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Jan 31, 2025
normally when you like someone, you tell it upfront to them sooner or late. our MC does do that, but only after sexually harassing the old man he likes. welcome, girls and gays, to "ten years' worth of love! eat up!" they tell you, "it's time for a bellyful of love—eat up!" but save yourself any sort of expectations of love, and don't even bother to eat anything—lest you throw it over the course of reading this.
terrible visual imagery aside, i don't understand how this author looked at this story and went, "oh yeah, that's a banger right here." it's not even about the age
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gap; it's the lack of consent in this manga from the first chapter onwards that will make you reconsider all your life choices that have led you to even reading this godforsaken manga. i blinked once, and suddenly the old man is unwillingly against a wall by some kid turned adult who's loved him for a decade. someone please check on takayuki, i fear he may have a cardiac arrest due to the undue stress put on him by the youngster shun and meet his untimely demise. but no, that does not happen—in fact, something worse happens.
he develops feelings for him.
cue the sounds of booing and outrageous gasping, because that is exactly what i did as i continued to read this manga.
the mangaka probably got some form of PRC (post-release clarity) and decided to shift the narrative entirely—gone is the shun that forced himself on takayuki to make him love him; instead, for better (or worse), they now maintain the bare minimum distance and consent and explore love together. oh, joy! humanity has returned, but at what cost? the braincells i fried just a chapter or so prior?this manga obviously ends "happily," but i immediately disassociated myself from the first chapter itself.
don't get me wrong, i love reading about queer representation in manga, but the thin line between "yaoi," "boy's love," and "absolute garbage" is something i am not very eager to explore. anyways, if you don't want to find yourself drafting a personally penned apology letter to the gay community, spare yourself a couple of minutes (and your entire sanity) and don't bother with this manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jan 30, 2025
feelings suck. the process of finding love in the modern day sucks. this manga? doesn't suck as much as the latter does. it may give you a (suck)er punch in the heart from the amount of feelings it'll evoke in you, but hey, it's nothing short of a good story. maybe i'm a bit biased when it comes to romance, or stories that deal with the realities of modern society, but this one is worth your time.
writing about the plot like how i usually do for my other reviews may kill your enjoyment, but bear with me and this manga—just give it a try
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if you want a manga so profound it makes you close your device and reconnect with nature. if you find yourself staring at your screen for a split second after you finish reading it, just know this manga has done its job in leaving an impact.
love feels impossible these days—messy, exhausting, never quite enough. but this manga gets it. it hits you in all the right places, making you feel every bit of that yearning, that loneliness, that hope. it stays with you, like a quiet ache, like a reminder that maybe there is truly something real out there.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 28, 2025
unfortunately, not even a pretty art-style can save this manga.
it's a typical tragic romance story where our female lead struggles silently with a chronic illness, all while wanting to live the last of her days in happiness with her chalkboard personality boyfriend. there's not much to say about this manga considering it's seven short chapters, which build up to her demise and our male character moping about it. i get they wanted to make it a story filled with yearning and soft love, but it came off as stupid by showing the whole thing as "weakness." — loving is weakness, silence is weakness, the
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story is the living embodiment of weakness... you get what i mean.
i just felt pretty frustrated reading this manga because it could have been way better, and the only thing that makes this read somewhat bearable is the watercolor-inspired art style, which blends well with the themes that the mangaka oh so desperately tries to convey.
you'll live (no pun intended, terribly sory) if you don't read this manga, and there's nothing much one misses out on.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 27, 2025
if you've never been blue-balled in your life before, you will experience it mentally, physically, spiritually, metaphorically, and vertically in this manga.
meet "holy gentleman" director ujihara-san—boss by day, playboy by night—and "pure virgin" fuyutsuki-san—subordinate by day, nympho (yes, nympho) by night. surely, what can go wrong with such a match, right? turns out a lot of things can go wrong, but for all the right reasons.
i have a very love-hate relationship with smut. oftentimes, in the pursuit of aesthetic art and appealing smut, an author often loses track of the story and pushes an agenda just to get the two characters out of their
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clothes. but [un]fortunately for both you and me, that does happen but not in the way we'd expect it to. you see, both our main characters are reserved in their own way— fuyutsuki struggles with a fear of coming off as overbearing or demanding when asking to get physical, as well as losing her partner in the process, while ujihara struggles with his own past trauma, which makes him think thrice (yes, not even twice, THRICE) before wanting to initiate anything physical. so what happens when these two people enter a relationship? two very sexually frustrated adults who fantasize about the other, of course.
it's honestly quite funny to see these two maintain a line between respect and wanting to jump each other's bones while also highlighting how morbidly sad their situations are that made them this way—i won't go much into their backstories as that would spoil the story, but it deals with very prominent social issues and stigma surrounding men and women when it comes to sex and relationships.
over the course of the story, you can really see they value each other not just based off of a face value or work persona—in the words of our "holy gentleman," "the bitter feeling of a love rapidly fading away...i don't want to taste that again." we see instances where they love each other not just because of looks, but of their attitude and personality, and i find that mighty impressive how seamlessly it's integrated into the story without making it seem like, "oh i love him; now the next panel justifies me pushing him on the bed." if you know, you know.
overall, it is a pretty good smut—possibly one of the only stories i have come across that has a good mix of both porn and plot—and i would recommend giving it a read, even if just for the laughs.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 27, 2025
you know that feeling of secondhand embarrassment you get when you see someone doing something so outlandish and freakishly stupid that you wish you also had that level of ballsiness in life? that's what i felt reading this manga.
now don't get me wrong; it's a pretty harmless story—high school girl has a crush on her way older cousin brother, but the latter doesn't really give much of a damn about his sister's [romantic] feelings. the story is too short—just sixteen pages, mind you—for it to even develop further; we just get to see some instances of childish jealousy from our female lead, while her brother's
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just, dare i say cheesily, absorbing the attention because clearly he has nothing better to do in this story. the art style is what you'd expect from kou mori, a constant if you will—at least one thing makes sense.
while i understand my review may seem a bit too passive-aggressive for one's liking, it also needs to be understood that romance oneshots are hard to grade, especially when it is of a concept like such. just when you feel like there is some semblance of plot or character development, you see the end page rolling in.
overall, this oneshot stands at a solid 5/10 for me—it's not entirely mediocre, but it's not outright bad either. it's not memorable in any way, and is simply something you can read to pass the time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 19, 2025
you've heard of "my shayla," now get ready for "my ilya."
jokes aside, ilya is a beautiful manga regardless of its length. the message is integrated beautifully in the story and explores love and loss through a simple yet impactful lens.
while the supernatural aspect of this manga is but a plot tool to explore these themes, it's done in a very poignant way that allows you to empathize with our main lead, aisei, without making it seem too fantastical or whimsical.
the art-style is simple and brings in together the plot of the story, treading delicately with presenting a story of love and loss that
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is known all too well by many people.
if you're a yearner, you just may find yourself enjoying this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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