Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
list - masterlist, seme first, office 51.5: sooo good! Interesting and fun with great characters and a wonderful relationship dynamic. Both so healthy and such good people, with good support group and overall little drama. 40+
False Memories (Lee Gpiee)
list - enemies to lovers, webtoon 50+ scary appearance, sweet personality ➼ school life »
The Best Smell
list - webtoon 90+ this was mostly cute and funny but had some offbeat moments where it felt kind of dark or confusing?? But overall it was really entertaining and cute.
ANTI P.T.
list - enemies to lovers, webtoon 50+ cute and sexy with gorgeous art. it was enemies at first then kind of blackmail? but they basically became friends with benefits.
My Starry Sky
list - enemies to lovers, webtoon 60+ Angst with a well deserved happy ending. Man I felt so bad for Skylar and everything he went through. I wish he could have had a nicer resolution with his mom, but I guess it just wasn't possible with where they were at with each other. I definitely don't forgive or sympathize with her though, because even if her husband cheated, it does warrant all the abuse towards Skylar, and she never even recognized her wrong in the end, never apologized or made any effort to get better besides cutting him off completely and he deserved better than that. The characters and their struggles were well written, frustrating but realistic in that it wasn't something melodramatic but each were struggling with themselves, with their pasts, with each other. Things weren't magically resolved, they struggled with trauma, they worked to find happiness despite that, worked to better themselves on their own and together. It was really well done and really pulled at my heart strings. I was a bit confused and frustrated with the characters actions at first, but it all falls into place as you become more familiar with them and their dynamics and their past. Reread it now and agree with everything I wrote in the past, it’s much more well articulated than my thoughts now. The beginning unfolding of their history can make you confused at first, as things are revealed later by layer. We find that while Yeonduk had always loved Skylar, it was the same for Skylar. In fact, Skylar probably loved him first. The misunderstanding and subsequent mistrust and hatred brewing between them for almost 10 years was regretful, and Skylar felt that regret and agonized over his past behavior towards Yeonduk. While it was instigated by his mother’s deceit, Skylar’s actions did hurt Yeonduk. And Yeonduk was young and naive, blind to Skylar’s situation and how he was being used by the mother. I’m proud of both of them and how they were able to overcome their challenges and grow. Skylar really showed a lot of remorse, and while he chased after Yeonduk he also allowed him the appropriate space and freedom to make his own decisions about his feelings. They were quite affectionate once they got together, and really supported and cared for each other. I’m still upset that till the end, Skylar’s mother showed not one bit of remorse or care towards Skylar, and did not have any growth whatsoever. She tried to kill him twice, and would be happier off if he died and it makes me so sick and sad for Skylar. I wanted him to tell her off just once, to talk back and show her all her faults, but even in his hatred he loved his mom and just wanted to be accepted by her. I hope Leo is safe with her bc she is still unstable, though she may improve with a change of pace. I was glad the siblings were able to get a bit closer in the end, but hope they can stay in each others lives and stay close. I worry bc Skylar’s mother is a manipulative narcissist, so she may cut Skylar off from Leo and poison Leo’s mind to make it seem like Skylar doesn’t care about him. But it’s reassuring that Yeonduk will be there for him no matter what struggles he may face in the future. I wish them both happiness, they deserve it.
Green Apple Paradise
list - webtoon, opposites, cuddly 90+ up to ch 69: a slow burn unrequited love that is super cute! The translation quality drops in season 2 but it is still understandable. No explicit scenes so I'm assuming when I say seme uke but I feel like it will be pretty obvious. Two couples so far. 1st couple: Uke is in an unrequited love with seme since high school and thought he could finally move on from his feelings at graduation, just to meet with seme again in college and now seme wants to be friends. This couple is adorable and personalities are an interesting clash of opposites. Uke is the serious, no nonsense, introvert almost antisocial type while seme is basically a golden retriever, super friendly with everyone and always smiling and full of sunshine and relaxed. Seme takes in interest in uke after the college welcome party while the uke tries desperately to avoid him bc he had wanted to put an end to his unrequited feelings after graduating high school. The dynamic is super fun and they have a really nice friendship group going before the feelings get found out. Seme can seem frivolous sometimes, which is why the uke doesn't take him seriously, but they do have genuine feelings for each other. They are so cute as a couple, with the seme being super clingy and slightly possessive eventually, and the uke warming up to the seme's touchiness and starting to give in to him. The slow burn was pretty slow, and some chapters it feels like nothing much is going on bc it's just a slice of life kind of thing. But it's a nice relaxing read. 2nd couple: I really like the dynamic for this couple too, but the translations are a bit weaker and there is a lot of flashbacks and stuff where the whole backstory isn't revealed at once, it's told slowly and in pieces so it's hard for me to figure out what was in the past and what is in the present. For these reasons, I'm having trouble following the story and kind of confused. I do really like this couple though. Uke is a pretty boy and the kind of playful, always smiling and teasing, pretending he's always ok behind his smile type. Seme is the quiet, doesn't want to deal with anything bothersome, mostly keeps to himself but quietly dotes on the uke type. From what I understood, I think the seme has had a crush on the uke ever since high school and the uke could kind of tell but never brought it up, until one night when they had a kiss? Or the uke also had feelings but was unsure or something, I don't really know. Uke is really lonely, his dad is really strict and hits him sometimes so he doesn't like being at home and is always staying over at other people's houses. Seme seems to have silently taken on the role of his caretaker. Hope we get more explanation about this couple soon bc I do like them and I'm curious.
The Beast Must Die