I guess this comment would be a big spoiler for the latter chapters, so I'll just hide it way down here.....
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I miss the love triangle of the would-be seme trying to woo the would-be seke away from the tsundere uke who plays hard to get. But to think He-Tian would give up on Jian-Yi so easily & fall for the guy who was bullying his previous love interest was a twist I could not have predicted. He-Tian seems like the Helga Patacky type who teases or bullies his love interests; I feel sorry for Redhead ;_;
Xixi doesn't "play hard to get", he's just a late bloomer who is still around 15 and not ready for romantic love, and less horny than the others.
It was strange that He Tian gived up so fast... I think he wasn't really in love with Jian Yi but more like attracted to him and desperate for love and attention... so when he realised that Jian Yi's heart is already someoneelse's he lost the potential romantic interest and realised his friendship is more valuable... Also, I believe He Tian disliked and resented Mo Guan Shan for hurting his friends, that's why he was so sadistic, cruel at the beginning... he has inner rage... then he continue to stalk him because he was curious and desperate for some sort of friendship or attention, and gradually he started to realise that Redhead isn't so bad but just hurting inside and letting his anger get the best of him....
But yes, He Tian does have some similarities with Helga Patacky.
I'm glad he gave up on Jian Yi since He Tian and Mo make a more comedic pair (now, not before). Jian Yi didn't really react to him while Mo does and it's more entertaining.
It's about the ending.
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Okay, I get that Eric orchestrated a plan with Shell to fake his death & take the blame for the whole thing, but in the end, they couldn't be together, so does this count as a Tragedy?
The last time I read a comedy that ended in violence & a bitter-sweet ending of parting ways was Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. That series defies genre because it couldn't stick to one.
Spoiler/Possible Explanation:
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I think they do end up together in the end. Eric can't live in the society that Shell belongs to and so excludes himself to the wasteland that his parents lived and died in. However, Shell does and visits him whenever he can (I saw the ending in a literal sense instead of a illusion, so please do correct me if I'm wrong.
*goes, not does
Ryan: "This kid looks vicious. I wonder what he'll do if I give him a knife."
That is some class A trolling right there. XD
Adulthood at its finest.
Not sure who the funnier troll is, Ryan or Logan.
Logan: "I told the master you were dating Ryan. I wish you the best!"
I'm noticing a LOT of trends in these Lezhin BL webtoons. Sets of them will have very similar plots, very similar background stories...I suspect these "contests" the creators won probably gave them general concepts for what the general plot or relationship dynamic was supposed to be.
This one is the most DIFFERENT from all of them, but it does still have one REALLY big thing in common....With the exception of the character's heads, almost ALL of the art is traced & painted over photographs. That's cheating in my book, but these days, all anime studios are doing it too; tracing & painting over stock footage. It kind of messes with my head when I watch or read these things, knowing that there's a real person underneath it all.
Well, know that I think about it, it does have a sort of "asshole master & abused slave" dynamic I could compare to Royal Servant & Moritat.
Yes! I have noticed this too. I actually stopped reading manga & watching anime in 2012 & when I came back after getting bored of MMOs, this seems to be the case for things. Like Free! Iwatobi Swim Club & Yuri on Ice it was especially noticeable. & it's not just the BL comics for Lezhin but most if not all of their stuff. Is it just trendy or is it a budget tactic that saves time & money?
Oh no, i feel dumb but what does MMO mean?
Massively Multiplayer Online, a type of streaming online game with millions of people all playing at once, usually an MMORPG, MOBA, or MMOFPS.
In the middle of the series, it switches to focus almost entirely on Shinohara, and the two leads from the beginning of the series take a back seat to him. Oh well, he was more attractive and interesting than the bodyguard kid anyway. I'm kind of dinging the Free Love approach of sex with multiple partners without romance getting in the way. I don't see that a lot so it's refreshing I guess.