Yuki's Favorite

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starting off with the plot twist - it's bait and kill (uke is the willing bait, boss (not ml) is the kill). Uke is an abandoned asian kid in some western (?) village, because he stands out and is pretty, he's taken in by some men who makes him do labor and gang grape him regularly, having enough of it, he approaches the village boss who lowkey has a puritanical fetish for justice- he's all for order/morality by any means necessary. Uke tells him that he's being abused, boss rebuts that it might be him who's to blame for the moral corruption not just of the men that he accuse but of their community itself, uke answers back that he's just existing and they either hate or love him too much for no reason + he'll prove that he's truly being abused, boss can see for himself and if he decides he's the one who's corrupting them, he can kill uke himself. This is what we get at the end of the epilogue when the boss shoots the grapists.

Now fast forward to the main story, uke seems to be living with the boss, it's implied that they are "partners" coz the staffs call him brother-in-law but the boss doesn't seem to have any romantic/sexual relations with him, instead they have this odd setup where uke sleeps with other men while the boss just watches. I don't see this as him being a cuck, I think this is a continuation to their first arrangement-- that the uke is still proving the immorality of men to the boss and the boss offs them for it. The uke literally said it in his monologue- that he brings out the sinful tendencies of these men and if they succumb to it, then that just proves how sinful they truly are at their core; the boss being the moral puritan that he is, eliminates these "sinful" men who he thinks is weakness to their community/god. It's a cleanup operation specially since lust/greed are sins that can be masked by pretty appearances or words which makes it harder to judge (vs gluttony for example or wrath which are more straightforward).

Basically the plot of the main story is the ml being observed if he'll crack- and he did, even after being given a warning, he was too consumed by his sins that he was willing to give up even his freedom. In the end, he was killed by the boss (not shown but we know it's him coz it's revealed in the epilogue that it's him who does such things). Now you might be confused like me for a bit about that dude who caught ml with the uke on ch3, that ain't the boss, that's the staff who warned ml to just get through with the nightly duties and get out once he can. I assume he's loyal to the boss coz he didn't join in like those previous fucktards who kept uke + ml is excommunicated the next scene. Uke comes off as someone who believes men are scum coz of what he went through, and if someone looks at him too intensely like the ml when they first met, he raises this to the boss, but the boss can't kill him just coz the uke says it, so he pulls tactics to crack the target and prove his point. Also to add merit to the title, unlike other men who cracked because they simply lusted after uke (they even gbanged him, remember?), the ml is different coz he cracked under greed to possess uke for himself.

Those last panels are obvious symbolisms from the author for punishing literal men (tattoo) who are absolute jokes (card) for touching (hand) what they shouldn't. It's presented as a gift because it's a type of justice that the uke (who's a proxy for victims) wants himself.

Let me start by saying that everything Im sharing comes from spending many years on this site, observing patterns across multiple accounts, and reading user reports. Im not the dev, mod, or admin but Ive had experience with systems which is why I can answer your “whys” and “what ifs”


THIS IS THE SITUATION
Jan19 - Bto closes
⠀⠀⠀*start of traffic surge to Mgo
⠀⠀⠀*some features have slowed down a bit
Jan24 - Mgo goes down
⠀⠀⠀*caused by backend updates or overloaded servers
Jan26 - Mgo comes back up
⠀⠀⠀*site is online again but very buggy: missing lists, random logouts, slow pages, no notifications, etc
⠀⠀⠀*this is when the system started gradually restoring lists

WHY IS THE SITE SO BUGGY
- Mgo uses separate parts for different things. One to SAVE your manga data (aka database/the memory), another one to DISPLAY your saved Manga data (aka UI/what you see), and another one for your browser/session data (aka cookies, login state, etc/this also connects the database and ui). When everything is working properly, these three systems stay in sync (eg. when you save a manga, it will show up in your list right away)

The system will communicate with Database, like hey this is the user that logged in go tell UI the things they should display. So Database will tell UI, like hey based on what's given to me, these are the saved data that belongs to this user, these are what you should display. HOWEVER, because of the gradual restoring of lists (which puts a heavy load on the site), the System, UI, and Database are not able to communicate properly, so theyre not in sync. This is why we’re encountering the issues

I DON'T GET NOTIFICATIONS
- since the System, UI, and Database are not in sync, Mgo cant correctly link your acc to your saved mangas so notifs dont show up/update properly. This is temporary and should be fixed when the system is in sync again

WHY DO I KEEP GETTING LOGGED OUT
- Mgo keeps track of your login/session info. But if this isnt tracked properly, Mgo may log you out randomly/repeatedly

WHERE DID MY LIST GO
- Your mangas are not deleted. Theyre still saved in the database. Mgo is gradually restoring everyone’s list from the oldest to most recent marked mangas. Follow this post to get notified about updates: https://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/21092806/

WILL I GET MY LIST BACK
- YES. Do note that while your list is coming back, you might notice some things are off:
⠀⠀⠀*all mangas going into Already Read even if theyre originally marked as Want to read or Reading
⠀⠀⠀*deleted mangas showing up again
⠀⠀⠀*missing notes/summaries
⠀⠀⠀*only rated mangas showing for some users
(I can explain why but it will be too long for this FAQ. idk how to explain without sounding too technical so i might also have to explain the basic terms. You can ask in the comments if youre curious)

I ADDED NEW MANGAS TO MY EMPTY LIST, WILL IT OVERWRITE THE OLD ONE
- if you ADD NEW mangas while the site is restoring, your new list will stay. And your original list will be added back on top of it once its fully restored. But if you RE-ADD EXISTING mangas, it will update the original date of when the manga was added, tags, and summaries/little notes you originally had for it. its usually best to wait and let the restoration finish before making lots of changes

WHY DO OTHERS HAVE THEIR MANGAS BACK ALREADY, WHILE MINE IS STILL MISSING
- think of this like we're reading through a giant BOOK of everyone’s manga list, arranged by the exact time each manga was added (aka timestamps). Each timestamp is like a page in the book, and we read them from the oldest timestamps to the newest. Right now, we are reading timestamps from Feb 2022 (as of writing this post), so any timestamp dated later than Feb 2022 wont appear YET

If your lists are still completely EMPTY, there are 2 possible reasons:
One is that its about “activity”, not account age. So even if you joined in 2016, but you didnt add any manga until 2023, your list wont appear until the system reaches the timestamps for 2023. The second reason is, since the system is very busy right now, it sometimes hits a blurry page and has to skip to keep moving. This doesnt mean your data is gone. It just means the system needs to go back for a second run once the "main reading" is done

HOW SOON WILL THEY COMEBACK / WHEN IS THE RESTORATION EXPECTED TO FINISH
- how soon your lists fully comes back depends on how far along we are in the “book” and how many timestamps we still need to read. If yours already started to appear again then thats a good sign. it means your account is already in the queue and the rest should continue to come back (gradually, not all at once)

If theres another run, expect anywhere from a few extra hours to about one extra day. A full second pass could push it to Feb 4–5, but a partial cleanup run would likely finish around Feb 2–3.

IS THERE A WAY TO EXPORT MY LIST
- heres one way to export your lists: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Drj0CviUhrAmZlU-DC-AtxGFQoH1_PYQ81b2Vzu82w/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.acjitdw8v0h thank @Gurl for this solution by following/sending them a message. This is their account: https://www.mangago.me/home/people/3402357/home/

IMPORTANT: WHEN TO CONTACT SUPPORT
- PLEASE WAIT. Do not email the devs yet. The system needs to make several runs to load everyone's data correctly. Most of the current issues should fix themselves after the full restoration process is done. Give it at least 2 weeks from now.

If after everything finishes and youre still seeing clear errors in your marked mangas, report them to [email protected]

If possible, keep a small log of your observations and what you did, such as:
⠀⠀⠀*whether you re-added, edited, or deleted mangas during restoration
⠀⠀⠀*any repeated issues (random logouts, missing notifs, errors, etc.)
⠀⠀⠀*the other specific errors you noticed
Simply put, keep a log of WHAT YOU DID/OBSERVED and WHEN (use GMT or if in your local time, specify your timezone). The more specific your report is, the easier it is for the devs to trace what went wrong. It helps them replicate your actions so they can actually find and fix the problem

Here's an example log:
2026-01-26 9PM: I noticed my list went missing
2026-01-28 2AM: my list is restoring up to 67
2026-01-28 9PM: I added 10 mangas to my Already Read
2026-01-30 6PM: my restored mangas is stuck at 67
2026-01-31 10AM: my list count is increasing again. It restored up to 83
2026-01-31 7PM: I added 3 mangas to my Want to Read



EDIT TO ADD: Youre welcome yall (i cant reply to each one of you youre too many ) Im just glad I could help clarify things! Ask away if you have more questions so I can keep updating this community-notes for everyone! (づ￣ ³￣)づ

Istg I read the raw long ago
And Mashiba dad has his own story
His story made me bawled my eyes

will there be side stories?

I don’t get it when Josh said: “did you hire Somone like me to cause trouble?”

Uh.. why suddenly 10 years passed lol, like ok I’m fine with it. but what happened that he still is with seme? Didn’t he wanted to leave so badly.. now they like what? An old couple