pluckaduck's manga / #smut(42)

ch22. cant say i really like all the charas. while the dynamics and banter the various personalities bring to this manga are entertaining and funny, there are a lottt of WTF aspects. like Yuri is just a bizarre thing of itself. but beneath all the messed up shit and charas, there is a layer of cute and wholesome moments, real charas with depth and their own plotlines. like, i enjoy kashima, yachi, and mc's love triangle...i almost wish it's 3p cuz im beginning to support yachi, altho it looks like the author might be trying to pair him with tamara for endgame

honestly, rather than "possessive lover", i think it's more like "possessive rapist" cuz mc hated him until he promised not to kill her. then it seems like she was instantly relieved of all the stress of constantly worrying/fearing if he was gonna kill her, and chose to just accepted the mindless pleasure of sex. yep, mind break. also, the ml's design is very hot, but the mc's body is so weird in some scenes.

the father is a real asshole. not just a tsundere, but a hot-tempered violent, and homophobic asshole. ch 22. ok wtf. yeesu raped the father-in-law. even tho he's an unbearable asshole, i did not like how they hook up .

there's no Stockholm syndrome. the art is nice. ive heard that minho was a scumbag in sadistic beauty, a selfish bastard, but there's no way in hell he deserved a fate like this. he's completely broken, and uses alcohol to cope with his situation and avoid angering rapist. it is sad bc minho regretted his mistakes, but he had no chance to actually repent for them. at least the author is not deluded enough to force him to develop an attachment to the bastard, but then again, it might be the author's way of making minho miserable. it's almost like the author is projecting her/his twisted revenge fantasy on someone she despises. except she/he made a mistake, which was that minho is redeemable, and plenty of readers do feel pity for him. as much as I dislike this story, it does a good job of not glorifying or romanticizing this relationship and emphasizes that minho willingly stayed only bc the ml is the only one who loves him, and this pacifies his loneliness. its pretty realistic, portraying how difficult it is for the victim to get out of a toxic relationship.

not for me, man. too much smut. and the past stuff, from what i gathered in the comments, is well, not the most interesting. but the pacing good tho