진이's manga / #Romance(60)

student-->student teacher--> teacher taiga x teacher makihara -makihara has had an unrequited(?) love for kyouya, and now they're just good friends and he's staying at kyouya's place while kyouya's abroad -kyouya's nephew comes to stay w/ him and he's a senior at the school, pres of sc, and has a vp gf -taiga propositions makihara to practice sex after finding out he's gay -things happen, taiga is v jealous of kyouya, taiga and makihara end up dating -taiga decides to become a teacher b/c he's inspired by makihara -their relationship progresses thru taiga's time as a student teacher and then full teacher -another teacher shows up and is interested in makihara, but taiga isn't giving up

prince/future king x student hired to be housekeeper but actually it's to be his fiance -scheming grandpa/current king disguised himself and hired kairi as a housekeeper after kairi helped him -kairi needed the money for his aunt's operation -kairi drops out of school for his "job," except he was actually hired to be shou's fiance -shou is cold to him since he feel like he was tricked and thinks kairi's golddigging -things work out in the end

boss x new intern/bl webnovelist iro -iro is a professional bl webnovelist but ofc his parents dk so they pressure him into a job interview at a beverage company -he accidentally sends in a manuscript draft instead of his cover letter -the hr manager is actually one of his biggest fans, and keeps it b/c he realized what happened -boss accidentally sees it and thinks it's a love letter, which intrigues him -iro attends the interview and half-asses it -he ends up continuing to pass b/c the boss favors him lol -he gets hired on and the other interns are rude to him but he accidentally uses his bl charms to close an important sale and gets respect -hr manager is looking out for iro as his fan -boss slowly falls in love w/ iro -things develop as the boss learns about iro's webnovel and they get closer -happy end

sultan x scheherazade -the sultan had gone bad after betrayal and only sleeps w/ virgins for one night, then executes them -sehara takes his sister's place and is found out, but tells a story to the sultan -the sultan allows him to live, and he eventually acts as the royal bard -sehara tells many stories across time and regions (some ancient, some modern) that always tie into a realization someone needs to have -so much happens: hx about the sultan's mother, the previous queen fatima and her betrayal, the sultan's brother and his betrayal, the crusaders, an eloping couple, etc -sehara gets by w/ his stories and charms as the sultan is cured of his madness -happy end -this was so unique and def had that 00's korean tragedy flavor to it but was ultimately not too tragic; loved all of sehara's stories (arabian, ancient greece, the gulf war, korean school, 3 kingdoms, etc.) and how they served to enlighten the other characters, it was done so well

ugh dropped at ch. 12 (a new record) -so basically a terribly written trauma dump for the ml (which feels v cheap and poorly done; it's just trauma after trauma all for the sake of going "yup he's a serial murderer, but it's ok b/c you saw all the trauma he went through!") -mc is reeeeally awfully written. completely devoid of any character, irl and in the isekai novel, besides crying over this villain. yes, even irl that's literally all she did. like, you didn't even bother to give her a backstory or a single personality trait???? she doesn't have fam/friends/a life that she cares about, in EITHER world?! only this ml, which she knows to be fictional? as in not real? and she became obsessed with this dude after reading a poorly written romance novel where he's a side character?? girl touch grass holy shit. -mc's frustratingly passive so she just... doesn't talk?? has not explained a single thing to anyone?? and she doesn't have a personality at all so like... what is she expecting the ml to get from her? "i'm the only one who can save him! i have to save him! except i can't save him b/c i have this crest that determines my soulmate and according to my daddy who MURDERED THIS DUDE'S PARENTS our cresties don't match :( and there's literally NO WAY i could help him just as a fellow human since our crests don't match :( so i'm going to lie and uh literally run to him in the middle of the night like a lunatic and demand he stays by my side at all times while giving him no explanation and just expecting that everyone will be ok w/ that." :he ONLY lines mc has had so far are "don't go" x 50. literally. we get it, he can't leave you (according to you). WHY? even the ml is like "why tf am i doing this?" except then ofc the writing is awful so he's like "i don't know, but i feel compelled" yeah you don't know you idiot b/c there's literally no reason any person would listen to her and you two just met 1 day ago for 20 min.

-bianca og was married to count zachary de arno and was a cold villainish wife who spent on luxury items and wasn't close to the count -the count og died before bianca could have a child and bianca was kicked out and basically poor and hated until she died -also i think she cheated on the count maybe? with some dude named ferdinand who was just using her (also she had been told the count was cheating) -she comes back as herself at 18yo and decides that she rly needs to have the count's kid -she works to get closer to the count, though still acts like a noblewoman and thinks he has a mistress -zach has been cold to her since she hated him but now is warming up -she begins taking on responsibilities and finds talented people in arno to become lace artisans and a prodigy candle carver (in her og life she actually pioneered lace?) jic smth happens -she learns to ride a horse -she and zach get closer -they visit the capital and the 2nd prince has an unhealthy obsession w/ her (and the count) but like in a scheming way (like... stole her childhood portrait tho? ew) -bianca reuintes w/ her dad and bro, and her dad is still a pos tbh for what he did but ig it's an ok reunion (i still don't forgive him tho wtf) but now they're all on the same side -they encounter zach's brother, who threw him out when their dad died and is a shitty person -2nd prince also grabs bianca's hand while they're trying to leave and tries to insinuate himself -count is not having it and carries bianca back, then summons the 3 heads and tells them about jacob being a creep

-korean girl is isekai'd into body of the villainess of a novel who og is the prince's fiance who poisons the mc helena after the prince falls in love with her instead (yeah the prince is actually an ass) -the og eris was spiteful and was executed and betrayed by everyone ofc b/c everyone (literally everyone) was in love w/ helena -mc is isekai'd into eris' body kind of midway through events, and everyone is already hostile and rude to her tbh (all the ml's at least) -eris is forced by her father the marquis and the emperor to wed the prince, except the prince openly hates her and favors helena (like literally takes her instead of eris to eris' own debutante and has helena WEAR THE SAME DRESS seriously this prick is so annoying) -and he's a stupid bastard who won't just CUT OFF THE ENGAGEMENT. like he literally is so rude to eris b/c he wants to be w/ helena, but he's such a spineless piece of garbage that he's too afraid to tell his dad so he just does this shit instead and parades helena around -eris is over it and wants to return to her own world, so she tries to kill herself repeatedly but it doesn't work b/c of the "law of causality" -basically some crazy shit where an outsider went thru the same thing and wanted to leave so they made a pact w/ some sorceresses who got them reincarnated as a dragon and gave a false prophesy to the high priest that this one kid was going to grow up and slay the dragon one day (since dragons can't die on their own) and then the dragon's mate was sad and "righted" the universe again by happening to grant the wish of og eris, which was to disappear from this world -.......yeah. so sorceress is helping eris get back home, but basically says the only way is going to be for her to carry out her og timeline events (which ends w/ her killing helena) -in the meantime eris picks up cute loyal commoner knight anakin, who is destined to fall in love w/ og eris in the og novel -also childhood friend (pos) jacob decides to pursue-ish eris after simping for helena for so long -priest who's actually eris's half brother? who also was simping for helena starts to care about eris -eris literally tells all of them to fuck off and gtfo b/c they're so shitty which honestly power to her b/c these guys actually suck -the emperess is also shitty to eris b/c of what eris' dad did (i thiiiink he somehow plotted to frame the empress and first crown prince for treason? and it worked and the first prince was executed and the empress was allowed to live b/c she was preggo w/the 2nd prince) and wants helena to be the crown princess -empress recruits eris (who discloses that she rly doesn't want this marriage) to train helena in imperial etiquette and helena is set to debut at jason's sister's debutaunt -eris just told jason to fuck off and solve his own shit after he came to coerce her into going to the ball w/ him -she goes to the ball w/ anakin and looks bombb -prince shows up with helena (ugh) and has the audacity to be upset after hearing that jason asked eris but was turned down? [i s2g the prince is the shittiest person] -eris dances w/ anakin and kisses him, and then they leave after everyone is stunned lol -yo shit happened but the prince just tried to rape her and she KILLED HIM??? AND NOW SHE'S BECOMING A WITCH?!?

bad personality (but actually just not great w/ people) popular student x bad mouth (socially terrified) student who wears a mask (x overbearing playboy student [who actually is also socially bad] who falls in love w/ mask student too) gah this is sooo sweet -love triangle -possessive behavior