Oh my heart, the little toddler fistbump is adorable.
The art style is so good, but this isn’t a feel-good love story. MC clearly has some self-esteem issues that result in the affair and his unwillingness to end it. Both he and the ML use sex as a crutch/ coping mechanism so I guess in the end they deserve each other.
I know people really do be putting in the work uploading this stuff and totally appreciate it, but the end pictures/memes of some uploaders really is jarring.
It might be the translation but the dialogue felt so opaque to me. I don't mind a slow burn but these two were too much in their heads the whole time, so it felt more like a philosophical exploration of love rather than a love story. It's a pity because they're both wildly attractive and the kissing scenes were quite good.
Agreed. It felt very forced and awkward to me
That baby thermometer line was... Unnecessary
True. But I have to say I used worse during sexy times hahaha
It's just more of an old married couple feeling to say such stupid stuff and then proceed to fall over laughing. I think that's why it feels off here.
I do like most of these author's works but also feel like there should be a Lil warning about the implied relationship between a younger ML and his master in a flashback. It's like ten panels at most and is important to the story but a heads up would have been nice cause it gave me the ick.
This! Its a huge trigger and tbh if i had known i wouldnt have begun this story
For sure! Also side note— just saw the votes— who downvotes trigger warnings?*rolls eyes emoji* I always read the comments before I start the story even if mild spoilers because I’ve been burned way too many times by some of these stories
I think ill have to start doing that as well. This is the second story by the same author i go into without warning and get traumatized they are beautiful stories, sure! But also very heavy and definetly not for everyone
Gonna need a love notebook to fall on my head out of nowhere STAT. Also, I’ve read some shady AF things on this site, but Mortal Kombat Kama Sutra takes the cake. (⊙…⊙ )
What are the other shady things you’ve read??
That machine translator kept translating the watermark so I legit thought that
‘ FREQUENT MOLD FISH FREE SHARING
FISH FORBIDDEN TO MOVE“ was very important to their relationship dynamic lol.
AGREE, i was like "oh shoot that's a watermark"(╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I shoulda realized when the scanlator was getting preemptively defensive. Shu is 'waiting' for Maki but doesn't communicate this at all. Just refuses to sleep with Maki while forgetting he used to casually insult his exes and accept mouth favors from male friends right in front of Maki. So of course Maki is confused/ insecure. And Shu failed to protect friends that SA'd Maki not once, but twice and THAT'S the catalyst that pushes him to be intimate with Maki? No amount of violent retribution and post grape aftercare is gonna redeem Shu. And they have no chemistry.
REAL thank u I s2g the author has a genuine rape fetish like, there's infinitely more time spent on that that any sort of "romance"
Actually, when this stuff is included and as graphically as it was it IS because it’s the authors fetish and the manga is for that kind of audience. I’ve learned that over time bc I was like why does this happen so much in Japanese manga?? Then I looked into the artists and have seen authors literally say they included it as fanservice and enjoyed drawing it. I think non Japanese audiences fail to realize the extent to Japanese culture around fiction and porn. I mean a mainstream anime for little girls that aired on tv had a literal elementary schooler dating an adult male teacher bc that is the extent to which they believe anything goes in fiction. That anime? Cardcaptor Sakura. Their reasoning is little girls get crushes on their teacher so it’s fanservice for kids. 1. Kids do not need fanservice like that. 2. It so unsafe bc some kid seeing that has it normalized for them and it opens them up to be easily abused by adults. That kind of thing would never be allowed to air on tv for kids in most countries. Much less be at all published.
One of those webtoons where everything gets thrown at MC (traumatic home life, persecuted at work plus sexual harrassment/ assault in between) and it's supposed to replace character/plot development. And Seo just takes it. Kwon knows how much he's suffering but buys useless shit (like the painting) and adds to said suffering instead of lessening it (like after the SA). There are serial killer yanderes that treat their victims better.