As a fan of 2.5D stage and musical productions, I felt VERY seen in all of this. From the experience to the fandom spaces to even the merch consumption call outs. While I did enjoy these moments as a butai lover, i worry that something within the writing process was lost. As a romance we only got like, 3 kisses total and like 3 hugs as well. I don't know if this is on the author's end cause she just wanted to write a gag manga or something about the very specific Butai Fan Life (was v effective) or like, the editors or some other force making her try to insert in a romance story, but it didn't feel that romance driven at all. Took a passenger's seat to her main oshi.
Idk, I feel complicated... My actor oshi also takes up this much space in my personal life and my headspace but like, I'm aroace so I may be feeling that the protag is as well at least at some end of this spectrum
I'm rambling too much, but it certainly was a fun read...
As a fan of 2.5D stage and musical productions, I felt VERY seen in all of this. From the experience to the fandom spaces to even the merch consumption call outs. While I did enjoy these moments as a butai lover, i worry that something within the writing process was lost. As a romance we only got like, 3 kisses total and like 3 hugs as well. I don't know if this is on the author's end cause she just wanted to write a gag manga or something about the very specific Butai Fan Life (was v effective) or like, the editors or some other force making her try to insert in a romance story, but it didn't feel that romance driven at all. Took a passenger's seat to her main oshi.
Idk, I feel complicated... My actor oshi also takes up this much space in my personal life and my headspace but like, I'm aroace so I may be feeling that the protag is as well at least at some end of this spectrum
I'm rambling too much, but it certainly was a fun read...