just_m3h's manga / #death(51)

I just super can't. Take-Kento is a ship I just cannot support. The kid is 15! 15!!! Just, fuck, no. 2 Hayato and Ryou were a cute enough story, given the givens. 4 But the other bit was so squicky, I'm all squicked out. If it had waited to progress, I would have found some way to look past. But it didn't and I am just done

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Chap 1: Good for nothing Saitou who is a struggling author without a penny to his name and no value of money and Mayuzumi who takes him in. Mayuzumi is in love with and has casual sex with the already married Saitou. 3.5* Chap 2: Aki and Yamato who share a dorm room, are boyfriends and can't keep their hands off each other 4* Chap 3: En is the lewd playboy apothecary and Tao is his assistant who has to put up with his sh*t. An aphrodisiac may get involved in the ensuing seduction. Sequel in tachi neko soudatsu 3.5* Chap 4: Fucked up beyond repair love triangle between non-blood related siblings, Kyokou and Haru and Shinobu, Kyouko's husband. The fact that he doesn't remember the sex gives me rape vibes. 2* Chap 5: Very short and bitter oneshot about snow that melts in the face of a long spring. Supernatural. 4* Chap 6: Maki, who's never lost a fight and Sugawa who was a leader in his peer group in his younger days but got overshadowed over the years and cannot stand losing to anyone. Not normally my kinda story but I can't help but enjoy how crazy Maki is about Sugawa, accepting him, complexes and all. 4.2* Chapter 7: Micchan, who was battling crippling depression and lost, and Jun who couldn't let him go. Uber dpressing. Jun never realised how serious Micchan's suicidal talk was and it warped him forever 2.5* Chap 8: Akashi, the servant and the chained Guardian Deity he was brought by force to service. Akashi is a pure little cinnamon bun. Glad the Guardian was gentle with him. The household can rot. Hypocrites. 5* Overall: 3.6*

1: Mauri, who was sent as a sacrifice to the wandering dragon god Raika (who doesn't eat people, where do these rumours come from, anyway?), in an unfortunate town were all the women have been kidnapped by an evil rapist merchant. Too short. Also hate the townspeople who used the lack of females as a valid excuse to harass and rape him. 4.5 2: Kanbai, who's been in love with the wandering rain god Shironome, since he was rescued from drowning when he was only 8, thinks it's unrequited. "Em... about this rainbow that's been up there for a week now..." It was okay, I didn't think it was anything special 4 3: A god of spring who calls forth the spring by singing in bird form and Jiin the consientious hunter he slowly falls in love with as he watches Jiin grow up. Jiin save him from kidnappers and he save Jiin in turn. A forever kinda love. Really liked the vibe, though too short. 5 4: Lovers Kitsune and Orphee, the wandering horse god and lost little Kio whom they adopt. Kio is not all he seems. Really bittersweet and beautiful. 5 5: Otsuka the black dragon god who is rumoured to bring misfortune and Itsuka the bandit, who's been following him forever in a war ravaged country. Ongoing. 4.5 Overall: 4.6

Jin is not only a unique uke, he's a unique yaoi lead. With his lack of need for drama and his quiet acceptance and strength, he truly is a redeemed character I can get behind. It certainly helps that his past is not a part of the current time line. And that he was a high school kid. But what helps the most is obviously how he tries to take responsibility and the gravity with which he tackles matters Wujin suffered so much and I am so glad he gets to be happy now. Wujin's such an honest character, I really enjoyed how kind he was, as well. They deserve each other so much. I love how honest they are about their love and desire for each other. Jin, in his steady loyalty and quiet reassurance, and Wujin, in his over-excited puppy kinda affection. 5 I do hate that Wujin is being blamed at all, the kid's parents are crazy. But I love Wujin's family, his Mum was A+

Shima is such a teddy bear seme, I love these caring and powerful types, when I'm in that sort of mood. Haruki is certainly very hard to get a read on at first, but he does become very transparent as the story progresses. He is. Very different, as an uke. Fairly straightforward, honest, not particularly shy in bed, not overly lewd either. Mostly maybe because the story doesn't revolve around sex. And that's okay. I would have loved a steamy scene after all that teasing, but the story doesn't *need* it either. It was good, a light read, tackling difficult subjects such a loneliness, loss and being left behind, while still being up beat. 4.7 Side story: Side story about Aya and Yoshimasa, forced housemates (their dads are friends) who actually get along very well. The theme of respectful and capable semes holds here, and I liked that Yoshimasa would consider moving just so that he can protect Aya, from himself, at that! It was good. 4.5

This had a really unique and interesting fantasy plotline but the romance kinda threw me off? It was too short to include that amazing plot and the rkmance too. Don't get me wrong, they make sense together. It's just, Kisuke went from tsundere asshole who was waay too violent for my taste to pushy seme who's crazy about Keita. If this was like, 20 chapters long, this would make so much more sense. Also, Kisuke almost got him killed, but that just gets brushed over. He has too much pride for my liking. One should be able to apologise when one is in the wrong. 4.4

Wth??! This is too sad. They are fated to miss each other forever :/ Sucks 5 (but I hate it)

Famous idol and down in the dumps but absolutely sweet little hardworking uke. Gunna be good Edit: I'm 100% sure I did not read a bit of the manhwa before making the above review. Not only does it not make a lick of sense in the context of the story, I also have no recollection of having read this Edit: Okay, no, it makes sense, I must have only read the very first introductory chapter, when I reviewed this. Anyway. What a ride! Leeseo, one of the most famous and talented singers in the country (and to some extent, world) gets dumped on Hosoo's doorstep by his old friend, Dohyun. That's it, at the surface. But in reality, their lives are etwined in ways they aren't even fully aware of. If there was ever a fated pair, this is it. They met and comforted and gave strength to each other throughout their lives in different shapes and forms. They were both unwanted and thrown away and lived incredibly difficult, traumatic childhoods. Their tormentors continued to use and abuse them through extortion late into their 20s. They both had estranged but loving half siblings and friends who would go to great lengths for them. I love that they get married. People always act like you can't just go somewhere and do that. Like it's not an option. Later in the story, Leeseo's estranged and traumatised brother (Woojoo) who doesn't know how to show affection (and causes them a lot of trouble) is abandoned, and finds his solace in Dohyun's arms. Dohyun uses his own dark past and less than savoury connections to tie up all loose ends. I don't like how their first time happened, though. But I know Dohyun will keep him safe and loved forever. What was so satisfying about this is that a lot of their tormentors got exactly what they deserved. From death, to a life of forced menial labour. They deserved it. Shitty rapist pedo abusive extortionists. Rot. I also loved that Hosoo stopped sending money to his adopted family and started to finally live for himself. It took a lot of strength and I wish hos sister had pushed him in that direction from the start, instead of Hosoo being so trumatised as to decide to finally do that. Please let them be happy now. 5*

Oh, boy. This gives me the absolute creeps. Saccharine and seemingly perfect. I bet something unbelievably twisted is going to rear it's head along the plot line Edit: The rating's dropped real low as well, while I wasn't looking. Opting out Edit: Aaaand, those who had 'childhood friend pretending to be dead brother via phone' on their bingo cards, please step forward! What's even more absurd than that whole situation is how uke suddenly bounced back from months of trauma so deep that he forgot his brother died. Like, what? Whatrrrr???! 3.4