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That's it? Ugh, I'm starving for more! The plot has serious potential but it just ended abruptly. I thought it was a bit fast-paced and kinda loose on the story line which could've been explored a lot more. The uke seems to be the only substantial character among all of them. The seme is very flat and stoic and doesn't have a lot of energy to give considering he was canon. The other guy seems to have more thing going on, I hated him at the beginning of the story for being the typical toxic ml, but I liked how they did a reverse story ... on him. Slowly showing the the sides and moments that led up to his menacing character. I would not say he was redeemed in the end because he was pretty scummy to the uke even though he claimed to love him. But I was pretty excited to know that they might have something with the yakuza guy. Darn it if my heart skipped a beat. Lol.

Writing & plot
It's about a broken guy trying to escape his abusive and toxic current boyfriend. He meets Seungjae and bonds a strong physical relationship with him and believe it's love.
The story takes place in 2 different countries but only the text gives us that hint. Neither the art, backgrounds or the general atmosphere tell us that.
All the Yakuza setting is ok, though it really feels rushed at the end, there's a lot of things we don't have an answer.
The supposed angst part is really short and we hardly feel any logical tension that can explain this. It's almost like this part was put into ... the story randomly.
The storytelling is pretty clumsy and the storyboarding is definitely not its strong aspect.

Characters
The main lead is really confusing. His toxic relationship and his escort past does explain some of his reactions and his strong "sexual urges" I guess? The way he's handling his feelings is terrible but the fact that he's so cool about being raped by the one he's supposed to think it's his real love is even more messed up).
The main love interest is supposed to be the big scary guy but shy type. And unfortunately that trait often feel forced on him, you can even think in some "light cute scenes" it's out of character.

Development
Their relationship doesn't really feel romantic in a platonic way. All the scenes that are supposed to bring some complicity are too shorts and definetily not enough it feels kinda forced.
The writing mainly focus on the physical aspect and sexual desires and it wasn't bad, the erotic scenes are ok. Beyond that, I'm afraid there's not much more to offer.
The main lead doesn't evolve from his toxic relationship, it's even his toxic partner who ended up to help him to retrieve his true love.
The end feels rushed as well, not much to say except it's frustrating.


Art
Decent art especially for the erotic scenes, not my style at all though, sometimes the shots feels really light in details. The 3D background integration seems to be often off. Also the colour palettes are poor, there's not much to see in terms of visuals unfortunately.

Overall
If you're not that demanding about a good plot and writing, this is for you : a spicy story with a slutty tatoo artist bottom X a dandere type yakuza.
Otherwise it's not worth the reading at all.


That's my 1st review though I hope it's not too messy !