well shit's manga / #tender(159)

God i love how fluid the dialogue and panels go with each other, the comedy in this is so well written every joke hit so well and the characters are so lovable. It was just straight up jokes and giggles up until ch15 and the tone shift for jinhyeong’s family situation and his severe social anxiety took such a turn it made me feel so bad for him. It was such an accurate portrayal of an anxious spiral, i love how the author depicted it. No wonder he moved in with uyun so quickly, i wouldve too :(( poor bub :(( the self sabotaging, denial and fear of emotional intimacy is so sad and real i feel called out LMAO author nailed that to a T. And bless uyun’s heart for accommodating to all of jinhyeong’s burst of energy. Buying dog mats so that he wont hurt himself when he crawls oh god jinhyeong u need to marry him like this is The One I NEED U TO LOCK TF IN!!!!!!!!!!!! Such a fun story with very well written dialogue and characters. Pacing is beyond perfect and i adore the top view layout of the room with them in different rooms in every chapter. Its so cute!!!! Idk how the author didnt make the Established Couple dynamic boring, its magical?? Each chapter is so fun. Couple dynamic is adorable and uyun being weirded out but still attentive and considerate towards all of jinhyeong’s burst of crazies and timeouts is so adorable and sweet like wow thats rlly the dream lover……….. jinhyeong just wanted someone who could tolerate all of him and hes so convinced no one will bc even his family couldnt do that then who will….. ohhhhh jinhyeong i want to look at u thru a microscope ure so blorbo material i love u so much………… sighhhhhhhhh such an addicting page turner i rlly need to let this marinate longer its way too damn good!!!!!!!!!!

Another soothing balm to the soul kind of read…. I adore the setting and season it took place, it’d really be the perfect summer anime love story.. i hope they get an anime adaptation next :’) Art is amazing, the fact that the author took their time to draw the background is so crazy, love how fluid the line movement is for the figures. And the couple dynamic is just so so sweet and adorably naive. Ryuuji being amane’s first boyfriend and relationship is so perfect, im so happy for him and ryuuji being so considerate and kind towards amane is so sweet too AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love their dynamic so much man, the lil jealousy chapter ryuuji had rlly takes the cake for me bc i can see how their dynamic will easily go to “A falls first but B falls harder” territory AHHH cant even fault ryuuji for it, amane is just the sun personified TT the friendly social butterfly TTT and amane carrying that trauma of constantly lying to protect himself :’(( sunshine character whos holding some sort of trauma i lov u so much…. Ryuuji’s constant reassurance and need to communicate with amane is great too AHH its just such a chill and sweet and no stress bl??? I rlly hope they get their flowers and have an anime adaptation soon :’) 10/10 easily. Wishful thinking but i do hope their slice of life continues until they go to uni, would love to see how their dynamic grows in uni/tokyo hehe slice of life bl my bread and butter…….

HIKARIN THE APPLE OF MY FAWKIN EYE!!!!!! Thats my son omg the hikari’s anime va made me ill with baby fever it was so fucking adorable!!!!!! Love the mundanity of their everyday life its so sweet Also one of those rare occasions where i was REALLY invested with the second couple. Yuuki and matsu’s confession was so aro adjacent it was so insanely sweet. Sometimes confessions dont have to be the traditional “i love you” or “lets get married”… “i want to be family with you” “i want to spend forever with you” hits the mark just as good and seeing yuuki’s reaction to it kind of lit a bulb inside my head bc huh… maybe thats what i wanted as well.. not a traditional confession perse but just the promise of forever with someone… i love yuuki and matsu’s dynamic so so much. One bc of yuuki’s casual bluntness with matsu and the bickering and the other is how sleazy matsu is LMAO old man u are really wrapped around yuuki’s finger and its adorable. Definitely want more of them in the future TTTT Oto’s dynamic with the twins is so interesting too IM BEGGING he gets together with both of them. Please. Please. Get tag teamed by the both of them I BEG U AUTHOR………,.. he deserves two alpha husbands doting on him … also surprisingly enough the manga makes him look way more milfier than the anime i was shocked LMAO i completely understand the twin’s attraction… they just like me…………….. Hope we get a second season of the anime and it focuses more on matsu and yuuki hehe thatd be fun The omegaverse world building does have me scratching my head sometimes, i guess hiro not spending the heat with masaki in the first few chapters was just bc masaki didnt want to maybe? Or bc there was no one available to take care of the kids ? Idk ???? Oh well eitherway its fine, doesnt ruin the story that much :3c though i’d really love to see a chapter of them just going at it LMAO matsu and yuuki especially !!!!!!!!

Peak coming of age shoujo story. Insanely sweet and adorable, light hearted and stress free! Love the constant reassurance and communication the couple has, author also doesnt blow certain plot points out of proportion for a cheap dramatic twist. The tone of the story felt really mature despite the cliche plot. Very refreshing!!! Cant forget how mindful aoi was with koto’s pronouns, itsuki’s casual open affection towards sena and even entertaining the idea of top bottom dynamics LMAO (itsuki is so bi coded) and aoi’s mom’s approach and view in marriage having different forms. Its all just tastefully done? And koto just SCREAMS aro so much, i love how androgynous she looks lmao her dynamic with itsuki is so fucking cute, so straight yaoi of them!!!!! Oh and the way the characters approach sex is so nice too! Sena a champ for holding it thru that long lmao cant even blame him if he lasts 5 secs tops LOL my boy was horny gripping for 10 chapters straight Its a very nice read, i flew past the chapters so fucking fast lmao truly a stress free read with lovable characters! Author did their thing here! Koto being the balance and sound of reason in the story is great too, love how stead fast she is. I was rlly rooting for it to be gl and bl bc itd be such a fun spin to see a shoujo story where the mc really explores ALL options with all genders with no harsh feelings lol .. one day!!!!! Overall, its a shoujo i would have highly recommended to teenage me, everything is just A+

Oh its a banger love love love the parallels in their perspective with each other and how theyre both new to the feeling SO CUTE

Suprisingly well paced for a short story. Sure the conflict mc had was resolved pretty quickly but the couple progression felt just right! Theyre so so sweet with each other. I LOVE the lil misunderstanding they had with the ml thinking mc liked someone else, only to realise it was him he liked instead, it made the lil journal entries mc did soooooo adorable and sweet. AHHHH. Mc went through so much and i love how ml is so considerate through everything, mc is rlly such a dear, their sex scene was drawn so beautifully TTT felt awe struck seeing mc’s face during the scene, hes so fucking cute. AHH!!!!!!!!! It ended nicely for 4 chapters which is amazing. They def deserve two volumes at least bc i would loveee to see their characters and relationship develop more as time went by

THE ANGSTY HEART BREAKING POTENTIAL IS THERE!!!!!!!! Mc whos gone through the fucking wringer for 50 yrs is sent back to his current teenage time line with no will to live and is just waiting for his death but enters his first love and slowly his bleak waiting days starts to have some colour??? girl that is a recipe to the most mind numbing angst one can think of and i hope hope hopeeeeee the author delivers!!!! I love the tone and atmosphere of the story, the narration makes it really convincing that the mc has gone through shit bc it just sounds so tired and depressed, like hes genuinely done and over it. His discrepancies in his memories makes sense too especially since its been so long and he cant understand why haejung is being so clingy to him, it adds that layer of unreliable narration into the the brewing angst pot which im 100% down for!!!!!! The overall plot and overarching theme has a lot of potential to expand and i hope the author does it justice, it doesnt have to be as well written as mission save the hunter (which is Peak writing btw), i think covering mc’s detached feelings and grief (+ chara growth) in depth would make it rlly good already. A commenter pointed out that this whole story/narrative reads like a rlly personal diary recollection of the mc (where the 100 days has passed) and i think that adds to the heavy, bittersweet atmosphere as well. The art isnt the best at translating the visual language but i think its okay since the selling point of the story is rllly the narration of it. Its quite literally carrying the story rn lol i wonder if theres a novel it adapted from bc if so i’d just jump into there immediately! All in all, solid characters, beginnings and premise, rlly hope the art improves and the story delivers that sweet angsty blow!

A perfect, succinct and Classic childhood friends to lovers trope with the most adorable dynamic ever. Like seriously theres no notes, author nailed it. Its so lighthearted and sweet, and what makes it so engaging and memorable despite the cliche trope is the whole atmosphere it has, its a very summery, fresh and quiet coming of age story, the fishing harbor/sea setting amplifies it more and issa’s genuine empty head personality paired with nagisa’s clumsy and bold personality makes it even better… issa just got the tism thats my bby…… love how nagisa knows issa needs clear explanation regarding things and how despite his embarrassment, nagisa tries to deliver it as best as he can and issa soaks it in so wholeheartedly, its all just so fucking earnest and clumsy and cute omg the communication is top tier as well, i love how fresh and new the love feels too, its so endearingly clumsy at how theyre both figuring things out. I think what makes it so nice is there isnt rlly a big declaration of love? Like the love has always been there since the beginning, quietly growing and they both knew that, are aware of that, and is so comfortable with all the ambiguous touching, its very befitting with the childhood friends dynamic!!!!!!! And when the first kiss happened, it all clicked like a perfect puzzle and they both just Knew. Its so fucking good??? Idk the tender and relaxed atmosphere rlly carried the story for me its just so damn good omg…… Also that panel in ch4 of issa’s head in nagisa’s lap and theyre both curled into each other was so stunning, so much natural intimacy and chemistry!!!!!!!!! their source of comfort entwined with one another!!! Took my breath away seriously it captured their dynamic so well…. AND DONT FORGET THE LITTLE PENGUIN WADDLE THEY BOTH DID TOGETHER WITH NAGISAS FEET ON ISSAS omg… One of the best intimate and natural anatomy interactions ive seen for sure..… the pacing, anatomy, dynamic and dialogue, everything, author rlly nailed it!!!!!!! Theyre so good in writing very muted, tender love stories with a mature, sort of ambiguous atmosphere to it, i love it so much… author my goat.. give them their deserved flowers and adaptations…

Seriously no notes this is a perfect childhood friends to lovers trope the little cliche conflict, the constant communication, the earnest love, everything was done so well, author cooked lol. The artstyle and panels are so beautiful too. Seriously, its such a nice, feel good, lighthearted and well written childhood to lovers love story. Their couple dynamic is adorable too, love how maturely they progressed in each stage of their relationship. The confession and revelation all are done so nicely. No unnecessary drama whatsover!!! Their coming out to their moms and ao’s lil sister was done quite sensitively too? Ao’s convo with ryouta’s mom was rlly rlly good too, i love that when ao apologised how he couldnt give her a grandchild, her reply was just “well seems like u gotta visit us more often then” and i find that such a nice reply??? Something in my asian lil heart healed at how Easy ryouta’s mom’s solution to it. Its so nice…. Idk Its just always refreshing to see authors Explicitly and considerstely approach asian queer experiences and topics in their stories rather than reducing the characters feelings to “i only feel this way to u and no other guy” kind of thing. The added nuance makes it rlly enjoyable and memorable to me personally lol And dont get me started on the proposal!!! Its so fucking sweet, nothing grand, just an impromptu lil thing by the bridge/street but it still packs enough of a romantic punch bc of how sweet and earnest their dialogue and narration was. Love how they immediately stopped bu the civil hall LOL good for them!!!! very soulmate behaviour!! i love how the atmosphere the author kept throughout the story. Very muted, natural and mature in all their interactions and dialogue. Their silhouettes and intimacy flows so naturally with each other. ryouta’s such an adorable ml with an even attractive moe gap when it comes to ao. Hes so earnest and devoted, i love him so much his personality bounces off so well with ao’s more upbeat and steadfast personality :’) usually with extrovert mc x introvert ml theres always some kind of comical loudness to the story and beat, but this is just so nice and quiet and muted? It doesnt do Too much. It just feels rlly nostalgic and carries a sweet coming of age tinge to it in their romance that ive come to rlly love!!! Author excelled in the atmosphere a lot!!!! Seriously, i have nothing else to say but praises. Its vanilla and the perfect kind of vanilla that isnt too bland. A very sweet and addicting vanilla!!!! Saw a comment that described this story/couple perfectly “dont you love it when the childhood friends to lovers are so intertwined with e/o its giving Anyone you meet will have to know me in order to understand You” AND THEYRE RIGHT!!! its that feeling exactly with ao and ryouta!!!! And author captured that feeling so fucking well!!! i know for sure im gonna reread this LMAO. So happy theres gonna be a 3rd volume :3c im rlly enjoying the slice of lifeness!!! Hope it gets an anime or drama adaptation soon!!