Checkmate(TAN)
SUCH a good story! Soohyun had a rival back then in highschool who was always no. 1 which angered him because he was always the no. 2 and was always the one getting picked on for it. Years later and he finds out about him again getting caught up in a huge fiasco about "stealing an artwork". He interviewed Eunsung to know the whole story but he ended up getting caught in a huge mess. He told Eunsung that he would help him drag his former art teacher down with all the horrible sexual abuses he has done to his pupils, but of course Park was crazy enough to also make his moves. I loved the story but i feel like it could have been squeezed into 50 chapters or something because halfway through the story, i just felt bored and i felt like i couldn't finish the story since it mostly felt like filler chapters until chapter 90 onwards. However, I did like how Soohyun was clear on what his boundaries were and what he wanted but, i did not like his Love-Hate feelings for Eunsung. He was obsessive but also pushed him away at the same time, which was making me feel confused about his character. I loved the ending too but I wish they made them more lovey-dovey with each other after everything that has happened and after everything they've gone through because it really felt like their relationship was so bland and not giving what it's supposed to give. Although, i did feel how much Eunsung loved Soohyun. That alone made me love their relationship, but not much on the dynamic itself. However, i still like them very much, i just think this could've been better. I also noticed how i feel the same after reading the author's old work which was "Stalker's Game". I usually love psychology manhwas but i think that both stories could've done better. Ultimately though, I think i still really liked Checkmate better than "Stalkers Game".
Dragon Making Love
SOOO CUTEEE, SUCH A SILLY LITTLE MANHWA I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ESPECIALLY THE EXTRA CHAPTERS WHERE IT FOCUSES ON THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER I LOVE THIS SO MUCHHH
Palace of Bardo
oh my god i love this so much It is a world where people who lived a life that did horrible things will be reborn again until they've atoned for their sin. Hun is an architect of the palace that was hired by the Emperor. He fell for the emperor after he told him that Hun will build a palace for him that should last thousands of years, not knowing that he would be tortured and mentally abused by the emperor because of his obsession with him. Later after Hun died due to poisoning by his own brother that was in love with him, He was reborn to once again atone for his sins. He wanted to die quickly so that he would not make things worse and repeat the same history that happened but the reborn emperor soon found him again. Time passed and Hun is still scared of the emperor, but the eunuch told the emperor what happened in the past and told him that he should cherish him more, cherish him more than he did in his past life and take good care of him. The emperor took the eunuch's advice and changed for the better. The history around them was repeating but they were both changing for the better so that every bad thing that happened will be stopped. At the end, they of course lived happily ever after. I loved the story and how their relationship has changed from their past life. I loved how the emperor and his kid were both fighting for Hun's love and attention Although, i did not like how the emperor was still a bad father to his kid. Other than that i really love their whole little family going on. I also loved how the crowned prince and Hun developed a bond together to the point that everyone around them thought that the crowned prince was willing to call Hun his own mother rather than his actual stepmother. They really bonded well with each other i love them so much.
Rebirth
good!!! i love how amazing yoong jin-hwa treated yeo-dam so much! The plot is the same as "The Palace of Bardo" but a little different. I also adore how much Yoong Jin-hwa calls Yeo-Dam "baby" they're so cute!
Kuroe And The Garden Of Feminine Pleasures
OH MY GOD, this is seriously gonna make me cry.. i didn't expect to get attached to this couple because i thought kuroe was just a typical asshole male lead who wants sonogi to be his sex slave but nooo, he actually loves him and adores him so much. I loveddd the ending and how sonogi was the kid of the neighbor of kuroe who adopted him so they've basically known each other their whole lives <33 i love how kuroe calls sonogi "sono-baby, sono-poo" too he's so corny with the pet names but they're soo cute <3 i also thought this whole manga was just about sonogi having a pussy but it was soo much more than that. I just love their relationship so much <33
Hoshoku-sha Kisumi-kun
Cannibalism as a metaphor for love wahoo
Hyanghyeon Text
so good!!! jooin (mc and bottom) is an average guy living in the country until mookya (top) meets him to retrieve the wrong package that was replaced with jooin's order for coffee beans. as it turns out the replaced package was actually drugs. intriguing story with an mc who can read people's minds as texts and the male lead being a character who you would never expect the personality of. really cute story where the characters are dependent on each other while having a healthy relationship.
The Beast Must Die