Here U Are

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(Including the extra chapters too)
One of the best romance stories out there
Here U are is a realistic depiction of what gay males go through. And the writer Djun actually wrote it while taking his own personal experiences into account.(Yes the writer is a male)
Its not your typical BL where everything is just good and lucky or where you would have a issue of over the top or forced relationships.
One of the main charms of the series is the challenges the main character yu yang faces in order to be who he is. The manhua beautifully potrays his strong willed nature and ... his weak sides(which he hides for most of the time as well) simultaneously
In addition to this it establishes Romance in a very great and believable manner. In other words the bond between the main characters basically develops for a very long time before they become a couple. They learn each others circumstances, understand each other,get misunderstandings, support each other and then become lovers.. The characters also take time to get comfortable around each other and the writer focuses on the side characters aloot as well. There are many ships in the manga including a straight one too.
Here U are depicts the importance of family, acceptance, emotional break downs, psychology, Love, relationships bonds etc. and its a highly character driven story. In other words if someone is looking for good characters, character development, dynamics and a story which deals with social issues then this is the perfect recommendation
The artstyle too is quite detailed. However if college settings and BL are not your cup of tea then u should stay away from it i suppose. Because the only way i can imagine someone hating this is if he or she dislikes Bl in general or finds it boring due to the sol elements(even though its paced in a very well manner)

So, dear reader, I imagine that you are expecting me to tell you whether this is worth reading or not. But to be honest, I have my own question that I'd like to ask first: "What was the point of Here U Are?"

Well, maybe that question is enough to answer your question, in a way.

Now, to not be misunderstood - Here U Are isn't exactly bad, definitely not. I like that the characters feel as more than just cardboard cutout for BL fanservice (well, most of them at least). I like how it took time to actually develop the chemistry between the characters before kicking ... off the relationship. I like how it acknowledges that women exist, and that the world isn't just full of bishies with questionable sexuality. The art also isn't bad. So, it manages to dodge a lot of faults of your average BL. So, where's the problem then? It's boring. There just isn't much interesting content. The story is on a level of a soap opera. At best, at a level of average romantic shoujo manga (which isn't really that much better than a soap opera now that I think about it). It's obvious that it's more geared towards readers that are okay with style over substance. Any by "style" in this case I mean "WOOOOOOW there are guys who are in love with each other, that's like, totally AWESOME!". Yeah, sure, we get some of the usual "gays have it hard in society", and while slightly better executed than usual for the genre, it still feels like it was included just to make the comic feel like it has more meaning. It doesn't add anything unique on this point, just the same old story seen hundred times in various lgbt-themed media.

Here U Are also has some weird pacing issues. To the point that it sometimes feel like chunks of story was just left out. The greatest offender would be chapter 54 and 55. You see, chapter 54 was actually interesting (to an extent). The character chemistry was picking up stream and the relationship between one of the protagonists and his family looked like it could net some engaging story points. Then comes chapter 55 - it cuts to some completely unrelated event, ignoring whatever was happening previously and letting the previously started story points be more blue-balled than a mod for twich titty streamer. I though that surely I must have loaded a wrong chapter and there just has to be some conclusion to the previously presented scenes, but nope. I think this was the point where I started rapidly losing interest. The story later introducing more couples I didn't care about (didn't care about even more than about the main couple) didn't help either.

In conclusion:
1) Will you like this if you're into BL?
Well, considering it's a BL... I'd bet so.

2) Will you like this if you don't like BL/don't care about BL?
Unlikely, but as it doesn't have explicit scenes (if you skip some of the later extra chapters that is), feel free to give it a try. This is among the better boy's love titles, but if you're familiar with the state of average boy's love title, you know that's not saying much.

I'm actually mad for being blindsided by the score and rave reviews this was such a slog to get through. While gay relationships are certainly not easy, this manwha really pushes my limits on the whole "petty misunderstanding" trope. It's misunderstanding after another and I just know it's lazy writing because there are better ways to capture the struggles of same sex couples and their trauma responses from their surroundings. It's infuriating, drags along, and ONE disgustingly annoying character (the fujioshi) makes it even worse.

This is not even a slow burn, it's a CHORE to read through. The only saving grace is the art, ... the MC has such an interesting design and dresses really stylishly. But my god I can't find anything else good to say about this manwha. Every character is painfully unlikeable, the side couples also drag on an already slow manwha to unbearable lengths. The sidetracking is so unnecessary and the pacing is AWFUL, like we get such jarring cuts from important events to a sudden completely unrelated event. It's a mess.

I'm mad, I really hoped it would get better but this was such a waste of my time. Just full of ALL the bad tropes minus the consent one, which at at least they got that one thing right. But the bar is on the fucking floor if not having SA on a manwha is it's only strong point. It's so poorly written and relies on the laziest crutches.