mochidays's manga / #BL(31)

This was fine. It was worse than the last one I read. I feel like this one I didn’t like because the story felt kind of flat and rushed at the end and the author definitely set up for more things to happen and they just never did. I also didn’t really like the art too much. when they made the bottom, he looks way too much like a woman. It just felt weird because I didn’t feel like BL at all. But it was still fine. It wasn’t great but I finished it so what does that really say about me I guess

this was so cute. I wish we got to see more of them as a couple, but I did enjoy this one a lot, and I thought that the characters were well developed along with a good story that was really entertaining. I love love love this.

this is one of the best psychological thriller stories i’ve read in a very, very long time. what makes it so special is the artist’s incredible way of storytelling. we watch the main character slowly spiral into madness — his train of thought becomes nearly nonsensical, yet we still get this unfiltered stream of consciousness that perfectly shows his deteriorating mental state. as a reader, you feel confused, but in a way that still lets you understand where he’s coming from. what i really love about this story is that both characters are insane — and insane for each other. usually in stories like this, one character is more unhinged than the other, but here, they’re equally crazy and completely embrace it. they are genuinely perfect for each other. the male lead’s shift in perception is one of my favorite parts. we watch him fall in love with the main character and become obsessed with having him. his love stems from the fact that the main character accepts him for exactly who he is — something he’s never had before. everyone in his life either died or was paid off to stay away from him, so the idea of someone literally stalking him feels ideal to him. their dynamic is fascinating. they match each other’s “freak” perfectly. when they first became intimate, the main character gave the male lead head and said it was fine if the male lead threw up on him. by the final episode, the roles reverse — now the male lead is the one doing it and saying it’s fine if the main character throws up on him. that reversal is made even better by the reveal that the main character has been faking memory loss to keep the male lead happy and close to him. so while it seems like the male lead has the main character in his grasp, it’s actually under false pretenses — the main character is in control in his own way. overall, this is such an insanely well-done psychological thriller. it’s dark, twisted, and has very adult themes, but everything is executed masterfully. huge props to the author — this was amazing.

this was so insanely good I love almost every single vampire story and I loved this story spin on vampires and the nuance of the vampire world. I just really thought this was super well done. I think the love that grew between the character characters was super awesome and genuine and I especially loved the side. Character is kind of tragic love story that eventually worked out so amazingly done so cute. Loved it so much

this story was so cute. The art was beautiful. The intimacy was worth the way just all of it was so great for such a great short story. I wish we got to see more of them. I wish there was more of a buildup. I just wish this was longer because it was so good but nothing was missing. It was done perfectly well I’m just greedy and I wish there was more to this because I love them so much.

this was so cute and so fun to read this one took me a bit longer than usual because I was traveling, but it was genuinely such a freaking good read. It was super entertaining and super fluffy. I wish that some of the more mature stuff got translated, but ultimately it was super fun to read and I would recommend this to anyone who wants a fluffy story just super really well done and very enjoyable also, the art was very pretty.

this was quite the read. i really enjoyed the overall message of this one, and the title being form of sympathy was very fitting. we ultimately got to see that the reason why it was titled that was because the love they were experiencing between the two of them blossomed in the form of sympathy. the two characters both experienced different variations of how they defined the word love, went through trials and tribulations, and ultimately found love—initially in the form of sympathy for one another. i just think that was really well done. i like that the characters are both insanely flawed and at times very difficult to enjoy. i remember reading this and feeling so frustrated, like screaming at my phone because i wanted a different outcome and the choices they were making were frustrating me. but ultimately that’s what makes it feel very human. both of them are very flawed, maybe some more than others, but they come together in the end and the story blossoms into something so beautiful. i also love that yuri is a bit crazy. i always love them a bit crazy, so that was enjoyable. ultimately, this was a really good read.

what I really enjoyed about this one was that the stories plot was said in the Midwest during like the Cowboys era which I thought was super interesting and not something you see all the time I initially didn’t read a different story because it was in black-and-white so for me to have read this entire thing, even though it is in black-and-white goes to show how good this one is I love how in the end the plot twist was that he actually was the man the entire time which I think just made the story just that much better the romance between the two main characters is really well done and ultimately I really enjoyed this read. I just wish there was color since I always prefer colors with these stories, but it was really good.

when i first started this, i was honestly kind of put off by how the story began. the fact that the main character was still a minor at the start and the male lead just pulled up, decided this kid should live with him, and expected trust right away felt so strange. for like the first 40 chapters i really couldn’t figure out the direction of the plot or what was actually going on. but honestly… the story turned out to be really fucking good. the art at the beginning felt amateur, you could tell the artist was uncomfortable with certain poses and the lighting wasn’t very advanced. but then halfway through season two i was like wow—the art started to improve so much. by season three and the epilogue it was gorgeous. the growth in both the art and the storytelling was phenomenal. what i really appreciated about this story is how it handled the age gap dynamic. the younger person was actually treated like someone younger, instead of being written as if they were the same age. usually in these stories the older character ends up acting immature or dismissing the younger one, but here the older partner actually acted mature, acknowledged the weirdness of their situation, and treated the dynamic with care. another thing i loved was the rare inclusion of adoption in korea to signify marriage. since gay marriage isn’t legal, a lot of same-sex couples have gone the adoption route so they could be considered family. i think it’s such an important and realistic detail that should show up more in stories, because it highlights the genuine struggles of being in a same-sex relationship and navigating the legal side of it. overall, i fucking loved this story. you really get to watch a damaged person grow into someone completely different, and the execution was amazing. is it one of my all-time favorites? probably not. but would i recommend it? absolutely. early on i would’ve rated it like 4/5 because i felt so lost, but by the end it was a solid 5/5. i adored it and i definitely think it’s worth reading.

ok, so everyone gives the male lead a lot of shit—fair enough, because he did have unconsensual sex with the main character. but the thing is, he was very heavily drugged at the time and doesn’t remember it at all. he even goes out of his way to figure out who the main character slept with because he has no memory of it being himself. that’s why it’s hard to fully hate him: yes, it was unconsensual, but he genuinely didn’t know it was happening. a lot of people also dislike the main character because he comes off aloof. it’s not exactly that he’s dumb—he’s actually really smart—it’s more that he’s absent-minded, socially unaware, and a bit naïve. there are plenty of decisions he makes where i was like, “yeah, he’s smart.” after the unconsensual incident, he even researched what he should do, recognized that it was wrong, and acknowledged it as such. but he didn’t hate the male lead for it, since he knew he was drugged. i’ve only read up to season one (since season two isn’t out yet), but i really enjoyed it. i kind of love the trope where one of them is “evil” or a bad person, but has a soft spot for the aloof one who trusts them completely. i especially like the dynamic where the main character calls up the male lead whenever he needs something, and the male lead just does it, even though he’s this big bad wolf type. honestly, i enjoyed this way more than i expected to. i didn’t think i’d like it that much, which is why i didn’t let it sit before reading, but it turned out great. i’ll probably reread the whole thing once it’s finished.