Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #murder(8)

I loved the tough gritty nature of the MCs in the yakuza story. They weren’t sweet guys but they were perfect together and I agree with other comments about the granny. She was Boss!

Trigger Warning: All the dark themes including rape, murder, animal cruelty A brilliant piece of work that transcends the average BL, mostly because the relationship between Lee Gi-Rin and Kang Mu will never be loving and sweet but it is incredibly intense and in its own way, devoted. A psychological dark romance style with much care and consideration into what would make a decent, regular guy stay with and care for a calculating and dangerous psychopath. I also loved that Lee Gi-Rin was able to dominate and hold his own at times. He was no weak pushover blind to his situation. That gave a pleasing power balance to the relationship that made you really want them to stay together. I really recommend this to those who like their hero a little dark and twisted.

Tragedy and psychological A sad, twisted and dark story that will break your heart. There is no happy ending, but there is some peace and a tiny sliver of hope you can find.

I enjoyed the story, it covered a lot of ground in 5 chapters with the murder mystery and the budding romance between the job focused (for sure somewhere on the autism spectrum) and blunt spoken Tsutsumi and the PTSD suffering, masochistic Sakuma. The artwork was beautiful too. Both Tsutsumi and Sakuma really looked like detectives in their suits and I liked the haggard look of Sakuma when he was struggling.

A bunch of dark and even depressing stories. Twisted relationships and imperfect endings, these were interesting but not something I would read again

A gritty and painful story. A life in the Yakuza is stained in blood and this story was drenched in rape, loss and death. It was very well done, but it sucked.

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.

An extremely dark and disturbing story but it sweeps you in with the overwhelming obsession that is between these 2 twisted men. Which one is more insane? Crime boss’s son and rising gangster in his own right, Kanghyun Seo first noticed the beautiful son of a famous chef, Lee Dojun when he was in his sophomore year. When they got separated Kanghyun kept looking for his senpai even in his random sexual encounters. And when he found Dojun brutally murdering a man in the back alley streets, he couldn’t have been more delighted. The story then follows their budding relationship and you can’t help but find yourself wishing these highly emotionally disturbed men sone happiness together. Spoiler alert: It’s not too hard to realise pretty early that the author will not be giving our crazy pair the happiness you wish for. It’s much easier to go the tragic route and sure enough the things you anticipate from the characters you suspect unfolds. It’s promises kept and a warm reunion in a better place that bring out the heart hurting bittersweet tears for our dark heroes of the story. I would have given 5 stars if the author made things work for them, I have read stories where MCs like this make their own place in the world. But really, it was still a great story of perfectly imperfect men.