Crimson Spell

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The artwork in this manga (or any of Yamane Ayano's works) was simply amazing. In all fairness, she is one of the most talented artists in the manga industry to date. I love her style; the costumes are fabulous, the characters are flawless, and the backgrounds are breathtaking. And if all that wasn't enough, the storylines will hook you on the first page and won't let you go, even after you're done with the volume! You'll keep wanting more and more, and Ayano-sensei is perfectly willing to give it! ;)
This series is a must read for any hard-core Yaoi lover, and ... you will *never* regret the decision! The steamy passion and sexy characters will get your blood pumping. The humor will have you laughing to the point of tears. And the tender romance will set your heart to fluttering for days (or months ;) afterward. What's not to love? And there's even plenty of action for all you fantasy buffs (dragons, demons, and magic, oh my! ;D)
If I could, I would totally give this series a 500/10 stars! Alas, the counter only goes up to 10 *pout* But enjoy the volumes nonetheless! Happy Reading!

While I like that there was a plot to this manga, I thought it could have been more coherent, and I hated the way that it normalizes rape. Rape does not equal love or romance or anything but rape! The art is truly gorgeous and worth looking at just for that purpose so long as you don't mind the more explicit scenes, some of which involve rape as a part of a bigger scheme of torture. Yes, I read the 5 volumes. But I wish I hadn't. Due to the heavy themes it wasn't really all that fun to read ... and I'm not sure I could really say that I enjoyed it. My recommendation is to know your limits and be forewarned that this manga just may try to break through all of them.

Not sure which "lovey dovey cute" manga you are reading, but the protagonist gets graphically raped by the love interest in the first chapter and it's not adressed - in fact it gives some slapdash explanation of "taking magic by raping into submission", of course not worded like this. This might be the grim and terrible time of 2000s BL where consent is an afterthought and everyone is blinded by the "pretty art and beautiful character design". BL blatantly showing rape and not handling it as such is a gripe I have had with the genre forever, it's getting better, but early BL is overrun ... with this trope.

If you are fine with that, go ahead, for everyone else, skip it.