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Days: 61.2
Mean Score:
6.22
- Reading15
- Completed278
- On-Hold19
- Dropped0
- Plan to Read174
- Total Entries486
- Reread4
- Chapters8,923
- Volumes708
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Agree, agree, agree, couldn't have said it better myself.
Every time we write each other we mention how long time has passed LOL, the worst part is, it never feels that long for me??!?! Like apparently we sent our first messages a year ago?? Feels like yesterday for me! I still remember telling you how I binged 104 chapters of "Uncanny Charm" around this time of the year last year HAHA. You've worked hard I'm sure!! I hope you're enjoying your summer vacation so far and reading/watching everything you didn't have the time for ^_^.
I've heard of "King's Maker", never started it though but I know it was super popular when it was still ongoing.. which was apparently 7 years ago?!?! Maybe I'll start it one day LOL. And "Salad Days"!! I also read that this June, it was pretty cute and the art style was really pretty! But story wise I'm not going to pretend like it wasn't super predictable LOLOL. Maybe it was the translation but the amount of time-jumps that went on towards the end confused the hell out of me.
Hehe, speaking of recommendations, I finished all the works I mentioned back in February, which where "18.44-" by Momoko Suika, "Sun-Kissed Heartbeats" by Uldo, and "High Clear" by Yunbyeol. And I enjoyed all of these, especially "18.44-", but I'm not sure if I'd recommend any of them to you HAHAHA. "18.44-" is a super cute baseball BL, friends to lovers, very cute, somewhat angsty. Honestly I'm just a sucker for baseball BL so it was by nature that I loved this LOL, but story wise it's pretty run of the mill. I will say a big part of why I loved this was because the pretty art, it gave off Studio Ghibli vibes so I was very pleasing to the eyes for me. "Sun-Kissed Heartbeats" features another one of my favorite tropes which is city dweller who moves to the countryside and finds love, more or less its just a story about two silly high schoolers falling in love. Quite literally nothing happens in terms of like big plot twists so it isn't exactly a page turner but for me it was definitely a palette cleanser type of read! Now... "High Clear"... this one is probably one of the funniest BL's I ever read. However going into it I was aware that its plot revolves around misunderstandings/miscommunication. So for me, it wasn't particularly frustrating but I think for someone going in blind it might be annoying LOL. For example, the main character Juwon overthinks every interaction and is hilariously dramatic and animated and I found him very lovable!! Whereas the love interest, Jeongmin is extremely straight faced and shows his emotions with actions rather than words. Of course this leads to a bunch of shenanigans but nothing angsty enough for me to drop it mostly just me thinking "omg these idiots lol". And also its super smutty lol. I think if that sounds interesting to you, you should give it a read! But if you tell me you dropped it because you got annoyed I would get that too LOL.
Now... as for actual recommendations.. for starters my current pfp is from a manga called "Shitto wa Ai wo Kumoraseru" by Nagisa Eiji, the title translates to "Jealousy Blinds Love" which kinda sets the tone for the type of story it is LOL. The art style is really pretty and I found this through Pinterest actually LOL. Basically the MC, Kirino, was a child prodigy pianist who started to burn out in his adult years mainly due to not having any passion for it anymore due to the way his life ended up. On his college campus he's approached by a fanboy, Takase, also a pianist and very naturally gifted at that. Kirino assumes Takase is just trying to butter him up/use him and decides to see what kind of relationship Takase expects out of him. Aaaand thats basically a short descriptor of like half of the first chapter LOL I'm trying not to spoil it but YEAH. We've established long ago that I am not one for "toxic yaoi" HAHAHA and I love wholesomeness and fluff and whatnot but for me the way this was written was a lot more interesting and hmm believable for me? And also self-aware, the toxicity is more psychological and not really romanticized in some sort of edgy bad boy way (barf). Honestly, if you read this and tell me you didn't find it that "toxic" at all I would be like yeah I can see that, just for me personally it was a bit out of my comfort zone LOLOL. I will say it would've benefitted from a few more chapters but I think what it accomplished to tell in what few we were given is pretty good! Plus I just found out it's getting an English release this month?? Sigh.. my poor wallet.. (I already preordered).
Another one! Maybe you've heard of it or read it already (its quite popular). But I'm really enjoying "Merry Marbling", its a manhwa and ongoing (sigh) but its by Pengki, the same author as "Robber x Lover/Snail Pond Robber" which I see you've read! The art in this manhwa is so colorful and detailed and just super pretty and cute!! This story is basically fluff city lol, An absolutely "safe read" despite being ongoing (plz don't make me eat my words author), its about two high schoolers who are polar opposites but of course end up falling for each other. Slight enemies to lovers. This one has a big cast of characters just like "Robber x Lover' and quite similar writing so if you enjoyed that one you will definitely enjoy this one! It's one of those manhwas you read and start grieving the fact that it will end one day because you've grown attached to the cast LOL.
This next one is quite old? Well not that old but its been around for like 4 years lol. It's also pretty popular and I hear some people refer to it as a future classic lol. It's a manhwa called "My Way With You" by Upi (same author as "The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace"), it has this melancholy vibe to it as both protagonists are healing from past tragedies but emphasis on the healing part because despite it being a smut heavy story (lol) the author managed to still write a beautiful story that tugged on my heart!! Also its pretty short so less commitment to sit down and get through it you know? And of course the art is gorgeous!
Aaaand speaking of "The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace"... if you hadn't already started it.. I'd say hold off now TT_TT. Minor spoilers?? Kind of??
Lately I find myself reading manga more than manhwa mainly because I'm not really a fan of what's trending in most of the popular manhwas these days LOLOL. But as for manhwas we read.. did you know "For Your Love" had a few side stories published?!?!? I've been dying to tell you HAHAH I'm so glad we get to see those two again I also held off reading it so you can read it around the same time as me like we did with "Form of Sympathy" LOLOL. AND!!! "Uncanny Charm" also got new side stories!! FINALLY!! Although they aren't out in English yet so we have to wait some time.. and also.. "Third Ending" my fav, also got new side stories currently being released!!! The fact all my favorites suddenly came back with side stories/extra chapters TTvTT. I couldn't ask for anything better heheh. Now.. if "Our Youth" wants to come out with some more side stories too that would be great. But probably not LOL speaking of "Our Youth" it's been getting rave reviews lately on Tik Tok, which is surprising because I find that most people on Tik Tok have poor taste HAHAH but I'm not complaining!! I did think to myself "heheheh I recommended this last year".
And yes read the newest volume of "Kimi wa Natsu no Naka" I love Chiharu and Wataru so much!! Their my safe space LOL I really grew up with them TT_TT. And I mentioned being sad about how the most recent volume felt like a proper ending... well guess not.. cuz another sequel has been announced a few days ago LOLOL. It might be a while before I'll actually get to read it but! To know its coming is good enough for me! I trust that author with my life HAHAH.
Thank you for the birthday wishes ^_^!!!!! I can't believe I'm 25 that doesn't even sound right.. EEK! I was 17 when I made this MAL account and I know for a fact 17 year old me thought 25 was this super ancient age LOLOL. Crazy how your birthday is in less than 2 months?!?!? I swear I just said happy birthday to you LOLOL.
Let me know what you've been watching/reading and what you've been enjoying as of late!!!
Talk to you soon hopefully?!?! LOL. Hope you've been enjoying your break so far!! :D
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