leaving this comment for myself since I always want to read this one next - the story for hiroyuki, the model who gives mika his come-to-jesus moment, is chapter 3 of alluring sentiment:
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/alluring_sentiment/
okay so I really didn’t expect that the most wholesome yaoi I’ve read in years would also involve knotting LOL
*spoilers*
also can I just say how much I love that haine respects natsuo’s boundaries….for their first time, haine controlling himself and making sure natsuo is comfortable is WAY hotter than the whole “please, at least let me shower first!” “no, I want you too badly!” scenario. that scene where he went and brought him clothes but was waiting outside shirtless in thirst trap mode, that healed something in me. consent is sexy, y’all!
There's knotting WHAT WHERE !? HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW DUDE IVE READ THIS MULTIPLE TIMES HELLOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!? (⊙□⊙ )
I just read the whole thing again, yeah there was knotting ╮(￣▽￣)╭
why did I do this to myself….how am I supposed to go on without seeing what happens to these two dumbasses
every time they called him "hetero" I had to mentally cross it out and substitute "CLOSETED BI GUY" in my head or else I wanted to punch through my computer screen....why do so many yaoi authors seem to forget that gay and straight are not the only two categories out there?
I always think about it... "Bi exist ya know?" But I think that maybe it's due to the lack of acceptance to anything but hetero. Like they already are quite reluctant to accept gay, if you add another one their heads might implode...
Isnt it possible Okada would only fel attraction to Sakaki? Maybe that is why the author kept calling him "hetero" rather than "bi", to emphasize Okada's feelings for Sakaki as being special, and exclusively for Sakaki.
Oh sorry, but I do understand what you are saying. Manga artists seem to have only "hetero" or "gay" in their stories. The other day I read one where the character said hr was "bi" and I was, in fact, surprised.
Dude, not just manga authors...
Trust me, I know...I'm bi myself, I see it every day. But this is a manga site so that's what I'm going to complain about here :P
I think that's what Okada was saying about Sakaki drawing lines between things, and why earlier he was so frustrated with Miyama about the same thing. Okada never calls himself hetero really... I think he knows he's bi, but he's everyone keeps drawing lines between hetero and gay. Somehow I wonder if this author isn't a bit bi hehe
I agree with the comment above mine, the sequel is called double line bc Sakaki is the one drawing those lines. I myself hate when people draw that line, I'm more like Okada, and I don't particularly care. Well, at least I think that Okada is like that and that's why he pointed it out.
doing a reread since I’ve forgotten all about the first couple (as many of us seem to have done lol) and in chapter 13, everyone acts like it’s a huge deal that seonghan just…..brought lunch to work?? I just find it so confusing that dawun hears about it and his reaction is like “omg, making lunch for yourself while working full-time?? MADNESS, they must be bullying him!”….is there some kind of cultural context I’m not aware of as a westerner, or maybe something that didn’t translate well?
Maybe because, even if you bring your homemade lunch, you also join with others instead of eating your pack lunch since it's a team lunch.
I mean he's a newbie, who needs to interact with his seniors more, and packing a lunch to eat alone doesn't translate to that. It just mean you want to eat alone instead of hanging out with your colleagues.
But he just went and eat by himself all alone instead of joining others that made his hyung think he's being bullied.
Maybe it's a korea thing....
yeah possibly….maybe I just got too triggered by the “packing a lunch WHILE working full-time??” comment as someone who works two jobs lmao