otakulys's manga / #shounen ai(68)

It was sweet and had a nice, coming of age sort of feel. There was nothing creepy between the man and child, and it was more of a little boy's first experience with love and not a predator messing with a kid. It ends too abruptly, though. It's like, "Oh, by the way, this happened. The end." But before that, I liked it, even with the quick pacing. I'd give it 3.5 stars.

Aw, very sweet so far. His cute little face when he's so proud of that C because he knows he worked his hardest. I just want to squeeze him to death. Honestly, I'm pretty over the "girl I was in love with was actually a boy" thing, but I like the characters enough to see past that. They're both complex and original, which counters out the cliche a bit. I'm looking forward to the following chapters.

Awwww, too cute! I want more! I hope this gets picked up again so we can find out what happens. These two are adorable. I love a mean-looking character with a warm, squishy center. I just want to squeeze them both.

I really like this so far! Lovely art, likable characters, sweet plot. I would have given it five stars, but I thought it was going to avoid that super typical "one person really likes the other, but the other pretends to be straight for half the story," and I'm disappointed that it's fallen into that typical equation. Regardless, I look forward to seeing it from here on out, and I'll be glad when they just get past the stupid already and start dating. I hope that isn't too long from now. ETA: Aww, I wanna see more of that guy who kissed Qin Xiong! But there are so many passing characters who don't seem to actually have anything to do with the story that I won't hold my breath. It's a shame, though, cause he was hot, and I already wanted to know more about him just from that brief interaction.

I debated back and forth on whether or not the black haired guy was just imagining all of this in order to cope with the fact that the blond died before the black haired one could return and save him, or if all of the foreshadowing and hinting didn't mean anything, and it was just a rushed story that could have been a lot better. I'm really on the fence, because all of it, even telling him that they're leaving to get his things, could be him imagining what would have happened if he'd come back in time. I feel like that's more heavily emphasized when the guy is talking about how he left. But if it's a really straight forward story about two guys getting to be together after the other's abusive dad died... well... I mean, if the concept had been fleshed out, it could work, but as it was, it was too short and rushed to have much impact. I don't like sad endings, but in this case, I think the sad ending would have been stronger and made more sense.

Huh. It was an interesting little snapshot, just strange with it being so short. Was this part of something? I'm not sure why it's just on its own, but whatevz.

Yeah, that was way too rushed, so it ended up being silly and disjointed. Pretty art, too bad the story sucked. I mean, I've seen way worse, but it could have been so much better.

Kind of weird, but interesting, haha. Art's not great, but I've seen worse. I feel like the easiest way to fix everything is to curse someone into being immune to all curses, but what do I know?

Kinda weird, but the guys are pretty. I'm not sure how to feel about this. But I read it. I can't escape that now. I have to face what I've done.

I know nothing about Gintama, but I adore Harada and want to read everything she's written. I'm not a huge fan of fanfiction, etc anyway, so maybe it's for the best. This way I can pretend like they're original characters of Harada's own creation. I'm guessing the actual series is full of panty shots, het perversion, and male overcompensation anyway. Can't we just have shows where no one is worried about crushes or dating so that fans can fill in the blanks according to their own preferences.