蠍と乙女 1

蠍と乙女 #1

by Zeniko Sumiya, 澄谷ゼニコ

【恋愛知らずの人気小説家×執着するマイペースな編集のこじらせリスタート・ラブ】大人気小説家の早乙女は、新作の恋愛シーンが書けずスランプ中。そんな時、新しい担当編集として現れたのは、高校の同級生・笹反だった。“誰かのために小説を書いた”唯一の相手である彼に、一方的に気まずい思いを抱く早乙女。ある日、スランプの原因を探る中で、突然笹反に「俺のこと好きだっただろ」と言われて…!?

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Comics

Kindle Edition

Published May 14, 2021

Reviews

[Chelsea 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was okay. It definitely didn’t wow me.

The premise is somewhat interesting, but it’s basically just one of many stories where the MC encounters their high school crush as an adult. The writing aspect isn’t that interesting because so much of this is just about the MC struggling to write. We’re told he’s pretty popular but we don’t get a glimpse of that world. Most of this seems to take place in like 2 rooms.

So, what would’ve made this entertaining to me wasn’t here. That’s fine, the author wanted to emphasize other aspects.

[Rhianjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tbh it was very mid for a lot of it, but the ending made me wanna get the next one 👀👀👀 we will see.

[Gwyn Vanoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tohru Saotome is a novelist suffering from writer's block. While in this slump, he gets transferred to a new editor, who is his former classmate, Kazuha Sasasori. To add to the awkwardness, Saotome wrote Sasasori a book years before, which read like a love letter. Now, Sasasori says he'll do anything to get the romance flowing, and Saotome, back to writing, believes them to be related. At first, Sasasori feels pushy and one-dimensional, but with flashbacks and further conversations, his character begins to flesh out and become an equal in quality to that of Saotome. I enjoyed the visual design of the characters and the use of the scar as an analogy for their emotions.

[Marwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

been ages since i read a manga! saw someone on twitter compliment the panelling in this and it got me intrigued. such a good story and it has such beautiful art. i loved the background of how it came to be as well. i can see myself re-reading this often.

i was in a massive reading slump and even fics couldn't help me get out of it so i went to manga and im glad i did. this helped me get out of my dpdr a bit as well so im very grateful for finding it

[Felix The Pirate Cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich finde es toll, dass die Protagonisten sich seit ihrer Jugend kennen und dennoch keinen Schritt überstürzen, sondern erst einmal einen Weg finden müssen, zu ihren Gefühlen zu stehen und auf einer Ebene miteinander umgehen zu können.

Die beiden sind unterschiedlicher als man denkt und dennoch gleich bekloppt. Eine herrliche Kombination.

[Noah Simmons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesante el tema de los escritores. Pero la verdad que algo aburrido. Aunque su dibujo me gustó.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took me a while to get through this one because it didn't really keep my interest.

[Tiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far I like this but Holy crap did it feel short, I can't wait for volume 2.

[Zephorah Dove · Rating 4 out of 5]

The ending 😵 I would've lost it hahah. Excited to see what happens in the next volume.

[Morthos · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[ru · Rating 4 out of 5]

(review for both volumes)
i really like the stories Sumiya writes and how she explores her characters. even if, admittedly, these stories always leave me wanting for just a little more...

i loved how both characters felt saved by one another and the confession honestly made my heart race

i really liked this and writing wise it was quite romantic and made me feel all sorts of things. but i'm greedy so i still wish we had some more physically romantic scenes

also, i love how sensei drew the refraction on the glasses. really nice detail

[Curious Madra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty meh but I suppose cute enough Yaoi between a author and his flirty editor from childhood…