Principles Manga Reviews

This review contains spoilers. Premise seemed somewhat interesting. First chapter piqued my interest but didn't immediately grab me but I figured I'd give it a few chapters before deciding to drop it. Chapter 3 hit me with the characters' motivations and backstories and I was in for the rest.

The characters' tragic backstories/motivations can come across kind of simple or cliche, but the emotion put in the panels are what really got me. That scene of Yamashiro leaving home to go off in his own and stating what it was he really wanted grabbed me and that's when I know I was gonna have to see this through.

The art is nice and pleasing. The emotions are drawn well enough that make the story pack a punch for that extra oomph to the feels. The H scenes are appealing. I guess the only complaint is that it's too short so it feels kind of rushed to its conclusion. I wish it was possible to give the relationship more time to breathe and develop further. Overall decent read and I got more out of it than I expected.

This review contains spoilers. Interesting premise: an unrequited love spurred Yamashiro to go after guys for one-time-only hook-ups to avoid getting his fragile heart broken, while Yashiro fell in love at first sight when he saw him by chance years ago. They both have a somewhat similar sad backstory, but they are meant for each other in a way too.

This review contains spoilers. I think this story is good but sometimes it’s messy and hard to understand. The stalker behavior of the architect is washed off very quick. The drawings are beautiful

This review contains spoilers. I had no idea what this would be about but ended up reading the while thing since I accidentally unlocked it all at once.....

This is very dubcon-y/non-con in certain parts. The premise is that the main character is gay but only sleeps (bottoms) for straight guys who are backdoor virgins in a series of one night stands due to his "principals" to not get attached to anyone.

The main love interest is someone who we find out has been obsessed with and stalking him for the past like 10 years or something, but MC hates the guy and only knows of him from work.

LI ends up sleeping with MC who refuses to sleep with him again due to the "only once" rule. LI then pays one of the next one night stands to swap out with him during their "date" so he can have another go at MC. All of the interactions between MC and LI end up being very dubcon-y.

Another ick is there are times where MC walks around with a b*ner at work or sunbathes naked at job sites. And while the coworkers (except the boss and one friend) aren't shy about their disgust, it's still a wtf kind of scenario bc who does that??

In the end MC decides to date the stalker/LI and I can't remember anymore if the stalker fully confessed or if he'd only mentioned having been "curious" about MC for a while once they started working together.