eishin's manga / #Animal characteristics(15)

I'm so freaking ashamed to say that I might be a furry because there's really something about ears and tails on humans that I find hot asf.

Oh god it feels so wrong that I enjoyed this so much. Is it time to admit that maybe I'm into reading anthro BL? This turned out to be more wholesome than I thought it would be. There was dub-con at the start and the SA (which was unpleasant btw since it's the plot device for their confession to each other) but the relationship itself was cute and not what you'd expect from a furry yaoi.

OH MY GOD THIS WAS SO CUTE?! Buff bunny (hare) bottom and cute cat top QwQ It was lowkey predictable that Q was the director but it had a pretty decent plot and great art for a short storry.

Better than I expected it to be, for something that started with such a cliché premise with the whole wolf and rabbit alone in a room then one of them goes in heat. It gets so fluffy at some point that I forget this thing started with almost SA. Anyway, my favorite pair is definitely the mouse and the white lion, they're so cute together lol.

For a short manga, I didn't expect to see this much plot and I think it's a pretty decent read. Normally I'd stir away from age gaps that're more than 5 years but this one felt okay for me? I guess the time they spent apart helped since Ao didn't really see Asuka grow up. There was less smut than I expected (from seeing that cover) and it's quite wholesome too more than anything.

It had rape at the start of the story, I'm still not going to just accept it just because they gave a reasoning that Izuki accepted Haku since he can't do anything without permission. Either way, the rest of the story was beautiful. That ending hit me like a truck, but it made sense considering Haku is a supernatural being and Izuki is a human.

This is great, Haine isn't written as a stereotypical kind of wolf and respects Natsuo's boundaries. A very straightforward story, just fluff and wholesomeness.

Adorable! Sora's human and dog form are both so cute. The first few chapters were high-key embarrassing though. But if you can get past it then the fluff is great.

If I could rate this a 2.5 out of 5, I would. It's one of those stories which we can't judge with a view of the world building in just one lense of black and white. On one hand, I get the reasoning for Yukari's behavior and why he decided to continue with the business despite the fact that he's no different from his family in the sense of trafficking beastmen. He's not rich and knows all too well that the world doesn't treat beastmen kindly. In his mind, the best way he could help was to do what he does best, running the business regardless of the morality of it all. It's the same for the beastmen working for him as well, that's the life that they know from a young age (it's so sad that they get sold by the villagers themselves) and having an "owner/boss" like Yukari is the best thing that could ever happen in their mind, for the current circumstances. Basically, Yukari set ground rules to at least make sure that he keeps the ones working for him safe instead of treating them as if they aren't living beings (heavily implied that this is what was happening in previous shops). Then there's the uncomfortable truth that me, and a lot of people can't sit well with. At the end of the day the whole plot centers around human trafficking. While it's nice that at the end they got to go south where I assume the beastmen can experience a mundane lifestyle, the fact that the problem isn't really addressed properly still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I guess it's the way the whole situation felt so normalized, even though we know it's wrong. I just wish we got some kind of closure about the topic, since the ending felt quite rushed after all the fuss Shima made in the beginning about the whole situation. Lastly, the reason why I decided to go with a 3-star instead of a 2-star rating is because the relationship between Shima and Yukari ended up being quite adorable. The art is nice too so the reading experience wasn't unpleasant. What I love the most is how quick Shima is to apologizing and owning up to his mistakes. He's stubborn and acts like a brat, but he's not one to close his mind and heart when he realizes that others might've been hurt from his actions. His character felt iffy at the start but he ended up being quite a likeable one, along with Yuki, in this story. It's great to see both of them happy in the end.