otakulys's manga / #betrayal(31)

I love this one. I need to write a full review for it, but it's great to find something dark without being completely heartbreaking. It's incredibly sad and depressing, but there's a satisfying nature to the conclusion.

Aww, he wants to go spend time at the castle where he raped him. How romantic! I absolutely cannot stand this trope in yaoi manga. "I'm sorry I made you rape me! I love you so it doesn't matter what you do to me!!!"

This is a very odd manga, but I actually kinda liked it. It's really dark and pretty depressing, but it's an interesting kind of twisted. There are four short stories, and only two of them are overtly BL, whereas the other two are sort of open to interpretation, I suppose. If you like dark, messed up stories, you should find these entertaining. It's definitely not for fans of a happy ending. This is more on the horror side than the romance side.

A very strange, disturbing story, but I found the cold determination of the uke to be refreshing. So often atrocious acts are forgiven because the victim falls in love with the abuser, and it's rare to see that smashed to pieces.

Honestly, most of this manga had me leaning toward a one star rating, just because of the self-pitying protagonist and the way the wife is written as this soul-sucking harpy who ruins everything for him, when he was just a hardworking, innocent man. It primarily comes across as misogynistic drivel. However, that last little bit is kind of interesting, and it caused enough doubt for me to think that perhaps the author was intentionally portraying these characters in an exaggerated manner to reflect the unhinged nature of the main character. That thought was again cracked when I read the afterward and how this story was a detox for the writer. That makes me think that he relates to the writer on some level. At any rate, the story is mildly interesting, mostly predictable, but not the worst around. I wouldn't read it again, but I didn't want to burn my own eyes out or anything.