tofu's manga / #Adults(539)

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.

Oh man oh man. I went in knowing that this manga was discontinued but still braved myself and read this. It's crap that i can't continue reading but i'm glad that i gave it a try. I think this could have been a really good one, such a shame that it got cut off short.

The start was mindblowingly strong, I was expecting an incredibly painful resolution that seeing the normal / underwhelming ending almost gave me a whiplash lmao. Still a good read tho.

I realized i never wrote a serious review for this so i just gave it a reread and wow this manga?????????is so light and silly and sad and heartbreaking and heartwarming and wholesome???????? It's well written with great characters and i love it so much. I love it so fucking much i never want it to end. I wish there were a hundred more chapters. I wanna see them grow even older together. I wanna see them do and argue about stupid shit even as they're balding and greying. I wanna see them happy for many, many years in exchange of the ones they spent being heartbroken over each other. I just. Love them so much, man it hurts.

Adorable but sadly forgettable

Ooh what a nice read! The cover made it seem like a pwp manga (and in some ways, it is) but it's actually really sweet. I'd like them to get to know each other better before getting together, especially since it's MC's first relationship, but it IS smut, so it's understandable

Hoo okay. Just finished reading this all in one go and i have too much to say and think about, so i'll just say this: it's far from perfect, but it's well written. It's far-fetched at times, but it's also painfully realistic. I hated both characters at first, especially Ziming. He was the classic rich-possesive-forceful-asshole love interest, complete with a tragic backstory -- you know the type. And Chulin was also the stereotypical BL main character, someone opposite of Ziming who was reluctant of his advances but would eventually succumb to his charms. We see these characters countless of times in countless BL works, and it always goes the same way. I never planned to read this manhua but people kept recommending it to me saying that the character development is worth it -- so i finally gave it a chance. And oh boy do those people tell the truth. These characters ARE cliche BL characters, yes, but in this manhua, they're made human. They had depth, they grew and changed for the better but they also stayed true to their characters. Take Ziming for example. He was toxic since chapter one, had always been his whole life. He'd changed A LOT throughout the series, but not so much that he was unrecognizable. He still had toxic thoughts and manipulative behavior, but the difference is, by the end of the series, he acknowledged what was toxic and was willing to take it back and apologize. Being in love didn't serve as a cureall for his rotten personality, but it gave him something worth being a better person for. Chulin was the same -- the impostor syndrome he had wasn't going away anytime soon, but he was more confident and assured, at least when it came to his career and Ziming. He had matured and become an outstanding person, but he was still his mother's boy first and foremost. His journey of discovering his sexuality was also very (painfully) realistic, alongside with Ziming's constant insecurity and guilt for making Chulin fall for him. Here we can see a glimpse of what homophobia, internalized or otherwise, can do to people -- and it's not pretty, but it's closer to my truth than what most BL works depict. I'm also glad that the story didn't end with a vague happy ending where everything worked out. JUNE was still struggling, people were still unaccepting, Ziming and Chulin's relationship was still rocky at times, but they were in a better headspace. They still had a long way to go but the most important thing is that they knew and was willing to stick it out together. There is that one storyline that almost ruined the manhua for me (spoiler alert: the kidnapping-sex slavery-blackmail thing) but i'll bite my tongue and also say it: the character development IS worth it. Just read it for the characters and overlook anything else. All in all, a good one, glad i gave it a read.

Cuuuuuuteeeeeee just two good boys who are hopelessly in love with each other! Good for them!

CUUUUUTTEEEEEEEE

Okay i used to love this a lot but i hadn't been reading it for a while, and when i got back to it it wasn't as good as i remembered...? I mean the earlier chapters were still entertaining and the kid was cute as heck but i just realized there were way too many cruel things the MCs had done that were treated as normal and it didn't sit right with me, even in comedy setting. Also also, the last thirty chapters were so unhinged that i could barely keep my interest in so.... dropped, i guess.