cmdrbanger's manga / #drama(74)

Meh, airhead MC, almost assaulted by her jealous 'uncle' (by marriage) at the end. Happy ending, but boring.

Established relationship drama, yay! I need lots of these.

Is being released in English!! Vols 1-2 available, Vol 3 just published in Japanese Jan 2024, hopefully coming soon... Hmm... I want to like this more, but the tone is so... Restrained? Everything is being funneled through office politics, and the constant strong beast reiatsu from Atlas is getting old.

THIS IS IT! THE FINAL FORM OF BL+FRIENDS TO LOVERS!!! Absolutely god tier portrayal of friends to lovers Heavy on the sex, but the confession scene is the best I've ever read, ever.

First story: one-sided consensual poly, but I assume the gf didn't know Maki had Hayama on the side, and Hayama was brokenhearted when it ended. Second stoey: fake dated as kids to protect another kid from bullying, didn't notice feelings until they decided to 'break up'. An unusual scenario, but didn't explore anything particularly interesting once they got older.

It's not especially different from other similar stories except in length. It takes its time to tell the whole story slowly, and that DOES make a difference. It gets me in the feels when Oosawa hugs Chizu goodbye. This was a reread, probably my second time.

So confusing! The panels are hard to follow, and lots of same face makes it hard to tell the characters apart.

This is cute but so short!! The drama has to be super compressed. Apparently there are actually 6 chapters...

This feels familiar, like I've read it before? Manga adaptation of an English m/m shifter romance. Doesn't adapt the whole story, definitely more to it, espec Remi and Jake getting together. Feels a little too convenient narratively, like Remi being changed. Things happen because the plot needs then to for the plot story and events they want to have to work. Doesn't feel very organic or natural.

Very interesting omegaverse, basically a grounded take on the trope. Huh, 6.5 and it's over?! I guess that's normal, but it felt like it was going to be longer haha. Ah, comments say there's a Vol 2. That makes more sense.