Blood Link
I've read all this author works of which release after this manhwa (mania, taming etc). gotta say, the length of this manhwa is overly ambitious. don't get me wrong, i like it. but a bit too long. i know that there's multiple couples, that why its long. if i have to compare, i like all the works release after this one. thats peak masterpiece.
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Red-Haired James
Full volume
to be completely honest, I never ever EVER planning to read this. Reason being is that anything lewd or overly sexual manhwa is not my thing. I'll think its like porn with plot. and another reason is that the cover art (previous cover art where Beom nips is on the screen phone) is not helping with it. BUT, while i was looking through mangaupdates, i pick the tag with 'kind seme' (cuz u know fuckin sick of toxic manhwa) and this manhwa is listed with the tag. so with a little bit of hesitation, i decided to read this. I did not regret reading it. I actually having fun reading this (honestly shocking even for me, every manhwa i read so far has to much drama that its not fun), and guess which character made this manhwa a fun read? DOWON. I've never seen BL character as interesting and entertaining as Dowon. That occasional crazy face of his is my favorites. I saw this type of character in action manhwa before, but not BL. A character who is actually kind (no bad hidden scheme), but sometimes they just has this crazy expression. i love that. Moreover, I really love this manhwa artist (i didn't call them author, bc there's 2 people working on this, a writer and artist) artstyle, the way they draw face is so good, which can be seen when they draw Dowon. Also i noticed the title logo on each chapters. if the logo glitching out, means there's gonna be upcoming storm (drama) in the next few chapters.
Unromantic
I'll be honest, i didn't care or pay much attention to the 'yaoi' part, i just wanna see them both being sweet to each other. but of course, them having sex as the reason they met and fall, but the more the story progress, suddenly i don't care about their sexy time lol
also, at first, i kinda don't like that the seme kinda chasing after this chaebol uke, bc the chaebol is rich and arrogant towards him, but i guess its one of those saying 'she falls first but he falls even harder" which in this case 'seme falls first but uke falls even harder'. I've read a few BL with this 'role reverse' dynamic. because this type of dynamic is so rare, it becomes one of my favorite, i put them 'trope' in the same pedestal as 'reversible' BL.
one of the top comment that appear on the front page is questionable. smells like toxic masculinity comment (fyi idc the commentar gender, their opinion sound toxic). i don't want to dwell on this too much but, whats wrong with 'seme' being weak or not strong looking or uncool or cute? smh
Rix Vanus
its good, i like it. i have lots to say but don't remember whst to say now that it finished. so here's what to expect when you read this.
season 1: Rix getting sexually assaulted left and right (not by Nuah, but by other randos)
season 2: fall in love
season 3: suffering, sadness, angst, lots of crying (reader crying i mean)
now my overall thought, its a wholesome read (relationship between mc and ml), there's extreme angst on season 3 though, so be ready for that. i really mean it.
i like the dynamic between the mc and ml, this 'role reverse' thing. "what is role reverse?" you might be wondering. well, its when the uke is either dominant, initiative, protective, looks like seme and acts like one. while the seme is either timid, cute af, looks like uke and act like one, considerate, kind. you get the idea. its a role reverse from what typically read in other BL. i found only a small amount of BL with this type of dynamic, so when you found one, it feels like I've found hidden gem, giving me the same feeling when i found reversible BL.
Again
the chibi art is so cute.
Honestly, this is a first time for a manhwa, where i don't have anything to add. its overall just a good read. good mc and ml. overall quite wholesome even.
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