I couldn't suspend my disbelief enough over the tattoo story. Because your parents owe money we're going to give a child a free whole side tattoo?? And its going to be pretty and not chicken scratch??
Sign me up for that logic. I'd like to get my sleeve completed for free in exchange for not paying my student loans thx.
I'm not sure if you wanted a serious reply to your comment but, tattoos are very discriminated against in Japanese society, especially by anything older than the current youth. The person who bought him as a child probably had a sick twisted side by being happy he'd have ruined a beautiful innocent child's future as he made the tattoo so big.
Like the mangaka said in their notes, Satomi would have had to hide the tattoo his entire life (always wearing long shirts no matter how hot, begging out of swim class, not being able to go on overnight school trips, etc ) if he didn't want to have to face the gossiping, bullying, and missed opportunities in life due to him having an enormous tattoo especially at a young age.
I think the tattoo is beautiful as well but it's less how it looks and more of what it means in a society that prizes conformity.
This ish is really good. I am so sick of vampires that I didn't give this a chance till now. It's actually a somewhat unique spin on the whole vampire thing and the world building is phenomenal.
And the art is amazing- it's unique, yes, but the author clearly has a good grasp on anatomy and proportions. A lot of webtoons these days seem to skate on making pretty faces while the bodies are doing some really wonky biz.
I just spent my whole saturday binge reading and drinking rumchata. Rumchata to blame for randomly commenting this review.
I keep opening this one up while eating dinner because I forget we're midway thru a multi-chapter sex scene.