mochidays's manga / #Romance(364)

last read chap 44 - this is a very cute shoujo manga there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s very straightforward and adorable. Someone rated this their all-time favorite and I don’t quite understand why. it’s very good don’t get me wrong, but I just don’t think it’s anything too special. The plot is very, but the art is very cute.

i don’t have the correct words to accurately depict how satisfying and fulfilling this story was—truly just an amazing plotline. it starts us off already in a really high-stress situation, with two of the main characters surrounded by fire, and then everything else is a flashback that leads up to that moment. it’s about 85 chapters before we’re back in that room with the fire, and within those 85 chapters, so much happens to the characters. there’s so much growth. so much change. so much fluff. there are slight bits of angst, but nothing quite compares to the climax of being trapped in that room with the fire. i really appreciated how well done this was. there was also an insinuation that one of the female main characters was somehow manipulating the universe through her storytelling. it wasn’t exactly confirmed whether this was actually happening or if it was just a lot of coincidences, but either way i loved how they tied everything together. before anyone even suspects she’s impacting the story, there are a bunch of moments where the characters are like, “what she’s writing is really accurate to what actually happened,” and as readers you kind of just assume she was observing or got lucky. but then she herself starts noticing how similar the coincidences are, and decides to write down a change—and the change genuinely happens. so whether or not this was coincidence or some kind of magic, we never fully know, but i really like it that way. it lets the reader interpret what was actually going on the entire time. i think all of the characters were really enjoyable and well thought out—even the ones we see as antagonists throughout the story have redeeming qualities, and you begin to understand why they act the way they do. it doesn’t make their actions okay, but it gives them nuance. i truly think this story broke a lot of boundaries in the boys love genre. one example being that the bottom is actually taller than the top, which never happens in BL. i honestly thought the taller one was going to be the top at first, especially after he had his growth spurt, but i was pleasantly surprised that they didn’t change it. their interactions just felt so human. a lot of times BL characters are boxed into certain archetypes, but what i loved here is that they felt like real people. how they loved each other, how they grew, how they interacted—it all felt very real and authentic. i couldn’t recommend this story enough. it’s one of a kind, beautiful, and just an amazing read. please read it if you have the chance. phenomenally done. - last read: chap 121/B-5

I like this one quite a bit at times the plot felt a little bit choppy, but overall the story was good. I really enjoyed the art although seeing how the artist read the characters to look in the novel, I almost wish the artist went with those depiction of the characters rather than what they chose, but it’s OK. I still enjoyed it nonetheless I think at times this WEBTOON could’ve been improved if they stuck to the original novel more, although I haven’t read the original source material apparently there were a lot of things changed and I feel like it could’ve been better if those things weren’t changed, but overall, I enjoyed it was a bit confusing overall, but I liked it I think it was nothing special and the romance in my opinion felt a little forced at times but it’s OK I guess.

wow this one really surprised me. I did not anticipate enjoying this one that much. I do recall seeing this mentioned on platforms like TikTok, but I never went to read it because I didn’t really know what it was about, but then it got recommended to me through the site that I read stuff on, and the premise is something that I absolutely adore. I love when it is a romance and there is a video game involved. I’ve always had a soft spot for that ever since the anime Sword Art Online. I personally love video games myself, so I love when there’s a combination of romance and video games. ultimately, I think the premise of this was really well done. I really enjoyed the pacing, and the romance made a lot of sense and didn’t feel like it came out of left field. the art was exceptionally beautiful—like, there were times when I was sat admiring how the artist drew the fabric on a shirt, which sounds crazy, but I just really appreciated the time and dedication that it took for even those minor details that a lot of times artists look over. this is definitely one of my favorites, and I would definitely recommend this to anyone that wants to read a good lighthearted story that also is romantic. I think there are no downsides to the story. it was really fulfilling to read, and I’m so so glad it got recommended to me.

this was an absolutely beautiful story about growth and recognizing that self-destruction is not a healthy coping mechanism. we follow the main character, who has very low self-esteem following many familial issues and grieving the loss of his younger brother. we ultimately see this character, for around 30 years, genuinely hate himself. we see his interaction with the male lead, who is interested in him from a young age and somewhat saves his life and changes his mentality about things. but the two of them drift apart because they’re young and they make mistakes. ultimately, they’re brought back together with the realization that the two have only ever really wanted each other and looked for the other person in every partner they had prior. with this amazing green-flag male lead, we see him push past the boundaries that the main character has and reach happiness with him by going past the safeguards he’s put up—safeguards that have only hurt him in the long run. this is an amazingly well-done story. the only reason that this isn’t in my “best ever” section is because it’s not that unique of a story, but i truly love it. it had amazing pacing, the art was beautiful, and i had no complaints—so i really do recommend this one. please do check it out.

loved this one! finished vol 2!! the art is so good and green flag ML :D

I love how this author doesn’t limit the dynamic by making the top have to be bigger than the bottom and vice versa. I just think that the art is really good and I enjoyed the spinoff. I was a bit confused at times because I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on and I felt a little rushed, but overall, I enjoyed it

well, I am at a loss for words for how amazing this was. I saw this in a recommendation on TikTok and I held myself back from reading it because I wanted to really be a good mindset to enjoy it. I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy this one. It is so beautifully written the art is fantastic, and I would even say that the art itself was really well done and how it accurately reflected so many very heavy emotions. It’s very hard to dislike any of the characters which I really enjoy because it feels a lot more of like a real story because you can understand to an extent the actions that every character makes and none of them are inherently evil. They make the wrong choices at times, but I don’t think they’re evil people and it’s so wonderful to see everything play out and how they did the backstory woven very neatly into the present was phenomenally done really there’s not a lot of stories that can accurately show backstory and have a good chunk of it the present and backstory back-and-forth without it being too confusing but this Webtoon did it phenomenally. I felt so many emotions and the gratification that I felt once everything started coming together was absolutely insane. I was giggling, kicking my feet crying at times it was phenomenal and you can kind of see the little minor expressions on the characters faces that indicate early on what happens and gets confirmed later on in the story I just honestly will recommend this to as many peaceful as physically possible. It was amazingly done, and I truly truly truly enjoyed this story so much. I’m so sad that is over but I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to read it!!

this was so cute and I loved how they took the omega verse and they twisted it a little bit and made it so it was a matriarchy so the omega’s were empower and women were in power. That was super cool to me. I love that felt super feminist, and the story was really heartwarming. It was a very simple read. I wish it was in collar because I’m not a big fan of the black-and-white stories, but the side stories are in color and just really made me appreciate that they were in color because black-and-white just isn’t for me as much. I just prefer a good pop of color. I feel like it always adds a lot to the story even if it’s a bit more difficult. I think it’s really rewarding when it’s done well so yeah I really enjoy this one. I always love when there’s a baby involved in any of these stories cause I absolutely love kids. This was just so cute

this was a very realistic and powerful story about how someone who is sexually assaulted as a child might grow, develop, and carry the weight of that trauma. i think the story does a great job of allowing us to fully see what a real victim goes through—how deeply and differently trauma can affect people. we don’t just see one victim, but two, which really shows how coping mechanisms vary from person to person. it also explores how victims can sometimes become perpetrators, even unintentionally. it’s clear that the author has a strong understanding of how sexual assault can manipulate the mind, alter someone’s entire worldview, and influence their actions in ways they normally wouldn’t behave. it’s also evident that the author understands the impact that a supportive adult can have in a child’s life—how one good person can completely change a child’s trajectory. what i really appreciated about this story was its dedication to showing raw, honest emotions and portraying how a real victim might process childhood sexual assault. often in stories like this, victims are written in a way that feels unrealistic or overly simplified. they don’t always reflect the diverse ways people actually respond to trauma, and sometimes that portrayal can unintentionally minimize the seriousness of the experience—like suggesting the victim should just “get over it,” which is never the case. i especially liked how one character had a traumatic upbringing due to a lack of adult support, while the other had at least one consistent figure who helped uplift him. it showed how just one person can make a massive difference in someone’s life. everyone impacts others in ways they might not even realize—something you say or do could genuinely change someone’s path. this was a really amazing read, and i’d recommend it to anyone. my one critique is the art style shift around season two. it felt like the author got a bit lazier with the visuals, and the drawings became more rushed. that’s totally understandable—these creators work incredibly hard—but it was a little sad to see the quality drop after such a beautifully illustrated start. still, the plot was so well done that it didn’t ruin the experience for me. i’d recommend this to anyone looking for a story that’s not overly fluffy, but deeply realistic and emotionally resonant.