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Sep 2, 2023
Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manga) add
Well-writtenWell-written
Spoiler
Here I was expecting a spicy mystery plot with some BDSM CNC porn attached. This is the version mom had at home.

(Spoilers ahead, you've been warned.)

MDZS is a tepid, meandering and disjointed road trip story, served with a side of M/M smut roughly as lifeless as the corpses the protagonist manipulates. I refuse to call it romance, because as we will see in a minute, MDZS does not have anything even mildly resembling a coherent romance arc. Set in mystical ancient China, the oft-vaunted worldbuilding feels more a product of its adaptations than anything concretely laid down in writing. At best, tidbits of the setting ...
Aug 29, 2022
Lighthouse (Manga) add
Mixed Feelings
If you are interested in the 2019 horror movie The Lighthouse, do not read this manga. It’s a compilation of some of the iconic scenes in the movie, but without any of the context or tension that gives them weight, making this a confusing read for newcomers and fans of the movie alike. Having seen the movie didn't really make the experience much better though since the only enjoyment you will be getting is pointing at the screen and going “Oh look it’s the scene from the movie” which just makes me want to go watch it instead. As a result, this is a piece ...
Jun 2, 2022
Spoiler
I really wanted to like this book.

As a bisexual man starved for representation where a gay romance is the focus, and the gay characters aren't the sexless parents of a side character or an issue episode, when I saw the author of MDZS and SVSSS had made another story, I was cautiously optimistic, is the thing. BL anime and manga had been letting me down pretty bad at the time, and I kept hearing people talking online about how good TGCF was. That it was a sweet and pure romantic epic, with a deep, twisty core mystery like MDZS. I want to be clear. I ...


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