eishin's manga / #Fantasy(57)

At first, signs of going to a reverse harem route was showing. But slowly they made it apparent that Dongha's end-game would be Juwon. To be honest I didn't expect this to be so wholesome from reading that synopsis, so now after reading 'til the end I can say that this was awesome! Though I wish we saw more of the other brothers, they showed glimpses of Seonjae's rocky relationship with Kanghee but we're left with an open-end for the two of them, we can only assume that they'd be back together but it would've been nice to see the development because right now I believe Seonjae deserves better than Kanghee. Towards the end they introduced Eunho's childhood crush (we don't know if he's the same dude that tried to hit on Seonjae), we don't really see them elaborate more on that relationship though (wish they'd have their own story or smth). Lastly, Gyumin doesn't have anyone which I wish he'd have someone other than his dolls, it's a bit sad to see him in an unrequited love situation (someone who can help him with his insecurity with his eyes would be nice, lowkey he has good potential for a yandere story too lol). Also! Something important to mention is that it would've been nice if we saw Mr. Kim's true form ;-; Overall, this was a pretty nice read. Though there were things about other aspects of the plot that I wish was resolved/further explored, our main couple still had their happy ending.

This is so bizarre, Alexei is actually a person who reincarnated as a horse. Thankfully he turns human later on but the thought that he's a horse still lingers at the back of my head from time to time. His relationship with Felix is kinda cute and gave me a good laugh though. Hopefully it gets updated soon, because they're just starting to actually gain developments in a relationship beyond "horse and his human master."

Much more interesting than I expected! Left off with a cliffhanger for now, but I look forward to how the plot develops in the future.

The story is a bit slow, a lot of exposition happens in between but I don't really mind that much. Though I wish we'd find out more about Estio's real powers because so far we just keep getting small hints about it, other than the fact that we know what he is now. It seems like they're gearing up for something big now with the current chapters of S3, I hope the wait is going to be worth it :')

Initially, I was only interested in this because of the fact that it takes place in the same world as Estio. It grew on me though, and I like how Egret isn't actually a flawless wise sage during his first life. He made mistakes, he's a coward, a kid that was forced to grow too early who suddenly got handed this power which was too much to handle for him when he couldn't even have a proper upbringing. In the first place all he wanted was to not be alone, but suddenly he has this power that can change the world and the first time he tried to use it thinking he could help others, things turned out for the worse. Speaking of how Egret handled his first life, seeing how his relationship with Freed, Reina, and Halder during the first timeline, I understand why it must've been so frustrating to see their father-figure wither away like that when they know that he could do better. However, I don't agree with the path they chose to get revenge on him. On the other hand, I do understand why Egret turned out to be a "coward" and not wanting to be too deeply involved in other people's affairs, or how he holds himself back from feeling too much (showing intense emotions), considering the first time he let himself do such a thing, he quite literally blew up a whole basement and including the humans inside there that he wanted to protect. Thinking about it from his perspective, I'd be scared too in letting myself feel. Because I know that my actions can bring about pain and suffering to people even if I actually had good intentions to help them. With this whole deal of the antagonist's situation. Honestly, I think Freed is obsessed and we can't really call what he's feeling for Egret to be just hatred or remorse. His feelings for Egret is so complicated that even if I'm seeing everything through a third person's perspective, it's difficult for me to make out what he really wants. I don't think he actually wants to kill Egret and that's what I'll believe until proven otherwise. It's quite an interesting premise, I didn't expect to get this hooked. Truth be told it is a bit slowburn on everything, but I do like the MC's personality and the growth he's showing us in this second life, so I'm looking forward to see how this story develops in the future.

This is just porn, which could've been hot because the art is pretty if only the uke isn't getting raped like every freaking chapter?! All of the demons around him are deranged asf. I'm holding on to the author's promise that Leon will get his sweet revenge, but I genuinely feel like trash reading this.

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.

A really good historical fantasy BL. The leads are so cute, I love their dynamic sm. MC is lowkey kdj coded, he better not die on me ;-; I should've waited for this to be finished first, I really want to know what happens next QwQ