Lex's manga / #Cohabitation/Roommates/Neighbors(36)

Seung-chan is stressed. He has enough on his plate with the long hours at work, and now he can’t even get any rest at home! Every night, the lustful moaning and violent banging from the apartment upstairs keeps him awake. Just as he’s at his wits’ end, he chances upon the gorgeous, enigmatic Hyesung outside his building. Surely all those filthy sounds couldn’t be coming from such a pretty mouth? But as Seung-chan soon finds out, there’s a lot more to Hyesung. ----------- This was simply beautiful. Seung-chan & Hyesung's relationship blooms slowly. The author takes you on the smoothest ride, starting from mutual interest and crush, it slowly turns into having both characters fall in love. I really liked how the abusive Jihyuk was portrayed as what he is. I'd have liked to get a few more chapters, properly dealing with the issue, showing us his trial and Hyesung seeking therapy to recover from his traumas. But the way that the author handled it still felt like his character was given proper closure and a promising future in a healthy relationship with Seung-chan. So I'm not too upset about it. All in all, this was a really nice read for the realism it made e feel. Of course as I said, it's not perfect, but it has a lot going for it that many BLs fail at such as the way that the main relationship was handled, the way that a crime was treated as a crime and we actually got to see Jihyuk pay. I was shocked at how the author suddenly broke the pattern, and explicitly showed us the last sexual assault scene. I hate that it had to take place after Hyesung was finally recovering and whilst I'd have preferred that he just disappears into thin air, I also really liked the fact that the author did actually go through with the plot. This made the story feel much more realistic and tangible. It wouldn't have felt quite right to never see him pay for his acts. And whilst I hate that Hyesung had to be assaulted once more, I also understand that, as there was no proper evidence against Jihyuk thus far, had the latter not been caught in the act and arrested in such a way, it'd have been tricky for the author to get him to be imprisoned and pay for his cimes at all. And while I preferred the way that the past sexual assault he'd committed against Hyesung were only implied since that shocks way less, as said previously, at first, we'd be shown the act, but it wasn't in any way explicitly depicted. Just enough for readers understand what had happened. But then again, this way of breaking this pattern, thus shocking the reader is what was quite good. It made me feel even more invested in the story and its characters afterwards. So the discomfort it brings also has its benefits in its own twisted way. In conclusion, a very well handled piece of work. Really nice job of the author.

Story of a ditsy vampire longing to touch her love interest. ----------- I'm too tired to write anything more detailed than this right now so bear with me: It's cute. Knock yourself out if fluff's what you're in the mood for. Don't expect the deepest characters, neither the most genius-level-type plot, but they're all still interesting enough and it's not your run-of-the-mill storyline. It's an intriguing approach to the vampire trope, and though I did find Sia's character annoying at first, I eventually warmed up to her. Her and Jiho's romance does take time to develop, it's not shoved in your face after 3 chapters which is always refreshing. I do like that the author took the time to give Baryu's character closure as well, and Sihwan's character's role as a 'bridge' of sorts between the former and Sia. Seeing those three's friendship and interactions was something I found quite interesting. It's chill read if bored and in the mood for something simple.