Ramon's manga / #Romance(130)

Surprisingly sweet and super wholesome despite the premise, and thankfully absolutely minimal angst/complications despite the setup being based on a lie.

Up to incl. ch13 - oh man shit about to get real, why must Lev get in the way just when things are going well… and now I’m gonna be left on a forever cliffhanger now that the scanlations have been dropped

Had all the pieces there to be hot and was quite sweet by the end (once the two fell in love) but given the short length of this, I wish they cut out the unnecessary rape at the beginning and focused on the development of their feelings. Instead it went too strangely from violent rape to MC just moving on happily + the panther suddenly softening? Maybe if the passage of time was better captured… but in the end it’s not even fully satisfying since despite MC wanting panther to stay, he decides to travel. At least they keep in touch by phone and he returns home?

This was so good???? Very sexy smut + beastman, which is a winning combo to start with. More than that though, it’s a surprisingly heartwarming romance about two lonely people finding someone who fully accepts them and would stay by their side no matter what. Senka and Dietrich/Dieter falling in love was adorable, and the bonus hurt/comfort of Senka being there to accept Dieter’s other form AND even lust and receive his lust in return was A+ stuff. Quite amusing that Dieter is really just a huge tsundere with a small jealous/possessive streak, while Senka is actually the seductive, surprisingly calm and scheming one. Their dynamic starts off hilarious with the “violent beastman” wrong footed by someone who isn’t scared of him, and quickly grows into love and devotion.

This is a pleasant surprise - a really great story with a super cute couple and an awesome, devoted and head-over-heels in love powerful emperor seme! Can’t wait for the remaining 12 chapters, where hopefully we’ll finally see Suyoung completely throw himself into loving the Emperor (kind of baffled that he’s having so much trouble showing it tbh, considering he was so desperate for the Emperor to survive so that he’d have another chance).

STUNNING art (Dev is just… wow), and really sweet romance. It did lack a little oomph plot-wise though - always felt like we were just scratching at the surface of a really meaty story. But in the end we never do find out what happened with Dev’s family.