pluckaduck's manga / #Demons(11)

very nice. it's hard to find a yaoi+actual and unique plot nowadays (there are too many stories with a bunch of filler smut and a slow plot, or shoujo-vibe shounen-ai. tbh they're boring and cliche, sometimes so shoujo that if the mc was replaced with a female, it wouldn't have changed anything). I like the recurring and diverse characters and their impact on the story's development (like, there are not merely side characters that talk). but as much as I like how smooth the development is, I think some aspects should be more delved into. like the mc's character was a bit lackluster. however, ngl Paulo was written pretty well, i think? anyways, where did father Domingo go? his relationship with teco? who exactly killed mc's parents? what do the latter know? what exactly is Misha? what is the boundary he is talking about? I also want to know the fortune-teller and clairvoyant's story? (like, it was so random! it just made me even more curious!)

ch 54. getting soo pissed and vexed how everything is playing right into that ugly guy with tattoo's hands. maybe if they hadn't revealed how much the ugly guy was playing them like a fool as the story progressed up to the climax of mc and his 'friend's' breakup but instead revealed all that he had done after the aforementioned climax, it'd be more of a 'oh DAMN' moment. I wouldn't be as vexed as much as I'd be shocked. also, why the boobs so big? ch65. long haired guy pisses me off. he's so narrow-minded and his trust in mc must have been so minuscule that he's not even willing to give mc the benefit of the doubt or hear him out, and ruminate over the possibility that the incident was to sow tension between them? the dialogue and facial expressions doesn't help either, it's not angsty, there's no undertones of resentment in his words; it's lackluster ch67. ahh fuck he's so condescending, despite saying "i dislike being cruel to the weak". did the author intentionally make him so dislikable/obnoxious or does the author just dont give a shit about dialogue/characterization? ch88. wondering if i should drop this... this manga isn't bad, but it's not great either. the art is okay, but all the guys kinda look the same. the artist doesn't know how to convey emotions thru angle shots and atmosphere, which is also why the tension had been flat thru out the whole manga. it lacks subtlety and nuance. the dialogue sucks, im sorry, but it's like telling us what they think and feel, rather than showing us thru their words and silence. and all the fights so far had kinda sucked bc of the angles and lack of tension and twists. the characters seem to possess only one characteristic. like the timid girl...her whole personality is being a timid person who thinks of herself as useless. the guy who keeps yapping about one thing- that his peers arent friends and he needs to get stronger. ughh it makes them so dismissable and unlikeable. overall, it's bland and uninspired. i am flabbergasted as to how this has the same rating as Ajin, which is leagues above this.

comedy + a bit of fanservice + wholesome + childish softie princess + food + supportive demon king/father

the plot is solid and has a good amount of depth, it's kinda slow-paced, and there's not that much action, but the developments are interesting the worldbuilding isn't that unique (but it's written in 2013, so hey, it was prob one of the unique ones then) but it's fairly interesting with the lessa/ra conflict, and the charas are great. the art is really nice too. also, i love lessa- he's so unintentionally adorable and pretty

ch 48. overall enjoyable, but the quality of the pages makes it harder to enjoy. this is prob the mangaka's first work prior to assassination classwork, and u can tell he refines the comedy in his later work, AC. and i feel it's a real shame i even have to mention this, but the high school girl is not sexualized or turned into a fan-service chara at all. she's basically neuro's slave and he actually treats her as such- it's one of the main sources of the comedy here lol