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This would have to go down as my favourite psychological and one of my favourite reads in a long time. Shevon and Llewellyn make for a beautifully damaged pair that are simply perfect for each other. It’s an obsessive, possessive and rather crazy love set in a pre WWII style world that is grim and harsh. Can something so twisted work? Well you gotta read to find out.

Completed story. A fun little Omegaverse story where the alpha falls head over heels for a beta. Jung Yi-tae is an ordinary beta high school student, studying hard for exams and uninvolved in the dynamics between alphas and omegas. That was until he met the schools only Dominant Alpha, Geum Da. For some reason, Geum was interested in a beta and the perplexed Jung was on the run from an increasingly determined pursuit. Geum Da went from arrogantly assuming that Jung Yi-tae would fall at his feet in trembling joy at having snagged his interest, to disbelief at being rejected, to a wooing that would become a school legend of an alphas determination to win a betas love. His reactions, from confusion to jealously possessive stalking were highlights in this story. Plenty of laughs and a happy ending make this a winner.

This starts out as your average delinquent (Howth: pink hair, poor grades and attendance, frequently absent father, gets into fights) and good student (Ben: dark haired megane, loner, studies all the time, class president, loves cats) BL story. But it quickly changes when Howth finds himself turning into a cute, pink furred cat that gets rescued by Ben. There are a loads of humorous moments filling the pages of Season 1 as the boys become closer and find ways to juggle study and unexpected cat transformations. Season 2 has some more serious moments even ones that trigger the tears, but overall this was a sweet, fun and enjoyable read with plenty of character growth.

CW: Rape, physical abuse, emotional abuse Not a story I enjoyed as much as I may have for a couple of reasons. Firstly, some of the translations were pretty appalling. Sadly, Google translate is terrible at straight translations of Chinese and Vietnamese (may be others too, just these I have noticed). Luckily, others stepped in to take over and while I know I should appreciate that people try put up something, when it’s that bad that it just makes no sense, it’s simply annoying. The second reason this may not be worth your time is because the ending is rushed. Like, super rushed because the comic didn’t receive enough support so the author had to wrap it up early. I wish I knew before I started :(. We were just getting into some good suffering angst and then boom, over. What a waste of time. There is a suggestion to find the book to read the end, but I am over this one.

Promising picture wise but really no content to speak of and the author has had the couple break up, totally revamped Pom and made the story more about Pom and his siblings.

CW: Dub con. Story is completed -Mu Yunshen was a rising swiftly in the military and at S-rank was looking forward to a future as a mech pilot. Until he met Trolese Aslan and his life took a turn. Strong willed, powerful, secretive, Mu believed that power was safety and he worked tenaciously to gain the power to ensure the safety of his twin sons and parents. -Trolese Aslan was his family’s golden child, the next head of the clan, and smitten with Mu at first sight. The powerful Ice Psionic would do anything to gain Mu’s love, but just how far is too far? When he finds Mu after 7 years and realises that the younger man has twins that look uncannily familiar, his pursuit begins again. But now, Aslan has some vulnerabilities that may end everything way too soon. This story was good, with two very powerful and strong men aligning to become a family amidst jealousy, plots, greed, and demons from the past.

This was a cute piece of fluff with these sweet guys. The gentle giant, Ben, and the little kitten, Keaton. The story was decidedly wholesome with the drama really set around getting Kenton’s older brother, Karl, to let Keaton be free to make his own adult choices.

CW: Abuse, cheating, toxic partner. There is such a thing as too much angst. Not only was Gu Yansheng horrendously abusive and cruel, going so far as to violently beating up Wen Nian’nan and dragging him to the basement, but Wen Nian’nan seemed so pathetically weak to keep yearning for such a horrid man. And also, just speak up and let the family speak of the truth. So on one side was a ML who was toxic and the other was a whipping post (and not in a ‘ooh more’ masochistic way..). I even found the redemption arc underwhelming, but it was nice to see Gu chasing what his cruelty lost. But they both seemed to change personalities at the same time. Suddenly, Wen was strongly independent and reclaiming his independence (yay about time) and Gu was floundering and pining for someone who couldn’t stand him. There comes a point that things become unforgivable. This story has such an arc. The author left the ending open here for the reader to decide, then goes on to reveal that in the story they end up together happy and successful after Gu Yancheng learned some anger management. But, for me, a happy ending would be for Wen Nian’nan to leave and never look back, finding his future success away from that abuser and looking towards a different, caring partner in the future. Gu Yancheng needs to go his own way and I don’t see him as being someone Wen Niannan could ever fully trust with his vulnerabilities again. And seriously? That last bit… Pop some fireworks and it’s all ok? Nope. Since we can decide for ourselves, my Wen is going to continue finding his independence, pursue his music, be successful and eventually fall for a kind partner who adores him. Gu idc.

A heartwarming oneshot set in high school. Mizuno treats food seriously. As a budding dietician and talented young cook, Mizuno casts his eagle eye over his classmates lunches every day in frustration at the poorly balanced bentos. When his classmate, Hashimoto was spotted eating a horrendous combination of non nutritional junk, Mizuno found himself bound to making his lunches. And what started as an unwilling decision soon turned to pleasure for Mizuno as Hashimoto began to glow with health and affection.

Story is completed This was such a wholesome story about an otaku who received a confession from a yankee and gave it diligent consideration while starting as friends. Otaku: Ichinose Masaki. Small, megane first year student with a kind nature. Yankee: Futami Kakeru. Tall, bleached hair, dangerous fighter, first year in high school. Has an extreme weakness and soft spot for the cute Masaki.