blueberry's manga / #Trauma(258)

1st story: 4* THEY’RE SO FKN IMMATURE LOL it’s hella ridiculous for ppl their age and if it wasn’t for the author’s saving grace of high-quality humour I would’ve given this toxic over-tsundere couple a 2* They got their cute sides and they understand each other deeply, but man…their default banter seems a tinge bit too seriously toxic xdddddd 2nd story: 4.5* Established relationship was significantly less toxic than the first couple lol They went through a lotta ups and downs but they love and care for each other in the end yay Lowkey felt like uke regressed to a child-like state (which was reasonable within circumstances but not my cup of tea haha)

Cutee! Love the bits of angst too Uke is a wholesome and strong dumbass LOL Sene’s very reserved but cares a lot :’) Reading the rest on bilibilicomics

Story quality ~3* Enjoyable quality ~3-4* Well it’s like uh 10% fluff? And more of the fluff is overshadowed by the fkd up sht Technically a nice read and I enjoyed it but it was a fkn ROLLERCOASTER and I’m not kidding when I say the story flew EVERYWHERE Holy shit these short stories were crazy

By the end of story: Older one was driven to a corner and now settles with the one person in the world who accepts him (“I’ve got nowhere else to go so I’ll just stay here”); the younger one is starting to reach his limits cuz he’s forced to interact with environments that don’t accept him for who he is, and therefore starts adopting the bad coping mechanisms as the older one. Lol it sucks when you gotta surround yourself in any environment that doesn’t accept the majority of who you are, especially when that environment is your family XDDDD (it’s one you gotta keep returning to, it’s the one that’s supposed to have an automatic acceptance-pass as per societal standards, etc.) Anyways I loved it! Harada never tried to make it all cute and blushy and wholesome, she kept the distressed cornered-animal feeling throughout the story (cuz let’s face it, life in that society will suck forever without any changes). These characters truly have nowhere to go

Ok so like very minimal angst but the ones that are there are good It’s hilarious in a ridiculous way xDDDDDDD So many scenes I just couldn’t help and stop and be like: “???XD?????” it”s very wholesome overall tho. Even if it’s a little cringe at times xD But mostly ridiculous and funny

5++++! Author kept the vibes of psychological horror as they should have, and it was a super enjoyable thriller read. Also was funny seeing the calculative psycho get his shit fucked HAHHAA you miscalculated big timeeeee BITCH. But he’ll get his way sooner or later anyways, as long as he lowers his standards of having Shou being head-over-heels; at this point he’ll probably be satisfied as long as Shou stays by his side even if it’s out of pity…unless he gets greedy again :/ oh well, more drama to ensue. That relationship’s never gonna be happy cuz this seme is hopelessly unempathetic and selfish, and will seemingly be empathetic only when he can’t get it up XD Ngl if he starts getting into the idea of Shou being hyper-miserable in the future, he’ll probably repeat his confinement behaviour in a heartbeat. Anyways Shou is probably lifelong bound to this psycho no matter what cuz he’ll be tied via guilt or affection, no in-between xD Author didn’t use the family issue route to justify anything, just told the characters in present time as they were! That’s an unusual route for a long psychological manga like this, I think.

4~5* Very fun and interesting read! Plot progression felt eh tho, it just didn’t feel as fleshed put Fun possessive trope Fun angst aye The seme (before he learned empathy) was a crazy fk LOL a lot of the sht he said had misogynistic undertones…not sure if author hates women or just has a humiliation kink

4.5 - 5* Enjoyable but the way the thriller is paced is a little subpar…maybe it’s the lack of black paneling to really give the “oh no” feel? Maybe it’s the expressions that aren’t drawn as dramatic as they could be? Maybe it’s the cliche tropes too lol I do like the angst but…it just isn’t as exciting as it could be :( Nice hurt & comfort overall tho The initial possessive thriller was nice too

Quite a good read :) Will probs stay memorable no notes needed methinks