This is the story between a young innocent ballet boy and a passionate, determined boxing boy. The two met at the children's palace, and since then, they have grown up together supporting each other. May there be hardships, may there be obstacles, yet they never stopped pursuing their dreams. The beauty of the salad days is the sweat from the hard work and the bonding of friendship. Although they have completely different paths set up for them, what never changes is their beautiful friendship...
I mean it's cute. Very adorable. Maybe too adorable for my personal taste? The art style is really pretty and I love the underlying lesson but I'm not interested too much about it. One of the good things is the postitivity this manhua shows. The toxicity levels are very low and eveyone's supportive of other's dreams and other factors also. Unfortunately I stopped at Chapter 44. And I heard this is just the first season? I'm not cut out for this much fluff. Just my preference.
*Ongoing Webtoon* So far, its a 4.5 "cutest MC couple" Stars
This BL Romance is soo cute! Who would have thought a ballet dancer and a boxer could be the cutest MCs of all time!! It's definitely a first for me! I pretty sure they both like each other (you can't miss the loving looks!) I can't wait for them to get together in the future, but for now their friendship is enough!
เป็นเรื่องที่น่ารักมากกก storyline is so good and super cute เรื่องรักใสๆ เน้นการเดินทางหาความฝันของตัวเอก ความสัมพันธ์ของเพื่อนวัยเด็ก พี่น้อง พ่อแม่ อบอุ่นมาก ไม่มีดราม่าใดๆ น้องเจียงเฉินก็น่ารักมาก ลายเส้นสวย นี่ต้องไปหาเวอร์ชั่นนิยายมาเก็บ ดีค่ะ ชอบบบ
This was an wholesome re-read! An adorable childhood-friend-to-lovers manga about two adorable boys that warms my heart. The art is unbelievable gorgeous.
El comienzo es mi parte favorita, es muy wholesome. Desde la mitad comencé a sentir que le faltaba mucho para atraparte. Los extras para mí fueron aburridos
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
still ongoing but i just wanna write how i feel 😭 i've waited 85 chapters for their first kiss, it was even censored but super worth it 🥺 i've been there when they were little kids, being patient with the updates and now i witness shen's dream to dance swan lake for bai come to life 😫
(a proper review coming once i gather my thoughts !!!)
LISTEN TO ME EVERYBODY. If you want to read something drama-free, very cute, slow-burn AND with a relationship/cliché “from childhood friends to lovers”… let me tell you that THIS COMIC IS FOR YOU. And even if you are not into these, you definitely should read it, just saying.
Basically, this manhua is about a guy called Jiang Shen who is a countryside boy that starts practicing ballet for fun even though his parents are having a hard time with money (showing him they will always support his dreams). It ends up that in the building where he practiced there was also a box studio training, and here is when he met Bai Jinyi for the first time and he starts calling Jiang “little swan”. Bai Jinyi, unlike Jiang, is from a rich family who lives in the city with all the facilities you can imagine.
Since they met (back in the ballet studio when they were 12 years old kids), they develop a beautiful friendship in which they grow together supporting each other and their respective dreams (Jiang want to be a famous ballet dancer and Jinyi wants to be a professional boxer), and sooner than later they start developing feelings deeper than just friendship and we have to wait and see what happen with them.
Guys, this story is the most adorable thing I could’ve read, both Jiang and Jinyi are the silliest but the cutest boys because they LITERALLY flirt in front of everybody 24/7 and they still don’t get that THE TWO OF THEM HAVE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER. But not just they are incredible, the whole comic is full of side characters that are really nice with Jiang and Jinyi (and of course, they all have their own interesting story going on).
Lastly, I also have to say that this manhua still is not perfect, because it could look like everything that happens is kinda “for the sake of the plot” and most of the time the situations were so unrealistic (WHICH is not bad at all because this is fiction at the end of the day, but it bothered me a bit).
YOU CAN READ THIS WORK IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE (CHINESE) ON KUAIKAN MANHUA WEBSITE, OR ENGLISH IN TAPAS (APP AND WEBSITE) AND THE MANGATOON APP.
FUN FACT: I did some research and look what I found, I don’t know if all of this was planned or a coincidence but THIS MADE MY HEART MELT BECAUSE IT’S LITERALLY THE MEANING OF THE COMIC: <<"Salad days" is a Shakespearean and contemporary idiomatic expression meaning a youthful time, accompanied by the inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism, innocence, or indiscretion that one associate with a young person.>>
I've had a permanent smile on my face through out reading this. highly recommend, can't say enough great things about this. art is phenomenally beautiful too.
¿Por qué todos son tan bonitos? 😭 Hace más de dos años que comencé esta lectura, pero deje que terminará para leerlo todo, amo mucho todo aquí, los personajes son increíbles y cada uno nos deja algo diferente, sueños cumplidos, metas alcanzadas, así como sueños no cumplidos, pero convertidos, amo a los amigos, a Chen Maoxiu que nunca tuvo sueños enormes como todos a su al rededor, pero vive orgulloso del resto y cómodo atendiendo una villa, a su hermana Chen Qinling que fue motivada y apoyada por su hermano para alcanzar su sueño de ser pintora, a Shubao que siempre apoyo a sus amigos y cumplió su sueño, siendo los primeros amigos del cisne, siempre presentes, apoyándolo y alentandolo, al igual que sus preciosos padres y el abuelo, quien marca de manera profunda con su historia y la de su amada, a Xing Song que fue la primera compañera del cisne, que renunció a su sueño, pero volvió al escenario al lado de su amigo y se casó con aquel que siempre peleaba, el amigo de Bai, Song Lai, que al lado de su amada, creo un gimnasio de boxeo y ella una escuela de ballet, ambos siempre protegiendo a los chicos en su primer estudio, al par que recibió y protegió al cisne cuando entro a la academia, Jing Luoyun, siempre animando a todos y siendo tan amable, Liu Xinghi que a pesar de su actitud, es increíblemente empatico y amable, protegiendo a los suyos y aunque a veces nervioso de los avances del cisne, jamás se intimido o trato mal, encontrando el amor y siendo feliz, al primer trío de oro de la academia, Luoxiang, Junyi y Allen, que tuvieron problemas, lesiones y arrepentimientos, pero que lograron ser felices al final de todo, Junyi y Allen siendo maestros del actual trío, siempre para ellos y aunque con problemas, por fin juntos.
Y por último, aquel par que unió tantas historias, aquel par que me hizo volver a creer en el amor, Jiang Shen el adorable pequeño cisne que bailo por amor hasta el final, qué hizo amigos increíbles en su camino, qué creció de manera increíble, que nunca dejo de soñar y que ama con locura a aquel que estuvo desde sus inicios, mi (por mucho) personaje favorito, el joven maestro Bai Jinyi, ese niño en un inicio serio, pero siempre protector, sin miedo a demostrar lo que siente, que pese a su carrera como boxeador se cuida de lesiones en su rostro para no preocupar a su amado, que siempre procuro, defendió, espero y amo a su cisne. Aquel par que desde su encuentro se enamoraron, quienes siempre estuvieron para el otro, alentandose y apoyándose aun cuando sus profeciones no tenían nada que ver con la otra, aquel par valiente que tras un baile del lago de los cisnes revelaron su relación frente a todos, quienes se casaron en las vegas el mismo día 12 años después desde que se conocieron, aquel par que juraron amarse hasta que la inevitable muerte los separara.
(still on going) A male ballerina and a boxer meet and form a special bond as they strive to reach their dreams.
sobrang innocent ng relationships dito na kahit bahid ng label wala. I've decided to rate what I've read so far, it's...cute. It's refreshing, very adorable, and the art is really nice as well. I believe this is Shounen Ai? The story doesn't contain smut or anything like that which is fine by me. There aren't major conflicts either or unpleasant characters, my one note is the romantic relationship is so vague with labels!
They didn't ask each other out or confessed or referred to each other as romantic partners (boyfriends), they talked every night on the phone, went home together after practice, gave each other gifts, LIVED TOGETHER, and, still, no labels!
I'm not sure if this is how it usually is in Shounen Ai, but I feel like the who-they-are-to-each-other conversation is a huge plot point that should be included, right?
Apart from that, as I mentioned earlier there's no conflict whatsoever. Everyone is supportive of each others' dreams, no homophobes so far, LUV THAT. I understand that it might not be realistic, but it's nice to see couples just be lovely together without someone being all GAY BAD🙄 You can't pray the gay away, right? lol.
Un manhwa /danmei chinois que j’ai découvert lors de la JapanExpo à Paris cet été.
Pour commencer, parlons du graphique, je le trouve incroyablement sublime, il est tout en couleurs ! J’ai vraiment beaucoup apprécié ce premier tome. Il n’y a pas vraiment d’intrigue et on est plutôt dans un slice of life. La romance commence tout doucement et elle est très douce.
Les personnages sont attachants et adorables. Tous les opposent, l’un est riche l’autre reste pauvre, l’un vit a la campagne alors que l’autre vit en ville, ils sont aussi des passions différentes, l’un est boxeur et l’autre est danseur mais pourtant ils se complètent parfaitement.
En bref, une très belle découverte. J’ai trouvé ce premier tome tellement mignon et doux. Je le recommande a 100000000% si vous recherchez une histoire d’amour slow burn toute mignonne et sans prise de tête,
Si alguien quiere leer una historia de amor, de romance, con desarrollo de personaje, sin drama exagerado, que te muestra que es posible amarse y ser una buena historia, sin recurrir a clichés, que aunque puedan gustarte, suelen ser innecesarios.
La historia tiene un desarrollo continuo, tanto de las etapas de los personajes, como sus relaciones personales, profesiones y obviamente su historia romántica.
10000000% RECOMENDADO, de rápida lectura y no genera esa sensación de negación post lectura...
Just completed reading Season 1. Such a unique and nice story. I read the whole in just one sitting. The art is exquisite, so beautiful. Every scene is perfectly drawn. I fell in love with the characters, they are so nice and happy-go-lucky. I like this slow burn in the relationship between Jiang Shen and Bai Jinyi. There wasn't a time without a smile on my face while I was reading this.❤❤❤ Very excited for the second season. I hope it comes out very soon.😍✨
aaaaa if i would have to describe this novel, it would be "a novel that will reminds you of your youth and your dreams". aside from adoring these 2 main characters, i also love the supporting characters and the way they support these 2 main characters. this novel is a breathe of fresh air, a kind of novel that you will read after reading some devastating or heartbreaking novel just like me lol. this novel really cured all the heartaches i got after reading case file compendium.