ALisAnimeLover's manga / #reencounter(98)

TW: pedophilia, sexual abuse, child pornography, trauma (note: not by the MC to the ML or vice-versa, but by a third character) Hngggh, child porn syndicates and pedophiles should all die and go to hell. Like right now. This is a beautifully realistic portrayal of someone going through a traumatic experience of watching a friend get abducted and go through hell. The only thing stopping me from giving it a 5* is the ending, on how easily the victim just ran away from the perpetrator when the MC remembered him.

Incest isn't really my cup of tea, but I like how they do realize incest is wrong (as opposed to other incest stories which treat it like normal and not taboo). Story-wise not my favorite either (just "meh" for me), although the sweet "eat me" line got me. Random side-comment: the best thing about this author's works is how memorable they are. I read this about 4+ years ago yet I still remember the story just from the title, the cover page, my own comment and/or the synopsis.

It was cute but unsatisfying somehow... I feel like I skipped a chapter or something...

Ngl, they're stupidly cute

Maganda naman pala. Mej sekuhara tho. And mabilis na cliche. Nabitin pa. Dramatic part na ehhhh currently 6 - from bm

Apparently now has vol 2 (haven't read)

As much as I love the story, it feels like I'm missing something between volume 1 and 2. I have no problems with volume 2, and on its own, I can rate it 10/10 without batting an eye. In volume 1, I do love how their toxic relationship was presented, the reason behind it, and how they still love each other despite it. It's just that they suddenly resolved the toxicity, and it wasn't shown in the manga (the seme's side mostly; the uke's side was shown, but it's the seme that's more toxic tbh). I'm okay with mangas leaving some details open to the readers' imaginations, but this one felt like a big gap. But oh well, I'm glad they changed for the better.

I really appreciate that the mom got proper treatment and got better, that she accepted reality and supported her son.

I love how the sensei "rejected" the student in the past because students aren't in his radar at all. Like how it should be.