I was NOT expecting a plot as good as this, and I definitely got PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ If anyone got Yaoi (or BL in general) recommendations with plot as good as, or close to this level of good, please lmk! Holy shit I absolutely love these two.
I have a few lists you could look through but off the top of my head, some favorites are:
- Tale of the Yellow Dragon
- Smyrna and Capri
(Both by Brothers from a Better Tomorrow)
- Wolf in the House
- 2020 (the author of this also has a redo manhwa with a straight couple that is freaking fantastic, it's REALLY slow burn though)
- Eternal Covenant (ridiculously long flashback but awesome if you like an in-depth look into why the story is where it is in the present).
samk's manhwas are some of my personal favs! half of me & payback are rly interesting albeit they pace pretty slow i'd say? art is great too, december is another one i like but it doesn't hold a candle to the first two ngl
Thank you both!
Let Dai
Be aware of tragedy tho
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Any time!
Agreed about Samk. Zenya is amazing too. I love Payback and get so excited every time a new chapter of December comes out. I can't wait for it to catch up to the unofficials. I'm happy rereading, but we were left on quite the cliff.
The new art style is extremely unfitting. It's beautiful, of course it is and hell I even wish I could draw like that but is it the best artistic choice for a visual novel that's supposed to tell a very rough story about two characters who quite literally have prices for their heads? In my opinion, no it's not.
In mangas, manhwas, manhuas and so forth, what cannot be portrayed with words is portrayed through the art. That is why they are called "visual novels." And this novel in particular has tackled some heavy-duty topics and narratives that aren't unrealistic at all. And the previous art style visually complimented and enhanced that grimness and the true heaviness of what the characters were going through, instead of taking away from it.
So, I don't know whose decision it was to change the art so drastically, I only hope the author wasn't pressured into it by management of some sort. Because if it was purely the author's choice, then at least we can respect it and decide for ourselves whether to continue reading or not. Personally, I don't know yet. I loved the story, and so far, the first few chapters feel very cheap plot-wise too. I can only say my thanks to Juju for uploading it still and giving us a chance to explore whatever's left to explore of this narrative for free. The rest I guess I'll see as the time moves forward.
lol the hell? it's just a few added details and more rendering, i went back on the previous chapters again, it looks the same but in the past it had less shading which is fine. there's no change in 'art style', there was no drastic changes on the features that made look different from before. this is more of an improvement.
you saying it's 'unfitting' is just funny ofc thats your opinion so I can't tell you you're wrong. I'm just saying what i think of it too
Oh, it's definitely an improvement. If it's the same artist, then they've definitely upped their game at rendering and shading, objectively speaking. But subjectively speaking - and the subject being the story itself - it does not align with the narrative because the narrative is extremely dark.
For example, color psychology (not theory, but psychology) exists to choose appropriate shades of colors and ambient light that's meant to cause appropriate emotions for appropriate scenes. And in my opinion, with the new season, that's one of the vocal points that does not hit the mark with the story.
At the end of the day, you are more than welcome to have and express your opinions, much like how I expressed mine. If you and whoever else enjoys the new art, then I'm happy for you.
Mhm. I just find it weird and confusing. If you actually look back on the previous chapters, there's really no change at all with the ambient or the color the artists used to set the mood, the author still applies the same method as he did in the previous season. And I was thinking maybe you thought things were off because the artist has made the lighting and shadows more noticable now. If you look again with how the characters are rendered, you can clearly see the highlights pop off more, compared to how they were drawn before with shadows more visible. I'm just pointing out its not a change of art style and there were no changes in how the author sets the mood of each panel, just that since with the art is more detailed with a little bit of semi realism on the rendering, the characters comes into focus more and appear more brightly. Look into the panel where the character was in a dark room having s*x, its a good enough example i think.
Sorry if i sounded rude haha.
also if its confusing mb english isn't my first language
When the context of Unconditional Love is taken too literally. Nope. Removing from my reading list. Will pray for y'alls sanity though, stay strong lovelies.
I shall see it through, I'm curious about their future
Same but that brown hair guy need shame
EVERYONE STFU ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER. SHUSH. ZIP IT. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Saying goodbye to this masterpiece feels so incredibly bittersweet, fulfilling, and hollow at the same time.
I remember beginning my MADK journey back in 2019, when I didn't even own a MangaGo account yet and being so unbelievably fascinated with art, the story-telling, the topics that this franchise explored, the character designs and their personalities. I felt like I had discovered a hidden gem, mayhaps even a masterpiece. And waited so, so eagerly for each update. At times even lost hope on ever seeing the ending to this story while failing to locate raws.
And now, we're finally here. We made it. And we are saying goodbye to the beautiful J and M. I will miss my babies and I will be sure to often revisit them for I, truly, got emotionally invested with them - something that is extremely rare for me.
Here's to the bittersweet goodbyes and hopefully, to the new beginnings.
And to whoever's reading my word-vomit of a letter, stay awesome and take care of yourself, always.
All I'm gonna say is that I want to fucking CRY. Σ( ￣□￣||) The slowed down version of September by Sparky Deathcap fit so well with the last chapter of volume 2.
I.. Don't know how we went from normal to absolute psycho with ML towards the end there but ok.. ╮(￣▽￣)╭ I actually thought his character was well-written for majority of the story. And the way he would talk, too. He'd express his thought processes earnestly and would word them very well. That total switch in personality did him dirty imo and robbed him of the interesting qualities that he originally had. For example, his attachment issues and anxiety made total sense due to the environment and family dynamics he grew up with, but he was also head-strong despite all that and pushed through his complications. Until towards the ending of the plot, that is. But oh well, still a pretty good read story-wise by majority of Yaoi's standards (excluding some of the absolute gems ofc). To say that I didn't enjoy the story would be a lie but yeah, the last 20 chapters or so caught me pretty off-guard.
I'll add one more point to this. Saying that he was head-strong and pushed through his complications, I meant that his default response wasn't to jump the gun. He'd often try and think things through. He'd also express those thoughts in an easy-to-understand manner. As in, it wasn't vague or confusing or hazy, whenever he'd deliver his point. Rather, his conversations very clearly reflected exactly what he thought and what his goal was. We didn't have to agree with any of it, but at least it had reasons and causes that made sense, compared to insulting Mr. Lee by constantly calling him a man-whore towards the end, using manipulation to gain pity from MC, becoming overwhelmingly controlling, etc. He was flawed and that made him humane in my eyes, until he went psycho.
i feel the same way!! its as though yuri lost his charm, i liked him a lot. even though he was quick-witted and a bit rude, thats what made him funny. everything he said had at least some reasoning to it, like when he’d told himself he would never tell mr. lee about his feelings and constantly lied to him about it. but now hes like a completely different character. borderline psychological bl behavior.