pluviophiliac's manga / #sweeter than poison(511)

well, it was alright. better than i remember, to be honest! nearly took me a good two years to finish this one, though, lol. but better late than never!

…is this a yaoi or not? 0.o anyway, i’m already completely OBSESSED with this. this is such good writing!!! god, i love stories with properly complex characters like these guys. it’s great. i’m loving this development, too. <33 they’re both so precious i could cry. this is definitely going to be a new favorite.

this is actually a lot better than i thought it’d be. honestly, so many things have changed since the first chapter that it doesn’t even feel like the same story anymore, lol. not that it’s a bad thing! it’s a pleasant change if you ask me. it’s just something i noticed! i probably would’ve given this manhua a 4/5 star rating if the translations hadn’t dropped in quality roughly 100 chapters in. it’s quite a shame, really… but still, the story’s enjoyable nonetheless! but definitely not as much as before, i’ll say that much. anyway!!! you definitely gotta appreciate the character development here. so many changes, bro… most of them good, though. because of that, i have noooo idea whatsoever about how things’ll end up for these guys. sheesh… i just hope the ending will make sense. (honestly, i don’t expect much.) but hey, at least this is fun. ;) edit: oh, and i forgot to mention that i’m consequently reading the original light novel while awaiting updates. it’s RIDICULOUSLY long, but it’s kinda fun. #yolo

it was good! kinda sweet, kinda depressing. mostly depressing, to be honest. haha

well… it was sweet, i guess…? i can’t really recall a lot of the details, but at least i remember that much. kind of weird at times, but it was a somewhat readable story overall! doubt i’ll reread it, but i don’t regret doing so. it’s a good thing this was a short one, lol.

this one has me IN. LITERAL. TEARS. i was rolling on the floor from all the secondhand embarrassment, i kid you not. this one i’ll DEFINITELY reread. i genuinely loved it! as well as its characters and their respective personalities.

the sex was haaawt, yo. but to be honest, there wasn’t much else to the story—unless my memory’s failing me.

By now it’s been a few months since I finished this manhwa—about three months, to be precise—hence I won’t dive into ‘details’ in order to avoid any kind of misrepresentation, but I do remember enjoying it from start to finish. The art was great, the plot was entertaining enough and the dynamic between the characters kept me hooked. The sex freakin’ KILLED. ME. DEAD. It was so hot. Overall, I really enjoyed it! Wouldn’t rule out the idea of me perhaps rereading it at some point in the future. - - - - - edit: it’s now been almost three years since i read this manhwa, and by now, i’ve read HUNDREDS of yaoi comics. this one’s definitely not considered to be among the best ones anymore, lol. i browsed through the chapters quickly (looking for smut ‘cause i was horny), and, well… opinions really DO change. i mean, it’s by no means ‘bad’ smut… it’s just not as good as i made it out to be initially. their whole relationship felt kinda weird in retrospect, too… sheesh. anyway, i only chose this one in particular this fine tuesday evening because i remembered our main characters were (kind of?) a switch-couple and i needed something spicy to get me going, but ohhhh well. had to browse through another one in order to finish myself off, lol. didn’t really live up to my expectations, unfortunately. (TMI, but #yolo, man.) definitely wish there’d been more sexy scenes overall, though... so that was a shame. anyway, i know i’m trash. don’t judge me. R.I.P.

lmaooo, this duuude. i forgot just how trashy this commander was, sheesh. (that’s why i stopped reading this the first time around, i suppose.) however!!! i kinda like our MC, though… don’t really know why yet. all i know is that i sympathize with him and all i want for this story is for him to end up happy. edit: maybe all the manhua i’ve been reading lately has desensitized me to emotional toxicity and unhealthy relationships, but this isn’t NEARLY as horrible as i originally thought i’d be. i hope said sentiment lasts! edit #2: ahhhh, shieeet. CAN THIS COMMANDER MOTHERFUCKER JUST STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND SIMPLY _ASK_ HIM ACTUAL QUESTIONS?!?! all this shit is so fucking unnecessary!!! ughhh. edit #3: whoaaa… this is pretty dark, lol. i’m finally fully caught up! can’t believe i’m actually saying this, but i’m definitely on team emperor now. (or commander, whichever title suits him best.) i love how yu isn’t taking any of his shit anymore. the character development has been gradual, but realistic given the circumstances! i really do appreciate that fact. and the art has really improved as well! heh. i’ll be looking forward to reading more of this! edit #4: honestly, at this point, i’m just astounded by the fact that our ML has managed to completely win me over. this is really… quite fascinating, if i’m allowed to give it to you straight. i’m loving the direction this story is heading towards! it’s gotten to a point where i actually await and anticipate new chapters. yay!!! #5: it’s been, like, almost a year since i last made a comment about this, but now that the story’s been completed, i feel it’s time. honestly, i HAVE been enjoying myself. not as much as i could’ve, given the fact that the quality of the translations started to seriously deteriorate riiiight about after i made my last comment… so there’s that. i don’t really know what else there is for me to say. if i weren’t already invested in the story and its characters, i never would’ve finished it with how poor the execution of the translation has been for a good while now. hmmm. oh well, lol. it is what it is! i’ll probably reread the last 50-60 chapters if there’s ever an opportunity for me to read said chapters ‘properly’, if you will. that’d be nice! and things would probably make a lot more sense for me then as well. :)