otakulys's manga / #smut(177)

To be able to appreciate this at all, you need to put on your Yaoi Land glasses, where stalkerish behavior is romantic and rape is like a firm handshake. If you can get past that crap, the art is good, and the story is cute if not predictable. The seme is incredibly hot, which is my main reason for continuing reading. If you're bothered by things like easily forgiven rape or rape to love, don't bother with this story. But if you, like me, can occasionally set that irritation aside, it might be an enjoyable read.

Would have been five stars if not for the excessive saliva that made it hard for me to look at the otherwise amazing kissing scenes. This is a really sweet story, and I'm particularly fond of the fact that the author didn't take it to that "rape out of love" place, despite there being a moment that opened itself for that. I also like that both of them really love each other, and it isn't just the pursuer going after the reluctant/straight uke.

Short and smutty, but interesting.

I read this ages ago, and it's still as weird as I remember. It is indeed strange and very disturbing, but I wouldn't say it's the most shocking thing I've ever seen. Maybe I've been reading yaoi too long. Rape is so common in yaoi, but maybe the fact that it's portrayed as awful and traumatizing, instead of the first stages of romance, and because of the bestiality element, people are horrified. Oh well, at least it's pretend.

It's not a dynamic I'd typically be about, but I'd actually read more of this if it existed. Oddly alluring.

Don't you just hate it when your grandpa binds your soul with a doll in a spiritual marriage? Don't worry, though. This is Yaoi-land. Anything goes. This story is kind of disjointed and all over the place. It isn't the worst thing I've ever read, but the plot points were very choppy, and the reveals were formulaic. The art was okay, but the plot itself was kind of dull and rushed. I may have liked it a tiny bit more if it weren't for the weird rape-to-love elements, but I dunno. Two and a half stars, but it won't let me do halves.