The Ups and Downs of a Picky Reader

When it comes to enemies to lovers, especially in yaoi, it ends up being unbearable to read with how toxic the relationship is. (Looking at you, Jinx.)

This manga definitely sits at the edge of that definition, but I haven't been this into a manga since The Worst Guy in the Universe, so color me impressed! It actually establishes a relationship between them and you find yourself giggling and kicking your feet.

Oceanfish and Sadssad are HILARIOUS.

This is the first ever manga I have sat there, read all the way through, and thoroughly enjoyed.

The teasing and playful banter is what I think made this such a good read. Rabby is such a fun character to follow, the dynamic between them is perfect. AND ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD THE ART IS???? I am a SUCKER for good facial expressions, and I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED. WOO!!!

Honestly, there is a lot of effort put into these 6 chapters. The art is beautiful, the world building, design, facial expressions, just immaculate. The fight scenes are well crafted, action packed. The characters are easy to connect with and root for. It's a short and sweet story, one of my favorites out of this whole list.

Chapter 5 was good until he got a hard on.

I was enticed by the cover art, thinking that this would be some post-apocolyptic BL, however taking the time to read it I was surprised by a well thought out, hand-crafted MASTERPEICE, and now I suddenly want to be a porn director. It has a lot of chapters but I promise you, reading this is WORTH IT.

Jenifer, you are my favorite character. You hot, hot, sexy you.

Hands down. THIS is my favorite manga in this list. These two characters are SO entertaining, the art is amazing, and I want more. Facial expressions, story line, ITS SO GOOD. The good thing is there will be more and I will be front in line WAITING FOR THOSE CHAPTERS!

Hello.. from Chapter 27... please don't do this YOU WERE DOING SO GOOD NOOOO! NOOOOOOOO!!!! PLEase

I heavily enjoy this manga. It's a music-centered love story with characters you actually root for. It's cute and sweet, the art is incredible. It's so good, I can't even think of what to say about it- please, read it for yourself. It's a hefty manga that even I haven't finished- but it is WORTH IT.

I... don't know what to say about this manga. The idea and plot was interesting enough for me to keep reading- (which IS impressive because I give up VERY easily) but at some point I just got so lost and confused. Where am I? What is happening? Why is everyone refusing basic communication? Why are the two men we're supposed to be shipping so... not compatible?

At the very most, this was a thing that I read.

One of the more enjoyable reads. A healthy dose of romance with a HEFTY chunk of SMUT. The characters are cute, I like the representation, (I'm not deaf myself, so I have no clue if it's PROPER representation) but- I'll be honest, I'm never going to finish it. Maybe this is a me problem, but after a couple good chapters it just got... boring for me. The art is cute, though.

At the very least, you won't hate it!

I hate this manga. Heads up, I have not read ALL of it, and I refuse to. I tried so desperately to give this a chance, but no. What makes this manga WORSE then the psychological damage I went through reading Killing Stalking is you're supposed to ROOT FOR THEM. The uke gets financially bounded to a sex deal with this scum-of-a-man seme, who has zero redeeming qualities besides his dick.

That isn't romance, that is abuse.

Don't get this manga wrong. This is not a ROMANCE, this is a HORROR manga about the psychological abuse that a man goes through from the cruel and bloodied hands of his captor.. and crush. If you want to traumatize yourself so that you can never hear the song 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' by Fugees the same again, go for it! But don't expect to be ENJOYING your experience.

Oh, and if you are one of the people who this Sangwoo is attractive, don't talk to me!