otakulys's manga / #age gap(59)

I love this mangaka so much, and I love the stories, especially the rain one. I just wish the ending weren't so ambiguously sad.

Very fucked up, but I remember enjoying this a lot when I read it ages ago.

Pretty messed up, but I remember liking it when I read it ages ago.

Sweet little oneshot where the victim of rape doesn't fall for his rapist. So hey. It's short, so it takes away some of the impact, but it's a nice enough story.

It was okay for what it was. I'm not super into bara, so the art didn't do it for me, but the story was... so-so. Some typical yaoi silliness, but it tried to at least address the emotional issues of the main character in the few short pages it had.

It bugs me how these stories are treated as cute, but it's fiction, so whatever. Pretty accurate with the predator stuff, the way a guy like that would swoop in on a kid. It's sad and disturbing, but sometimes I like sad and disturbing manga. It'd be better if the manga didn't seem to try to excuse it a little, though.

I'm finally getting around to re-reading/fully reading all of Miyamoto Kano's work, but I'm pretty confused by some of the order here. This particular manga was oddly ordered on the site. I'm hoping I didn't miss anything. Maybe I should just find the DL to be sure. Anyway, this is her early work, so it didn't have some of the same emotional impact that I can usually find in her work. Still, it's a nice start, and I love how she has stories that span over multiple characters, etc. Not Love up next...

I'm always so sad for Bun. I hope eventually he gets a happy ending. Daisuke is so hot, but he's such an asshole. I'm torn between wanting them together despite that and wanting Daisuke to get dumped by Bun and his wife and both of them ending up with guys who treat them well. Or, even better, he stops with the lies and they just have an open, three-way monogamous relationship. I wish more stories like this ended that way.

Ah, so this is the one. I knew I'd read one of Miyamoto's pieces that involved a guy raping what I thought was his boyfriend, then asking him if he was still sulking afterward, like he was a big baby for being upset after being freaking raped. Gross. She's not usually that sort of writer, so it bums me out. It only gets worse from there, though, as the seme slaps him for not doing what he wants and generally treats him like shit. I'm really not sure what she was going for here. This is a classic abusive relationship, and there's really no apologizing for treating your partner that way. Not that Sakura ever tries to apologize. He just threatens him, asks him "Do you really want to make me angry?" I mean what the flying fuck? This should have ended with Sakura getting hit by a bus and spending the rest of his life as a lonely loser. Poor Ryouichi. Anyway, I mostly reread it because I'm re-reading all of her stuff, and it has a chapter that starts off the Rules universe. Because of that, I still gave it a four rating, since chapter five is the start of the Rules universe. If not for that, it would have been a two, only because I love her art. The plot of this story was so stupid. Also something I didn't really notice before, but Miyamoto Kano really has a thing for asshole semes. I knew of a few, but now I'm seeing a trend. Why are these guys all unrepentant jerks?