cmdrbanger's manga / #Interesting(146)

Four stars for the smut, more like three stars for the romance. Although it's pretty nice the characters are completely focused on each other, with no third wheel drama. So I guess it's four stars all around! Didn't get into the characters regular lives outside of the relationship much though, so not five stars for that reason.

What a completely bonkers story. 5* for being incredibly unique and an equal triangle poly HEA. The way Ai falls in love with Ryo after seeing his true personality is especially sweet.

#wholesome smut!! I can't believe this is a thing, but it's fantastic. The focus and emphasis on how much Mizuki cares for Tooru (over the smutty s&m theme) is really something special. Combining it with the supernatural element of Tooru being psychic makes the story extra unique. It would be good even without that, but it's always been kept at the forefront as a key part of the storytelling in a really satisfying way. Reread!! Still amazing. <3

Technically omegaverse in most respects, plus other supernatural like sirens and vamps. Lots of interesting worldbuilding! Lots of gender and sexual fluidity!

It's Yukue Moegi, it's gold. Even making the scar a symbol of their mutual feelings in the end?! what service that was.

Odd but cute and wholesome. Smutty last chapter that wraps things up. The story has an unusual dynamic, but it works!

This was really super cute! The attention to cosplaying never got unbalanced with the cute little romance happening, and it was a lot more casual and aware if itself. Very above average characterization imo.

You know what, that was actually really sweet! It ended with sex, but the way they got there, with Izuhara building up his confidence and Shinba respecting his comfort zone (especially when Shinba was really not ready), that was all really unexpected and nice!

I want to rate this higher but it's really 3.5 at best. It has a good message but it still feels surface level somehow. Like it's 6 chapters, but it feels more like 4 in terms of content. It's very heavy on the emotional toll and yet the resolution doesn't feel as satisfying. The pacing I guess? It's all happens too fast, not enough to really gut punch you with the feels. Oh well. It's still good! Just fast. 4/11/25 reread - I still like it, and yeah, I still feel like it's lacking somehow. It's got conflict and backstory, but the secondary threads feel under-realized. I'd liked to have seen a stronger resolution to Kyousuke's work stuff, and we don't even know what Kasumi does.

Not into the angst but I'm curious about the story because of their other manga. Skimmed ch 5 and 10, see how it ends before deciding whether to read the whole thing. I dunno, I'm getting big Banana Fish with Yakuza and corporations vibes as of 2.11... :/ Aaaaand they both lived! Happy ending lol. I skipped all the in between details though so it's just kinda... Yay, I guess? I don't intend the read the whole angsty story any time soon tbh, so I won't give it a rating.