otakulys's manga / #school life(205)

I don't typically read this type of het, but I'm intrigued by the main girl. She doesn't seem like the typical waifish, gorgeous chick that these stories are always about. The fact that she's "the most beautiful girl in class" made me roll my eyes, but I'd like to see this turn into the chick be awesome and the guy not getting his way. We'll see, I suppose. I just hope this doesn't fall into the typical pattern.

That was... a very odd story. Kind of cute, but definitely weird. I liked the second one more because there was no rape in it. I like elements of the first one, but nonconsent isn't erased by future consent, and it bugs me. But whatever, the author clearly has a thing for very odd love triangles. The manga treats some stuff too lightly, but what else is new when it comes to BL? It doesn't surprise me, but I still don't like it. Anyway, it was entertaining, and I did like some of the cute twists on certain tropes. Everyone was an asshole in the first story, so at least they were more likable in the second.

I wonder why the follow up with that sad love triangle isn't on here. It's translated. I haven't seen it on the site in general, which is weird. Anyway, read most of these separately, but a few were new to me. I fucking love Harada, ugh. Honestly, in the grand scheme of things, these weren't as bad as they could have been as far as soul crushing. Sad, still, especially the first one. No one wins, and it sucks. I wish she'd continue it beyond the second part. Why can't they share, damn it? More love triangles need to end like that.

It's... interesting. I dunno, I feel like these stories could be so awesome, but they all end up being pretty rinse and repeat. I think the pacing kinda ruins this one. More development and a longer period of time leading up to the encounter between the main couple might have helped it a bit. I dunno, I'm still waiting to see what happens.

Hmmm.... I dunno. I'm always on the lookout for manga and comics with fat girls or girls who aren't considered conventionally attractive, or both, but I'm not sure how I feel about this one. So-so art, but hey, better than I could do. Since it's chopped into pieces, three chapters is like seven pages, but I do like the confused grandma at the end of every installment. We'll see how this pans out. 2.5 stars for now. ETA: Upgraded to four stars for being cute and interesting. I like how it's unfolding now that it's moving. I hate, hate, HATE the way whoever is uploading cut up the pages. That's a huge detractor and it makes it frustrating to read. But I'm glad it's being posted at all, so hey.

Read this again to be sure of how it all went, but yeah, pretty much as I remembered. This is a sad one. At least it doesn't go on long enough for them to live happily ever after, which I hope is not the natural conclusion to such a violent rape. But we all know how yaoiland works. For what was here, though, it's a sad, interesting story about obsession, denial, and unrequited love.

Wow. That's about the least creepy direction this kind of premise could go. It's actually really sweet, and I'm hoping we'll get a chapter of them in the future, so that they can get it on without Chris Hansen coming in.

Had to spoil it for myself, so I guess no "transgender" tag after all, but I like the story so far. I love this artist, and the sad and strange storylines really get me. I hope this updates soon so that I can actually read it, since I can't read Korean. ETA: The story has gotten pretty gross. It's definitely weird and messed up. Very sad indeed. EDIT AS OF CHAPTER FOUR: Things move very quickly, and it sort of takes away from the story, but the art is beautiful, and the story is sad but kind of hopeful. Fingers crossed that there's a happy ending.

This was one of the few BL stories I've read where I REALLY wanted them to just stay friends. Tomo is obviously straight, and I loved that he was so supportive to Hideaki being gay. It's hard to have an unrequited love, but I wanted to see them each find happiness while continuing to love one another platonically. I hate the "It's okay if it's you" trope SO much, and the sudden shift comes out of nowhere. Tomo never once showed any indication that he harbored romantic feelings for Hideaki, and the ending comes across as forced because of it. I'm still rating it high just because the art was beautiful, and I otherwise really enjoyed the story. But damn it. And I was surprised to see Hideaki's role in the bedroom, as was Tomo, it seems. They're sweet, but I feel like the manipulation and weirdness between them should have been better addressed.

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.