I Don't want the World to See Me

 

Mr. Doyun Kim's a pretty quiet, unassuming guy at the office — with a big secret. He's actually half vampire! But without full vamp status, he can't drink blood and has to seek out some human essence (read: sex! and more sex!) to live. Drained and desperate, he finds a "special" companion but everything goes wrong. Now he's caught up in a one-sided office relationship, and most importantly, it's not working!!! Will Doyun survive and keep his secret intact?

My Rate: 9 (www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/unquenchable_kim)

Lets start immediately with the obvious: the artwork in The Unquenchable Mr. Kim is pretty much awesome. It concentrates mainly on the characters, not only the main ones, also the side characters are very well designed, up to the most insignificant ones, like Doyun and Gangwoo's coworkers. Actually at the beginning, they are sort of like alien, with these big eyes and strange features, but it seems like the artists got the sense of the story after few chapters and from then on they are perfect (or maybe it's me that got used to it). Anyway, the story has some holes, like what is the essence that Doyun has to feed from human during sex? it's something impalpable like life force (like succubus or incubus) or it's semen? I know it's a trivial details but makes me wonder. And then how is that, if you drink the blood of a pureblood you become a vampire that doesn't need to feed on human blood? So the one drinking a pureblood blood in the story why hasn't become a vampire? But trust me, these are all trivial details that don't defect the story as a whole.

 I usually don't like too much anime, they seem awkard, but when I read about the adaptation of Twilight Out of Focus, I couldn't wait for seeing it: an anime adapted from one of my favorite yaoi series? the chance to see in full color the story develop under my eyes? And above all adapted from a manga whose graphic is one of the best out there right now? I was sold, and now that I have seen it, I'm soo deeply satisfied that I can only wish there will be more (there are other volumes in the series not yet adapted). Of course Hisashi is my favorite character, he is perfect both in graphic than in emotional development, he is so cool that everyone can't help falling in love with him. Ans Shion is so perfect in his cuteness, that you just want to snatch him away. The little price of 5$ to subscribe to Crunchyroll is nothing, I would have spent even more. Trust me, they are totally worth.

 

Seoyu is an extremely recessive omega who can’t believe his luck when he meets an extremely dominant alpha named Sunghoon Choi. This alpha has it all, even if he might be a gang leader! Seoyu intends to enjoy their fling for as long as he can because that’s all it is, right? Sunghoon can’t possibly be interested in being Seoyu’s boyfriend. However, he does boyfriend-like things, like having meals delivered to Seoyu’s apartment and constantly worrying that Seoyu is too cold… but surely this is just temporary!

My Rate: 8 (tapas.io/series/bye-bye-comic/info)

Bye Bye is a manhwa that has a lot of triggers, first of all the starting point, the suicide attempt of Seoyu. Said that, it's not an overly sad story, the author managed well to mix drama and romance, and above all comedy, that is what I love most in my romance. Bye Bye can be also funny, actually really funny, but it doesn't clash with the emotional moments in the story, the story doesn't go over the edge, neither when pushing on comedy or romance. I really really love the character of Seoyu, he is a completely klutz, but he believes in love, and is desperetaly searching it. He also wants to build a family, he is not those characters saying they can be happy alone, Seoyu knows that, for him to be completely happy, he has to find his partner. Sure, he is wrong when he thinks anyone will do. And I also like that he commits bad mistakes, and I liked, even if it was sad, that those mistakes cannot be miracolously deleted by Sunghoon Choi. Even if an alpha, and a gangster, he is also a man, and he doesn't have superpower. And also Sunghoon Choi is an ordinary person, making mistakes, but he is also able to admit he will need a professional help to face a drama that will affect first of all Seoyu, but also himself.