Cressida's manga / #Beautiful Art(21)

They sure take their sweet time with this. Nothing feels special because every moment gets mulled over for entire chapters.Pretty boring. The translation is wrong 80% of the time, very confusing especially since every page has over 100 words.

I would say the one flaw with this manga is how young the uke looks, he's 20, there was no reason for him to look like a 10-year-old but if you can get past that, it is pretty cute and wholesome.

The story feels very convoluted, the uke has an accommodating personality that leads to him being in an abusive relationship (that the author refuses to admit is abusive, and we have to continue to see the abuser for the rest of the story and are supposed to accept him as a regular character who even gets his own story). The dynamic of the main couple is confusing and honestly saddens me because the uke was allegedly in love with the seme for years yet when they reunite, seme falls in love with him right away, while the uke seems uninterested and condescending towards him, there are also a bunch of student characters whose names we're supposed to remember, they didn't even need to be in the story. The couple has some good moments, but those represent less than 40% of the whole manhwa. I do love the art style.

Whenever you think there is nothing else fun to do with this couple now that they are completely stable and adjusted, surprise! This story is mostly good but sprinkled with annoying characters that slow down the pace and can become rather exhaustive. Couples 2 and 3 are not interesting at all, and I advise you to skip those chapters. Also, like with most Korean media, the violence in the story is not treated with any real severity by the authorities. I don't want to give too much away, but a character physically assaults a person, causing them to become deaf, they are not punished at all. We'll continue seeing him throughout the story and even be asked to empathize with him as he kidnaps our main character at one point. Skip every character that isn't our main couple it may spare you some anger.

It's so cute and sweet but also hot, and the characters are quite self-aware and insightful.

This story ends up being more about vampire politics than romance, there are too many chapters, and it's hard to keep up with everything happening at times. The main couple is enjoyable in the beginning, they have a type of refreshing start to a relationship where they have always been too close, and now one of them is panicking about the implications of this while the other has already accepted the fact that they are soulmates. It gets way too dark with the vampire lore by the middle, and it never stops, I wish it could have stayed fresh and weird without the crushing weight of 500 years of senseless violence. 

In general, I don't love the "it started as a joke with friends but I love you now" trope but this execution is so emotional and true to characters, everybody feels so much, it's overwhelming but at the same time so cathartic. Love the drama.

A refreshing and sweet story that sometimes feels a bit boring. As an honest and cute honor student paired with a surprisingly warm and understanding delinquent, they are quite mature and well-adjusted as a couple. There are some unpleasant aspects to their surroundings, but the author never delves too deeply into any of that, so it's ultimately a light read.

The story is about a frustrated salaryman with an inferiority complex who thinks they peaked in primary school. The uke runs into a man he knew as an overweight, shy child who is now a very thin and accomplished person. The man has been in love with him since then and has beautiful memories of the uke making him feel included and less lonely. But the uke is very self-aware of the fact that he approached the seme just to seem nice and to feed his inflated ego. Even though he was just a child, uke judges himself very harshly, he's a very good person. I hate these "co-workers fall in love" stories, mostly because of how depressing they are. This one isn't that different, they spend 90% of the story at work. I still like that they don't just jump into a relationship, and how understanding the seme is. There is one lesbian character that ends up being there just to draw a parallel to his situation, I guess it still counts as an empathic view of a woman in the story, which we don't see very often, unfortunately.

The way courting dynamics are approached here between herbivores and carnivores is a great foil to straight women trying to have romantic relationships with men. Women are constantly (consciously or not) negotiating their own safety with men. So much time has to be spent building the basic trust that they won't abuse their immense power and hurt the women just because they can. This story observes the dynamic from both angles, carnivores, and herbivores. The wolf is overwhelmed by how much pain he could inflict upon his loved one. He is particularly riddled with the guilt of knowing that he wouldn't even be punished if he did rape someone. People would just sweep it under the rug and absolve him of any fault, saying he couldn't control himself he is just an animal. He understands that he needs to hold himself accountable for his behavior. The rabbit is painfully aware that anyone could attack him at any time. He understandably has a hard time trusting carnivores with his safety. It's hard to focus on romantic feelings when your physical integrity is constantly at risk. By the end of the story, he concludes that the wolf has self-control and can be trusted at least for now. It is widely acknowledged that in compromises like this, herbivores will always be at a loss.