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Punch Drunk Love is on hiatus, so what better time to write a review on it!
i’m gonna be switching up my review style and review each part, then giving it an overall score.

Story:
8/10
The story revolves around Seon Woo, a socially awkward office worker, who gets his dreams come true when his boss and crush, Tae Moon, invites him to his car. It’s basically your typical office story, but wholesomeness thrown to the max. It’s very cute, which feels weird to say for a smut manhwa but still. It’s just very lighthearted fun that’s extremely enjoyable to people, including myself. The story doesn’t feel rushed all ... that much, but in some chapters it doesn’t feel like there’s much going on, and feels some what bland at times.

Characters:
10/10
The two mains, Seon Woo and Tae moon, are polar opposites yet compliment each other really well, Seon Woo is a shy dork, and Tae Moon is a confident extrovert. Seon Woo is also an extremely good comic relief to the series and is hilarious as fuck whenever he appears. All of them are developed nicely and are just so fun.

Art:
9/10
Nothing bad to say here, the art is super refreshing and the colors really pop out and are extremely vibrant. The expressions on the characters are not over the top, yet it doesn’t feel like they have no emotion. I will say that the faces sometimes look a bit off and janky sometimes, but it’s made up for with everything else.

Overall:
9/10
Punch Drunk Love is just a pure, vanilla, and wholesome manhwa that is a breath of fresh air in the grand scheme of BLs, and i highly recommend you check it out if you haven’t yet.

BJ Alex is the first manhwa written by Mingwa, and arguably one of the most popular BL manhwa of all time. Does it live up to the hype? Definitely.

BJ Alex is about Dong Gyun, a gay man who is a huge fan of a cam boy that goes by the name of "BJ Alex" (clever title reference ik), Dong Gyun shortly finds out that BJ Alex is actually Ahn Jiwon, the student council president of the college that Dong Gyun goes to, and then their relationship goes on from there.

BJ Alex is the manhwa that popularized BLs and yaoi, and for good reason. The character ... development for both of the main cast is excellent, and the story flows very smoothly with it. It doesn't feel rushed at all, and instead takes it time to tell it's story and characters in a way that's truly refreshing.

I will say that the story definitely felt cliche at first, and does feel boring to people who have already read other BLs, as well as that except for Chanwoo and MD, the other side characters aren't really touched upon in the slightest. But this manhwa definitely had more pros than cons imo.

If you would like to get into yaoi or just BL manhwa in general, BJ Alex is definitely an excellent start.

Jinx is the 2nd manhwa by Mingwa, the creator of one of the most famous BLs of all time, BJ Alex. and comparing BJ Alex to Jinx.... it's disappointing.

Jinx is about this guy named Dan who gets hired as a personal physical therapist for a professional MMA fighter named Jaekyung, but then, Dan learns that Jaekyung has a "jinx", he needs to have sex before every one of his matches so he can win, and in return, he'll pay Dan a large sum of money, which seems like an interesting premise, but its just executed some-what poorly

Most of the chapters are just Jaekyung and ... Dan fucking, and then some story development, and then them fucking again. Not much character development is inserted into the chapters.

On the bright side, the art is extremely well done and the backstories of the characters (especially Dan) are executed very well. It just has something missing from it that it needs to truly shine as a good, original BL manhwa.

It has extremely good potential, which is why I recommend to stick with it and see how it goes on in later chapters.