Bike's manga / #bl(72)

Fears immortality, the beauty of loved ones, cherishing them while they're alive, societal outcast, loving someone, treasuring someone

Continuation of that one BL where the pair does sexual acts as a way of revealing the old man's psychological trauma. Sequel is surprisingly heartwarming. They've settled down a bit. Seems like there's still some underlying problems, but I haven't seem much of it yet. At this point we're still seeing them in love, which is nice.

Art's nice. Not really a fan of eye candy characters, though. I think their dynamic's sweet.

Jesus Christ

Mad scientist revives an aquaintance who died in an alley. There were side effects. Manga explores those side effects. --- tl;dr Unique concept that further stands out with moody tone and fascinating character dynamics. Initial chapter ideas and uncertain pacing of middle chapters coalesce into slightly rushed but powerful ending. The manga is rather morbid in tone. A bit gory---lots of hijinks involving having to kill people for the mad scientist's experiments. Oh, yes. The mad scientist. He's ultimately what makes this the manga it is. He has a fascinating dynamic with the man he resurrected---he very much treats him like a toy to be played with, except, no, it's not exactly that, either. Their dynamic is truly interesting in the sense that they sort of...mesh together, rather than fall in love in the conventional sense. The resurrected man has no one; he is dead to the world. The scientist has no one, either; he's isolated himself in the name of science. So. They make do, love each other in the best sense they can until the end. I love stories like this one. I haven't finished this one yet, but I've gone through a majority of it and encountered spoilers for the ending. It's a bit rushed, but it's GOOD. It's wraps everything up well, and, I believe, is the only one that I think fits thematically.

It's a "who your daddy?" situation -- they both hooked up with this girl in the past, she passes away, and they're left to figure out who's the father. No DNA identification (the mom left a note iirc), so they end up living together with the kid. Hijinks ensue. --- Current favorite ongoing series. Lovely art, with good character dynamics throughout. Author knows how to create distinct characters in addition to compelling relationships. There's a lot I want to talk about with this series, but I'll stop there for now.

I can't remember this one very well. Something like: A black market auctioner ends up with a slave that he was meant to sell. Wacky hijinks ensue. --- They're both kind of weird. The art's nice, though. The pairing reminds me of the pair in Sleeping Dead. I think the world's got a bit of that same vibe, too.

Man pines after a friend who gets married. He gets together with a bartender to cope. Turns out, the friend likes him back. --- Will plan to read more of later. I will say that some were disappointed that the main character didn't stay with the bar tender. Understandable. Doesn't seem to be that sort of story. Would be nice to read, though.

As of Season 1 End (34). I practically binge-read this series. It's pretty good! I'd say the highlights was the relationship development and the backstories; I like how the sexual tension between the romantic pair developed overtime (I'm especially a sucker for the kissing as "practice" trope, very ToddWallace-esque), and I appreciate how the author had introduced Andrew's backstory over the course of the season, rather than in a big info-dump. I found the characters fun. Luke gets a bit annoying at times, but he's overall endearing (just a silly, slightly zany dude!), and the supporting cast is a good time. Andrew's the "enigma" character, a bit serious, a bit mysterious in an attractive way, but he has the backstory to explain why he is the way he is currently. It's the end of season one, but things have only really just begun. We've still got Luke still fighting his director, Andrew and his Tragic Backstory, whatever their relationship's going to be, and the way things are seemingly connecting together. Looks like things are hapepning but we're left on a cliff-hanger, LMAO. idrc, I'm still having an overall good time so far.

Edit: tried getting back into it, but I couldn’t get through the chapter. I’m assuming it gets better. Don’t know. As of CH 64. tl;dr I liked their initial in-game interactions--quippy, quick, and funny. Once they met IRL, they became frustrating as a pair. I'm annoyed with them now. But maybe it's because I'm not fit for these catfishing MMORPG manhwas. --- Liked it at first, but as soon as they met in real life, I slowly began to hate them. Not a fan of the tropes that they slot into. The MC is "straight," a frustrating tsundere character who either runs away or physically attacks the ML every time he advances on him. He denies any semblance of reciprocating feelings because of the fact that he's "straight," but he never rejects the man outright. He gets jealous and the like, but refuses to admit that he likes him. If the ML were anyone else but Heejae, I'm sure that they would quit by now. The back-and-forth" that the two have with each other is frustrating to me, rather than endearing. - I'm sure it was all for comedic effect, but I really couldn't vibe with it. In-game is one thing. Having it also IRL is another. The ML "turned gay/bi" for the MC, and now he has to "take responsibility." He is irrationally persistent and possessive over the MC, who doesn't even give him the light of day. He is insane for insistently pushing into the MC's boundaries, using the netkama incident to get what he wants. Getting his house passcode, forcibly living in his room -- he does what no rational man would do and acts like a leech onto this man's life. I hate how they're so possessive/jealous over each other -- but I guess that's why they deserve each other. I can't stand them. --- Edit: CH64. Things are changing now, I think? I'm just here for the ride.