It's Just a Dream... Right?!

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This was a very well written story. There is a "not recommended" review so I had to add one to help bolster the other "recommended" on.

The primary premise behind the reviewers discouragement of reading this manwha is do to one scene, towards the end that is dubcon. It for sure pushes the boundaries of noncon for sure.

I absolutely disagree that the one scene paints the entire story in that light though. If dubcon or noncon is a hard limit for you then absolutely please don't read that part. You could skip that scene altogether and not miss anything of importance about the overall story. Just ... scroll right past it. You'll be fine I promise.

Other than that, this is now one of my favorites because it is a setting outside of a school or office job. The "spirits" aspects are in dreams rather than youkai. And I love how they flirt with breaking the fourth wall.

The humor is amazing! It's not a huge part of the mamwa but the parts that made me laugh had me having to cover my mouth so I didn't wake my kids. The sex scenes were hot as fuck (light saber dicks, but still hot!)

And the ending had a twist and then a sugar fucking sweet, throw your head back sway, makes you want to cry finishing touch. It was perfect.

While I spent the majority of the story thinking their relationship seemed based on sex, the ending helped remind me that they actually developed a relationship from different hardships and fun experiences that would be too boring to get into the specifics in a comic so I discounted them and I felt bad for doing so.

My biggest point has to be though; that while there was a moment of force that occured and could make those who are sensitive to it cringe, this story overall was absolutely, amazingly done and I HIGHLY encourage others to read it.

This is hands down my all time favorite BL. All “acts” are consented to. The genera is best labeled as a fantasy, drama, romance. Not to mention the unique story which separated it from any other drama BL out there. It was very enjoyable to read through and wait for updates on. The style is very clean and pleasant to look at. All of the characters, especially the two MCs are very lovable. One Mc being very outgoing while the other is rather introverted and almost “rude” at first makes a very interesting first impression on their relationship. I definitely recommend reading this one!! It ... will definitely pull at your heartstrings.

TRIGGER WARNING, Rape and kind of NTR (in the dream which carried over to reality, he ended up with sex marks from the sex dreams) and some physical abuse.
The other review mentions it's all consensual which is NOT true, the first scene is a bit of NTR or maybe rape, depends how you look at it.
Basically the ML is a shaman who can exorcise demons called seedlings, which he ends up having wet dreams/nightmares which he sums up to just a dream until he walks over to the restroom and realizes that the marks are carrying over to his real life and he ... realizes that it's a seedling yet doesn't speak up or exorcise it so it grows and it ends up taking over the MC's body and raping the MC while physically hurting him, leaving marks on him from forcing himself on him, and biting him. Again he took over the MC's body so this was rape since the ML kept saying stop, and that he didn't want to, while telling him to get out of the MC's body, yet the demon still forced himself on the ML and rapes him. Not a fan how the ML just brushes it off like it was a simple argument and nothing more.
Then finally when the MC pulls the demon out of the ML while trying to exorcise it, it goes into a key chain doll which the ML's gives to his grandma to exterminate but instead she keeps it as a pet, and the whole rape scene is like it never happened or even talked about, which I can understand if that is his way of dealing with that but to not say anything when you see your grandma keeps the demon possesed doll as a pet instead of exorcizing it is bad writing.

So if you can't handle rape I would definitely not recommend this.

Aside from that the story did start off cute and has consensual sex up until the NTR/rape. I guess it depends on the reader if the sex dreams count as NTR or rape since the ML found out it was a demon yet still continued to do those things with the demon in his dream without exorcising it. (The bathtub scene which thankfully the demon let the MC trade places with him half way through that dream came after he realized i was a demon/seedling and not just a dream)

The art was okay with the exception of the MC being drawn nicely and with red hair which is rare in BL's. The story was a let down since the story telling started off really good but then it revolved around the demon they exorcized in the first dream latching on to him and growing from there while feeding off of his sex dreams and energy, to him temporarily destroying their memories and time together only to be turned into a doll pet as if it didn't cause a lot of pain and didn't rape the ML. The ending felt very rushed.