
idk but the way the top always got unnecessarily close to the bottom felt so off especially in the beginning, almost as if the author wanted them to be close just for the sake of being close because this is, yk, yaoi. he’s aloof yet always gets up in the dude’s space which doesn’t match up and what reason is there to figuratively be up a stranger’s ass in the first place? other than that, the bath scene felt intrusive but somewhat on the line to being tolerable. if i had to describe it… it gave “man one misstep away from turning into a rapist” and “men having a slightly too homoerotic banter in the bath” at the same time, if anyone gets what i mean. the fact that the bottom gave him the go ahead in the end did save it imo… but that was definitely not the best case scenario

im so fucking mad. when they showed dooris body covered in red spots i was sure the implication that it wasn’t bug bites but bite marks that noah gave him while he was asleep (as in, sexually assaulted him) was true. i had a smile on my face the entire time up until that point but like… it dropped so fucking fast. feeling upset i skipped through the next few chapters just to get the final confirmation that it was sa… only to find out it actually was bug bites. i’ll go back and re-read but that really killed the vibe ngl

the art is inconsistent and flawed in a way that is subtle yet very noticeable in a negative way if you’re someone like me who prefers things to look aesthetically pleasing and thus naturally pays attention to details. the proportions and perspectives are objectively wonky. the hands sometimes look okay and then two panels later not; one time they’re bigger than the characters’ faces, other times uncannily small, the fingers look like undefined tubes, or the fingers are aligned in a way that seems unnatural or simply “not right”. there’s something that feels “off” about the faces too (not always but often enough that it becomes notable) and i think it’s the eyes - the seem too small in comparison to the structure of the face/the rest of the facial features. it’s also apparent that drawing faces from the side isn’t exactly this artist’s forte; at times they’re too wide and boxy or too slanted and the perspective/protrusion of the mouths/lips is bizarre iykwim. another funny detail about the side profiles is that in some instances, the parting of the hair of the black haired (which normally sits on the left side of his forehead) is placed so far to the side that it literally sits on his temple lmao. i could go on. when they’re watching the swans and the scar dude whispers in black haired’s ear, he should be bending down cause black haired is sitting on the stone, but the way he’s drawn makes it look like he’s still standing but like… on ear level with the dude who is basically sitting on the ground. and so on. all that to say, this is obviously not the worst art job ever because a lot of it is okay (and i’m sure it can improve even more with time) but it provides enough weak points for someone like me to nitpick haha
i’m gonna be so fr… i laughed