Kajou Mousou Shounen
4.5-5; the kinkiness is off the charts lmaooooo blessed asf The seme’s got anger issues to work through tho, and uke needs to respect himself more cuz he’s 100% a walking doormat rn (and the manga depicts that as a cute wholesome thing...) The story depicts the scary relationship situations really well (scary rape + humiliation etc) BUT it concludes them in an unrealistically wholesome way. So uh, the fluff is pretty shoehorned considering the really angst vibes during the dramatic conflicts
Backstage, I'm Yours
Escape From The Night
“Leaking out of ass” trope + seme lowkey threatened and raped traumatized uke to say “ily” using oversensitization (urethra toy) as a weapon Not very sweet tbh, considering that the threat came right after uke clung onto seme during a panic attack...give the uke a break lmao Author ends it with “the sex fixed the trauma and uke loves seme whoopee” Yeah bullshit
Renai Fuyuki Todoki
Objectively 3-4* for (sorta) plot, art style, paneling, and good smut but personal dislike so 2* Feel strange disconnect from story; characters are not the most likeable. Story pacing and characters’ actions are strange, and the story runs like a gag manga (cuz of how ridiculous some actions, thoughts, and events are) but it’s drawn in such an aesthetic and serious style that it confuses the fk out of me. Some characters and events (Emoto the rapist & stalker, group orgy) pop outta nowhere and you’re just like “wait wtf” cuz it lowkey interferes with the story’s vibes and flow Uke seems intent on drawing out the angst out of immaturity, tbh. Lots of wallowing in self-hate which leads to treating seme like a total piece of sht. Not even tactful rejection, it’s straight up “you’re just a sex object ok bye get out of my face” while his thoughts are all “waaaah I wanna date him but I’m scared of straight dudes rejecting me waaaaaah” like wtf? I get self-esteem is hard but at least treat others with more respect than that. Seme was a forceful racpist so not a great dude either, his character was weird too Weird puts in story (could be translations’ fault); - uke is so sexually frustrated he fingers himself in the ocean 10m away from the shore. Now, let’s say he was actually quite far out and his deeds were out of sight to bypassers. Was he treading the water while fingering himself? How tf did he stay afloat for a proper masturbation? - seme jumps in and drowns himself trying to save uke from perceived suicide, and after uke saves him they’re both suddenly at an outdoor shower that previous panels didn’t show. That teleportation threw me off...was the shower nearby, or did the uke drag an unconscious dude all the way to the showers? Also...apparently seme needed CPR?? Uke was casually like “ah, gotta find someone to resuscitate him after I take my shower.” Like dude, NO. GO GET SOMEONE NOW, HE’S DYING WTF?
Ore no Kirai na Tsugaisama
Hate the first couple, one partner genuinely hates the other lmaooo it ain’t nice to read Second couple is mutually fkd up, so I like that The rest were ok
Shisen Beya
Sadistic Beauty BL Sidestory
V nice angst! Translator needs to stfu lol Ngl this was a nice angst read for the most part, but near the end (or halfway thru?) I couldn’t stop laughing cuz ppl were ridiculously horrible lol
Maki-chan wa Kare to Sex Shitai
Lowkey attachment issues, but it’s mostly just them being obsessed with each other since birth lmaooo also they’re really wholesome with each other Seme is that type of “I’m super wholesome to that single individual but the other people can go fuck themselves” and his friend is WAOWEE so logical, cool, mature and hawt THE AUTHOR IS PERFECT AT WRITING ANGST WOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCRATCHES THAT ITCH SO WELL
Mitto mo Nai Koi