Midnight Secretary

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I used to have doubts about smutty mangas. I thought it would be sappy love and lots of sex, but I've been constantly surprised by mangas like Hapi Mari, Emma, Kimi wa Pet, Mars and, now, Midnight Secretary. Yes, there's sex, but it's not the focus and it's actually very beautiful or very sad depending on the situation.

These stories are captivating, realistic (to a certain degree), and downright amazing. I really enjoy them. This one in particular was fun because it was "supernatural," but perhaps that made it a bit more sad. The fact that they're so different, that they come from different worlds and ... there's a certain amount of effort to keep a distance is very disheartening. Even after they realize they're love there are still walls up.

But the heroine is amazing. A constant annoyance in manga is a weak character. Yes, women are sensitive, yes, we tend to cry about stupid things, but crying all the freaking time is unacceptable. I think Kaya was beautiful, strong-willed, professional, but still just a soft-hearted woman. Yes, she had her moments, but it's okay every once in a while. That's normal.

I also really liked Kyouhei. I'm really into successful businessmen in mangas, not really because I like their condescending attitude, but because when a guy puts you before his business, that's some sweet love. I also like how they could have anyone, but they chose someone average and not glamorous.

I also like family background in mangas and many mangas lack that. Family and friends, that's what makes you into the type of person you are so you can't just cut that out and focus just on a relationship. Whether it's trying to escape a family, look for your family, fit into your family, I love when it includes that. There's more to life than sex and your lover.

Love, passion, family, business, drama, that's life and when you have all those balanced in a manga, that's a good story.

I'm sure if I try to read this manga again in about 3 years I'll go crazy, however, actually this manga was very addictive to read, I felt like I was 13 again, at least until part of it.

Story: Well, the story is that classic "I'm a badass vampire and you're a stupid human, haha inferior race" narrative. It might sound really silly, but for a teenager who was obsessed with vampires and Twilight it was enough, at least until the middle of the story, until the narrative got really boring with all that stuff about Kyouhei sleeping with women all the time while Kaya ... kept saying herself "Oh, I fell in love with a bad man, but I have to serve him in everything for being his secretary", these moments made me roll my eyes many times.

Art: It's curious, I know the manga is from the 2000s, but his art looks older, I'm not very used to that style, but it's not bad art, just different.

Characters: Nah, none of them impacted me that much, of course, I still find vampire characters very hot, which makes me like Touma a little, but apart from that, it only makes me slightly resentful of him and his arrogant personality. Kaya is so disappointing, again following the law of weak woman in vampire stories, the amount that this woman devalues herself is bizarre, since when does a secretary have the same role as a private prostitute? Kaya needs to learn about two things: Self-love and the true role of a secretary.

Enjoyment: Well, like I said before, it was fun like reading a fanfic until one part, after that it got boring.

~Nine <3

The series is about this girl who becomes the new secretary of this hot CEO guy. Now this guy is special because he is a bloody manchild. Acting like a kid on many occasions. But its ok cuz he's hot, a vampire, and rich. Also yeah he's a vampire in this story. Because the author was too busy to think up of actual ideas she just took one from the free idea book.

So yeah he's as cliche as things can get. He's a vampire, he's got mommy issues, he's rich, he's *conventionally* hot, he's very hypocritical but it's alright because he's good looking.

Essentially is ... a push and pull relationship. Alongside being more than friends and less than lovers thing. The female lead finds out he's a vampire and then as his secretary says she'll give her blood. Also the female character is a fucking wall. She doesn't really react except during sex which honestly not all that fun and I'm saying this as a guy. Like for real, this series kinda blows. Albeit no blowing was involved.

So majority of this series is about the Vampire doing this thing where he's trying to beat himself over and trying to explain to himself that he isn't actually in love with her. It's just her blood that he likes. The female lead is like he doesn't want her and is only with her because her blood tastes really good. This goes on for way too fucking long. A lot of this shit can be dealt with if the MMC just grew the fuck up and acted his age. But you know the edge vampire bad boy seems to be a very popular trait.

There is also a lot of bullshittery in this series. A little too much tbh. No foreshadowing, nothing pre planned things just happen without any understanding. What about when you can't drink the secretary's blood anymore? Oh well I'll just use this incredibly convenient alternate blood source instead.

There is also some twists in this series. Which is baffling to me because I think the author forgets that you aren't actually supposed to see the twist coming. Thats why its called a twist.

There is some really really bad family drama going as well. The family drama between the male lead and his mom was ok actually. Dare i say decent. But when the female leads mom was involved that was kinda shit.

I've read some of the other reviews. Some do mention abusive.. Honestly if there was actual abusive maybe this would've actually been an interesting series. A girl with a legitimate bad guy instead of a guy who hasn't grown up from when he was 14.

There is also this issue with the female lead letting the male lead sleep with other women and try not to get jealous. This really falls into the way way too fucking long part i said about this series earlier.

The good parts were. the family drama, art was nice. There were boobs even though the sex was pretty weak. And i like boobs. Drama plus boobs = 3/10 1 for each boob

TLDR: 3/10 2 for boobs + 1 for family drama. Also art