For the first time ever, I'm more invested in
a BL's world-building than the actual
romance.
I’m sensing that messy hair with glasses guy somewhat likes Atami. I don’t know for sure though because it’s quite hard to tell with their ‘no fucks given’ expressions.
OMG YES, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT AS WELL! especially after that souvenir scene, kinda made me think he likes atami to some extent
The scene of which depicted him being raped by his brother was deeply disturbing and hard to read. While I understand his dialogue was crucial for plot development, highlighting his resistance and revulsion, I still found it incredibly difficult to read. Though I've encountered worse stories that romanticize such sexual violence, I believe a more nuanced and less explicit approach would have served the narrative better.
There was a jarring disconnect between the brother's actions and his artistic representation. The soft, blushing lustful expression portrayal undermined the severity of the assault. It’s rather sanitised. A more fitting approach would have been to depict him with a chilling, predatory expression—a shadowed face, almost monstrous visage-to reflect the true nature of his obsessive and violent actions.
This work is not from the same author as My Guildmate Next Door (the original novel author is Honeytrap), but it's written by the same writer (Angela).
Just in case people don't get it confused.
"then, to prove it to you, do i need to spend my whole life dating a bunch of other random guys? and then, in my next lifetime maybe you could love me back...?"
I cried too much from this one scene
thiiiiiisss (╥﹏╥)
If it were expanded further more... like think about it, a dedicated vegan finds himself transmigrated into a new world where he is the most powerful magician and animals have evolved into monstrous beasts, and to survive, he is forced to confront his core beliefs, hunting and consuming the very creatures he once swore to protect, escalating further on when he falls for a skilled adventurer with a radically different worldview than his. Like there could be fight scenes where he can't help, but cry at the thought of killing an animal and Albert getting mad at him for being like this...many more possibilities for conflicts
This is adapted from a novel; however, it doesn't have an English translation. There are a lot of things missing unfortunately.
https://novel18.syosetu.com/n0449go/