When a Man Loves a Man

Aw, damn it.

After my HwD reread, I had an urge to read HwD and the first one I had found was geri_chan's Comeback series dealing with Kikuchi and Onozuka. I'm not even a particular fan of either of them (Onozuka kinda pisses me off with the way he dislikes Iwaki since Iwaki is my favorite character) but it's long and for the most part well-written. *shrugs*

It's a bit surprising to me, especially since I can't bear to read her Snupin series. I've tried many times only to stop in the middle so in my mind, she was an author I wouldn't read. But I guess things work easier when the setting is actually in Japan and with Japanese anime characters where it makes me go >< with HP characters...

Anyway, she's the type to do crossovers and one of them was with When a Man Loves a Man. I started reading that series a long, long time ago. Back in high school in fact. And I was reminded that I never finished it. I think, at the time, it was up to Irokoi but I had only read up through Nightcap... Anyway, I stopped there and never did pick it back up. It was strange for me, since the characters have similiar names to the characters of HwD and I guess it just slipped through the cracks.

So, when I read that fic with that crossover, I decided to revisit. And as I was reading it, I grew attached to one particular couple. And then I realized that one particular couple, though interesting and seemingly right for each other, are not going to end up together. Ugh, what a disappointment.

I wonder if I knew about it all those years ago when I stopped reading and that's why I stopped reading it? I can't remember but it seems like something I would do. *sigh*

I guess I could either stop now or continue on and hope I like the couple that ends up together. Considering there's almost four more volumes, it might not be impossible, right? :\

edit x1: God damn it, I still really like Iwaki/Takaaki... :(

edit x2: Seriously, what the hell is so great about Shinkawa anyway?! Why does it have to be him? Why?! Why???

Ugh, this is the first time where I've really don't like the final pairing. Where I really think this shouldn't have been inevitable! Where I can't accept it! Ugh, why him? Why not Iwaki?

edit x3: Okay, I'm getting pissed off at this series. Maybe I should never have picked it up again. I guess it's great that I have such a reaction to a manga, even if it's a negative one, especially since a lot of them just make you feel ambivalence but damn, I hope I'm not the only one who thinks Iwaki is just so much more cooler than Shinkawa. That the relationship between Iwaki and Takaaki was much more nuanced. And cooler. And better. *sigh*

I want to stop reading but I don't want to stop reading... I should probably just get through Irokoi first and wait for UV to be finished by Nakama, read the last of it all in one go...not let it drag out and all that...

Man, have I ever had a manga make me feel like this before?

edit x4: Shit, I'm even falling for Kenzaki. And hating Shinkawa more and more. I guess this will make that one fic even more bearable since I kinda wanna wrap Kenzaki in a big hug and never let go...