Book #74-75

"Gravitation Vol. 11" by Maki Murakami

1 star out of 5

At this point, I'm reading this manga only to support the yaoi genre in my country. It's so incredibly stupid it hurts. I don't understand what happened. This manga has always been slightly dumb, but at first, it had at least a somewhat interesting storyline and I was curious about the relationship between Yuki and Shuichi. But then, it devolved into... this. Why?



"Gravitation Vol. 12" by Maki Murakami

1 star out of 5

Well, that's it. The last volume. Overall, this manga series was a huge disappointment for me. From a crazy yet tender love story it turned into a string of stupid scenes about giant mechanical pandas and managers waving guns around and Shuichi in stupid costumes and... And the relationship between Yuki and Shuichi... Well, Shuichi was regularly humping Yuki's leg while Yuki kept insulting and belittling him and the reader should have still somehow believed that these two were in love? Wow. I really don't understand why this manga is such a cult hit.

Fic rec: Merlin

"Love/Sick" by SnowWhiteQueen21 | Arthur/Merlin | Future!fic, fluff | Merlin is sick. Arthur pretends he isn't worried. | 2.200 words

Arthur had only sent Gwaine to protect Merlin—not that Merlin needed it, as Merlin had pointed out again and again—not to defile him. He'd have to have a serious talk with that man about keeping his sword sheathed. And not poking it at the royal sorcerer. It just wasn't proper. (Arthur could just imagine Gwaine's response. Something along the lines of a certain other knight's sword being polished by the queen.)

LOL! Seriously, LOL! This fic is so incredibly funny! Pure fluff. No angst whatsoever. Heh.