Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #revenge(10)

So many laugh out loud moments! I loved when Fujima went to the pharmacy in disguise only to have chosen the store OkachiMachi worked in That dash to catch up was hilarious! Besides the humour, this was wonderfully sweet and one to re read.

Fantastic story with some darker themes as these guys were assassins. There was an emptiness in their world that the author captured perfectly, and that made their eventual love feel all the sweeter.

This was okay. I don’t mind that the uke was a self confessed slut or I wouldn’t have read the manga. But I didn’t like that he was a manipulative and cruel slut who vindictively hurt “straight” guys (let’s be real here, they were bi or bi curious). If that doesn’t bother you then this is worth a read, with a very easy to read format, decent art and plenty of sexy scenes.

This school was like Lord of the Flies meets the devil for sheer survival of the fittest and destroy the weak themes. The bullying was insane level cruelty, I could really understand why a demons offer would be irresistible for anyone and it did make me want the demon side to win. In this story, the humans were the cruelest of all. I loved the art, the fight scenes got progressively more exciting and I thought the ending was great.

Not this mangakas best stories. There weren’t many likeable characters in the whole lot, but the first pair were the absolute worst (the pedo and the rapist). The decaying body was disturbing. Necrophilia is so NOT a turn on. No stand out story I would re read, this one goes in the “never again” file.

This was cute. Stalker magnet uke and the vengeful seme from his past.

Two fantastic stories with flawed, imperfect characters. The first pair, Hiro and Natsuo, were once classmates in high school. Hiro was painfully introverted and insecure about himself while Natsuo was a flashy delinquent with terrible fashion sense. Hiro felt intimidated by the puppy like delinquent and blamed him for ruining his school life. Years later they meet at the workplace of the totally madeover Hiro and he plans for some long dreamt of revenge. This pair were adorable but it was hard to watch Natsuo get hurt by Hiro’s plot. My heart hurt in empathy. The second couple, almond eyed and intimidating Hayashida and flashy and popular Shuuna were sex friends. Hayashida was closed off to forming a close, emotional bond because of his history of violence in his younger years. But Shuuna wanted to make the man he was falling for feel free to laugh again in his presence. This story was so good because the MC was a flawed character and basically hated himself for his previous actions. It was good to see that the full seriousness of his actions were something he acknowledged and condemned, but I was still happy he found someone to love.

This was ok. Mizutani (omega) was a sex worker as part of resolving left over drama with his mother’s death. He seemed to enjoy his job and there was no rape in the story because Kusaka (alpha) was very temperate, especially for an alpha. There were a few things that I question, like why was Kusaka’s dad so against his son dating an omega when he had loved an omega and found his only peace and joy with them? Legit..baffling. And is this a world where children can prostitute themselves in a common business even missing school and nobody queries it? And what’s with the alpha being ok with getting a BJ then watching the guy he likes go fuck some old guy in the room next to him? Yeah, you know it’s love when … I didn’t like how Mizutani was being so mentally condescending about Kusaka’s gentle lovemaking. Just a gross moment to have the guy you love not as good as the random guys who pay for sex. But hey, his face is sweet. I suppose I just don’t see the omega as pure in any way, and though there are sad circumstances around his mom’s death, being a prostitute for some far fetched revenge plot based on a photo and a crap ton of assumptions hit me right in the cringe. And, tbh I found the alpha kind of weak. Good points in the story include the art, the ending was nice with giving them some time before being together, and it was good the sensei was essentially chased out of the school. I was disappointed but I can see why some may like the whole retribution theme.

This was a nice story about two people taking chances after a bad relationship. Do they trust the words of others or their own judgment which has been flawed in the past. I thought both MCs Lauren and Michael, were gentle and likeable. It was a sweet story where the bad guys lose and the good guys get their HEA.

Not as bad as a lot of the comments say. He didn’t marry her for revenge. Let’s face it, that would be stupid. ML fell in love at first sight with Dominique and tossed away thoughts of revenge then. The FL was very much in love with her husband but was full of insecurities and doubt. Just talk through their problems and all will be well.