pluviophiliac's manga / #precious as hell(687)

dude, i’m really loving this!!! i’m excited for future updates. it’ll be interesting to see how kyle and elan’s relationship might change in the future. i expect they’ll become an actual ‘family’ at some point in time… and i’m even more exited about the character development!!! naturally, i’m mostly intrigued about kyle’s. he’s so damn oblivious about everything, lol. including himself! edit: we’ll, it’s finished… and things went as predicted. it was sweet and cliché and wholesome, absolutely, but i do wish we’d gotten to see a more elaborate ending. something a little more emotionally intricate, at the very least! but hey, who knows? we might just get a couple of epilogue chapters as a bonus at some point—whether it be of their domestic family life or more of the ‘royal’ aspects of their imperial life; anything set after their wedding day would do, really. the ending just felt needlessly rushed… for no particular reason, too, sheesh. still, once again, the story’s been overall sweet, pretty, wholesome… with nice character development, beautiful art and all that… but where’s the actual intrigue? where’s the emotion?? where’s the buildup towards the final conclusion??? ugh, i don’t know. i guess i feel a little let down by that. they could’ve prepared the ending better. :( meh, anyway. would’ve liked to give the manhwa a 5 star rating, but i can’t for this one. the writing’s to inexpressive and flat for that. it’s a shame, but oh well! it’s been an enjoyable journey either way—otherwise i wouldn’t have stuck around. ;P

i’m really liking it so far! love the main characters; they’re quite unique and interesting. this’ll be fun! however, i kinda wish that the art would be more… expressive. and i don’t mean as in the actual art style, but more as in a “their-facial-expressions-feel-kinda-bland” thing. hmmm. update: it’s finally complete! this was such a sweet read. i mean, there wasn’t a lot of complexity in this one, i suppose… but it was wholesome and enjoyable nonetheless. i’m just glad it wasn’t dragged out! would i reread in the future? probably not, but that’s alright. i don’t regret it!

i’m sooooo in love with this!! it hypes me up, and i couldn’t even tell you why. i’ve missed it immensely. i’m super stoked for season two. <3

hahaha, this is great!! super wholesome, and so refreshing. <3

SO CUTE!!!!! all these supposed ‘adults’ are disgusting, though. ughhh. get help.

hehe, it’s finally back!!! she’s my queen. <33

oh, god... i can’t believe it’s over. just beautiful. gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUSSSS writing. lively and enthralling, to say the least! i feel like crying right now, seriously. this has been such a wild, emotional ride, but i’m happy and content knowing that things ended up the way they did—a way i always hoped and wished it would. in any case, these characters will absolutely stick with me! chaeyeon and daeryeo especially. god, i really enjoyed their dynamics. loved being able to witness their growth and sincerity throughout it all! this manhwa is one of a kind. i don’t regret a single moment i spent reading it. i’ll absolutely reread at some point in down the line. it’ll be nice binging the whole thing in one go! probably would’ve had a lot more to say if this all happened a good day, but unfortunately for everyone present, my mind’s drawing a blank and i literally don’t know what to say at this point. i struggled to simply write this much, sheesh… just know that i‘ve remained 100% enthralled ‘til the very end of this journey. (ending it on chapter 100 was a huge bonus for my semi-compulsive neurodivergent brain, too!) well, it’s been lovely. <33 until next time!

ughhh. i’m a little vexed, not gonna lie. don’t get me wrong, i DID enjoy this… the smut is SO. FUCKING. HOT, i was constantly turned on, and their chemistry and overall dynamic was nice… but did he really have to rape him that one time?? kinda fucked things up for me. and even though neither of them seemed to think of it as actual rape in the first place (more like a little weird and unexpected), it’s still off-putting knowing that he had sex with him while he was asleep—WITHOUT. CONSENT. it’s even more off-putting knowing that he’d already passed out the night before from having too much sex in the first place!!! looking back now, it probably wasn’t that big of an issue for those two as i’m making it right now, but ughhh. most other couples would’ve had serious problems with trust issues after an ordeal like that. oh, and before we move on for that subject, let’s not forget the fact that eui-hyun was purposefully trying to NOT wake him up during said sex as well?? because he figured he’d be too tired and worn out to say yes??? meaning he obviously KNEW he’d crossed the line before even doing anything since he was worried he’d get angry???? ughhh, what a dick move. all these moral dilemmas!!! i’m actually kinda surprised how bothered i was by this. i mean, these statements originate from someone with supposedly ‘immoral’ tastes; someone who has a lot of dark and twisted sexual fantasies. (i get off on domination—and, on occasion, moral ambiguities.) so, in another context, it’s possible i wouldn’t have minded what he did. but this?? nah, fam. not cool with me at all. BOUNDARIES!!! i mean, it’s one thing if he’d made it clear beforehand that he wouldn’t mind if choi eui-hyun were to do that to him while he was asleep or whatever—where’d it’d be to ‘wake him up’ or for his own pleasure. (knowing jung min and his personality, he quite possibly wouldn’t have had an issue with it—as long as it’s on his terms.) but ughhh, still!!! brooo, i’m so ticked off. so, with that being said: please ask for (and receive) permission from your partners before doing such despicable things, yeah? it’s called respect. just don’t fuck your partners without their fucking consent. oh, or even better yet!!! DON’T. BE. A. DISRESPECTFUL. FUCKING. DOUCHEBAG. ^^ anyway. that’s really the one thing i didn’t like about this manhwa. (i’m going to lower it to a 4/5 star rating instead of 5/5 because of it.) i’m pretty much okay with everything else that’s been going on between the two... i’m not personally into role-playing and such, but it’s always fun witnessing it being enjoyed elsewhere. honestly, i’m just content knowing that things seemed to be working out for them in the end, and that the ‘minor’ incident didn’t strain their relationship at all as much as i thought it would. by the time we’d reached the end of the story, a couple of weeks had already passed since those ‘morally corruptive’ chapters were published, and they really smoothed over the whole ordeal quickly, lol. our couple (kinda?) talked it over and then they just… moved on, i guess. no point stressing over something that doesn’t stress out those directly affected. and if the characters directly involved could move on without any worries, so can i! it’s their (fictional) lives, after all. so, naturally, other than that ONE specific part of this otherwise nice-and-kinky-but-occasionally-emotionally-dull-romance, i actually quite enjoyed the story! i’m not at all hard to please when it comes to books and literature in general, and i suppose a lot of people might call me a generous reviewer—but hey, it is what it is! i liked it. might even reread it someday! who knows? so, in conclusion, i MOSTLY enjoyed it. it was a fun read, and they both seemed genuinely happy by the end of the day, and that’s more than good enough for me. :)

i adore everything about this. - - - - - short, out-of-the-blue analysis of dian: while some might deem him crazy, i don’t believe claudian’s crazy at all. he’s been neglected and severely traumatized all throughout his life… he doesn’t know how or who to trust—which is both feasible and understandable given his position, as well as the circumstances surrounding said position… claudian’s on the verge of a complete mental breakdown, and i think we’ll get to witness it pretty soon. (unfortunately.) j also haven’t abandoned the theory of him being under the influence of someone or something else. at this point, you simply wouldn’t know! there are just too many suspicious things that’s been happening as of late that it’s making it quite difficult to finite out its course. in any case, i suspect he’ll have a redemption arc at some point soon, though!!! ahhh, at least i hope so. i kinda like his character, not gonna lie. (well, not the person he IS, per say… but the character itself.) i find him intriguing! hmmm, i guess we’ll have to wait and see. ;)