Ambrosia's manga / #Binge(164)

list - enemies to lovers 100+ As of chapter 46: Super duper love the characters and their dynamic and the sexual tension. Plot is pretty interesting as well, if confusing at times. I cannot wait for them to admit their feelings, I want them to have a happy ending. Both started out slightly toxic/obsessive, but they have a really interesting and appealing dynamic. Seme is the kind of cool, sly, smiles a lot, charismatic, good looking and good at everything type, sometimes offstandish, sometimes flirty. Seems like he wouldn't care about anything or take anything seriously but surprisingly has a good heart and sometimes feels like a puppy. Uke is the serious, calm, emotionless, competitive type. He likes having the upper hand over the seme but struggles to keep it because the seme doesn't listen to him (but then sometimes the seme does listen and it's hot af too). It's fun seeing him act like a queen and then get unraveled under the seme's hands. He is obsessive but it seems like he's in love and mistaken it as hate. Sometimes he's forward and sometimes he's surprisingly shy. It seems he has a hard time opening up to people and letting them in, even more than the seme. Their dynamic and sexual tension (amazing sexual tension) is the best part of the story. Art is amazing and their expressions are perfect, everything I've wanted for two people finding themselves drawn to each other. Plot is kind of interesting but also not very well written...the antagonist is a piece of shit but I feel like they're not careful enough with how dangerous he could be. Also they don't really seem like they have a plan to bring him down and they don't communicate with each other about it. Right now all they've done is antagonize him and try to get the other students on their side, but they haven't explained what they are planning to do. And some of it is due to lack of communication. Even though they're supposed to be on the same side, they kind of still don't trust each other and have their own agendas. So the uke has to go figure things out himself instead of the seme telling him what happened and what he's trying to do now. But as much as I want to see that asshole get his due, I'm much more interested in the blooming relationship between the seme and uke and their great chemistry in bed, which there is an abundance of so far so I'm happy.

60+ 60: This got crazy but this is the type of relationship and character dynamics I like. A puppy type doting seme who isn’t actually stupid or naive. Smart and sharp but good natured, but I liked that he wasn’t just a nice guy but also showed his distaste and anger sometimes. He survived and won in the end with some plot armor, but was still clever. I like that he’s a gentle lover and can take a beating. His strength was his ability to shoulder burdens and continue to give his love openly despite getting hurt. The Uke was absolutely strong but also a bit psycho. Raised in that environment with that kind of mother and grandfather, it seems inevitable he that he’s ruthless. But he had good people in his life too and can be kind in private, but very spoiled. He’s violent but his spoiled and willful behavior was fun to watch, especially since the Seme dotes on and indulges him. The family/company drama wrapped up quite easily and added a sense of action/thriller and politics. Overall it was a very interesting read with strong characters that I liked and a dark edge. Writing was great, could be refined a bit but it was intriguing and entertaining.

50+ Loved it! Very affectionate couple with a puppy like seme and a shy sweet uke. Started as sex friends but they were affectionate from the beginning and it was nice to see them discover their feelings, tho they had an instant connection. Side drama about the workplace, but really enjoyed how it showed uke’s growth of character in that aspect.

list - 9.5+ 100+ 78: The relationship developed quite suddenly from what was building up as a friendship, but it also felt very natural. Very affectionate couple that is quite cute. Tough straightforward uke with a sweet protective seme. Interesting overarching lore about the characters and their backgrounds and how they are all connected, but also some interesting short ghost busting adventures. Good world building and mix of drama and humor. Felt like it was missing a tad bit of nuance, but overall very interesting read.

80+

110+ 108: and incredible story with top tier writing and world building. Absolutely one of my new favorites as I knew it would be. Two main couples and I love them both, one is more sweet and one is more bittersweet with painful history. Reminds me a bit of Wolf in the House. First couple is sweeter and cute, with a fluffy lil silly seme, and normal uke. Second couple has a lot of history, seme is more stoic and tries to take responsibility and plan things on his own while the uke is strong and a bit tsundere. Second couple has a bit of enemies to lovers before you learn their story, and also reincarnation.

50+ 53: I absolutely adore this. It's refreshing and sweet and melancholy. Beautiful art and characters with some depth. Uke that has social anxiety or rather in public spaces, and seme that is used to giving up what he wants. Sweet seme and tough uke where it could have been reversed. Also rich and poor trope where the uke dotes on the seme. Both are quite thoughtful and considerate, while the uke is more straightforward in initiating at first, the seme becomes quite affectionate as well. Very wholesome couple with a good build up of the relationship in the first half, and a nice blend of affection and smut in the second.

list - new 60+

list - 9.5+, cuddle, top tier, beat you up 80+ This was really sweet and lovely! Art is gorgeous, characters are likeable, romance is so sweet. Plot felt a little disjointed at times. Long stretches of nothing really happening, just fluff and the couple getting closer, and then something random will be introduced. But it's ok because the main draw for this is the couple and how utterly adorable and sweet they are together. They fell in love kind of fast and it didn't necessarily show the progress of their feelings well. But they had good chemistry and were believable as two lovebirds. The last few chapters leading up to the resolution were so sad, but I'm glad everything resolved happily in the end. I still feel like there were a few loose ends, but they did a good job trying to tie things back to the easter eggs that were shown earlier and resolve the past with the present. Still kind of unresolved about the lifespan of an angel and human etc, but Taker said he saw they have a happy ending so I guess that's all that matters, it can be left up to our imagination. Kind of a deus ex machina situation at the end where Taker literally becomes a god and goes back in time and fixes everything, and then rests and is no longer a god and they go on as they always had been with their problems fixed. It wasn't necessarily poorly written, but it could have definitely been written more strongly to add more weight to their problems and more depth to the characters and world. I wish they explored more about Taker and his inclination towards humans, his decision to become a god, while they did talk about it I wish they went just a little bit more in depth. He really shone when Sooho was suffering and died and he was grieving and frustrated at not being able to do anything, and they had a great line about him understanding what it means to love someone and cry for them, and that was the most human he's ever been. Wish there was a bit more about what that then means when he gives it all up to become a god to save Sooho (but i guess it didn't matter bc he stopped being a god shortly after he fixed what he needed to). Sooho also had a decent character arc from hating ghosts to appreciating the life he had. They showed his suffering well, but I wish they showed that final moment of despair more impactfully, where he is so tired of the suffering that he is willing to fully let go. Part of it is because he trusts Taker will save him, but I also wish they showed a bit more of his desperation that lead him to make that decision. Idk, he was great but still felt slightly shallow to me. And sometimes the thought process or decision making didn't quite make sense to me or was contradictory. Overall, really enjoyable story. There were a lot of couple moments and cuddling and these two were very affectionate. Engaging story that might get side tracked once in a while but did follow through and wrap up well. Slightly weak writing with a deus ex machina to resolve everything, but it was engaging and did follow a plan throughout, with some random interjections and side subplots. Overall enjoyable read. Art 10/10 Characters 8/10 Romance 9/10 Plot 7.5/10

list - webtoons, office, enemies to lovers 170+