Vanilla Taste

 

Art: It's mostly really well done. Some parts you can definitely see were rushed but otherwise it's beautiful

Plot: You'll find yourself getting more and more fed up with the plot depending on how developed your prefrontal cortex is. 

Overall: Felt like the author took a huge sh** and smeared it across my face for thinking critically about this story

 

here's why 

 

It starts off cute and then has a sheer drop-off in plot cohesiveness and cognitive function in characters. Kind of comes out of left field, but some aspects of the drama were interesting- like the long lost twin. But the subsequent character interactions and choices are just so convoluted and toxic.

 

If you're willing to settle for some head empty, zero self-aware motives and monologues then you might like this. I just can't reconcile the dramatic shift in plot with such poor execution. Like the author clearly intended to bait and switch a fluffy story to a  melodramatic soap opera, but it's like they're throwing all of these ideas and concepts at the reader without much consideration for the implications. Like how bdsm is depicted as inherently abusive, or how mental illness is treated like a monster in the closet instead of something that can be treated. If you're going to implement such loaded topics, you should be acutely conscious of how the topics are depicted and the intended reception. Justifying the ML's deranged, sadistic antagonism with unresolved trauma to be healed by the MC (who is absolutely no better for being passive and arguably enabling his behaviour) is just insulting. 

with all that, imma tap out of waiting for the official end. I'm at the part where ML finally admits his feelings and it's all sparkly n cute and it's compelling me to feel for the characters about as much as a wet fa**.

Touch grass if u angy over my take kek

edit: formatting