plip's manga / #Trauma(12)

LOVEEE this author. so much. the art is amazing, the characters are well developed, the writing is great. so so good!

"Dayeol hears two guys fooling around in the nurse’s office and accidentally knocks over the curtain rod. When the nurse walks in on the scene, devilishly handsome Taehyun tells her that Dayeol tried to make out with him. Before Dayeol can correct the misunderstanding, the rumor spreads and his archery scholarship is in jeopardy. To make matters worse, Taehyun doesn’t show the slightest bit of remorse; in fact, he shamelessly begins hanging around Dayeol. It’s not long before the two begin walking the thin line between hate and love." ✰ Student x Student, High School ⤷ this was pretty good! the jump from chapter 24 to 25 was wack but other than that i enjoyed it. it makes me sad the author comments on how the characters 'were suppose to be handsome but i didn't draw them well' because i thought the art was actually really great! the process of Taehyun learning to cope with his traumatic past and to trust/love was really realistic, i became really empathetic to him. i think the ending made sense and was satisfactory. i don't really like when BL webtoons go all over the top with the romance, it really takes away from the story and the sense of realism for me, so i liked this story just the way it was.

"On the school rooftop rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of twins, Shuji Yashiro meets Roku Ichinose, a popular boy Shuji always thought of as belonging to a completely different social world. Unable to take his eyes off Roku’s face, Shuji takes his picture on impulse. The following day, while organizing old photos in the clubroom, Shuji finds a shocking photograph that unexpectedly brings his world a little closer to Ichinose's..." ✰ ⤷ there's a hole in my heart

I NEED VOLUME 2 NOW poor phi

Story within "Yami BL", an anthology of dark-themed BL oneshots made by various artists and authors. ✰ Childhood Friends ✰ TW: Rape, Necrophilia, Suicide ⤷ um.

"Fresh from a break up with his boyfriend, Kanou is depressed, and he wonders where things went wrong. He thinks of committing suicide by walking straight to the upcoming train on his way to work, but a high school student stops him. Since then, Kanou seemed to always run into the boy who smiles or greets him at the train station every morning. Kanou dubs his savior 'Campanella,' a character from a book he read. Meanwhile, at work, Kanou continues to work hard as usual and finds himself being drawn closer to his boss. Will his new-found feelings bring him happiness, or will it end up in tears again?" ✰ Boss x Subordinate ⤷ woww. amazing story; really captured the hopelessness and isolation associated with depression. beautiful story...4.7

"Childhood friends Kobayashi & Takagi are each victims of a neglectful & abusive household. They vow to become proper adults, but in the end are unable to endure what life brings their way" ✰ Childhood Friends ✰ TW: Murder, Death, Domestic Violence, Abuse, Trauma ⤷ yuhhhh

"Born as an orphan, National figure skater Yi-rim, has always craved for someone to protect him by his side, until his encounter with National swimmer Chong-ho... Chong-ho, an Alpha with high sensitivity for pheromones and Yi-rim, an omega with scentless pheromone! Is this encounter fated, or just a coincidence...?" ✰ Omegaverse, Alpha x Omega ✰ Swimmer x Figure Skater ✰ Sunshine Protector x Sunshine ⤷ ok this was rly cute. i'm so obsessed w the baby omg. s1 was all about them getting together, s2 all about baby. cutest baby ever. i enjoyed seeing chong-ho going from aloof/disengaged/committed to NOT falling for yi-rim, to being completely obsessed. [side 2.3]

"Since entering university, Izumi has been approached by strangers on campus. It seems like there's another 'Izumi' who wears glasses just like him, and he recklessly takes on other people's requests. In an unexpected turn of events, he got to know this Izumi, so he started following him around to prevent people from mistaking them... A slow, quiet, heartful, twilight romance." ✰ Student x Student ✰ TW: Trauma, Rape ⤷ [3.5] i can't remember why i gave this 3.5 but just trust me bro

"Akamine and Utsumi are two men linked by a dark past only Utsumi remembers: Akamine raping him six years earlier. But when Utsumi comes to exact his revenge, old wounds are reopened and the two become locked in a cycle of violence, betrayal, longing, and despair." ✰ Boss x Subordinate ✰ TW: Rape, Trauma ✰ Hate to Love ⤷ okay not to be dramatic butttt... *_* i love dis shit LMFAOOO. omg the DRAMA! the ANGST! boss rapes subordinate and then subordinate concocts extensive revenge plan over the course of 6 years, during which time his boss ends up falling in love with HIM, and then subordinate is like...maybe he isn't such a POS o_o yoooo MAKE SOME NOISE I LOVE THIS SHIT. soooo much juicy drama and lore without some bullshit love triangle or dumb ass misunderstandings. no like. dis some real shi.