moody_bish's manga / #Re encounter(37)

Beautiful art yet confusing execution. It's a hit or miss whenever something dramatic or supposedly climactic happens.

Wow. Two tsunderes lmao. Their love life is basically a re encounter after a re encounter until they both want to stay together. Rape jokes are still distasteful. Call me a killjoy or whatever, but I'd rather rape be taken seriously instead of a "humorous" way to imply sexual attraction or an inside joke that isn't really appealing or charming. Also, rape isn't something you want because that cancels the rape. So it's just wanted to be taken roughly or more possessively, not rape.

To think that I had to find this again just because of Yuriko-chan HAHAHA it is as hot and in depth as I remembered. I appreciate Ino's straightforward yet sly personality more than ever. Also, Kuma has that tsundere charm. The coach arc was so weird. Like I know he has some purpose, but he just feels out of place. Anyway, I will leave the hamster tag because I'm sure I might miss Yuriko in the future

Let these broken souls be complete because I know I broke in just a few panels of realizing whst caused Asahi's memory loss and who Yuu was.

Hitsuji became a teacher because his first love recommended that he does. At present, a student of his has a single father and it looked like they weren't bonding well. Then he meets his student's father at the convenient store. Worried about him and his child, Hitsuji offered to cook for them. Soon after, he realized that the father was actually Hatoyama, Hitsuji's first love. As if it's something natural, Hitsuji became closer to the family and ended up doing a drunk confession. He was able to pass it off the next day but soon, Hatoyama confessed back. Slowly, Hitsuji and Hatoyama looked like a domestic couple. Exceot, Hitsuji felt like he wasn't part of the actual family and tried to seoarate himself. (To be honest, it was Hatoyama who said that it Hitsuji shouldn't be concerned about their family. That basically shut Hitsuji out. But the next chapter, Hatoyama acts as if it was Hitsuji who didnt want to be a part of the family.)

Ui confessed his love to Natsuno but was gently rejected to be as friends. Years later of being separated, they meet again at a wedding but Ui's injury apparently caused him to lose some of his memory, including Natsuno. When they met, Natsuno was made homeless because he broke with his girlfriend. Tired of staying at the company, he took his chances to persuade Ui into letting him stay. He lied that they were exes and pointed out that he could help Ui with his injury. Unknown to Natsuno, Ui only lost a month's worth of memories, but vividly remember how he was rejected by Natsuno. In provocarion, he lets Natsuno prove that they had a relationship with a kiss. Well, the beans spilled when Natsuno realizes that it is better to tell the truth to which Ui countered with his truth as well. Long stroy short, the confession years ago becomes mutual.

Four couples. First three work at the same hairdressing shop. The third is the owner's story (in the past I guess?) The fourth is unrelated to the rest. 1. A practicing hairdresser and a distrustful salary man. Quick paced and I didn't feel that tension that led to a confession. 2. Re encounter between childhood friends. The hairdresser relieves his friend because his hair is sensitive. At least there is tension here. 3. At a reunion, a gay (the hairdressing shop owner) and his friend get drunk. The next morning, the gay's drunken confession surfaces which he has to confront while sober. Fourth, he sees red strings as a farewell gift from his grandmother. He knows that his string is connected to his friend, who then confesses. Troubled by it, he tries to evade him but ends up following the string to clear things with him.

1. An idol meets an unexpected male fan thru a one night lover show where he has to sleep (literally) with a fan for a night. The idol ends up offering sex because he was attracted by his fan. 2. Left with his father's debt, a re encounter with a rich kid who made an offer to do whatever he wants in exchange of being paid until he pays his debt. 3. Divorced overseas which pushed him into a drunken mess, he wakes up in a room, kidnapped and told to be with his kidnapper for 25 years until he loves him back. Turns out, his kidnapper was kidnapped for 25 years and has "fallen in love" with his captor (Stockholm's syndrom) and it was his fault. When they were kids, he was almost kidnapped but pointed at aonther kid which saved himself but caused his present captor to be kidnapped by a pedophile. Nonetheless, his captive's revenge was nulled by his unintentional efforts to teach him about adulthood/independece and was returned to society. When he realized the truth upon waking at the hospital, he returned to his ex-captor and promised to he with him, without being in captive. 4. A tragic domino effect that started from a scientist who cloned his dead lover but could not be satisfied by his clone so he committed suicide. The clone made a clone of the scientist and projected what the original scientist kept demanding from him, violent sex. In the end, the cloned scientist somehow regained "his memories" and chased after him

Kyon becomes a servant for a half-zero royal blood. He goes his way to disobey his master because of his desire to get to know him, the savior he knew when he was young, when a Zero killed his family. Lucaon, a hunter who had to kill his father who was poisoned and turned into a zero, grew to be hateful and distrustful of servants. Thus, he projected his hate on Kyon, the nosy servant who remains by his side even if he is rape and abused. The two ends up deeply in love amidst secrets unearthing. Sihan and Karis are master and servant yet they are lovers, too. Sihan is overprotective, but Karis is stubbornly reiterating that he is strong enough to do his job as a servant and hunter. These two are the wholesome couples. Ryan is Lucaon and Sihan's guardian. The man who basically watched over Lucaon's family since his parents. He also saved Sihan from captivity and turned him into a royal blood. He also took in a servant, Christoff who ends up being the root of all suffering, even his death. Nonetheless, Christoff was a pawn, brainwashed and ordered. But Christoff fell in love with Ryan and before he knew that he caused Ryan's corruption and ultimate death, Ryan had his memory wiped from Christoff's mind, along the other traces he left. Cecilia, a familt friend of sorts, comes in later to tie the loose ends of Ryan's death and would take over as the guardian of Sihan and Lucaon. Anyway, it had a plot regarding the family's poisoning incident and also the mission to make an antidote. Midway through, it became character-oriented instead. The truth came up and it ends there, antidote is not taken care of anymore.