Your favorite take on a trope vs your least favorite take on a trope?

Stories where the central theme is revenge are usually straight up shit, written just for edginess sake and relying too much on shock value and torture porn in my opinion, so whenever I hear people praise a revenge story I always think they're going to be absolute dogshit but thankfully Kagurabachi and Maria no Danzai are pretty peak, especially th......   2 reply

Younger top x older bottom is a trope that can very easily go to shit. I think 1. Melting Point and 2. Sour or Astringent do it right for two different reasons 1. Knew each other as children, small age gap 2. Didn't know each other until both were adults, bigger age gap I'm on the fence about A Lovely Meal and Blossoms of the White Night, but wors......   1 reply

Jealousy, defensiveness and competition between female characters. Done right, then it could be a healthy character growth and a start of a constructive relationship between them. Done otherwise, then it’s likely glorifying the reason for which the crash started in the first place, and it makes me sad thinking what it could have been.   reply