otakulys's manga / #Romance(149)

Seme is a dick for 23 chapters, gets his happy ending regardless. I wish it had focused more on the guy having to hurt due to his own selfishness, but I swear the shitty semes never have to suffer for long, if at all. I also don't get it in the sense that he was so girl crazy. He's bisexual at the very least, and Kota was straight. So why is it Kota who's all touchy feely for him and uninterested in girls? I just felt like it should have touched on all of that more. It wrapped up so simply, and I wanted to punch both of them for different reasons. I guess I'll still give it a four because there we other things I liked about it, but I dunno. It's so rare for the seme to truly suffer. I think I saw it like one time, and it was super sad because he never got to even try to make up for how crappy he'd been because the uke died. Anyway, that's what he gets, I guess.

I loved this. I'll add more later.

Awwwwww! What a sweet comic! I like that it handled real life issues for lgbt people in Korea, and it basically portrayed a lot of different ways to be a guy who likes guys. I like that it also had an open, hopeful ending for some characters, where the happy ending isn't a relationship, but finding a way to make yourself ready to receive one when the time is right. Very wholesome overall, though I would have liked to see more with the parents and the whole coming out thing. But I like the way the characters all grew and changed. And I like the idea of them all being friends in the future. I think they will be. ^^

Aw, a very sweet little story. I'm really happy about the secondary couple, too. I was hoping from the start, as I'm sure many others were. But I almost feel like this needs a sequel to expand more on everything. Regardless, I enjoy that it doesn't do what her other work does with the misunderstandings and all that crap. It was... a little like that, but not really. It worked well enough for me. Not a perfect manga, but sweet and light with a happy ending all around.

As of 19 chapters, I'm really torn... I'm not sure I like that this guy is obviously end game. He's getting more backstory now, but he was manipulative and horrible from the start--blackmailing, almost outing the protagonist to his family more than once, all this shit. He's clearly crazy and obsessive, but I guess we're supposed to see it as devotion. Eh. The art is touch and go. Sometimes it's beautiful, sometimes people have weird little pointy chins, tiny heads, and huge, thick necks. I would give it three stars for now, but I actually like the secondary couple/throuple more than the main, so I'm in it for that. Hopefully it starts to flow a little better for me. I do really like break up and second love themes, I have to admit. Here's hoping it's satisfying in the end.

Aww, what a beautiful, touching story. I'm so glad they were both able to break through their emotional barriers. I'm surprised so many people consider this a sad ending. I think it's very happy and very hopeful. Facing that pain, they could have given up, but they persevered. What happens after that is ambiguous in some ways, but we do know for sure that they're happy, and someday Ren gets his smile back. The bullying and teacher reactions and such were hard to sit through, and I hate that those shits got away with it. But a lot of awful people get away with awful things, and smaller towns can still be very homophobic and xenophobic (hence how they mocked Wayne for being a foreigner). I'm relieved it didn't fall to pieces when everyone kept calling it "realistic." Sometimes that's code for "they die or break up." Which is really annoying, because it might be realistic on some level, but it's not like it's the standard. EDIT: Holy crap, that additional information. This almost had a brutal ending. O_O Glad they changed it, honestly. It would have been powerful, but it would have been so miserable. Similar to a beautiful Korean short film about homophobia and bullying, only it goes through with the sad ending. :(

Pretty cute, even though they have a strange dynamic as far as sex goes. But yeah, it's pretty lighthearted, all things considered. It could be worse! 3.75 stars, maybe?

I don't really know what to say. It's not a perfect comic, but I do like stories about writers, and the mystery/supernatural element is great. I appreciate that it actually has a plot and action and such. I'm hoping I can buy an official translation eventually, though, because I feel like we miss out with the poor translations. Up to chapter 51, it seems like we've got someone better than the person who was translating the 20s and 30s. I appreciate that they're doing that, but we're still missing out on the full meaning of the story. Better than nothing, but still. Wolf in sheep's clothing, everyone trying to bang this guy... But I like it so far. I'm looking forward to more chapters.

Why does it say completed? It's on the second volume, so maybe they just didn't switch it over. Anyway, I love a sweet and self-controlled alpha. He didn't want to hurt the uke at all, even with the rut part where he tells him to stay away because he doesn't know what he might do. I really like those "fighting the urge" tropes from the alpha side, where they try to be kind and responsible. Also, the cousin is hot. It's weird to me that cousin incest is so normal and accepted in Japan but... whatever. It's just fiction anyway. I need to go back and read it more carefully, but I'll do that when chapter nine comes out.