lamsar503's manga / #Age Gap(5)

Cute story and good art. [cool/distant, pro-gamer ML] x [perky/slightly older, newbie gamer FL]

Surprisingly readable story about a former hikkikomori, NEET, otaku FL (27 years old) who becomes infatuated with (and falls in love with) a cute high school guy (17 years old) after she starts working together with him when her savings from her previous career as a programmer runs dry. I have one major qualm with the story: The idea that a super sexy woman (with a banging body who worked in IT) would still be a virgin at 27 years old is a pretty big overstretch for my 'suspension of disbelief'. That said, I can totally overlook it for the fact that the FL is depicted unabashedly in all her shameless sexual desires. There's no FL with repressed sexuality or an ignorant and shyly blushing FL here. What is even better is that there is no constant "Iya, Dame, Hazukashii!" ("No, stop, it's embarrassing!") from the FL in the perv moments. Both parties have their desires, both are self-aware of them, both want to act on them, and both want the other party to act on how they feel as well. Best of all, this manga actually covers sexual consent AND the guy actually respects her boundaries. --- Sad as it is, I'd be hard pressed to name another ecchi manga where that is the case. No smut, implied or otherwise, in case you wondered. (not yet anyway) But its a cute, ecchi, slice-of-life story depicting the typical insecurities that accompany a new relationship between an older woman and much younger man.

Dropped this; stopped reading at chapter 206. It is just too monotonous. The characters never learn or grow in any way and the drama is just boring. All that plus the ethically/morally reprehensible elements make this a "no-go" for me. A fairly typical Chinese soap opera style comic. Basically, an emperor in his mid 30s falls in love with a 12 (maybe younger) year old girl that he found on the street and adopted. They both die; the king reincarnates while the adopted princess' soul transmigrates to the future. She conveniently (?) transmigrates into the body of the wife of the reincarnated emperor. Oh, and they both look identical to their "original selves", minus a haircut for the guy that makes him look like a sheep. Then proceeds the development of a love (?) story between a guy in his mid 30s and his wife (he hated the old soul, but likes the "new" one in his wife's body), who has the mentality of an uneducated 14 year old girl...whom he convinces to get pregnant. I read chinese soap opera comics with a hefty amount of mindfulness regarding the fact that there will inevitably be glaring cultural differences and values that grate my tolerance (such as the attitudes toward rape, love, women, gender roles, abortion, domestic abuse, violence, honor, etc.). Even so, I find myself thinking that if I never read another page of this story again I wouldn't ever think twice about it.

Cute little romance story that helps bring a sense of closure to the other version of "the slit-mouth woman" by the same author. Kinda like a parallel universe with lots of overlapping areas and with a quickly wrapped up ending. I'd say neither one of the stories is really all that great by themselves, but they are cute enough for a quick read through together.