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Don't Be Cruel: 2-In-1 Edition, Vol. 1 by Yonezou Nekota
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
Update: Dropping the series as a whole but I did read all of this 2 vol combo. I also don't know the date I read this other than it being 2016 but I wrote as little of what I could remember down for it in 2023. So this is old but I don't really want to update it because I don't want to reread this shit book.
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Maybe it's because I'm 20, maybe it's because I'm not 15 years old anymore, maybe I'm not much more aware of how horrible everything in this book is, but the way how this relationship started bothered me to hell and back. The fact that Nemu just took the harassment (then rape) that Maya was forcing on him just angered me so much. Only the last 7 was actually something good. But throughout the book I was very disgusted by the "rape and blackmail is ok because they love you" narrative this game me.
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Maybe it's because I'm 20, maybe it's because I'm not 15 years old anymore, maybe I'm not much more aware of how horrible everything in this book is, but the way how this relationship started bothered me to hell and back. The fact that Nemu just took the harassment (then rape) that Maya was forcing on him just angered me so much. Only the last 7 was actually something good. But throughout the book I was very disgusted by the "rape and blackmail is ok because they love you" narrative this game me.
餌付けは夜半、あの部屋で [Ezuke wa Yahan, Ano Heya de] by Ken Homerun
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
2.0
I had so much interest in the beginning but by the middle of chapter 3 I kinda just lost any interest. Maybe it was because of the bullshit vampire stuff or maybe I couldn't keep going after I found myself hating the writing of both chapters 1 and 2.
Chapter 1 was, like fine but a lower grade kind of fine. But ch.2 literally took me more than 2 days to even want to finish. Not sure if the stories are any good. I was promised something "sad" but the only thing sad was how long it took me to drop this manga.
Chapter 1 was, like fine but a lower grade kind of fine. But ch.2 literally took me more than 2 days to even want to finish. Not sure if the stories are any good. I was promised something "sad" but the only thing sad was how long it took me to drop this manga.
Private Teacher! 1 by Yuu Moegi
Did not finish book.
Oh MAN do I wanna scream. I really need a stressed facepalm emoji for books like these. First off, the obvious ear fetish isn't my thing but that's whatever. I can live with that. The student/teacher relationship isn't my thing. In fact, it has me on edge because I know anyone at any age can be a student and I was hoping the student(s) would be 20+ in uni... and I was wrong
The 3rd couple has a student who's a 2nd-year high schooler so he'd be a junior who's at least 17. I instantly skipped the rest of that chapter. Another thing I've noticed is the excuse of rape and abuse that's very similar to Junjo Romantica's romantica storyline and it makes me uncomfortable. "Rape to Lovers" is bullshit. Consistently people overstep the other's boundaries despite the other telling them to stop or expressing their anger. I'm tired of this just being overlooked and ok.
I'm not even gonna touch the incest thing that pissed me off even more after finding out they're a trans character! Like, bless! You have a trans character! But for it to be the first BL story I've read to have a trans character and their story to involved incest killed me inside. I'm too old for this, it just screams Junjo and it makes me sigh so hard. There's so much wrong in these stories that I couldn't finish this fucking book. The only person with any sense in this manga was Ninose.
Also, the use of the word "monopolize" makes me wanna punch a wall.
Did not finish book.
1.0
The 3rd couple has a student who's a 2nd-year high schooler so he'd be a junior who's at least 17. I instantly skipped the rest of that chapter. Another thing I've noticed is the excuse of rape and abuse that's very similar to Junjo Romantica's romantica storyline and it makes me uncomfortable. "Rape to Lovers" is bullshit. Consistently people overstep the other's boundaries despite the other telling them to stop or expressing their anger. I'm tired of this just being overlooked and ok.
I'm not even gonna touch the incest thing that pissed me off even more after finding out they're a trans character! Like, bless! You have a trans character! But for it to be the first BL story I've read to have a trans character and their story to involved incest killed me inside. I'm too old for this, it just screams Junjo and it makes me sigh so hard. There's so much wrong in these stories that I couldn't finish this fucking book. The only person with any sense in this manga was Ninose.
Also, the use of the word "monopolize" makes me wanna punch a wall.
溺れるトライアングル [Oboreru Triangle] by Shiramatsu
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
2.0
I'm not really here for threesomes but I wanted to put that aside because the art was cute... I couldn't really get past it.
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Update: Ok, so I'm looking at the tags and their is a trans character along with poly rep that I'm guessing happens eventually so that kinda makes me wanna pick this back up... kinda. I hate, and I mean really really really really really hate love triangles with a burning passion. I also hate the gender bent/swap trope because they're always done for comedy or an excuse. BUT if the triangle becomes poly and the gender bent/swap shit is wrong and we’re actually dealing with a trans character…. maybe.
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Update: Ok, so I'm looking at the tags and their is a trans character along with poly rep that I'm guessing happens eventually so that kinda makes me wanna pick this back up... kinda. I hate, and I mean really really really really really hate love triangles with a burning passion. I also hate the gender bent/swap trope because they're always done for comedy or an excuse. BUT if the triangle becomes poly and the gender bent/swap shit is wrong and we’re actually dealing with a trans character…. maybe.
好きというのになぜかしら [Suki to Iu no ni Naze Kashira] by Akane Abe
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
2.0
I couldn't really get into this enough to finish it. I never really liked this style of art either and I had to force myself to even finish the first story. Not sure if the other stories in this are better or even if I'll like the other books in this series, but I'm just not interested to check them out.
性春スクラップ [Seishun Scrap] by Wakachiko
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
Right off the bat there was a use of the f-slur and I'm really not ok with that. Bad translation or not. The art style wasn't really to my liking, but I can deal with that. Using the f-slur was a HUGE no for me.
ロマンティック上等 [Romantic Joutou] by Moriyo, 森世
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
1.0
Right, I'm gonna make sure I stay away from anything tagged "Omegaverse" from now on. Not only was the characters and story completely unlikable to me, this "Omegaverse" bullshit just rubs me the wrong way. It's kinda fucking disgusting and hard for me to read.
サヴィル・ロウの誘惑 [Savile Row no Yuuwaku] by Inose
3.0
"The fastest way to get rid of your stubborn stiffness is to have sex" Are we... Are we serious right now? I actually kind of liked this story and the art's nice, but, man, does the "naive adult" character and sexual harassment tropes just kills this for me.
0 Percent Bouquet of Flowers by 三上志乃, Mikami Shino
3.0
An age gap? That's five years apart?? At the time of their ages right now??? I honestly don't know how I feel about that since a 20yd Yoshito would've held feelings for a 15yd Tomoe and I'm a little ?!???!!?? about it.
Which kind of sucks for me because I liked how quiet this story is. Between Yoshito's and Tomoe's backstory along with Tomoe's fear of abandonment, this has a "grey rain clouds around 4 pm on a Thursday but it doesn't rain" feeling and I love that.
Just really wish the age gap wasn't so prominent. I also really wish chapter seven didn't start the way it did and instead had this very heavy, still air as they talked. But no. I did appreciate the flashback bits. Still ruined the tension from chapter six immediately for me, though.
Which kind of sucks for me because I liked how quiet this story is. Between Yoshito's and Tomoe's backstory along with Tomoe's fear of abandonment, this has a "grey rain clouds around 4 pm on a Thursday but it doesn't rain" feeling and I love that.
Just really wish the age gap wasn't so prominent. I also really wish chapter seven didn't start the way it did and instead had this very heavy, still air as they talked. But no. I did appreciate the flashback bits. Still ruined the tension from chapter six immediately for me, though.
明日はきっと友だちじゃない、よね [Ashita wa Kitto Tomodachi Janai, Yone] by Nunu Kinuta, 衣田ぬぬ
3.25
"I don't remember allowing another person to get close to you" .............. head in hands.
Besides the possessive lover thing, it was kind of cute. It was alright. I didn't think it would be that short, I thought it would be something like a 30-page oneshot because it feels like I'm missing a previous story or another chapter.
Besides the possessive lover thing, it was kind of cute. It was alright. I didn't think it would be that short, I thought it would be something like a 30-page oneshot because it feels like I'm missing a previous story or another chapter.