well shit's manga / #Psychological(2)

Someone Like You

Complete | Euneun | 2000 released

OHHHHHH THE DRAMA OF IT ALLLLLLLL I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!! Such a good bittersweet angst too. Honestly i love how all the characters are written, it feels so grounded to reality, especially shinwoo’s detachment/commitment issues given his family background :( theres so much on his plate i feel insanely sorry for him. maybe bc i can see myself in him that i sympathize with him a lot. His walls are rock solid. And its sad that hes been living this way for the majority of his life :( poor bub….. rlly loving how the author is structuring his chara though, hes firm/cold and standoffish still bc thats his coping mechanism and its understandable especially with what hes been through TTT im glad the author didnt make han’s confession fix everything for shinwoo (mentally) like the part where shinwoo said hes going to get himself used to letting han go????? By looking back at him when he goes??? thats fucking sad man lmao god he needs a hug. At least the people around him are really protective and fond of him tho TT Han’s character development was satisfying to see too, and honestly its funny how the way shinwoo’s ex met up with him/dialogue is almost similar to how he met han lol ALSO i like how even the ex kind of has his chara development as well (too early to be sure but it seems like it) AND I LOVE ITTTTT RAHHHH give me the bittersweet drama!!!!!!!!!! Make han cry!! Make him desperate!!!! Thats what he gets for whatever the hell he pulled in highschool lmao love how he started distancing himself but then was Stressed when shinwoo did the same dummies both of them…. 10/10 across the boards for me especially for the pacing, plot, drama and conflict. Very obsessed!!!! Good heart aches!!! Good atmosphere!!!! And now that its finally completed all i wanna say is i LOVEEE the way author wrote shinwoo’s trauma and anxiety so well, as someone who has that exact fear, it felt really authentic. And to have han have this Amazing chracter development arc where he realised how much of an asshole he was in the past bit him in the ass was sooo satisfying. It wasnt like a one chapter done deal thing, author made sure han carried that regret continuously?!!!! Its sooo good xD Sure, shinwoo’s progression to accepting his past and moving on felt quite hurried, but other than that im just really happy with the way everything laid out. Their exes didnt turn out into this big stressful cliche conflict (matter of fact, shout out to han’s ex for warning shinwio abt him bc knowing his track record, i would have done the same thing LMAO) this story was about Them. And them healing and learning from their past and traumas and i think that was wholesomely enough. Solid 9/10!! Love the author for portraying anxiety, grief and trauma very thoughtfully <3 (And i agree with a lot of the commentors, if they showed their pictures in the frame up until they were old i would have cried buckets AHHH i wanted a wedding special at least TTTT)

Knot

Complete | Akihira shiro | 2019 released

I love the first few chapters where tou rejects shizuka’s advances, especially knowing what tou was going through. (And big yay bc finally an mc with a backbone,, set those boundaries tight bff!!) A platonic ending would have been completely understandable too. But then chapter 5/6 happened and i just left the progression to god atp LMAO Its a very bittersweet ending, in a way its a realistic approach. Sometimes justice doesnt come the way you want and you just have to live with that trauma forever for the sake of others and it fucking sucks. I want to give tou a hug so bad. Im kinda hoping the author considers on doing a second volume bc the characters, (especially shizuka im looking at u dawg) has so much room for growth bc im ngl with u shizuka kinda a pos loser LMAO like i love the groveling golden retriever ml trope but shizuka just gives me the ick bc of how lightly he speaks of women like sure ik its fiction but with such a heavy and sensitive topic like this, its peculiar to see how the author wrote shizuka’s character the way it is lmao oh well maybe its the contradictory of it all who knows ʅ(◞‿◟)ʃ