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A review by pastelwriter
Boyfriends, Volume One by refrainbow
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I absolutely adored this. I had a blast reading it, and I can’t wait to pick up more volumes!
First of all, I personally love the color scheme of this webtoon. I’m an absolute sucker for a pastel aesthetic, and that was half the reason I picked it up in the first place. Overall, the art style is adorable and extremely consistent. It's great!
The second reason I picked this up was for the polyamory. I loooove reading polyamorous stories. This one was especially a treat as it had an extremely healthy representation of a poly relationship. The characters have clear communication between each other, set boundaries early on, and renegotiate anything they want to try or consider. It’s peak communication 👌🏻 Plus, they’re all super sweet and loving to one another. It absolutely melts my heart! 💖
Something else I love about this is the variety of representation and queer experience. We have a bi character, trans character, gay character, pan character… It’s a wide array. There’s people who think the representation is “stereotypical “ because it uses character archetypes (nerd, prep, goth, and jock)…but that literally means that inherently it can’t be a stereotypical representation of the mlm experience…because the stereotypes of gay/queer men literally do not fit all these archetypes 🤦🏻♀️
In conclusion, this genuinely brought me so much joy to read. It really made me smile so much and laugh so much.
P.S. The qualms some people have with this creator… 🤦🏻♀️ y'all really just want to be haters. Go drink something that isn’t haterade because mercilessly attacking a trans masc, queer, Indonesian creator is disgusting.
First of all, I personally love the color scheme of this webtoon. I’m an absolute sucker for a pastel aesthetic, and that was half the reason I picked it up in the first place. Overall, the art style is adorable and extremely consistent. It's great!
The second reason I picked this up was for the polyamory. I loooove reading polyamorous stories. This one was especially a treat as it had an extremely healthy representation of a poly relationship. The characters have clear communication between each other, set boundaries early on, and renegotiate anything they want to try or consider. It’s peak communication 👌🏻 Plus, they’re all super sweet and loving to one another. It absolutely melts my heart! 💖
Something else I love about this is the variety of representation and queer experience. We have a bi character, trans character, gay character, pan character… It’s a wide array. There’s people who think the representation is “stereotypical “ because it uses character archetypes (nerd, prep, goth, and jock)…but that literally means that inherently it can’t be a stereotypical representation of the mlm experience…because the stereotypes of gay/queer men literally do not fit all these archetypes 🤦🏻♀️
In conclusion, this genuinely brought me so much joy to read. It really made me smile so much and laugh so much.
P.S. The qualms some people have with this creator… 🤦🏻♀️ y'all really just want to be haters. Go drink something that isn’t haterade because mercilessly attacking a trans masc, queer, Indonesian creator is disgusting.