First, let's talk about the elephant in the room; is it a BL? My answer after 13 chapters is... no, but it could lead there.
Now, let's review this manga for what it is instead of what it should be, shall we?
STORY AND THEMES
We have two protagonists: Taku, a countryside high schooler obsessed with Sparks, an idol group whose bias is Kei, the second lead. Kei goes to Taku's town to recover from mental burnout. The premise is like a 2010's Wattpad fanfiction, ngl, but the development is more like a slice of life coming-of-age story. We learn that Kei is more than an idol; he
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Jan 17, 2024
Goodbye, Mom
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This is a story about grief and the mother-daughter relationship between two women who are broken and have not known anything better. The manhwa's premise is that the protagonist's mother has died, but their relationship was never the best—marked by indifference, something cold. In that situation, do you have the right to feel sadness? I think everyone who has lost a loved one can say that initially, it feels like they are still there. Sometimes, we may feel guilt for not making the most of the time when they were alive. I believe the part where the protagonist reaches this point in grief is the
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Oct 3, 2023
Bright Blue ni Shizumu
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Don’t listen the haters, this manga is absolutely worth the read.
The story is basically any writer/artist dream: A long stay in a house by the beach, we have two hot siblings with their tragic past as so does the protagonist. Our characters suffered a lot but the house is a metaphor for what a “home” should be, and the writing itself comes hand to hand with the art, they’re both “dreamy” if you can understand me, and the use of the paneling is just BEAUTIFUL I have no words to describe the small glances and little details Now, I don’t consider this manga NTR, it’s angsty ... |
