Bike's manga / #pathetic-man(26)

Finsihed. It was alright, but I'm a bit disappointed. Shouldn't have put my expectations too high, lmao. Takami reminds me of that one person fr. YCBC. Not a fan of sidelining the ML and how their ending wrapped up so sweetly. I did like how he resolved the troubles he had with his sexuality through the character he reincarnated into. The ending felt weird. On Chapter 3. Overall, it was fine. I appreciated the look into Jin's psyche. --- besotted simp gay BL mangaka-turned-love-rival x promiscuous slutty love interest (with attachment issues) I'm liking it. It falls into a cliche, but it doesn't feel like one. - Their reasoning as to why Jin created Takami was interesting. Not just because he's his type, but also he's the opposite of him, in a way. His promiscuity and open sexuality reflects off of the author's depraved nature as a closeted gay man. A bit of psychology which idk will actually go anywhere beyond that, but it was interesting. - idk. shouldn't write too much. - Like the cover. Reminds me a bit of the Falsettos cover. - Ah, now I know. He reminds me a bit of Piet in that way. Also falls into that trope (even more so with the attachment issues). Tanaka reminds me of the VTuber Goldbullet. Similar sense of goofy, chaotic energy and share general vibes. Takami reminds me a bit of a few characters who share an adjacent archetype, namely Jin Kikuchihara from Yoiyoi Monologue (and perhaps Shirayuki from Koisuru Psycho no Shirayuki-kun, too?). Bad summary below. MC Tetsuo Tanaka was a BL mangaka, a dude who's just living life, publishing stuff. He basically tried to go for shonen publishing before eventually settling into BL. Having just submitted the last chapter of a manga to his editor, he rides a train and dies upon encountering a terrorist, who hijacks the train. There, he reincarnates into the BL Manga he created. The slutty bottom character with attachment issues (his ideal type)? He's there! The Gary Stu top character who showers him with love? He's there, too! Then what character does he become? A rival, Tetsushi who's known for being a player. His boner gets the best of him, and so he's determined to get together with Takami, no matter how the manga tries to push Takami with the male lead...

Adorable. Characters are lovable. Remembered tearing up for the second male lead, haha.

How romantic.

This was so good!! MC is a brat but you kinda grow with it over time. While there’s a few, smaller problems, highly recommend to those who are interested in the concept! — Very interesting concept, very interesting MC. You’ll hate him, but you’ll also like him, it’s complicated.

I quite liked the Yakuza ML. Sweet ending.

Honestly? It was pretty nice, but god, the beginning was especially ridiculous, but in a good way. ...I probably should've looked up the tags online before reading. I read this for comedy, and I certainly got it, but it was explicit, lmao. Fun and surprisingly lovely read. It's formatted in dual POV, with the MC for the first five chapters, and then the ML for the rest. It honestly strengthened the experience, because when I started asking *why* the ML was quite adversed(?), repulsed(?) (I do not know the right words for this), I got my answer. My only comments for concern was the quick turnabout in the end, but I can let that slide. After reading this, I read Akihabara Fall in Love, and I will say this: Kudos to the Mangaka for expanding on a /weird/ side character. The weird activity I saw in the original story was fleshed out in a deeper way, and it added complexity to his character in a neat way. Essentially, it ties in the conclusion of the story, the main couple getting together, and brings it to this one as internal conflict for the ML, and I would say it was integrated well, considering that in this story he was pretty creepy, ngl. I think that the benefit of reading this story before the other one made me respect the mangaka more, because if they were able to expand on this dude, then kudos to them. — Modern-era BL artist and editor, neat concept, neat characters.

Former childhood friends meet up at their hometown by pure coincidence. Also, one of the dudes has wings. Interesting ideas with confusing ending, but I still enjoyed it.

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.

Jesus Christ