just_m3h's manga / #Divorce(18)

1: Ao the college student teaching kindergarteners and Kurose, a parent he has fallen for (who might be dating Ao's twin). It was okay? Story was simple and scenes were hot, but I couldn't really get into it? Maybe because Ao felt really ditzy and Kurose seems like the stereotypical rich seme who falls madly in love with you, but has a mean streak. I usually like that second trope, but maybe because this is so short? Maybe that lends to it feeling shallow. 4.4 3: Story about Shirase, who's been divorced 3 times and Midori, who always gets dumped. They finally meet the person who would put up with the depth of their feelings and in Shirase's case, his crazy stamina. Again, way too short. The story couldn't be properly hashed out. This would have been a 5* story with enough space. 4.2 5: Story about Aki, Shirase's kid and his childhood friend Akane, whom he turned down in kindergarten. Akane continues to harbour his first love well into high school. This would be so, so good if the had even just 5 chapters. It's such a shame, seriously. I enjoyed the plot. I liked how Aki snapped him up, asserting his feelings forcefully and I loved Akane's innocent reluctance. 4.6 Overall: 4.4

Unrequited childhood love comes into fruition many years, a child and a divorce later. I feel like they wasted too much time? Both of them are likable characters and I'm glad they're together now, but I hate that they wasted so many years. At least Kouhei got Hina out of it. Hina is really such a lovely kid. I do think that if Kouhei hadn't strummed up the courage they'd still be stagnating 4.5

The recently divorced workaholic Nozomu, and his favourite colleague Teppei, who has been lusting after him for years. I actually love this one so much!! Nozomu is so likable and knows how to handle Teppei, exactly. He's such a kind soul, open to change and willing to give Teppei a chance even though he had always thought of himself as being straight. Annnnnd. That punishment scene!! So hot!!! So, so, so hot!! This thing needs way more sex scenes!!

Tachibana is a capable man in his 40s, with a stable corporate job, who gets seduced by the young son of his old friend (Kouta) Oop! The dad would have to walk in :'D They're really hot together. I quite enjoyed it. 4.7 Edit: Oh. Oh! It's an anthology. 1: Dad's coworker and the university kid who's crazy about him. Short, sweet, hot. Needs way more. 4.7 2: High schooler and freelance engineer. Age gap and gap moe, both. Cute and hot, weirdly enough. 4.5 3: Two dense as fuck yet adorable middleaged ex classmates finally getting it on. Not bittersweet. Just light and fun. 4.4 4: Why are all these old men so adorable??! An overworked and recently divorced man books a massage that ends up being the erotic type of massage and before he knows it, he's hooked! So sexy, squirting and multiple orgasms and everything! Need more. 5: Uni professor and student, relationship feels ambiguous because prof is kinda cold outside of sex. Don't like the power imbalance in this one. 4 8: Two lovers who've gotten back together after a break trying for a dry orgasm Hot and simple. 4.45 9: Super weird and gross story about a tribe that has nursemaid men and where one of them get together with someone they nursed as a child. Super gross, really. 2.5

Claiming that she feels neglected, Nogami's wife divorces him, leaving him insecure and housing some major abandonment issues. When he picks up Kume, a fresh university student who has lost much as a result of his coming out, he had no idea how much he himself was about to be saved, in turn. I thought this would be cliché and annoying, and boy, am I happy to be wrong. I found Kume to be an extremely lovable and brave kid. So glad his dad isn't an arsehole. Also, I don't think Nogami is purposefully neglectful at all, really. He's just, absentminded, if anything? Maybe he compartmentalizes sometimes, but his wife should have talked it out. Well, all the better for Kume. And Nogami, too. He is such a kind and gentle person, and he certainly deserves to be with someone who can recognize that. 5

It's about someone who carried a torch for their high-school best friend and lover for 20 years. There's little that's happy about that. It does wrap up well. But, Lord. I don't know. It was just painful and difficult to read it. There has to be a limit to being clueless and selfish. My heart aches and aches for the poor seme. It's no excuse for him forcing him, though. This story is just sad. 4.6

You're better than that, come on. Tell me you didn't drug him. Edit: He didn't. I am very frustrated by the one-sided decision making the omega seems determined to do. Edit: I'm so, so angry. Why are any of them doing this??? Edit: I mean it's not like they aren't good together. They absolutely are. But this kind of misunderstanding that leads to such serious consequences are honestly so frustrating. 4.65

This is SO much more palatable past Ch 80-ish. But getting there was. Whew. It was a *process*. I do feel for Rashta, tbh. I could NEVER support slavery nor the treatment of her and others like her by the nobility or the general populace. I genuinely do feel terrible for her. But she's so malicious and I really cant ignore how she consistently and willingly tried to cause harm to so many people. There's no denying that she did indeed destroy many lives. Not just Navier's, but Nian's as well. And she tried to have Nian's lover killed, just for her own selfish gain. Plus, she's also wilffully destroying all the aid and charity work Navier had done. She's just playing with so many lives. I also hate how insensitive and ignorant she is. How could she ever think Navier would want to have anything to do with her after THAT? Are you serious?! But in any case, the true blame must still lie with Sovishu. He's such a selfish fucking arsehole! It boils my blood. Even if he had told her the plan (he didn't even let her know, this arrogant POS), it's such a garbage plan! Did he truly not think of anyone else? If not Navier, he could have given some thought to how this would impact the poor blameless child, or even Rashta! But, no! Selfish prick. Plus, even if she was infertile (I hope not), in that too, he has much of the blame! Yet he didn't even tell her the truth about that either! Ugh! I'm so frustrated! I do feel a little bad for him because he does see to have some twisted form of attachment to Navier, but what he did is still beyond forgiveness. Moving on to the previous queen, Christa. I think she's acting so unnecessarily, by making things difficult for Navier. It makes literally zero sense for her to cling to power like this. Like, just live your life, bruh? The Duke from Rift is annoying me a bit, too. Why did he just foolishly drink the potion? I feel bad for him and all, but come on! Such an unnecessary complication. As for the count who always advices Rashta, he's super fucking suspicious and alsmot definitely a spy from the Kingdom. I shall enjoy that reveal, but it may be a hundred chapters from now, at this rate! One thing that isn't clear from the story is how strong their relationship was before this whole Rashta business. It's kind of hard to fully judge the situation, because of that. Navier seems to always be cold and detached when dealing with Sovishu, but that's only because we have only seen her post-Rashta. So I would have appreciated some insight into their relationship after they had grown up, since all the flashbacks were of when they were children. Especially since she says she had always loved him while he says she never did. And she didn't correct him, but that may just have been her pride. Overall, the pace is glacial and it's beyond frustrating, but I hope the pay-off will be sweet. This season finale was kinda lacklustre and the events of the final chapter were too insignificant to be a finale chapter. But I am waiting for the next chapters eagerly, now that we are past the divorce stage. Ch 150