Mimi's manga / #Drama(13)

Literally getting through chapters 1 and 2 felt like when it's mid-summer down at your grandparents' place in the country and people are doing stuff inside, time is moving, you hear people talking... But you're sitting on the sofa, in your room watching tv, or on the porch just chilling. Time is moving so slow for you, but you know things are happening around you, you're aware of these things but the time it's taken to get from 1pm to 2pm has felt like 5 hours in-between. I don't usually read other's reviews unless I'm super unsure about what the tags are leading me into. But I saw 2 people saying how average this was and I kinda agree. I love slow paced stories but there's something about this that felt like nothing's happening despite a good bit of stuff happening between chapters 1 and 3. There were some text that did annoy me but it's the usual bullshit you'll find in a bl. I didn't start feeling so annoyed by the plot until around chapter 4/4.5 where I already knew how the next bit of story was gonna go and contemplated dropping it. I'm more mad rather than annoyed that Takayuki was never held accountable for manipulating Aki for so long and I'm mad that the author basically wrote him getting a slap on the wrist with how he continued to manipulate Aki and be a shitty person after chapter 4. What I'm saying is, I want Takayuki dead. I'm still pushing throw because I've put too many books on hold for similar annoying reasons and just need to finish something. But, yeah, as a whole, I can already feel that this isn't going to be something I'm going to remember once I'm done reading it. Also, Takayuki's kinda creepy and not in a way the author meant him to be. He's creepy in a "adult who's been interested in a kid since they were 15 and waited til they're 18 to date them" kinda way. Hmmmm I wonder why...