Ambrosia's manga / #reencounter(3)

list - masterlist, cinnamon, seme pov, This was really sweet! It was interesting if not completely unique, but it was written really well so it felt fresh and made an impact on me. Lots of attention to detail that made the characters feel real and made the writing really stand out to me, for example when Ichigo says all the things in his imaginary world and then the line "a strawberry can't become a peach....i can't become my sister" when their names are Ichigo (strawberry) and Momo (peach). Or when Hirono realizes that Hime is afraid of thunder because of the night when his sister died or afraid of that being ignored hurts him more bc of how his mother treated him. It was really beautiful. The characters were wonderfully mature in their own way, while still being kids and struggling to figure out themselves and their feelings and come to terms with their sexuality. They still tried to own up to their actions and communicated their feelings and apologized in a way that with much more emotional maturity than I see in many stories with adults. The characters were well fleshed out with reasons for their actions and beautiful character development. Even the mom had an understandable reason and had closure in the end. Along with the main story/plot, these are kids figuring themselves out, finding love, and growing up along the way and it was beautiful to read about. I only wish there was more. 10/10 5/5

list - quick, webtoon Aha this was surprisingly nice even if very smutty. I was suspicious of the seme at first and I was right to be suspicious but he's not a bad guy, just hopelessly in love. Also seems to have a bit of sociopath/psychopath tendencies in childhood? Or maybe just a lack of emotional understanding and awareness. It got surprisingly a bit dark there, but it made me understand his attachment to the uke more and why he's so clingy. They really do love each other and are very affectionate. Seme is super clingy and like a puppy but a bit pushy and obsessive, but here it's seen as cute since he knows if he acts out it will be bad for the uke and he doesn't want to do anything that would hurt the uke or make him hate him. Uke is quite easy going and accepting, and quite straightforward too. Overall nice read.