pluckaduck's manga / #interesting(386)

mom, while beautiful, is so eerily emotionless. the shading is immaculate, framing her in a disturbing and creepy light, even in the beginning she seemed normal, at least her actions were, there was just an unsettling vibe around her. god it's so sad that he's so emotionally attached to his mom, despite having deep anxiety and fear to the extent he developed speech impairment.

sadist/masochist; herbivore x carnivore; being bitten fetish;

the plot itself is decent, not generic, and unfolds naturally along with the worldbuilding. has lots of potential story-wise, but i dont think it's brought to the full potential bc of the art... not to say that it's bad, but the flow of the scenes / overall transitions could be better. also, it's a shame to even mention this, but im glad there's none of that undermining male characters into 1D villains or foils for mc to shine. mc's savior, mc's savior's killer, josef, rayer, etc. there's only a couple prominent female characters... but we'll see how they're treated in this story.

why does this have a surprising amount of depth

oh my god. this is possibly the best gl I have ever read. so extremely well-written with practically no wasted scenes, relatable themes and symbolism, perfect pacing and storytelling, fleshed out and complex characters, palpable chemistry and slowburn romance. the author absolutely delivered on this dynamic and gave us more. also, love the inspiration from cinderalla, the allegory of the town mouse and the city mouse, and the elements of the golden turtle and dragon king (tho the myth's story itself has no relevance). also, this is the first time i hated the entire male cast and liked all of the female cast (at least, most of them). tho the drama was a bit over the top, it was very entertaining.

it delivered well given its premise. and tbh the mom is so hot! like she's horrible and all but she so beautiful.

the author is smart... but he severely overestimated his reader's intelligence. the concept is actually unique and has a lot of potential for tragedy if executed right, but he left out a lottt of details and made things a bit too vague... now it's just confusing and it takes away some of the emotions the author prob intended readers to feel upon finishing this series. i have a lot of questions. but still, quite bittersweet and sad.