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飴色カリキュラム [Ameiro Curriculum] by 坂崎春, Haru Sakazaki
3.5
This was just the most aggressive "fine" I've read recently. But I also had a problem picking a full star/number rating for the sites that don't do halves, like, three felt too low but four felt too generous.
It wasn't really a family dynamic like I thought it would be and the only thing that did get on my nerves was the constant apologizing from the two. But even that didn't bother me bad? I do wish the story revolved around them cooking together rather than spending one day on it and the rest of the story be misunderstanding after misunderstanding. Then there's the "we must have sex to be in a real relationship" thing BL authors like to write and that I fucking hate...
Ya know, I think "fine" is probably fine.
It wasn't really a family dynamic like I thought it would be and the only thing that did get on my nerves was the constant apologizing from the two. But even that didn't bother me bad? I do wish the story revolved around them cooking together rather than spending one day on it and the rest of the story be misunderstanding after misunderstanding. Then there's the "we must have sex to be in a real relationship" thing BL authors like to write and that I fucking hate...
Ya know, I think "fine" is probably fine.
Countdown to Yes (With Animate Bonus Manga) by Roji
While I was annoyed by the obliviousness in Long Period, I think I'm less annoyed about it here because it only lasted a chapter and didn't string me along for 2 whole fucking books. There's still a hint of "are we really gonna have this song and dance?" because Minato was not subtle at all in high school about his interest. It's just not as bad since it's we're not reading about Wataru being oblivious. We're reading about him being stubborn to preserve his friendship based on past romantic experiences. I love slow burns but ignoring the signs for 2 books and then acting surprised that they do love you back was definitely my limit. So, afterwards, I'm glad this is more about seeing them be cute together and Wataru slowly take Minato seriously after chapter 3.
Bonus points for Lil' Boss. We respect Lil' Boss in this house.
3.75
The relationship dynamics here is very similar the couple in Long Period. MC1 has been in love with friend MC2 but has kept it to himself despite all the obvious signs MC2 was giving that he loved him back. It does feel a little different in that Minato is and has been super oblivious about his feelings so now we're spending the whole book waiting for Wataru to stop being stubborn and in his own head.
While I was annoyed by the obliviousness in Long Period, I think I'm less annoyed about it here because it only lasted a chapter and didn't string me along for 2 whole fucking books. There's still a hint of "are we really gonna have this song and dance?" because Minato was not subtle at all in high school about his interest. It's just not as bad since it's we're not reading about Wataru being oblivious. We're reading about him being stubborn to preserve his friendship based on past romantic experiences. I love slow burns but ignoring the signs for 2 books and then acting surprised that they do love you back was definitely my limit. So, afterwards, I'm glad this is more about seeing them be cute together and Wataru slowly take Minato seriously after chapter 3.
Ya know what I did find much more annoying, though? Chapter 2 page 26. "I'm grown up now" "I'm the grown up Wataru" the hell are you, 15? What the fuck is this dialogue right now?
Bonus points for Lil' Boss. We respect Lil' Boss in this house.
The White and Blue Between Us by Kiyuhiko
3.25
That one person who was like Mishima deserved so much better followed by three throwing up emojis, I felt you. Your energy was so powerful and I felt you.
What do you mean we were going to have a "proper conversation", did absolutely nothing, and then have a sex scene...? What do you mean. Don't put emotions in front of my face like keys and then throw the keys out the window for a sex scene! Sure, they finally did talk but to should've been at the end of chapter 2 not whatever the hell that was.
On top of that, Kiyuhiko kind of rubed me the wrong way when making Mishima take on some of that blame. To recap:Hozumi broke up with him so he wouldn't be sad when he moves off the island for college but did not properly explain that. He comes back after 7 years to an angry Mishima and pesters until he eventually gives up and spends that time with him. To which Hozumi takes advantage of the situation and in a dubious consent kind of way haves sex with him instead of having that conversation that we all were promised, that they should've had and didn't happen until chapter 3 (which I still have a problem with how that went, to be honest). This felt Mishima frustrated and dazed to the point where he didn't attend to the lighthouse causing the boat Hozumi was working on to get into a little accident and Hozumi falling off. After that it all became his fault in Mishima's head. Even the high school stuff?? He already feels like he doesn't have his own backbone to say "no" or "let's wait" because of "those eyes" (I'm rolling mine), I'm just not here for that. I'm not ok with the person who has every reason to raise hell taking the blame and it's seen as a good thing. It's not like Hozumi doesn't blame himself for the shit he's done but Mishima shouldn't be blaming himself for anything. Even the lighthouse incident. Not after that chapter 2 ending.
Also... What thought processes did Kiyuhiko have to write Hozumi's brother coming out for him to their parents when previously she wrote was nervous about?? You don't do that. You don't come out for someone else no matter how understanding anyone is. I don't know, fiction is fiction but Jesus to fucking Christ.
Other than all of that, along with the art style not being my favorite to look at, this was just ok which I'm very sad about because the bonus chapter was everything to me. If this was just their high school year together followed by the breakup and a vol 2 with a better get back together story, peak 4 stars. I don't tend to look at reviews before hand but I kept seeing fine to mediocre being thrown around and yeah. Yeah, I'm feeling that. It's no My Summer of You, no Seven Days, and it damn sure ain't I Hear The Sunspot. I did like the beginning, it was actually emotional in a way I wanted from Send Them a Farewell Gift for the Lost Time but then the end of chapter 2 kind of ruined it's been a low 3 stars ever since
What do you mean we were going to have a "proper conversation", did absolutely nothing, and then have a sex scene...? What do you mean. Don't put emotions in front of my face like keys and then throw the keys out the window for a sex scene! Sure, they finally did talk but to should've been at the end of chapter 2 not whatever the hell that was.
On top of that, Kiyuhiko kind of rubed me the wrong way when making Mishima take on some of that blame. To recap:
Also... What thought processes did Kiyuhiko have to write Hozumi's brother coming out for him to their parents when previously she wrote was nervous about?? You don't do that. You don't come out for someone else no matter how understanding anyone is. I don't know, fiction is fiction but Jesus to fucking Christ.
Other than all of that, along with the art style not being my favorite to look at, this was just ok which I'm very sad about because the bonus chapter was everything to me. If this was just their high school year together followed by the breakup and a vol 2 with a better get back together story, peak 4 stars. I don't tend to look at reviews before hand but I kept seeing fine to mediocre being thrown around and yeah. Yeah, I'm feeling that. It's no My Summer of You, no Seven Days, and it damn sure ain't I Hear The Sunspot. I did like the beginning, it was actually emotional in a way I wanted from Send Them a Farewell Gift for the Lost Time but then the end of chapter 2 kind of ruined it's been a low 3 stars ever since
ロングピリオド下 by 古矢渚
3.5
Lol, so, like remember when I said in the first volume that nothing about this really pissed me off that much and that the only mildly annoying thing was how Yuusei refuses to acknowledge that Itsuki likes him back? That is the only conflict in this story and is the entire plot point of volume 2.
Which means. It's gotten. 1,000% annoying.
That being said, I did like how it ended. Having Yuusei be super oblivious to Itsuki literally holding up signs that says "I LIKE YOU, TOO! KISS ME YOU IDIOT" and then Yuusei seeing that and going "Interesting. I can't tell him I'm in love with him, though. Better keep my distance" made me want to throw things because I very much think that's a bad way to do a slow burn. Especially if you're gonna have it expand over 2 volumes. But it had a pretty cute ending similar to Two Lions in a way.
I guess I'm fine with that.
Which means. It's gotten. 1,000% annoying.
That being said, I did like how it ended. Having Yuusei be super oblivious to Itsuki literally holding up signs that says "I LIKE YOU, TOO! KISS ME YOU IDIOT" and then Yuusei seeing that and going "Interesting. I can't tell him I'm in love with him, though. Better keep my distance" made me want to throw things because I very much think that's a bad way to do a slow burn. Especially if you're gonna have it expand over 2 volumes. But it had a pretty cute ending similar to Two Lions in a way.
I guess I'm fine with that.
ロングピリオド上 by 古矢渚
3.75
I can't express to you how "no thoughts, head empty" this book left me. I mean, I guess it didn't do anything to piss me off but it also didn't make me feel anything. Kind of like I was just moving with the pages mindlessly.
Maybe the way Yuusei kept Itsuki at longer than arm's length for as long as he did got annoying pretty fast. But, like, I know Nagisa. She loves her some childhood friends to lovers slow burn yerning school romance so I knew what I was getting into and I think that's why I'm not that pissed over it... Even though Itsuki's pretty fucking obvious.
Maybe the way Yuusei kept Itsuki at longer than arm's length for as long as he did got annoying pretty fast. But, like, I know Nagisa. She loves her some childhood friends to lovers slow burn yerning school romance so I knew what I was getting into and I think that's why I'm not that pissed over it... Even though Itsuki's pretty fucking obvious.
いとおしき日々 [Itooshiki Hibi] by sono.N
Did not finish book.
That aside, though, I think the way dialogue is written where they wouldn't shut up about being old got old really quick. I completely understand that some people start to think about a lot of these things like the passage of time, the world around you changing, dying, figuring out what to do with that time since you're not working anymore, and so on. I get it but how they kept talking about it at the drop of a hat was a bit overdone. I wanted to keep truckin' but then I remembered the age gap thing that weirded me out so I'm good.
Did not finish book.
3.0
I'm sure this is a super cute story about two people growing old together. I'm sure this has really heartwarming scenes that would make me cry. But I did not know the age gap was so significant when they met. I don't really read descriptions, I like to go into these books mostly blind with only mangaupdate's tags to guide me and, honestly, I wouldn't've touched it if I had known that was when they met. I'm already someone who doesn't like age gaps anyway, but I thought they were both mature adults at the time of meeting.
That aside, though, I think the way dialogue is written where they wouldn't shut up about being old got old really quick. I completely understand that some people start to think about a lot of these things like the passage of time, the world around you changing, dying, figuring out what to do with that time since you're not working anymore, and so on. I get it but how they kept talking about it at the drop of a hat was a bit overdone. I wanted to keep truckin' but then I remembered the age gap thing that weirded me out so I'm good.
焦がれて焦がして by noji
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
2.0
Update: Looking back, I still don't know if I actually want to drop this series. I finished this vol but thought about dropping the series because I didn't like it... but apparently it's still on my mind and I'm thinking about reading vol 2 so idk.
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Another book that took me WAY too long to finish. Started reading this in August and didn't finish it til right now (December). It was so boring, there were these weird jump cuts(?) that had me thinking I might have skipped a page or something so it felt confusing at times, and to top that off with some less than stellar translation. I do feel like, if the translation was better, this would be a 3.5 for me. Yeah this was boring, but there were times I would've found this "boring but sweet" here and there. Besides the typos, the way they spoke felt so robotic. Not in a stiff robot way but in a "real people don't talk like this" robotic kind of way and that had a hand in why it took me forever to finish this. I'm not actually sure if I want to continue to the 2nd vol because of that main reason.
And then there's chapter 7 which had a character who was defiantly 18 and the other person defiantly over 20 and I was defiantly not here for that so I skipped it.
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Another book that took me WAY too long to finish. Started reading this in August and didn't finish it til right now (December). It was so boring, there were these weird jump cuts(?) that had me thinking I might have skipped a page or something so it felt confusing at times, and to top that off with some less than stellar translation. I do feel like, if the translation was better, this would be a 3.5 for me. Yeah this was boring, but there were times I would've found this "boring but sweet" here and there. Besides the typos, the way they spoke felt so robotic. Not in a stiff robot way but in a "real people don't talk like this" robotic kind of way and that had a hand in why it took me forever to finish this. I'm not actually sure if I want to continue to the 2nd vol because of that main reason.
And then there's chapter 7 which had a character who was defiantly 18 and the other person defiantly over 20 and I was defiantly not here for that so I skipped it.
PICK UP＜単行本未収録＞ by Aiba Kyoko, Kyoko Aiba
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
The only good thing about this one-shot was the art. The fact that it started with a rape scene that led into kinks and only kinks only made this bland and uncomfortable.
ましたの腐男子くん+ [Mashita no Fudanshi-kun 4] by 黒岩チハヤ, Chihaya Kuroiwa
3.5
This was such a 3 or a 3.5 star for me overall but vols 1 & 2 are straight 4 stars. Mainly because I don't think I liked any of the characters except the main two and even then Mashita was riding a fine line for me. Yoshinori was definitely the only character ever, everyone else was either ok or "please stop talking". I've also noticed that this took forever for me to get through even after all the vols came out because of vol 3. The story itself was just ok, nothing gripped me but I also didn't want to drop this either. But when Yoshinori's friend was a part of the story and the vacation stuff stared kicking off, I just didn't feel like reading it. Probably the worst part of all 4 vols for me. Afterward, it just became fine again.
Overall this was just fine.
Overall this was just fine.
Restart After Growing Hungry by Cocomi
The conflicts where just kind of dumb to me and it all just came down to not communicating. However, there was a story reason why no one wanted to communicate which sort of gets a pass but still very annoying to read 17 times. I did like the end. I thought the end was cute. Didn't make me cry or anything but still a cute end chapter.
3.5
More of same feelings I had from the first book. But after reading both of these books I'm just kind of disappointed... The art's cute. Cocomi knows how to draw some really cute art. The more softer, cute moments in the story were very adorable. But what made this drag for me and had me praying for it to be done after chapter 3 was just the conflicts.
The conflicts where just kind of dumb to me and it all just came down to not communicating. However, there was a story reason why no one wanted to communicate which sort of gets a pass but still very annoying to read 17 times. I did like the end. I thought the end was cute. Didn't make me cry or anything but still a cute end chapter.