After 10 or so yrs of reading mangas, this has become one of my favorites. It's so warm and fluffy despite the underlying melancholy of the future
It's unfortunate. Had I read this when I was 12, I would have loved it. I don't necessarily mean that as a diss. But there are some works that I know that if I read it at a different, I would enjoy unlike the present. Same can be said with Twilight. Never saw or read it when I was younger but I am sure I would have been down bad for it. Tastes change, that's all.
Premise was interesting but the whole thing is just...bad. The ml wasn't the best, sure. But the uke beating him up thought he wasn't sure it was him? It's not even about being top or bottom in bed, the fact that he, an S-class esper, beating tf out of his guide who never fought back? Tf. And he never apologised. I can't believe it was swept under the rug. Ml may have been an asshole in the past but he seemed to have truly tried to change. The mc on the other hand was just not it.
Someone said ol this was short and a satisfying read for any mood. No. It just made my mood fcked.
Letting this finish cooking. By that, I'm gonna wait till it's completed. Both this and Nerd Project are on that list becahse both fandoms are raging that it's so good that they're on the edge of their seats. HMU IF THIS FINISHES PLS PLS PLS
Let me just put this out there before everything else, these peps sure got some really rough pounding together. I've read literally thousands of bls over the decade but these guy sure are one of those thst do the do.
Anyway. I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The thing is, I've read and tried to like 3p for so long. Often I read because I feel like reading smut. Im'ma be honest. But it's rare for me to have an appreciation with the plot of one. Why do I appreciate it here? Call me a hypocrite but because I never do think thst poly can work healthily. I've seen it happen to friends irl and damn can it get ugly. But reading this, it gives me an interesting perspective that it may be possible.
"Why tf would you say that seeing how these three are in this story which is only fiction? Imagine how worse it can be irl."
Well that's the thing. This is a fiction story with a shi ton of hard smut and rough edges but honestly, it's one of the most realistic 3ps I've seen. I've read so many and dropped many bl, bi, yuri poly stories and so many of them I believe had the same problem: they fit together too perfectly. With that, I want to especially stress the amount of time it took them to be that perfect so easily. I think it's bs. It's difficult for 2 people, how about 3? It's unrealistic. But here it's written well enough. I appreciate how the author brings up the importance of communication in one arc and then have them deal with that same concern again in the next arc. Why? Because we make the same mistake more often than we promise to not do them again. We see that so often irl, not only in romantic aspects.
Lastly (damn shi this is long? My backlogs of essays and research who?), I won't deny that these are some weirdos who are toxic in their own ways. But if I bring up normal and not normal, as a psychology student, I have too much to say about thst that this would triple in length. And anyway, they fit each other, one way or the other. Some puzzles get split in half, maybe for them they just got split into three. I'll think of them that way. I'm interested to see how this unfolds. Am I thinking of this as part character case study? Maybe.
I'm immensely picky with artstyles and storyline but BWAT will never disappoint. If I happen to dislike one of their works, it's simply likely to it not being my taste and not that I find the storyline in itself lacking. Best of luck and take care of your health always author-nim!
I was gonna yap about the manga but won't ruin the vibes of how everybody is just talking about their driving experience lmaoo
Solid 4.5! Better than how I expected it to be given it's an idol story (usually is cringe).
I feel bad for them given the crazy-ass stalker. Thinking that shi like that (and worse) happens in real life is frightening af. As someone said, I hope the idols I used to stan are living a better life like this away from the cameras. If not, I hope they find their own kei-san whom they can have as an anchor despite the whirlwind in their lives.
Reminds me so much of Sugar trap esp the choking part BUT THE COMEDY HERE IS GOLD
Bottom is super annoying. He's an ass for treating the seme like his little experiment. The seme is also a fantastic dog—just comes and goes as he's told. Not to mention the power imbalance between a well-known photographer and a C-list model. They're so frustrating I couldn't bare to finish it. For it to be so long and only have them become a "couple" in the last chapter?
Reread. I remember why I gave this such low stars. Slightly confusing and ch 5-7 was totally UNNECESSARY.
I have a lot to say with the slave issue. While I ofc won't say it's alright and well, tk a degree, one may understand why Black Eagle's slaves feel "indebted" to him. It's simply been their way of life. For us it seems insane, but for them, that's what they were born into. Be a slave, work, have a place over your head, and some food. Not to say it's completely ideal, but in those times in the middle of the dessert with nothing of your own and your name, having a master may seem more ideal. All the more so if it's one such as black eagle ig
This is such a gem. It's rare to find a switch couple and all the more rare to find a bl story where neither mc nor ml are marked with a vast diffrence. This is an issue I havs with newer bl. It's not just manga, it's the same with manhwas and manhuas where one of the ml or mc is twinkified or there's a huge ass height difference. And that's only with physical appearances. Behaviour and personality there's always that stereotype between being a bottom and a top. Some give it a "twist" where the usual "roles" are switched. But isn't the vast difference itself that pop media shows us that the "top" and "bottom" will always be markedly different? I'm not saying that it's not possible but it sometimes sure does feel like there's an oversaturation with this marked difference that's often portrayed.
It's rare to find these type of pairing years ago when I started reading around 10yrs ago but all the more now. Tbh I only ever see it in manga nowadays, nearly never in its Chineseand Korean counterparts. I've been reading a lot of manhuas and manhwas (not all ofc cause who the f—) but I can only, and barely at that, count with my two hands the number of couples that are portrayed as this and not where one is some rich, strong, old money, tough CEO or gangster and a demure or broke ass, soft spoken, glasses guy who's twinkified so much that he looks like an elementary schooler matched with a graduating senior.
I feel like I went off a tangent and took this too far off the road but I can't help but rant out my frustrations atp because finding gems like these are getting so mjxb harder
Story-wise it's good. But I still have reservations
1. They shouldn't have bad sex when they ran away
2. They shouldn't have met again when the apartment got demolished but instead sometjme when the kid was in college or better yet CEO.
I usually don't usually nitpick to this extent but this had so much potential. Rather than another smut-filled manga, if author did this, we would've been able to see more of the development of the characters as individuals who grew up. The last chapter especially—"moral compass" my ass.
Rereading and I was so confused why in the world I didn't give it a 5 stars cause I really liked it so far (atp I forgot the whole story even though it's a reread) then I got to the part with the mf old guy. It just doesn't sit well with me. I can't put it into words of how much it irks and unsettles me. I am no stranger to age gaps that range from normal to concerning (in stories ofc) but this is just...wtf?
I got into rereading this from the author's other story about the dragon and I really liked that one and then noticed that I read one of their other works which was this. While I loved the other work, both of them have the same problem. The pacing is confusing and the timing with the flashbacks makes me feel lost.
Giving this five stars even though I feel as though at some point the story got stretched a bit. It really hit close to home for me. Perhaps, a bit too much. I loved literature and I still do love it. Writing however has become such a difficult task for me. Unlike Sunwoo, I can write it. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to put into words. I overthink too much on how others perceive it rather than what I really want to express.
At first I found it sad that Sunwoo never wrote again. But I finally understood it on the last page when the bookstore owner was talking about his uncle. We have our own way of showing love to the written words, our passion. Whether I go back to writing or find some other channel to be able to love it wholeheartedly, I hope I do it from the heart and not as a lie.
While I was reading at the start, around 20 chapters or so, I thought to myself, "Thank goodness! Another rare gem where the ml isn't an asshole." It's truly rare where they don't go straight to bed on the first chapter, or have an @hole top. Sometimes, reading bl feels like I'm combing through porn. There's nothing wrong with sex scenes at all, to have an abundance with them in a story nor even a mentally unwell and stereotypical ml or top. As someone taking psychology, it's a neat case study practice. But to have an oversaturation on this genre with so many stories of the same toxicity, abuse, and outright rape to be simply rebranded as romance?
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Spoilers ahead>> I can't check the damn box
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That aside, I wasn't surprised with the twist. But I want to praiss the author for how well brought out the previous events were. It was gut-wrenching. That fucking brother should rot in the deepest chambers of hell. But what was interesting though was that it was the Ido, the seme, who was the firdt to remember and was fixing things. Then again, if it was our dear mc, he would absolutely leave him without a second thought. What I said in the first paragraph still stands, however. Would I see this as some kind of redemption? Yes. But well-brought up and done? Yes. I suppose I would liken it to some prisons in the world where instead of simply, there's also rehabilitation. If that makes any sense.
Anyway. This long ass rant is simply because I'm so gutted that it's not yet completed (ugh) so I have to wait and hence I'm writing a long ass essay here instead of reading my DSM5 *sighs* I have high expectations for the next chapters. Regardless, well done to the author so far
I rarely, if ever, say that I love a story to the point that it's my favorite. This is one of those exceptions. I've rarely ever read a story so well written; with minimal drama and yet heart-wrenching plot, both leads being such green flags but not without faults nor bland and boring yet instead so real as though they were two real people. As Robin Williams said, "You are not perfect, but don't expect your lover to be perfecf. What matters is if you're perfect for each other."
I cannot find any flaws in this manhwa at least. Again, not that I say it is perfect in all its works and wonders but instead, perfect for me. I adore the leads and love the "unnecessary" add on with the uncle. Some may say it's unnecessary and my teacher from before told me smth similar in regards to a work I've written before, but I believe, small "unnecessary" bits like these make it more authentic, more real. Along with that, the fact that author-nim didn't wrap it in a bow that the issue with the Top's family would be perfectly resolved. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. Fuck them and making the rest be as unhappy as their asses. This manhwa has a bunch of clichés but personally, I'd say it was done very well.
Author-nim, I damn well know you ain't reading this long ass essay (sorry to the other commenters), but I was so emotional last night because I'm going back to college. The part with the prof and the bottom really hit me like a wall. Idk wtf I'm doing after graduation and I don't think I'll be getting a good job but I'm working my ass off for the scholarship. Reading along bought so much comfort that I'm now awake at nearly 4am when I have to wake up for 6am later haha
I remember liking this when I picked it up way before. I found it again by accident and cause I forgot where I left off, I decided to reread the whole thing. Idk why but both of them just annoy me. The top slightly but the bottom idk man. He yapped about love and friendship being the same but I don't think he ever moved on from just being friends. In general, I only see so little character development in him—if any at all. The top seems to have the patience of a saint. Thank goodness he was a green flag.
Overall, I'm still glad how unproblematic it was, despite my dislike for the uke. Seeing how everyone in the comments seems to truly love it, maybe it's just not my taste. Or my tastes have simply changed because the bottom reminds me too much of someone. Congratulations to author-nim for finishing it.
