epiderma's manga / #psychological(5)

well.. a hard read in the first like two chapters bc the top is pushy. he really chnages after though and it's gooooodd

God... this was beautiful. Rip to the author, wish we could've seen them all grown up.

honestly! both stories were likable! I enjoy seeing rape portraid right in media, so this was good and I love how they didn't immediately jump back into having sex right after yk.. some other mangas did that and it was so icky. but the second story was cute! the entire book was a little angsty but it wasn't anything too bad

I felt like we didn't get to know the actual characters at all. We know the bottom is a masochist, And we know, guessing, that he had pretty past relationship. But that's about how much we actually know.. his past bf was in love with him but we didn't dwel on that at all? which was a bit weird but I ca understand the mangaka and story focusing only on the present and on the main couple... that being said, I find it odd that we didn't see much of their actual relationship besides the top's (a bit twisted) way of thinking. I will say, though, the last chapter's confession was emotional and done decently well.. but! it felt forced and rushed since we didn't see much of Tabito's(?) concerns or feelings.. idk. it was a nice read, the bdsm was consensual and the aftercare being portrait WAS nice.. but I think I went into this expect something else (or something more) and it came out feeling a little disappointed somehow.. I think that's on me, though. I expected a healthy portrait of comunication, of bonds extending beyond the bdsm part and good, proper aftercare.. I got SOME of that, but maybe it just wasn't enough to meet my own set expectations..? so that's on me lol that being said, this old (2016, relased in 2012 maybe) so the concepts are a little outdated?(??) idk if that's what's happening but oh, well, they were cute and the artsyle was weirdly enticing so.. all the best to them, maybe if I give this another read, my thoughts will be better structured

goddamn? Holy fucking hell, was this good.The characterization was amazing, gitae was incredibly likable even with his 'cliché angry' personality because he wasn't JUST that. And though I didn't cry, I felt so incredibly bad about jihoon like :(( my sweet baby would've been doomed from the beginning no matter what.. but it's okay! now he has a great husband who loves him deeply!! I liked how the story was done, how the heavy subjects were treated right, (jihoon crying after finding out gitae used to be gangraped was such a good, realistic reaction, so was gitae's reaction to jihoon's childhood and his resentmentfor his parents) and while they weren't brushed over annoyingly fast, we still see the characters naturally, slowly get over everything with mutual support.. not to mention, the world setting really made it feel like it's burning and apocalyptic so!! kudos to author-nim!! SO beautiful!!! I'm so so glad I decided to give this a shot! it's definitely one of my best reads in a while, even if I mostly predicted the plot in chapter one.. (I was right about 45%)