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Wild Rose by Haruko Kumota
2.25
I think I understand why people kept telling me that the Wild Rose story was really sweet and the only one of the 3 to get a finished scanlation (at the time) after all these years. I'll yell about it later when I get my thoughts together.
A Marked Love Match by たなと, Thanat
I didn't want to drop nor put this on hold especially since there's another sorry in here, but this book put me in a reading slump that's starting to piss me off. I don't like Minami, I don't care about the story, don't care about the couple, and really can't stand the art style. All of this doesn't make me want to continue, but I just dropped the manga before last and I don't want to do that again so soon.
The gang stuff is whatever. I didn't care for it but I also didn't really mind it, it wasn't the main part of the book so I can deal. What really made this difficult for me (besides the art) was just Minami himself. He's moving way too fast for Sakurada who's obviously trying to become more comfortable with being with a guy. Hell, in a relationship in general, to be honest. But it doesn't read like Minami's is considering that most of the time. It's kind of annoying and disgusting, really not making me like Minami at all. I also thought that their first couple's conflict was just fucking stupid.
I don't know, even though this is going on hold, I may just end up dropping it. This worries me because I have a couple more manga from this author on my TBR that I'm now not eager to get to.
The gang stuff is whatever. I didn't care for it but I also didn't really mind it, it wasn't the main part of the book so I can deal. What really made this difficult for me (besides the art) was just Minami himself. He's moving way too fast for Sakurada who's obviously trying to become more comfortable with being with a guy. Hell, in a relationship in general, to be honest. But it doesn't read like Minami's is considering that most of the time. It's kind of annoying and disgusting, really not making me like Minami at all. I also thought that their first couple's conflict was just fucking stupid.
I don't know, even though this is going on hold, I may just end up dropping it. This worries me because I have a couple more manga from this author on my TBR that I'm now not eager to get to.
こいにもならない。 Koi ni mo Naranai. by hagi
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.
2.25
I couldn’t. I straight couldn’t do this. This is probably a really cute story, Tajima and Koga (Kouga? I’ve seen both) are probably super cute together. In fact, I don’t think the story itself is bad, so I don’t want to give it such a low rating. However, my enjoyment was severely severed by Koga having a crush on his step-brother and I tried so hard to overlook it because that’s not the couple we’re following, it isn’t about them.
But I know how this goes.
We’re going to keep bringing up how Koga’s feelings. Even if it becomes less and less of a thing, it’s going to be talked about throughout the book, it’s going to be a conflict or a topic of discussion as he and Tajima become closer, it’s going to make me scream and throw up if I have to keep reading that.
Though I wasn’t that invested in them and I thought the first chapter was kind of boring, I was a tiny bit interested in where this would go after chapter two... and then chapter three started and I just couldn’t do it.
Qualia Under the Snow by 紀伊カンナ, Kanna Kii
2.5
Aki exuding misogyny? It is a BL after all.
And he's homophobic? It is a BL after all.
I know my main problem with this story was Aki himself. He’s written in a way where the author knows he’s pretty unlikeable, kind of a dick, and that’s the point. However, they also want you to care about what he was saying, sympathize with his story, and basically redeem his shittyness by the end... Kind of hard for me to do when I wasn’t given a reason to. The guy just sucks. Throughout the whole story, he is just an asshole, an asshole to Umi, an asshole to women in general. I didn’t like how he strung Umi around even though he knew by chapter 4 that he was feeling something, and yet he was still being a little shit even in the last chapter. Him being so stand-off-ish to Umi but also dangling the possibility of a relationship in his face to the point where Umi looks more confused than happy at the end of chapter 7 made me want to scream.
Something about Umi constantly apologizing really pissed me off because he had nothing to apologize for. There was a bit at the end where Aki apologized himself for how he acted towards Umi but it wasn’t enough and it didn’t change how he kept acting for the rest of the chapters. The part where we all just... dodged the fact that Umi was almost sexually assaulted but Aki was still being stubborn despite Umi explaining what was just happening. I’m not looking over that, what the fuck? You want to make a shit character, fine, but don’t think that chapter 7 was enough to make me go “aww, that was so sweet. they kissed! aww” like I haven’t wanted to punch Aki in the face for the last 16 days.
You had 7 chapters. And for 5 of them, I've felt like we've been saying the same thing. The story hardly moved.
This doesn't make me want to read seaside strangers.
And he's homophobic? It is a BL after all.
Something about Umi constantly apologizing really pissed me off because he had nothing to apologize for. There was a bit at the end where Aki apologized himself for how he acted towards Umi but it wasn’t enough and it didn’t change how he kept acting for the rest of the chapters. The part where we all just... dodged the fact that Umi was almost sexually assaulted but Aki was still being stubborn despite Umi explaining what was just happening. I’m not looking over that, what the fuck? You want to make a shit character, fine, but don’t think that chapter 7 was enough to make me go “aww, that was so sweet. they kissed! aww” like I haven’t wanted to punch Aki in the face for the last 16 days.
You had 7 chapters. And for 5 of them, I've felt like we've been saying the same thing. The story hardly moved.
This doesn't make me want to read seaside strangers.
My Boyfriend is a Dog Volume 01 by Kadiro
4.5
There's absolutely no story. Fucking nothing. And I am feeling so giddy, so happy reading this after a slew of just.... uggggggggggh manga I've read. It's super cute, the art’s adorable, I love everyone so far, and even though I said there's no story there kind of is one but not really, and I kind of wish there was a bigger main story to follow. It is a little too sweet at times and has a bit of this quirky 2015 feeling to it, but then I see the anthro characters be adorable and I start crying over how much I love manga.
I remember seeing on mangaupdates that this was a webcomic, but I didn't think it would be in this format. The flow of these chapters (they're basically just pixiv posts) and how short they are means you can't really have a plot in there. I'm fine with this overall, I grew up reading Hetalia, I've watched Wan Sheng Jie, I'm used to this kind of webcomic format. It's just not what I thought it was going to be at first along with The Past Part 1 & 2 chapters made me want more story for the main two couples so bad.
I remember seeing on mangaupdates that this was a webcomic, but I didn't think it would be in this format. The flow of these chapters (they're basically just pixiv posts) and how short they are means you can't really have a plot in there. I'm fine with this overall, I grew up reading Hetalia, I've watched Wan Sheng Jie, I'm used to this kind of webcomic format. It's just not what I thought it was going to be at first along with The Past Part 1 & 2 chapters made me want more story for the main two couples so bad.
Short Distance Love by 伊東七つ生, Natsuo Ito
Story 1: I liked this one even though I was a bit confused at the beginning. I didn't really get why Kou kept rejecting Daisuke even though it was sort of explained. It felt more like a why he said yes now instead of before, but it was still cute to see them try to work with each other. I added an extra star because they tried to “settle it in smash” who topped.. and then they never did and fell asleep.
Man, if only we had more time to send with them. Maybe, like, one more chapter specifically after this one that would show them being more of a couple instead of the last bonus chapter just telling us that they got closer... If only.
Story 2: When they showed that Michihiko was 23 I went “the other guy better not be 19 or I'm skipping"... 23 and 19 is a big age gap for me but at least they wouldn't’ve been fucking family! Or at least I hope they would’ve been fucking family. I didn’t stay, I skipped it immediately.
Story 3: I am so tired of this book. This story has an age gap that’s kind of uncomfortable at the start but only if you’re paying attention because age gaps are a sensitive subject for you. Koshika is most likely 19 when meeting Sousuke who’s an older man, at least 25+. He clearly has a crush on Sousuke, but what ew’d me out was Sousuke flirting with him. Yes, he could’ve been 20 but maybe you shouldn’t be vague about ages when one of them is in high school. The sad part is they meet years later and the rest of their story is so cute. They are so cute. But then they brought up how Sousuke knew and Koshika’s feelings and still flirted made me want to throw up. Can we get back to the first story, please?
Story 4: This book should've been about story 1 for 3 chapters and story 4 for 2 chapters. Forget chapters 2 and 3. Skip them. Story 4 is super cute and I wish it had more to its story because it ended way too soon. It made me remember that the art style in this is so good. I loved the way Miyamoto looked in general and thought Daisuke’s eyes were cool.
2.75
Man, if only we had more time to send with them. Maybe, like, one more chapter specifically after this one that would show them being more of a couple instead of the last bonus chapter just telling us that they got closer... If only.
Story 2: When they showed that Michihiko was 23 I went “the other guy better not be 19 or I'm skipping"... 23 and 19 is a big age gap for me but at least they wouldn't’ve been fucking family! Or at least I hope they would’ve been fucking family. I didn’t stay, I skipped it immediately.
Story 3: I am so tired of this book. This story has an age gap that’s kind of uncomfortable at the start but only if you’re paying attention because age gaps are a sensitive subject for you. Koshika is most likely 19 when meeting Sousuke who’s an older man, at least 25+. He clearly has a crush on Sousuke, but what ew’d me out was Sousuke flirting with him. Yes, he could’ve been 20 but maybe you shouldn’t be vague about ages when one of them is in high school. The sad part is they meet years later and the rest of their story is so cute. They are so cute. But then they brought up how Sousuke knew and Koshika’s feelings and still flirted made me want to throw up. Can we get back to the first story, please?
Story 4: This book should've been about story 1 for 3 chapters and story 4 for 2 chapters. Forget chapters 2 and 3. Skip them. Story 4 is super cute and I wish it had more to its story because it ended way too soon. It made me remember that the art style in this is so good. I loved the way Miyamoto looked in general and thought Daisuke’s eyes were cool.