A Witch's Hopeless Wish
read on batoto for official. done chap 28. this is just boring. don't like quirky prosecuted woeful fl who has secret serious dark side and mysterious past and shit. also there's a powerful female duke/count and just having this character speaks of the author's views. basically ml sent by his adoptive mother, female duke/count to find a witch. that witch is fl but she's disguising herself. skipped ahead and looks like ml's mom's reason for finding fl is not evil though she makes it seem like she wants to kill the witch at first. idk but they are drinking tea together by the end so either beginning is misunderstanding or they patch up. ml secretly some beast creature, not human. fl secretly immortal witch. there's also some immortal demon using witch to find way to death.
The Villainess Lives Twice
use batoto for official. done chap 38. had to drop cuz fl too dead boring. only 1 serious expression on her face and she was just too evil before it's hard to sympathize with her now and her change is too unrealistic. actually i'm ok with her being cruel and evil but the premise of the story being she wants revenge on dumb evil bro doesn't make too much sense cuz her bro not showing that much...........idk just bored. fl brought up to be loyal to bro and do everything for him cuz he is emperor's son and she is just his half sister through mom who is emperor's mistress now. she made him emperor even though previous emperor, his dad, did not prefer him at first. but she achieved it through so many evil deeds and her bro blamed everything on her and god rid of her after he got the throne and power. she ended up with 4 limbs and tongue cut off but still alive? fucking gruesome. then ml rescues her and wants her smarts to help him overthrow her bro. but it's too late for her to help now. so she uses her blood to draw a magic circle to turn back time to help him starting some years ago. back in time, she makes contact with ml but pretends it's accident. then she offers him deal to marry her and she'll make him emperor. he is super nice moral guy so not into deal at first but accepts it in the end. then just series of events where she's manipulating bro to hate their mom who has always been rude to her. gaining power through favour with emperor and princess and other nobles. but in this life bro doesn't seem evil at all. just kinda dumb and following whoever guides him and he doesn't really do anything but somehow trusts fl to be helping him. EVERYONE IS FUCKING EXPRESSIONLESS. at least that's my impression of fl and bro........ barely any romance and too much good moral shit coming from ml and much scheming from fl so i don't think they really match. just a no from me overall. so much deadface is my #1 complain.
Kono Koi wa Kataranai
boring. skimmed. 2 stars for main story. 3 stars for oneshot. guy knows his coworker likes him cuz he's confessed many times. but the coworker always acts cold and weird when they're alone together. so guy thinks maybe confessions were all jokes. one night they go on a business trip and have to stay in the same room. they hear sex next door and the guy makes a joke about being like middle schoolers watching porn together......then coworker asks if he really did that and they move to guy jerking coworker off. when they get back from business trip they act pretty normal and go out to eat and stuff and somehow the end is guy saying to coworker let's date or something so he finally made a choice. one shot shounen-ai story at end about gay guy who likes this guy he met at a gay bar. they have sex but gay guy finds out other guy was just there cuz his cousin owns the store and not cuz he's gay. well they keep having sex anyway and gay guy always confesses he likes the other guy but other guy never says it back. one night gay guy gets frustrated and asks like what's going on and the other guy says he's just not sure what the feelings are. cuz he says he likes being together and it's comforting and stuff but not sure if it's love. but gay guy says he's sure it's love lol and then other guy kisses him and sees his cute reaction and somehow understands that yeah it's love and says it back. idk nothing offensive and kinda cute.
Kemonohito Senmon Deriheru: Ore no Ko wo... Harame
came for mpreg but no actual child or pregnancy seen.......just says they're waiting now. sex aint even hot. and ofc plot is lacking as hell. characters plain. world of beast men and humans living together. uke is human with huge debt and working as call boy but somehow in 5 years he's never fucked anyone................. seme was his high school friend but after seme offered him money to settle debt, uke got offended and quit school and they didn't see each other again 5 years later. seme calls up uke to his hotel to fuck. they kinda do it. seme books him forever and offers to pay back his debt and stuff but uke still refuses. some drama with another human hating beasts and trafficking them. another panther beast comes from a different country and uke acts as translator. dropped chap 15
Nindan - Danshikou de Ninshin Shita Ore
dropped cuz just boring ass sex. can't remember shit after forcing myself through the chaps. came for some cute mpreg babies but we barely see it. pregmen can get pregnant but are looked down upon......even though they were created to solve the population problem.
Shichakushitsu No Midara Na Shinshi
just read first story of chap 1-3. not into the age gap older glasses uke of later story. uke goes to shoe store on boss's recommendation but everything super expensive. seme works there and is head of japan branch and used to be a model. weird the country's head is being a salesperson in store....... anyway, seme tells him it's ok to try the shoes 1 week cuz their store offers this service. but then uke's boss sees his shoes and is like wut that's some super rare shoe and uke immediately goes back to return the shoes. seme is like ok you caught me but let me dress you up in some suits now and uke agrees. seme happens to see uke changing and fucking falls to his knees to lick up uke's leg........lol. seme reveals he has extreme leg and feet fetish and uke is the most beautiful he's ever seen. then they start eating out once a week together getting closer. uke actually wants seme to touch him again and kinda seduces him with a pantsless look after a rainstorm. then they fuck and basically get into relationship. next chap, uke moves in with seme.
Saikyo Yankee to Makeinu na Ore
it is just really bad and unmemorable. oneshot in chap 5, office setting, but didn't read it. uke delinquent gets saved by other guy and becomes his fan. follows him around. however, it's his friend the seme who always teases uke and shit. rapes him here and there and i can't really say feelings develop........
Warui Otona Mihon
age gap too wide, like 20 years. relationship too fast. doesn't make much sense that this kid met seme as a child and then loved him since then?? so seme and uke's dad started business together. uke's dad sold company to focus on family and seme quit company too. went to take over his family's traditional sandal shop. now like 15 years later or something, uke comes to work part time at seme's shop. seme is attracted to uke but was holding back cuz age gap. but then uke kinda says some things about seme's other guy not being suitable for him and seme brings uke home. then they fuck and start relationship. so fucking fast..............and i can't believe uke's feelings started in childhood..........
Kanzen Koufuku Darling
skimmed. seme hates delinquent uke cuz used to get bullied by him. decides to pretend to be his underling and then rape him as revenge. somehow through all the fucking rape uke falls in love with seme and seme's hatred turned to love? i have no fucking clue but it's gross. seme was fucking uke out of hatred and not love. that's the worst rape.
The Villainous Princess Wants to Live in a Cookie House