blueberry's manga / #Trauma(258)

Depressing asf lmao; reads like a story that purposefully exaggerates all the bad and misfortunes in the world. Good writing and story and beautiful art but the beginning lacks a sense of foundation (it just jumps into the climax and conflicts of the story.) Wonky start aside, the story’s awesome! I think this story would’ve had more impact if the art style was different, like some of those one-shot yaois with tons of symbolism and abstract art and negative spaces in panels. The current art is a typical shounen which is why the manga’s vibe felt off; the entire story would’ve been perfect if the art style matched the storytelling. Nonetheless, epic art! Very art reference-able

“Leaking out of ass” trope + seme lowkey threatened and raped traumatized uke to say “ily” using oversensitization (urethra toy) as a weapon Not very sweet tbh, considering that the threat came right after uke clung onto seme during a panic attack...give the uke a break lmao Author ends it with “the sex fixed the trauma and uke loves seme whoopee” Yeah bullshit

5+++++! Super awesome guilty pleasure angst hehehe it involves family mourning & neglect + heavy dissociation Ended off on a SUPER wholesome note, wow! It was really “aww” at the end The way it transitioned might’ve been a bit forced (to meet the smut quota lmao) but it was reasonable enough to not kick me out of the story’s vibes

2.5-3; got a few nice humorous moments, but I really wasn’t fond of the drama. Just...the entire context, the drama itself, the characters...Tsukasa became likeable after the drama but he seemed hella dumb during and before it :/ also, he fed a human pill to a fkn bird? That dumbass move made me lose respect for him from ch. 1 lmao Story started off interesting, but became lame ch.2 and onwards. Typical inferiority complex, family neglect, unrequited love kinda trope. What happened to all the interesting acts from the start? (The sex filming, nearly apathetic seme, the glasses boy, the big hints towards a love triangle or polyamory??, etc.) Also I liked glasses boy, was neutral about the seme, and looked at the uke in disdain at ch.1. The main focal characters weren’t established right if I was confused on who to root for during the rest of the manga lmao. This comment sums it up well: It's not a bad story. Each of the characters are portrayed as complex individuals with their own interests and ambitions. The problem isn't the story or the characters. it's the arrangement of the characters and how they are presented to the readers. Asahi is brought in as this sweet bean alpha who gets all this screen time. I figure that it's done to take some of the attention off of our busy body beta, and it works but as the story progresses our cute alpha end us sticking out like a sore thumb. He quickly becomes redundant as tsukasa's feelings are revealed and the story begins to wrapped up. Not only that, the story is arranged like a love triangle, but falls short. All in all, it's a good story but it comes off lack luster because it has a massive flaw that none of the readers can look past. What the heck happens to asahi? #cananalphahegetsomeloveplz

Epic sequel, awesome angst, super wholesome and cute moments, LOVE IT

A really nice and complete story :) there weren’t any weird loopholes in the story, and though it’s hard to critique cuz I’ve been following it on a weekly basis, the characters are super loveable! <3

Love how MC doesn’t immediately fall for ML just cuz he’s hot, she sees his shitty personality for what it is LOL she’s such a badass I love all the dramatic and fearful tension, the angst is top-notch ;))) ML is also a literal man-child lmaoo Ashka scares me It’s always the nicest dudes that flip into cold murderers that scares tf outta me

Love the twisted attachment issues and inner conflicts :D

Honestly love the angst and the fluffy moments are TOP-NOTCH also the smutty vibes are hot asf lol It’s a good thing the seme made huge efforts to change from his trauma-induced selfish personality but I’m still super weary of those kinda ppl so I’m on the fence about him lol. I want to whole-heartedly love this couple but these kinda ppl (emotional neglect) can get so desperate and manipulative for love that they become blinded to the other party’s feelings and needs…I guess if they set up a good communication system it’s fine, but rn he still has potential to really hurt the uke, i feel :/