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I'm a Villainess to be Poisoned, so Why am I Being Adored?

Ongoing | Itoshiki | 2022 released
2024-10-08 09:02 marked

The art is VERY wonky, all the time, and feels like different models or references were used to scribble over to get the panels. The main character isn't really bland or overly interesting, as is the plot. Nothing new or special, tho that is only because the writing just didn't work. If the writing WAS done better, the plotline could have been more interesting. This oddly enough shows all the flaws that chinese works often have (even the almost or entirely random chibi funny haha moments thrown in 'just cause'). And given the detox and whatnot (as it's done here, typical chinese preferences from what i saw in the past), it surprises me to see a japanese name for the author. Not that this couldn't just be a choice to camo as one, but still. It's weird. I wouldn't recommend this. Maybe for beginners to see if they would be interested in longer stories or these types of isekai-ish plots, but even then; there are much better ones out there. If the author is new, I recommend practicing more, on all fronts. Since there is alot of room for improvement but the baseline is already good enough to work with.

Thanks To My Childhood Friend, I Became A Top Guide

Ongoing | 脆皮你鱼,二三玖陆工作室 | 2022 released

Could'a, would'a, should'a, DIDN'T. The basis for the plot was interesting tbh and a nice setup for a sweet poly relationship, but this ain't it bruh. But hey, at least the little lamb is absolutely fucking adorable. I'll check chapters just to save art of that little darling. <3

Love in the Underworld

Ongoing | Yang Eunji,Ari | 2000 released

Namete, Kande, Kiss wo Shite

Ongoing | Fumizuki kumi | 2022 released

I got 2 issues, so hear me out! THE PERSONAL PROBLEM: I honestly cannot read this in a serious manner. I keep smirking, eyerolling and covering my eyes with my hands. XD Everytime this cake/fork stuff is mention it just makes me cringe in some sorta way because it sounds so weird when you listen to it. Like some 2001 made-up OC name from deviantart that the author thought sounds suuuuper cool and whatnot, but for anyone outside the teenage world it just sounds weird. If you know what I mean? I get people want to mix up the Omegaverse nonsense, and I am FULLY for it as there are a million better ways to do it, but this would have been better off being just an altered Omegaverse or at least choosing different names for the 'roles'. This honestly just doesn't sound good. So reading it just breaks immersion every single time, which isn't making this a good read in specific ways. Which is a shame since the plot idea is different (but still essentially the same rape-allowing plot) than Omegaverse. You could have made this some god/demon related stuff, mythical creatures, curses and blessings. Literally ANYTHING but calling people a food and tool. That's just weird man. I can't. Just thinking about it is making me crack up again. ( >∇<) THE REAL PROBLEM: The problem I have with this more than the weird name choice is: There was LITERALLY no reason to make this another rape story. The story set itself up as the 'forks' not being able to taste. You could have turned this into a very highly sexual tension story, anything from a sweet caress that's too long to endure to hardcore edging for the uke. There was no reason to make the seme, yet again, a fuckwit that cannot keep his dick under control when this was all about finally having tastebuds again. Absolute zero reason. And I am convinced half the readers could have come up with a MUCH better plot idea with this setup. All without having to resort to rape and 'haha, me powerful so you no have any say HURRDURR'. (Super appealing btw. [/sarcasm.exe crashed]) Due to the writing being trash tbh, I would not recommend this. I literally lost interest as soon as the seme said 'go to the police, I'm powerful so nobody will do anything anyway'. None of that is appealing, even for someone with a rape kink like me. Which is sad. Even in shitty scenarios I can usually manage to find appeal here and there. But this had me immediately nope out. And I don't care to wait for 'character developement' either. So I'mma hard pass. :/ Maybe as jerk off material this is good enough for some, but as a story? Really below mediocre. Which is sad since, again, the base idea WOULD have been interesting.

I will retrieve the Duke I had abandoned

Ongoing | | 2022 released

The mid art I can overlook, but the writing is just not good. It's random and feels like a rough draft rather than a cohesive story. Really not gonna bother with this. Maybe someone else will if they are really bored, it's probably good to boredly flip through pages. Hope both the art and story become better from this author(s?) because there's much to learn, young Jedi.

A One Time Mistake

Complete | Haseo | 2019 released

My review will be short because there is legit nothing to adress here besides the obvious fact this is the type of 'deep' and 'cool' story a 14 year old horny teenager would think of when writing a self-insert fanfiction. And it's about as appealing too. The writing is below average, the main character just pitiful, the guy who just acts like a dog in heat is dislikable and unappealing in every way except looks. And the ending is just obnoxiously weird, rushed and bland. Making the already dislikable story even more dislikable. Even the smut scenes are not appealing. They look more like sketch practice for different poses, but not the interesting kind except maybe 2 in the entire comic. It's not worth reading tbh. Not even as jack off material I would recommend this because even those scenes lack any appeal. I hope that artist tries to make more comics, the artstyle is decent enough, but the writing needs ALOT of improvement.

Betrothed to My Sister's Ex

Ongoing | Tobirano | 2019 released

Came here to check out the comic since I randomly saw this is getting an anime and my conclusion is (and was already at chapter 3): I kinda see why they would make this into an anime but then again I REALLY do not. I can not see who or what actually made anyone think this is anime material the world needs to see. The writing is lower mid levels and the base story nothing incredibly interesting if we strip it down to the basis. And this one is not a unicorn. This happens alot lately. At this point you cannot tell me that getting a tv spot/animation for a comic or book is not simply: someone knows someone/paid money to get a spot OR they just collect random names, stick them to the wall, throw a dart and see whatever the fuck they hit. And the suggestion box is simply going onto a website and hitting the Random button to get a RNG suggestion for the genre. That would honestly explain PERFECTLY how we get all these random, mid-level princess animes lately. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ The base plot is nothing new, but new enough for an anime I suppose. It would definitely garner interest for some. And there are quite a few moments that are done well and could be really nice as an animated version. HOWEVER. There are much too many issues with the writing alone for this to be anime worthy. Especially the start of it all by knowing full well she thinks of herself as a replacement and refuses, YET NOBODY TELLS HER SHE'S WRONG. And it takes way too many moments like this for them to finally say something! And then she keeps up the annoying misunderstanding too. This is peak shoujo idiocy in terms of writing. Nobody (except little schoolgirls) has ever liked this even as a momentary drama arc in a comic, let alone it being the start and basis for the plot itself. Then again, the story DOES use random, weird and unnatural character logic/behavior ALOT. So I shouldn't be surprised at seeing common, obnoxious tropes everywhere. What I also noticed is that it's clear the author uses the nobles trope more as an aesthetic, not as a world setting that is thought through and makes sense. Which is common for this genre of story, I know, but even so: Pick the ones with actual effort please? There ARE quite alot. XD I'm honestly very curious who/how it's chosen which comic gets an anime adaptation. Because nothing I know of that applies to quality, popularity and so on seems to fit as criteria. So what IS the deciding factor, I wonder?

My Cutie Pie -An Ordinary Boy And His Gorgeous Childhood Friend- 〘Official〙

Ongoing | Kana riyuma | 2022 released
2024-12-29 05:58 marked

There is many issues with this. And I do not mean translation, I mean the general story. It feels like some things are lost in translation, sure, but not everything. There are a few issues I had with the art from chapter one. Some expressions are WAY too dark in nature rather than portraying shock, fear, etc. that would match the moment. It's like the author had experience with dark material before writing this fluff piece, hence why they couldn't tone down the expressions to the right degree. Art aside, the writing is...not smooth or fluent you could say? It feels less like a carefully planned out pathway and move like someone yeeting a bunch of planks across the lawn that you are then going to walk on in a somewhat path-resembling manner. It's not as cohesive as it should be at times and it feels jumbled and even random sometimes. Which can break the immersion at times, which obviously is not good. In a way it feels rushed and in another it feels like it drags. We somehow skipped a chapter too inbetween 14 and 15 but maybe not? Hard to tell given the writing issues before. Speaking of issues with the writing tho, the biggest issue I had was the fact we had the great flow going for him turning into an insecure mess but then that somehow completely got just ignored and it was all of a sudden not a big deal anymore. There was NO talking about the issue from Naho's side, Kana didn't bother asking more, it simply got brushed over by them becoming a couple. Which is not ideal given the HUGE deal the author made of the sudden change from confident to insecure. That very much is a mistake on the writers part and it was quite the huge disappointment to me since we hardly ever see this stuff being done in a story the heavy way it was here. And then; POOF, not a thing anymore. Enjoy couply life and arival creating drama~. Just not a good call. I'm not sure if I'll keep reading. It's not really interesting enough after they completely glossed over the insecurity issues and gave no solution or such for it. But I might flip some more pages sometime. It's honestly not something I will eagerly await an update for tho. It's not a good enough read for that. All in all it's an okay story. But with it's flaws I wouldn't recommend it. It WOULD make for a good subject to re-do someday or maybe someone making a copy-cat plot. That would be nice, since the core story and character dynamic is quite nice. Check it out but be warned, it has plenty issues, tho maybe it'll still be a good read for someone else.