Anastasia's manga / #Hikikomori(1)

16th yaoi. I liked the art style and thought it was a fluffy and cute cohabitation yaoi, BUT I was faced since the first panel with pure DARKNESS. I was certainly really surprised but I have had it in my want to read list for so long that I had to give it a try even if I wasn't really feeling a dark theme at the moment. I am pretty confused on how I'll rate it but I will go with a 4 star. I loved the art style and the character design was amazing. When the uke cut his hair he moved from cute to hot but his personality was so annoying and he was way too selfish until the very end. The seme could of course destroy me with his abs and he is one of the most pure-hearted semes ever, I only got slightly mad when I found out (more like predicted) he was not that sincere at the beginning. Their relationship was based on lust at first to fill their voids but It progressed into actual love, FINALLY another yaoi with actual love. The theme hit really close home and the concept was really well carried out and I would totally assume this was an actual experience of the author even after reading the epilogue since it was so close to reality. The only negative point is that it got pretty draggy towards the middle/end and could have replaced that with more of their future struggles and confrontation with antagonists like the family and classmates. It just makes the ending more satisfying and not make you question the characters feelings. Would recommend if looking for a dark themed yaoi that includes realistic mental health issues with a side of cohabitation lust turned love.