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.
Kimi ni Ienai Koto ga Aru
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Pearl Boy
stalled at season 1: Uke is so pitiful but I can't really connect well with him so he's not that likeable to me. But he's super pretty and the Seme is super handsome too. Seme is interesting and not as bad of a guy as I thought, and even though he's dim he's kind of endearing. The bad guys are so bad though damn, uke suffered so much it was horrendous. Triggers for gang rape and his ex-lover cheating on him with his mom, and super manipulative and abusive ex-lover if he can be called a "lover". But current couple is very sweet and loving towards each other, though uke still has trust issues.
Our Future (Cheok Kong)
40+ An alright cute and fairly healthy read with multiple couples. The ideas and dynamics were there, they just needed to add more depth and better pacing. Feels like they all fell in love quickly. Second couple was a bit forceful, reminds me of He Tian and Little Mo
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