imcrazybutimfree's manga / #Doki Doki(83)

THE AMOUNT OF TEARS I CRIED FOR THIS

If the ending hadn’t been that rushed I would have ranked this story higher, since it was getting much more interesting in the second half, there’ve been also some moments that made my heart clench. Reincarnation is one of my fav tropes btw ^^

I didn’t think I would give five stars to this story, because during the whole part in which Skyler was reflecting about his feelings and hurting because of jealousy hurt me so freaking much that I really wanted to hug him and then jump off of a cliff with him. The chapters from 36 to 42 circa were so angsty but really top notch (how cute and childlike was Skyler’s confession please

The best kind of story: full color, short, healthy relationship, protective and whipped puppy seme and great plot with both fluffiness and tears but not filled with angst. Chef’s kiss.

The only negative thing about this is that it was TOO SHORT and had not a real kiss or a love making scene either. XIAO LILI TAAAI KE AI LE!!!!

I honestly don’t know why this is not as famous as others BLs out there. Perhaps for the lack of sex scenes? Honestly, I didn’t even realise it and I didn’t even care. The plot line was just immaculate as it was without any additional scene or detail or change. When the story developed from a simple body exchange between the MCs to a whole reincarnation AU with aboriginal background I LOST MY MIND!!! I’M A SUCKER FOR REINCARNATION AU and this was sooo original and well portrayed, with no angst and toxicity in the MCs’ relationship, but just growth. I honestly wish such things as fate and destiny and soulmates and reincarnation were real (T—T) then life would probably be meaningful.

At first I really thought Kunimi had gone back in time as a second chance to make things right, but the fact that it was only a projection of his subconscious desires while he was in a coma after attempting suicide really made it hit real different and real hard. I liked the process of Kunimi recollecting his memories and waking up after that, finally knowing what he had to do to make his life meaningful once again and this time for good. Very beautiful!! Also Gaku wtf the commitment.

Reincarnation BLs just hit different. Prefect.

Superb work of art. I loved how the angst was not caused by a third person (like the girls or Matsumoto-san, who didn’t use his friendship with Asakura to his own advantage, but decided to help his beloved and eventually became the main reason of the MCs’ emotional re-encounter): society with its prejudices about homosexuals and its obligations for upper middle men, and the MCs’ own fears and struggles managed alone to ruin the harmony of their relationship. The earthquake was extremely symbolic and represented the (momentary) harmful failure of their relationship, due to Asakura’s inability to convey his feelings to Tachibana and not responding to the “carpe diem”way of life. Another important symbol of the story is definitely the two marbles that Tachibana always carries with him, and they represent the unbreakable link between the two lovers. However, just like their container has to break to take out the marbles, in the same way both Asakura and Tachibana need to sacrifice something to gain the freedom which will eventually lead to the fulfilment of their love. Both MCs cut (and thus “break”) ties with their own families, with an important difference: Tachibana, having loved willingly Asakura for a long time, loses his family in fatal circumstances, while Asakura, who eventually realised his feelings but was mostly unaware and afraid of them, was given by fate the chance to choose between his family and the love of his life. I love the bittersweet ending, even though realising that Tachibana died at only 60 and Asakura survived him made me tear up a little… (coherently to the whole story LMAO). The historical context happens to perfectly translate current prejudices in a kind of world which was not so temporally far from now.