Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Boy Meets Maria by PEYO, Kōsei Eguchi

6 reviews

lizardgod's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 

Chapter Count: 6
BL Checklist:

• Are all love interests adults (18+)? 
  • No
• Are all love interests enthusiastically consenting?
  • No
• Is there any NSFW scenes?
  • Yes
• Does someone get SA'd?
  • Yes
• Is there homophobia?
  • Yes
• Is there a seme/uke dynamic?
  • Yes
• Do one or more love interests have a tragic backstory?
  • Yes
•  Do one or more love interests have bad parents?
  • Yes
• Do one or more love interests die in the end
  •   No 
•  Do one or more love interests abuse the other(s)? 
  • Slightly
• Is there a good, established plot?
  • Mostly

Notes: Sad but average. Nothing great to note and I could understand why people may hate the 'cross-dressing' aspect because it's genderfluid but not. I didn't hate it, but I do wish the author had gone about it differently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, Transphobia, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

casperquartz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

curiiously's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

rape/pedophilia, definitely worth reading tw's before picking it up. i sure wish i had! 

romance was ok, pace was too fast i didn't find it particularly believable. i did spend the last half wondering if it was implying that gender nonconformity is the result of sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Transphobia

katelyn_reads2007's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

jolyne's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.25

I was not a fan of how detailed the child SA scene was and did not see a need to depict it in that way. The art is by far the best and most interesting part of this one-shot. Granted, I’m sure that I wasn’t the target audience as an American lesbian, and maybe the queer male audience does find that the story accurately and appropriately represents some of their experiences. It’s an extremely quick read so, if you’re on the fence, I’d say go for it. At least the art is gorgeous to look at (save for the pedophile moment). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Rape, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Blood, and Toxic friendship

carrotcake's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

2.75

This book was weird and it should've been longer. Even though the author wanted to write a short story this wasn't a good book for them to do it, I felt like the themes of  Arima's/Maria's gender weren't explored well enough especially given the circumstances of his childhood and that hurt the story. Over all it was just a weird and okay manga.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Chronic illness and Homophobia