Tai's manga / #BL(107)

well goodness that was a Ride. there's alot of cyclical thoughts and dialogue on here. its a bit exhausting to read at times. its very dark and fucked up but not scary or nauseating the way killing stalking is. just a very different vibe despite the really creepy beginning. they both need massive psychiatric help tbh but since this is fiction i couldnt help but want those two crazy kids to work it out somehow and then they do! yay? ngl its a bit of an anti climactic ending. i dont think a tragic ending woulda been better just cause it woulda been patently obvious so rather smth less pitch black woulda been refreshing but this ending just felt kind of...idk flat. i think it works better if u read it all together with the final chpt, it feels like a nice reprieve from all the intense emotion and action then. also gonna be honest, didnt care about those other two criminal guys. at all. anyway gonna leave it at 4 stars tho since it was a good and sexy thriller. i think its fair to call it an erotic thriller right?

having read all the chpts and sides now, i decided to bump this up a star. the first 60 chpts while fine are pretty typical romance story that i see alot in het romances and this is just that applied to a campus setting with two guys instead. however! after they become a couple and the story finally delves more into who Dong gyun is and also the homophobia he experienced, the story became 50x more interesting and emotionally affecting. and it was handled in a fairly respectful realistic way. its still def a BL comic so its nothing too deep but considering how rarely this genre which is all about Boys in Love seems to deal with things like homophobia or discussions of sexuality even when set in our real world, i gotta say it was refreshing to see that handled here. it was also nice to see that we get 4 different kinds of queer guys in one comic, albeit we only really get to know two of them. i loved chanwoo he's like some of the real gay dudes i've known and he was also a ton of fun. i would gladly read a whole series about him but i will settle for the Sides instead. his kinky relationship is also more interesting to me than the more vanilla standard one with Jiwon and DG but no question i found myself rly adoring the main couple once they were finally an actual Couple and i only wish they'd gotten together sooner tbh. anyway while i dont love this story as much as other people on this website do, i managed to finish it and find some of its charms by the end. i dont know if i'd call it a Must Read tho.

the best thing i can say about this BL ero webtoon is that it has a love triangle where i can see the appeal of both guys and relationships and the sex scenes are Really hot. EDIT: caught up and looked at the newest raws (101-104) and hoo boy my mains get back together, the breakup that was long time coming finally comes, there's some fun drama involving paparazzi and jealous little shits and possible Exposure of our main pair's sordid past all culimating in a beautiful reunion and reconnection that feels earned. also 101-104 is legit just...kissing, cuddling and fucking. like ty Yeongha my fields were DYING from the drought of sexy scenes and u finally watered my crops. and by crops i mean p**** Edit Final Thoughts: a beautiful and satisfying ending to an almost perfect series. top scores here kids! can def see myself re reading this one day (but uh maybe ill skim thru half of s3 cause hoo boy did it drag in parts...)

oh my gad this is HILARIOUS. i've only read the first story (i love a good anthology tbh) which is a bonkers take on the popular korean folktale of Chunhyang. i wont summarize it here, if u dont know it you must go wiki or google it cause knowing it will allow to appreciate how hysterical that first story is. the sex scenes are short but nice. i gotta say the story kept giggling enough that i wouldnt have noticed if there was no sexy times at all. EDIT: well finished it (all chpt now available in eng on tappytoon). and it was delightful from start to finish. definitely liked some stories more than others but i did enjoy the variation in size and shape among the tops and the bottoms and funny and not always obvious way the writer would spin each fairytale or folktale in her attempts to make then funnier and super gay. anyway def recommend it!

completely adorable! and a couple of guys that feel like real people and not two BL stereotypes. their little romance is so precious and feels really natural despite the kinda goofy setup. but i actually thought the "sex lessons" were in fact quite sexy and a good setup to them realizing what a good fit they are outside the bedroom too. they go on little dates to the theater and to cafes and its all very precious and couplegoals. both guys are super hot to me (often times only one of them is My Type and the other im like "well he's fine" but not in this one!) a third and equally gorgeous guy appears later on who seemed like he would cause some drama but uh...he doesnt rly lol. its a bit anti climactic. but it wasnt a big problem to me, this is pretty low stakes story but its still very enjoyable to read. however this is also why i dont have much more to say than this.

this really is just porn with the barest hint of a plot but at least the romance once that creepy other guy is gone, is super sweet and wholesome. and thankfully at 45 chpt its a pretty compact story. i havent read the side stories yet and i dont know if i will. im pretty satisfied as is and dont feel need to read more. neway this has to be the least sexy bdsm and dom character i've seen so far in any comic that features it. the guy was just...fuckin horrible..also that bit at the end where they try to make us feel bad for him a little cause of his childhood? haha noooope. fuck right off with That. neway this story is a C+ at best

nice and breezy quick read. kinda sad it wasnt a bit longer but also glad it didnt drag things out unnecessarily. i didnt much care about the serial killer and his weird brother uncle dad surrogate complex so (tho i did love that burly older man was the bottom. that was refreshing) but when he reappeared in the side stories his story got alot more interesting, and it even made me feel so sad! but the main couple got an adorable happy ending so it was just the right amount of sweet n sour for me. sex scenes were sexy but alas i kinda wanted there to be more....but thats more cause im a pervert i cant rly say it was a bad storytelling choice lol. anyway i do recommend this but i wouldnt call it a must read. (demon guy was super gorgeous in his demon form i wanted to see him like that more...)

well im not bored yet. so thats a plus. its not esp sexy as far as ero BL comics go but its def more interesting than viewfinder or my suha was. two bl comics i tried in the same day as this one. whether it'll hold my attention until the end of S1 remains to be seen. but there's def potential. Edit: s1 completed and my favorite character is def Sun Yool. i decided to jump to his beautiful spin off series aka side story about him and his love story and I looooooved it. more than the main series and main couple. tho i do like heejae and jisuh as a couple. there's so much more warmth and fun in sun yool and haeyoung's romance imo. but also those two are jsut more my Type so to speak. tough strong guy whose shy and impossibly innocent and sweet and loyal? yes. and then Sun Yool is both the type of person i'd want to befriend or date. he's just adooooorable. (his temprement is similar to mine. he's such a gemini tbh). anyway, i havent finished the main series yet. im on chpt 42 there. but i did read all the side stories. if i were just rating the sides its def 4 stars but the main is more 3 stars for now. i like it but im not in love with it. and i probably wont ever be. but i def want to read it till the end. (anyway SO glad my favorite boi got his own beautiful and incredibly sexy romance. its what he deserves!). edit 2: finally finished the whole comic and it rly got me in the second half i gotta say. i do love the turning of tables on snakey types like heejae. seeing him cry his eyes out was SO satisfying holy shit. and the fact that jisuh was just petty enough to be happy about it too. *chef's kiss* but also when he said "i wanted to see you defeated by me" i was like daaaaaang. but also...i felt that. anyway this is a good one kids, definitely read. and its probably the most responsible bdsm portrayal in an adult comic ive seen so far. but ofc with the usual disclaimers (was also really impressed with the author devoting several parapgraphs in her end of season notes to clarify that if a guy like heejae appears in your life trying to manipulate u into doing kinky stuff he's "100 percent trash and should be avoided" i was like....this lady gets it. whats fun in fiction isnt for real life dont try this at home folks!) anyway i really felt the care and attention the author put into the character's motivations and relationship once i got past s1 (not it was bad before but it didnt rly shine as much). and im so glad Sunyool got to stay in the story even when his role as romantic spoiler was long gone. and his friendship with jisuh that forms after? SO PURE SO WHOLESOME. anyway Sun Yool is still my fave character but i def adored Jisuh by the end too.

the art is....the proportions of the guys is just giving me rly old school yaoi manga vibes and it may be that this korean artist who drew these was influenced by those mangas. koreans like manga too! lol. anyway, the story is fine and altho the proprotions are weird the expressions can be very evocative and beautifully illustrated. and i do look the coloring style as well. there's something very soft focus and dreamy about it at times. as always with these the vampire is a cute soft boy bottom im left wondering why they dont have any vampire abilities, albeit in this case he's a "half" vampire so...ya. (but like srsly no special strength nothing to show for vampirism but optional blood sucking?). anyway its a case where the paranormal aspects are hamstrung by the more mundane office life type aspects that i do NOT care for. also i almost admire the writer for just not even pretending like a boss fucking his employee isnt wildly unethical and having him flat out threaten to fire him if he doesnt date him (yikes but i guess he was only saying it to scare the guy and wouldnt Actually fire him but...nope still gross. lol). anyway the fantasy elements make this problematic start tolerable. edit: finally finished it. that was...underwhelming. like cute enough and had a few properly intense scenes but for the most part i was just like "meh" about this comic so thats the rating im giving it.

just finshed it and holy shit it is SO SO GOOD. Just such a well written sophisticated story with actually erotic sex scenes? and genuinely moving love story? and its like incredibly funny and full of ADORABLE dogs and SURPRISE LESBIAN MOMS???gaaaaah. i cant wait for this woman's next project. this really just hit every one of its marks. from art, to story, to characters just A+++ (there's really only two other BL stories that rly moved and impressed me as much as this one and its Blood Bank and Man of Virtue, tho imo i think i was most impressed with the artwork from Wolf in the House. like BB is prettier to look at but when it came to conveying things like atmosphere and emotion there was just something so cinematic and evoccative about the way the artist used color and the lack of color and shadow in the comic. whereas BB is more anime style. Wolf almost had this great neo noir vibe half the time. this rly was somehow two genre of romance in ONE story and it actually WORKS. instead of one feeling out of place? like part neo noir, part paranormal romance, part romcom and part dog meme this comic truly does have it All. (also where is my Khalifa spin off? just waaaat a gorgeous lady holy shit!)