Kingyo no Ubugoe
I'm conflicted about this story. The beginning made me cry a lot. My heart ached for everyone. Yuki and Tomohisa having to deal with Yuki's father's disapproval and attempt to break them up. Yuki's desire to have a child with Tomohisa. Tomohisa having to deal with his guilt, the loss of Yuki, taking care of essentially a stranger in Yuki's body and his decision to get Yuki help and turn himself in.┗( T﹏T )┛ But I can't get behind Tomohisa sleeping with a mentally ill person. And Yuuta is not only a child but the child Yuki wished to have with him (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ Idk man, idk. Kinda fucked up that at one point, they're shown together with their "child" even though Tomohisa was also fucking Yuuta while Yuuta was in the role of their "child" idk maaaaaaan Gonna give it 4 stars for now since it elicited so many emotions from my but it's fucked up lol. Tomohisa's last line in chapter 1 still breaks my heart "Won't you come back to me?"
Swapping
ch75 ch1-7 Super interesting. Uke's (gay) brother (straight; idol/actor??) sleeps with old, powerful man to get ahead in the industry. One guy he slept with was CEO of leading car manufacturer & also started an entertainment company. He had a fetish for lingerie. He died while fucking uke's brother & uke was called for help. TO protect his brother's image, uke posed as the CEO's lover and took the fall. Seme is the president?? or CEO's entertainment company where uke also works as a lawyer. He was getting bribed by someone and beat the guy up when the guy made threats. He took the USB the guy was offering and found hidden cam video of the incident, including uke showing up to switch with his brother (seme thinks bro is uke's lover lol). They meet when seme asks uke to tell his brother to back off from a role that was intended for another actor (brother got the role, probably by sleeping with someone again ughhh) & threatens him with the video (revealing that he knows what happened). Poor uke is stuck b/t a rock and a hard place. Ch9 - throw the whole brother away. MC should not be working so hard to solve his brother's issues since said brother 1) set up the hidden camera himself and 2) mockingly asked him what their mother would think if she knew her beloved eldest was gay. Like, I'm sorry he didn't get mommy's love but he's a grown ass man making stupid decisions that he needs to suffer the consequences for. There's no need to baby him anymore, especially at the cost of your own reputation, mental health and livelihood. Ch67 they're both such hotheads and I want to boink their heads together to force them to spell out their feelings but it's also hot AF lol
Ways of Parting
Ch57 It hurts Ch48's apology/official break up session was soooooo sooooooooo cathartic :''')
I Will Be Your Husband
It's a hot mess but ignore that and stay for the 3p porn :D
Runway Hit
2 stars I like the art. I LOVE the chibis. I love how Seohyun has so many moles. It makes him really memorable. His bff also has a ton of face moles too and that also makes him memorable. The plot felt like it meandered about at times. I also do not like the creator presenting dark/more serious themes/scenarios and then treating them very lightheartedly at times. I don’t think they were skilled enough to do that in a way that wasn’t flippant. For example, Seohyun is supposed to have a lot of PTSD cuz his ex was manipulative, controlling, emotionally abusive, and maybe even physically abusive (I'm not sure if the allusions to strangling were just a metaphor or something that actually happened). I don’t think Seohyun ever forgives the ex at the end of the story. But then most of the side stories show Seohyun still working with the ex (realistically sometimes you can’t avoid this especially if you work in the same industry) and STILL seemingly on friendly terms (babysitting ex’s dog & asking ex to design his wedding-style photos with Hyowon). Another example is Hyowon’s entire character. He was supposed to be a foil to the ex. He (mostly) comes off as a giant puppy-like goofball but you can’t ever let your guard down with him cuz he’ll do a lot of red flag things out of the blue like fucking a completely inebriated Seohyun (ch25), being overly obsessed with Seohyun, being manipulative and overbearing, often bulldozing past Seohyun's wants and needs (especially when it comes to sex), falling apart at the perception that Seohyun is upset with him. Dude is straight up that overly attached girlfriend meme except that the creator seems unaware and treats it as just him being a cute and good boyfriend. The only good people in this story are Hyowon’s boss and bff - probably cuz the creator didn’t flesh them out cuz based on the creator’s track record, they would probably make Hyowon’s bff a panty sniffer and treat it oh so cute and quirky!!
Kurayami no Ryū wa Tonbo wo Idaku
Ch2 Yakuza leader's son formally joins the family to hook up with glasses subordinate who's in love with his dad. It's meh, story and art both
Sweet and Cold
Ch5 Toxic love hate relationship between two guys who grew up in foster care together.
Shikabane to Hanayome
Ch7.5 It's incest but the art is gorgeous and the story is unique and intriguing and the plot twists are twisted :S
If You Hate Me So