tofu's manga / #Adolescence(216)

Adorable puppies being adorable. I had a bit of difficulty following and or understanding the story but it could be a me thing.

Was kinda liking it despite the icky rape because of the character's dynamic but then it became boring mindless smut sigh

A decent friends to lovers story, but sadly it's all very surface level? Usually i'm not one to complain when it comes to this trope but i'm kinda not feeling this manga.

TW: pedophilia, child prostitution, child abuse Holy smokes, even the title is pretty and heartbreaking. The feeling of helplessness that our MCs felt really came through, i was left feeling angry and disgusted by the situation Shiraki was in. It was so unfair that he had no adults protecting him and had to keep hurting himself just so he could get away from his abusive mom. Glad that he got his happy ending. That being said, i would have loved this more if it had less expository dialogues. The two MCs had good chemistry and their bond made me legit tear up (that apple scene hello? Slap me with a baseball stick it would hurt less) but their relationship was unfortunately under developed. It also would have been much better if the book was longer and the author actually showed, not just tell, Kuro and Shiraki's character growth during their separation--because imho that's where the most important part of the story is.

Adorable puppies alert

MLM oneshots through women's POV. I love this way more that i thought i would!

i get that this is smut, essentially a pwp, but it's still weird as heck remembering that these two are 15 and 16 years old considering all the hardcore sex they have lmaooo interesting dynamic though the relationship is super underdeveloped. I wish it was more about them kicking ass together than them doing the deed.