I have a feeling I'm going to come back and re-read this one a lot!
Gyul: I have something to say!
End credit page: HI! ALLOW ME TO INTERRUPT HERE!
Me: *dies*
I always feel torn about the continuation of this manga, because it felt kinda perfect when it initially finished and didn't really need any more drama to drag it out...but I like the couple so much I'm always happy to read more.
I think I feel the same about Slow Starter, too.
Yeah I get that - I was pretty happy with the 'ending' and now the upcoming drama seems pretty unnecessary. It'll be interesting to see how they cope with a lil' more trouble in their relationship though ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I can't live without them!
True!!! But I love watching them grow even more as a couple
Yes, this is what I like about these mangas. It doesn't stop where they become lovers.
Personally, for me, there are three broad types of comics with rape in them:
1) The ones that are blatantly smut & fetish-focused rather than plot-based .
2) The ones that are fundamentally story-focused and have rape as a serious or important part of the plot.
3) The ones that are fundamentally story-focused but use rape as a cheap/lazy trope instead of working out a plot point properly.
For myself, it's number 3 that I get really irritated at, because the rape is unnecessary usually normalises or minimises the rape in order to have the rest of the story turn out prettily.
While some people, for understandable reasons, may not feel comfortable with rape in any form of fiction, I feel that often the disagreements arise because people APPEAR to be objecting to or condoning ALL rape, when, in actual fact, as sensible, yaoi-reading people, most are objecting to the third type while most others are defending the first and maybe second type.
Anyway, those are just my thoughts, it's not meant to deny anyone else's feelings on the matter.
this!! this was the explanation i was looking for!! you could not have explained the rape tag issue any better thank you for getting this out
I think this is an example of why I get frustrated with other manga that are clearly story-based rather than smut/fetish-based, but still use cheap tropes and cliches (especially, but not only, the blackmail or rape trope).
THIS story didn't stray too far from familiar yaoi territory, but it told an interesting and romantic story without needing to rely on any cheap rubbish tricks.
Maybe Natsukawa isn't, but this manga certainly feels like it's stringing me along!
(Grateful for the frequent updates, though.)
The latest chapter doesn't follow up on the excitement of the previous one at all...but it's still cute (if you can call grown-up shogi playing men cute)...
While reading the chapters:
"I know this is just done with Google translate, but, even so, the order of the dialogue is somehow weird and confusing..."
...Eventually realises is reading right-to-left like a manga...
...And everything starts to make perfect sense.
You read this from left-to-right. Japanese manga is right-to-left
Hehe, yes, thank-you - that was my point. I was in Japanese manga-reading mode, that's why I was automatically trying to read it in the wrong direction. Didn't notice I hadn't switched back to left-to-right, hence my temporary confusion! Was all fine when I realised. :)
Me everytime I read webtoon/manhua/manhwa lol I'm so used to reading manga that I have to double check everytime (￣ε(#￣)Σ
Ah I see, yes I get that often too. But there are exceptions. There are some that still reads the other way round. It's confusing
Agreed!
Hehe. I think the worst is when I even try to read normal English comic strips in the same direction as manga...
Because most manhuas are in colour I automatically switch
happens to me EVERY TIME! xD
A new fantasy manga about a man who becomes a pastry...