Blue Blood Vampire
....I feel like this is SUPPOSED to make sense but the last three chapters have just been repeats of themselves. They're not EXCAT copies, but the "plot" beats, the cinematography, character expressions--they're all being repeated in almost the same order. MC has been broken since ch 3, and we're not in his head to see if he's fighting it or lost in some dreamscape or what. I just feel so disconnected from everyone. The psycho shota vampire is just there to do all the twisted vampire stuff instead of Azure because I guess the author is scared we the audience won't like Azure if HE does all the fucked up things? The story doesnt have the room for a second antagonist???? Psychic Shota is taking up time in an already very limited manga??? What is the point The ending just feels like...bland. 3/10 for being disappointing
Otodokemono Desu!
All of these end really abruptly name on MAL is Otokokemono Desu!
My Dear Monster
Cute, silly comedy romance in which the serious student council prez get possessed by a kids show-esque monster villain spirit and has to "defeat" the hero, the delinquent. Obviously they fall in love but bc they're hero and villain they just feel this utter disgust for reach other and its hysterical 7/10
Koyubi Wa Amaku Sasayaku
I'm always a little sad when people lose their abilities for some reason This was fine, short and sweet 6/10
Koiseyo Sennen Neet
Corporate slave nearly drowns but is saved by the folkloric Urashima Taro and is brought to the dragon palace under the sea. He strikes a deal with the Otohime to bring Urashima Taro back to land with him in exchange for luck in business, but Urashima Taro turns out to be a bit of a whiny, gigolo neet and doesnt wanna go back. I liked it okay but it felt too short for the MC to go from lowkey hating Urashima Taro to being "I'd rather die than go back without you!" So it just feels weird. Anyway. 4/10.
Monster in a Bubble
Nice short story about a merman who wants to become human and also fucks a bunch 6/10
Tales of a Traveler's Journey
Enomoto-senpai wa Tenshi Nanka Janai
Last read ch 5. OOOOOOHHHHH spicy~ I'm super digging this rn. College guy is being haunted by the ghost of a guy he kinda knew, and this ghost is trying to steal the soul of the ghost's own best friend to come back to life. I'm fascinated. The art is really good and the atmosphere is just a little unhinged, just the way I like it. I'm hype. Update ch 5. Okay well. I've just been disappointed twice in a row, first with the reveal that enomoto was in love with MC the whole time and 2nd that the friend is spontaneously some supernatural being. Cmon man plantings and payoffs, foreshadowing! its basic storytelling! If the author was gonna give the friend supernatural powers, they should have hinted that something like that was when possible in like the first chapter. I'm also so bummed the soul switching deal thing was fake. The story would be so much more interesting with a more complex moral conundrum. Instead it got flattened into what it is now. 5/10 for what could have been an 8 or even 9. Sadge.
The Dating Simulator Cheat Code
Girl downloads a dating sim game and is suddenly able to see people's affection for her. She accidentally downloads a weird file that causes her crush to suddenly get horny around her. I don't love this.... it's so... dubious. She definitely took advantage of that. I wish they at least had an organic interaction afterward, but the story was too short and was mostly just for smut. Idk why this one bothered me so much when I've read much more insidious stuff -/10
The Hunter's one night