it was a good psychological story! Maybe it could have even been a 5-stars story! In the end, I gave it 4 stars exactly because it's regrettably unfinished. >>> [[SPOILER]] Based on what I understood from google translation, in ch. 6 of the novel version, Hyou goes to kill their father and, the day after that, he turns himself in. Then, it seems like, soon after his brother's graduation, he commits suicide in prison (?). In the end, Setsu goes to live at their cousin's family house. >> So, the novel version's ending is a heart-breaking tragic one. On Baka-Updates and here, the manga has a tragedy tag as well, but I preferred to not put the tag on the manga here, because in the chapters available there's not tragedy yet and the manga remains incomplete in actuality. So, I prefer to leave it at that. Then, if we consider the novel version, then it's tragedy through and through.

Adopted Uncle x Nephew (no blood-related)

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Uncle x Niece (not blood related) 3 Volumes (Complete)

Uncle x Nephew (not sure if they are really related by blood) // The uncle seems to be the uke - Hope to read the whole story! Really want to see how things will develop between them! From the raws, I totally like it, it's a very nice story and there are some of my fav tropes, altough I wouldn't say it's really a great work and I feel in the end it will probably leave me wanting more. I can already say that I definitely wanted to see more of the side couple (the protagonist's classmate and that other student). 57 Chapters + Extra (Complete) - RAW: colamanhua.com / manga-ed91476 /

Mixed feelings about this story... I liked it for two reasons. Firstly, because it's an old manga, so I liked the whole old atmosphere, and, secondly, because it's a family affair story. And that's why I added this to my old-style romance and family affair lists. But I'll say that it was also a frustrating story for two other reasons. Well, first of all, as an avid BL reader, if I see a guy kissing another guy (and more than once at that!), I tend to automatically ship them, so the whole situation of Aoi and Sumire all along the story was frustrating for me, BUT, and from this I'll come then to the second reason, I actually found mysef liking Aoi and Yuri together so much, also because I didn't like Sumire much in the first place, so I was rooting for Aoi and Yuri instead! [Spoiler] But sadly they didn't end up together. I mean, no surprise there really, because they went for the obvious predictable course. It was obvious she would end up with Sumire...but I really liked Aoi and Yuri's interaction and moments all along the story, so I strongly hoped that they would end up together somehow! I don't care if they are half-siblings since it's a manga. I really think it would have been a more interesting outcome, if they ended up together. So, I can't really hide my disappointment about this. Anyway, having said all that, overall it's a good oldie, although I'm clearly not a fan of the couple... Adapted to Taiwanese Drama "The Rose" (2003)

// Based on a Game, which also has an anime adaptation // - This manga version is an adaptation of the Sora's route, so the twincest one. > Personally, I really liked this! The setting was beautiful and, since I love this kind of setting, that's also what made me really like the story. Anyway, I think it was well-written. Well, maybe some details could have been done better, and in the end I guess I wanted to see a bit more of them, that's why I gave it 4 stars, but it was a very good manga to read with a very nice conclusion. And about the main theme, the twincest, it obviously depends on each person...as for me, I love to read this kind of stories because I love forbidden love themes, so I really liked it!