otakulys's manga / #Possessive seme(9)

Guy rapes kid to get back at the chick who didn't run away with him years ago. Kid, of course, is madly in love with him for no reason. (I mean, Yaoi-land reasons, but that's pretty much the same thing.) This is a scary-unhealthy "romance" which, of course, is never addressed as such. If this were real life, that guy would have murdered his lover or gone to jail for something, I'm sure.

Kind of dark and definitely pretty strange. I don't have a piercing fetish myself, so I couldn't join in their excitement, but the story was interesting, and I like their twisted relationship, even if it's slightly unhealthy.

Damn it. I loved the first story, and I ADORE the art, but that second story is just so creepy. And not in the fun way. I just can't stand yaoiland rules where assault isn't assault as long as it turns out the dude had a boner for you all along. Molesting a sleeping person is gross, and it made it really hard for me to keep reading. Had to drop my five star rating down because of it. What's worse is it's the longest story in here. It's a yaoi cliche full of uncomfortable stuff, so I'm pretty disappointed. I'll keep my review for the other story here, though. FIRST STORY: Very cute so far. I was worried something else would happen and misunderstandings would delay them coming together. Glad that wasn't the case! It was actually really cute how he was purposely teasing him and planning to finally reward him. I wish more manga touched on that, because there's something kind of hot about a guy making another guy wait just for fun, even though he knows they're going to have sex in the end.

The translation is awful, and I've always wanted to go back and clean it up, but I actually like the story. It's been a while, so maybe I need to re-read it, but I actually like the darkness of the ending. I think some of the explanation was lost in the translation, but I don't think it was as black and white as people are making it. Ultimately, the boy just wanted to be free, to be his own person, rather than someone kept by one man or another. The obsession of another crushes out his light, until both the boy and his captor are trapped.

Oh god, the fluids. So many fluids. D: This was some seriously fucked up shit. I'm glad it stayed that way, at least, and never became consensual. I hate that in omegaverse. Or in general, but it seems pretty common in that genre in particular. I mostly am horrified by how much dripping there was. It was super disgusting. But whatever, not the worst oneshot I've ever read. I don't like doujinshi that forces a non-canon or unrealistic pair, but I like omegaverse, despite myself, so here I am. This is only the second time I've encountered abortion in omegaverse, though. It'd be interesting to see the concept explored more.

What the fuck... The first little oneshot was gross, though the mini-story with the one guy as a little bat pet thing was cute. The main story is okay, I guess. Nothing special. At least they were respectful of one another. The other couple, though, ugh. As far as rape to love goes, the most disgusting thing for me is when the victim starts apologizing to the rapist for hurting the rapist's feelings or some shit. I always wish the uke would die after that to really destroy the seme, since the seme is always doing it out of some sort of intense jealousy or love. You don't deserve a happy ending, you piece of crap.

It might be the translation in part, but this manga was just a total mess. It was all over the place and abrupt, full of a toxic relationship that couldn't be fixed by any means, let alone the minor ones the uke puts into play. But whatever. The masochist story was also messy but it was ultimately quite cute. If it hadn't been so all over the place, I think I would have really liked it. The guy being so concerned and loving over his guy while also being a sexual sadist was great. He was so sweet and loving, but totally kinky. It's nice that they work for each other like that. It's clear this mangaka has some pretty overt fetishes, especially with pain during sex. But I just couldn't get past the crazy plot and kind of confusing story. Again, I think that was mostly the translation, but I can tell things wouldn't have changed all that much if it were polished up.

It's really a shame that this started with rape. It wasn't perfect throughout, but I would have liked the story so much more if it didn't start with violent sexual assault and another stupid uke who somehow logics his way into getting repeatedly fucked when he doesn't want to. I hate those tropes SO damn much. If this story had been about two consensual fuck buddies from the start, it would have been so satisfying. Watching the cold seme show that he's falling in other ways, that scene where he beats the crap out of those guys... It all would have meant so much more if their own beginning hadn't been super gross. Especially all of the emphasis on him being a kid. It was just weird. But somehow I didn't completely hate it. Maybe because I pretended the first chapter or so wasn't real.