ArtemisFowl's manga / #interesting(171)

Actually pretty funny, but sometimes crossing the line. However, the dynamic between him and the uke is pretty different in the fact that I feel like the seme respects his personality (though not his boundaries). Despite being omegaverse, this is pretty good. ~ Chapter 8 Update: Mmm...chapter 7 was a little off. I'm gonna keep reading it though, but I don't like the creepy, possessive stuff and the promise of violence if something "wrong" was done.

~ Chapter 13 currently Truly a laugh out loud situation. What a weird setting to be part of...with such odd people ha ha ha. I never knew that you could communicate with some chinchillas by holding its pellets.

Ooooh! I like the back and forth chemistry between them (sort of a love-hate situation, and an unwanted-yet-unavoidable relationship for -- if we have to put them into boxes -- the 'seme'). Dang -- the drummer definitely, definitely gets underneath the director's skin. Ha ha ha, I'm looking forward to it :p

Two men who seem to be the complete opposite of each other -- one adrift and sleeping with anyone in order to have a place to live, the other completely and wholly focused on his fashion business -- meet and end up in a platonic relationship with each other. The former ends up using his latent talents to build up the empire of the latter, who is on the edge of success. It is a story of friendship, a story of later romance, and the depth of two complex characters, their relationship with each other, their contributions to the fashion business, and their histories. There's also a subplot of kidnapping and attempted rape (which at first seems so left field but is done with enough grace for me -- and ends up fitting into the larger plot of the fashion industry -- to go along with it). 5 stars for plot, depth and complex characters. ~Chapter 91

I'm intrigued, and I've got about 500 questions to ask -- why are they now like that, why does the main character hate him and the romantic lead seem to be into him (even though their relationship is not poor in the present timeline...). I mean, it's not like much has happened yet so far, but I'm feeling the upcoming drama/tension/heat. Update: ayyyyy, he kissed him!!! Chapter 19 Edit: Did he confess? Uh, yes, he did. Chapter 22 Edit: Okayyyy I guess they're a thing...kind of a light thing? They confessed to each other without defining their relationship -- more to the point, defining how both of them feel rather than defining their relationship -- and it's bothering me a little. ~ Chapter 26

What an odd dynamic...I first thought the manga was going to fall into usual tropes, but it surprised me. I thought the point of him saying that he had different values than society was important and interesting... and who's to say that you can't see something new in yaoi, but I like how the seme completely had a newfound respect for the uke. In these types of situations, what ends up happening is the seme disrespects the uke and finds his behavior 'degrading' and 'shameful,' which in my opinion is stupid because nobody in this scenario has a steady, monogamous partner. I'm looking forward to the rest of the chapters ~ Summary: An ordinary mail officer ends up having sex with a complete and utter weirdo during his shift, who uses sexual experiences for his erotic material in his books. I liked the concepts of him being not okay with it, but also not disrespecting the person who he ends up having sex with. ~Chapter 2

Fantasy...melons? That are somehow poisonous (to the heart? but certainly not the body *wink wink*)... I guess I'll keep reading Update: Tentacle porn. Everybody's got their kinks (mostly no judgment from me), but for this one, I'm outeeee. It's a kink that I don't judge, but it's not for me. :*(

That's an all-around pretty sad situation to end up in, and everybody involved knows it. The uke is in love with someone who's straight, the seme is in love with the uke (who is decidedly not in love with him), they're both in the yakuza world and one of them is getting framed for money laundering (the seme). Some things could have been handled better by the author, like when the seme forces himself on the uke, and the uke doesn't really address it, and when the uke and the seme refuse to talk about their relationship and use sex to obscure some to the elements they want to hide. Anyway, it's a lot less frivolous than I gave it credit for when I saw the front cover. ~Chapter 2

19-year-old feels lost after the death of his parents to a car accident. Officer Sumeragi, 28 years-old, soon moves into town and into the 19 year-old's house, where he acts as the night watch to ward off unwanted men and women from sleeping with the kid. After nurturing his young housemate with steadiness and warmth, he gradually sees and falls for him as a love interest, where the kid does the same. They end up in a stable relationship. I'm still a bit iffy on the age difference in their relationship (he's freaking twenty-eight, and I'm not a fan), but it was a well done story that turned out to be more cutesy after they got into the relationship. It's like the author forgot all the trauma that had been done to this kid (who sought sex after his parents died; not that sex itself is wrong, but sex as a means of masking things from oneself is not a good way to cope...) and just decided to keep the story light.