Morthos

Update: Old review that might not read well or make since. I will be updating my thoughts on a reread but the star rating stays the same.

I had very small high hopes for this manga. It has to be because of the weird translation but at the same time I'm sure some of the writing in Japanese would have been questionable still. All the stories, other than the one about the two who work in the game industry, were boring or weird (ch 2) and while I was able to understand the homophobic nature in chapter 4 having a queer character call himself the f slur, everything in chapter 5 was just as uncomfortable.

Going back to ch 4, I want more stories that touch on the harassment queer people face and then overcoming that. I can do without the slurs, thanks, but I did feel for that couple and the struggling relationship that was getting abusive to a point that they were in. I wish they had their own book.

I was so put off in the beginning because of the art style. I didn't really like it that much and it kind of disinterest from continuing, but, honestly the first couple/story ended up being my most liked? I was worried about the tragic and bullying tags this had and thought it as gonna be one of those "character bullies the one they love" kind of thing. It wasn't that completely but I still was kinda 50/50 about the characters and stories.

By the end I did end up liking one person. The only one that mattered, the reason I'm going to go down this hellhole of a spiderwebbed series-Natsuo. He is so innocent... I love him... so much.

The second story was still "eh" but ok. I enjoyed it a lot more but I think that was because I was confused. I didn't know this was the third book in a series yet, btw. It wasn't as sad as I wished it was compared to the previous story, though. Speaking of sad! I did cry at the end of chapter 5. Thank you for giving me that, that's all I wanted from that couple.

The main couple wasn't really that interesting to me since their only personality trait was this "I'm rich/I'm poor" one-dimension dynamic that got old quick. The couple in chapter 5 was just as boring. It started out with promise but ended too soon and dull. The only characters I loved and wanted to actually read more about was the owner of the restaurant and the butler. I'd love for them to have had a better ending and get a whole spin off manga.

This is sooo stuuupid..." I can't tell you how many times I mutter that while reading this. It is definitely a product of 2010, that's much for sure. The only story I kind of liked was the first one since that couple didn't seem to disgust or ick me. Other than that you have two incest stories (what the fuck) and 2 stories about manipulative and abusive boyfriends (what the fuck).

Even though it had a strong Junjo Romantica feel to it I really wanted to read more about the first couple who work at the bookstore. Still very pissed that dude cut his hair but they were pretty interesting to read.

The second couple was also interesting and probably had my attention more because of their backstory together. I think this and the chapter with the morphic catboy would have been better if there weren't any sex scenes. Mostly because it felt like it took away from what story we could in a couple of pages and the catboy looked a bit too much like a kid even though he wasn't. I just kina... eh.

And you best believe I skipped that chapter with the spirit who's "kid-like in appearance".

I really liked this art style and I honestly think the main story was really cute when though it the combined 3 chapters the main couple got was too short. Chapter 5 was really nice to see. A little jarring but well written and different from what I'm use to seeing in these BL stories.

Update: My old review talked about how chapter 4 was uncomfortable for me and then went on about two teen having sex. I mean, yeah, I rather not read about teens doing it while but I don't think that's enough for me to bitch about so I just removed that part. Still a 3 star book, though.

Love the art! While I do think the story was fine, it didn't really leave me wanting to read more about this couple. Those bonus chapters felt like they dragged on way too long. Like, the manga ended 4 times already.

Note: I kinda want to read this again because, other than learning this tying technique (that has a name, I just don't remember), nothing about this stood out. I'm surprised I gave it 4 stars at the time to be honest.

Oh MAN do I wanna scream. I really need a stressed facepalm emoji for books like these. First off, the obvious ear fetish isn't my thing but that's whatever. I can live with that. The student/teacher relationship isn't my thing. In fact, it has me on edge because I know anyone at any age can be a student and I was hoping the student(s) would be 20+ in uni... and I was wrong.

The 3rd couple has a student who's a 2nd-year high schooler so he'd be a junior who's at least 17. I instantly skipped the rest of that chapter. Another thing I've noticed is the excuse of rape and abuse that's very similar to Junjo Romantica's romantica storyline and it makes me uncomfortable. "Rape to Lovers" is bullshit. Consistently people overstep the other's boundaries despite the other telling them to stop or expressing their anger. I'm tired of this just being overlooked and ok.

I'm not even gonna touch the incest thing that pissed me off even more after finding out they're a trans character! Like, bless! You have a trans character! But for it to be the first BL story I've read to have a trans character and their story to involved incest killed me inside. I'm too old for this, it just screams Junjo and it makes me sigh so hard. There's so much wrong in these stories that I couldn't finish this fucking book. The only person with any sense in this manga was Ninose.

Also, the use of the word "monopolize" makes me wanna punch a wall.

I couldn't really get into this enough to finish it. I never really liked this style of art either and I had to force myself to even finish the first story. Not sure if the other stories in this are better or even if I'll like the other books in this series, but I'm just not interested to check them out.

I'm not really here for threesomes but I wanted to put that aside because the art was cute... I couldn't really get past it.

Update: Ok, so I'm looking at the tags and their is a trans character along with poly rep that I'm guessing happens eventually so that kinda makes me wanna pick this back up... kinda. I hate, and I mean really really really really really hate love triangles with a burning passion. I also hate the gender bent/swap trope because they're always done for comedy or an excuse. BUT if the triangle becomes poly and the gender bent/swap shit is wrong and we’re actually dealing with a trans character…. maybe.

I couldn't really get into this enough to finish it. I never really liked this style of art either and I had to force myself to even finish the first story. Not sure if the other stories in this are better or even if I'll like the other books in this series, but I'm just not interested to check them out.

I really liked the art style but the main couple were probably the least interesting characters out of the 3 stories. It wasn't a bad story to read and the characters weren't unlikable, but I felt the story that had the other two getting engaged was the best out of the 3. I also really wish the two delivery guys got either another chapter or more of a story in their chapter mainly because they were not only likable but their story ended too quickly.

"The fastest way to get rid of your stubborn stiffness is to have sex" Are we... Are we serious right now? I actually kind of liked this story and the art's nice, but, man, does the "naive adult" character and sexual harassment tropes just kills this for me.

I don't have much to say other than it was pretty cute. Not much of a review here, it all just felt very normal and fine.