NOSTALGIC AS SHIT! my FIRST EVER BL MANGA ON THIS SITE (I've read BL before, but this was a new level.)
+ I enjoy this dynamic/trope (forward nerd/badboy)
- dom/sub is done HORRIBLY
- noncon. classic yaoi.
+ the ending was cute if you squint
- I don't think the art holds up well
+ fun read
- focused on sex instead of playing with the concepts of BDSM
- HATE that counselor/nurse
It's a solid read, maybe.
A little porny, but comes out as a sweet story nonetheless. The characters have some depth, while playing with some archetypes I think are used pretty often, especially in mangas like these. But who am I to complain about a perfectly predictable, but delicous meal. Theres also the little love cube, a nugget of the world outside out characters by seeing other's experience/feelings with them. It's treated as a little joke, but for me, that one chapter was really memorable.
OH FUCKIN' BOY WHERE DO I START.
First, yes, there's plot.. It's not good. Enough to support the story, by way of a flimsy plastic cup. Their villian has substance but the mc & ml themselves are difficult to like and emphasize with. The BDSM is just random to the plot in all honesty, and it's way more porn that plot. As porn, it probably does fine..? (I'm aroace idc) but everything is flat (art, world). Unique coloring, but a bit too saturated for it's genre.
Junta is drawn so fucking pretty, my God.
This manga is CUTE. It's feel good, sweet, and rather a joyride that just goes up. It has some shoujo (from someone who never/ rarely watches shoujo; take that what you will)
Plot? hardly, but do you put metal bars in your ice cream?
I think the dialouge is done rather well, and the expressions drawn are excellently works to converying emotions.
This is one of the earlist manwha's I've read and TRULY been into, so yes, I am unfortunately fond. From the dynamics, to the designs, and characterization. The ending?Rushed, no pay off, hardly any development. The extras? Fluffy.
DEFINITELY not an expert, but while it's depiction of BDSM seems to ground itself/integrate reality, it's still just yaoi. It's flawed and fantasy. In the early chapters, when the story basically SCREAMED at us about how healthy they are.. they're really not.
I thought THIS was peak at one point in my life. Lord. The art is GORGEOUS, everything else is not. Kept me reading though. I somewhat enjoyed the duke being an OP genius, but this is HARDLY a romance because its one-sided. Ilic does NOT like sayan, at all. He's entirely a victim, one that can handle himself and seem fine (mildly annoyed) but he's still a victim and a sad, sad man. I'd say its realistic but.. sayan won a war in like an hour.
One of the BEST bl's I've ever read in terms of characterization and communication, point blank. It's a feel good story, short (well-paced too), but incredibly sweet! And the BEST dom/sub verse fics EVER. Unlike other dom/subverse, this manga emphasizes the dynamics themselves and depicts an EXPLORATION of it, instead of just.. sex. Alternatively, they actually just act like two bros finding something fun to try out. Love them dearly.
Zettai, Fukujuu Meirei