Beautiful

Been in a sort of manga anhedonia slump recently but omg this manga totally threw that out the window. I’m so so glad I saw a Tiktok of this series that reminded me to revisit one of my favorite manga of the years gine by, and the binge was SO worth it. The characters are as lovely as ever and how their backstories and complex emotions translated into their fighting styles was fascinating to read. Naoe-sensei is overflowing in survival game knowledge and passion, and that love totally came throu

Art is SO GORGEOUS. ugh that said…. Why why whyyy does noncon have to be such a prevalent theme? Amran straight up treated Yoru like an object in the first chapter or two until his grand confession of love. It’s like the Amran who’s openly in love with Yoru is a completely different character bc he’s actually so sweet. That makes it suck even more bc he had such potential to be a great seme esp with his nondiscriminatory background but the author just had to rely on old damaging icky tropes like