I loved Love Stage for a long time (as anime) but tbh i never read the manga before and Im really sorry to say this but it was kinda mid? Like it was pretty good for a one time read but Im not thinking ab rereading it ://
Author knew the fans wouldn’t like it the switching and how how it’s not really popular, but still decided to draw it lmao gotta give props to the author! Even tho it was random I think the message was really thoughtful though. They both love each other through and whole and wha it means to be in a relationship with a male.
What you're talking about, switching is very popular especially when there's a big moe gap. But yeah it was cute that it was included despite this story being from feminine uke age
What you're talking about, switching is very popular especially when there's a big moe gap. But yeah it was cute that it was included despite this story being from feminine uke age Ayaka Amori
Nah it’s actually not so popular and many readers will get the ick. Well especially if there was already an ”obvious” top but ye exactly it’s cute and funny at the same time because I did not expect it
there are suddenly so many comments about the lame ass switch extra chapter, i was sure it used to say it was non-canon but maybe that was their other stuff but... how can you guys love it so much?? it's so bad?!?
1. one time switching in an extra that could be ignored used to be done more often back in the day, it's such a cop-out to actually writing a vers dynamic lol
2. he couldn't even feel the usual uke's dick...
3. has anyone read the toxic af afterword? uke 'is a healthy young man so of course he would like to have sex with the person he loves'? so what, being a bottom isn't having sex lol?? and even 'izumi got to be a man at the very end'????? by topping? because as an uke he wasn't a man?
and here i thought eiki eiki was toxic af in the smut doujinshis of hers for princess princess ugh
I get what youre saying but looking at the tags, this is NOT a smut manga. It leans towards a romance, so obviously the plot doesn't revolve around "satisfying" anyone's horns fantasy. It was used as a plot-device to show exactly how much Ryouma could love Izumi, since there could be doubts about Izumi's gender in the future. This kind of wraps everything up by showing the depths of his love for Izumi in a more tangible way-- Izumi showed it in physical form by jumping off of a cliff to chase a falling Ryouma, even if he didn't remember Izumi. Even if Ryouma says all those loving words and learns how to edit manga, its still a concept and not physical. "Taking dick" was a symbol to show how he loves Izumi, no matter what. (This paragraph handles comment 1) and as for comment 2, the entire idea of Izumi's character is that when hes even naked, men don't see him as a man. It would erase the whole idea that he would be large and packing.
For the 3rd comment, it was explored more in the plot itself (maybe the writer expressed themselves differently in the afterwords, i lowk forgot it), but the idea behind this is the fact that he wanted to be the one to "hold" Ryouma. He wanted to be able to lose BOTH of his virginity to the man he loves. Izumi thought of it as a deeper way to love, not as an actual sexual fantasy, even referring to it as loving Ryouma entirely. This work of fiction is definitely not supposed to be for smut but rather exploring sexuality.
I wish there was a little more extra, I don’t like that the last chapter is the uke’s almost rape. Leaves it feeling kinda unfinished too - but I do like that it had that switching in there too and the scolding that friend gave him was satisfying.
You know how I freaking found out I didn't finish love stage despite being a day one reader (can't say fan but I couldn't look away from the train wreck)?!? Because someone just mentioned a switch on this series in the comment section of another, and I had to rush here to see what the hell was going on!!!
I watched the anime back when i was in my BL anime phase in 8th grade and lately out of nowhere the ost kept coming to my mind so i decided to read it and go on a nostalgia trip. I didn’t like the anime too much back then but it still has charming parts. Also unpopular opinion, i didn’t dislike it when they switched lmao it was cute
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did the other guy ever get his own story?
I dont know but I would LOVE his story! He’s my favorite hehe, so tell me if ya kind it!
i got u
Which one u talking about?
dude with the glasses, Izumi's friend
Yep! Him and the manga author
Wait, they got a manga?!
wait whats it called
I loved Love Stage for a long time (as anime) but tbh i never read the manga before and Im really sorry to say this but it was kinda mid? Like it was pretty good for a one time read but Im not thinking ab rereading it ://
Is it normal to touch your baby younger brother's like that?? That big bro is such a creep ugh
Author knew the fans wouldn’t like it the switching and how how it’s not really popular, but still decided to draw it lmao gotta give props to the author! Even tho it was random I think the message was really thoughtful though. They both love each other through and whole and wha it means to be in a relationship with a male.
What you're talking about, switching is very popular especially when there's a big moe gap. But yeah it was cute that it was included despite this story being from feminine uke age
Nah it’s actually not so popular and many readers will get the ick. Well especially if there was already an ”obvious” top but ye exactly it’s cute and funny at the same time because I did not expect it
there are suddenly so many comments about the lame ass switch extra chapter, i was sure it used to say it was non-canon but maybe that was their other stuff but... how can you guys love it so much?? it's so bad?!?
1. one time switching in an extra that could be ignored used to be done more often back in the day, it's such a cop-out to actually writing a vers dynamic lol
2. he couldn't even feel the usual uke's dick...
3. has anyone read the toxic af afterword?
uke 'is a healthy young man so of course he would like to have sex with the person he loves'? so what, being a bottom isn't having sex lol?? and even 'izumi got to be a man at the very end'????? by topping? because as an uke he wasn't a man?
and here i thought eiki eiki was toxic af in the smut doujinshis of hers for princess princess ugh
BL world utterly lacks of switch content that we'd grasp at ANYTHING
I get what youre saying but looking at the tags, this is NOT a smut manga. It leans towards a romance, so obviously the plot doesn't revolve around "satisfying" anyone's horns fantasy. It was used as a plot-device to show exactly how much Ryouma could love Izumi, since there could be doubts about Izumi's gender in the future. This kind of wraps everything up by showing the depths of his love for Izumi in a more tangible way-- Izumi showed it in physical form by jumping off of a cliff to chase a falling Ryouma, even if he didn't remember Izumi. Even if Ryouma says all those loving words and learns how to edit manga, its still a concept and not physical. "Taking dick" was a symbol to show how he loves Izumi, no matter what. (This paragraph handles comment 1) and as for comment 2, the entire idea of Izumi's character is that when hes even naked, men don't see him as a man. It would erase the whole idea that he would be large and packing.
For the 3rd comment, it was explored more in the plot itself (maybe the writer expressed themselves differently in the afterwords, i lowk forgot it), but the idea behind this is the fact that he wanted to be the one to "hold" Ryouma. He wanted to be able to lose BOTH of his virginity to the man he loves. Izumi thought of it as a deeper way to love, not as an actual sexual fantasy, even referring to it as loving Ryouma entirely. This work of fiction is definitely not supposed to be for smut but rather exploring sexuality.
I wish there was a little more extra, I don’t like that the last chapter is the uke’s almost rape. Leaves it feeling kinda unfinished too - but I do like that it had that switching in there too and the scolding that friend gave him was satisfying.
You know how I freaking found out I didn't finish love stage despite being a day one reader (can't say fan but I couldn't look away from the train wreck)?!? Because someone just mentioned a switch on this series in the comment section of another, and I had to rush here to see what the hell was going on!!!
A good seme can always switch for his uke
I watched the anime back when i was in my BL anime phase in 8th grade and lately out of nowhere the ost kept coming to my mind so i decided to read it and go on a nostalgia trip. I didn’t like the anime too much back then but it still has charming parts. Also unpopular opinion, i didn’t dislike it when they switched lmao it was cute
This bl has very random events
It was good but the switch part is not for me