
Gosh I love the designs for these two but I think the author messed up showing their different sides cause it just seems like having 2 different personalities shifts at times. I noticed this in the previous story too that Rio started kinda goofy but then he had this caring but asshole ish cold personality later on. And then here he starts there and then gets a little goofier with his BDSM client. Ikeda's was a little less drastic but he did not get much setup at all as a result.
I really like them having such strong and defiant personalities (definitely more interesting than Kabukicho Bad Trip) but it's just so abrupt between the scenes and hard to follow any sort of timeline or progression as nicely as the previous one was which is shocking.

The vibes were kind of odd in this one lol like not going smutty/silly enough or serious either way. And it's a Japanese manga, but was very Korean bl drama and chara types / Chinese bl art style? So it felt like the worst aspects being used of each. The insane amount of flowers and sparkles kicking in during the smut was hilarious (very manhua like).
But the concept was really good, just the MC really sucked, had the concept continued with them older and from the beginning would've been way better.

Debated buying the English physical that was announced but no way now lol. Authors deserve to be paid for their work but literally, fucking capitalism, means there's way more nuance to the topic and something you always have to deal with as someone in the art industry - especially when you deal with global circumstances and companies that always cheapen the work off people's passions.
It literally doesn't take much to treat readers with respect to get respect from them.
Lmao the premise is funny but seriously just shows how much time you just have when you're that young , so many delusions . His friend encouraging him too and now that I'm older it's like ain't no one got time for that