#barbarities

But looking on Twitter for more fanart led to learning:

A) Shirahama made a post congratulating the release of the final volume of the manga, meaning SHE READ THIS SERIES?! (Characters fuck in this series!) and even drew a little fanart of the main characters Joel and Adam

And B) the Barbarities mangaka Suzuki Tsuta DREW QIFREY AND OLRUGGIO?! And even gave Olruggio the same triangle-style frown as Joel, her Olruggio-like character?!

I don't know what to do with this info

Author: Tsuta Suzuki

Artist: Tsuta Suzuki

Year of Publication: 2014

Length: 4 Volumes (Completed)

Genre: Historical/Drama/Romance

Vibes?❤️

Oh I adore...The vibes here. A political drama? A character who is overly serious and one who is anything but? One falls hard for the other but the other needs time to accept them in their life? The side couple supplement? The gorgeous artwork? This is shaping up to be a highly rated one in my opinion~!

Warning: Violence

Characters?🧡

Montague Joel Letreux design wise is simply lovely. His hair is drawn in a way I rarely see--With shine and waves--His hair has definition! And it's so pretty in every scene I see! And on a personality level. I rock with him! Its so lovely to see him slowly come into liking the other character, because it feels natural ya know? How lovely...

Viscount Adam Canning is a playboy, someone who dabbles with ladies and men alike, never seeming to settle down. Well this bird found his perch with Joel, and since he kinda is the first one to *not* fall for or indulge in his debauchery, it made him intrigued. He really is his bodyguard but he realizes that he's fallen head over heels for this shrewd man...

Their dynamic is amazing. I really enjoy seeing them bicker and interact because they both help the plot move forward! Adam's yearning for Joel (to me) never gets old. All of their scenes are stellar~!

Prince Louis Fredaux is...A fascinating tsundere of a man. He's suave but a bit hot headed, or really dramatic is the right word? But I enjoy him nonetheless.

Gil is Prince Louis's servant and yes, they are the side couple I spoke of. Because of the slow burn nature of the main two, these two often have scenes to feed us hungry smut goblins. I enjoy his...Complexity specifically because he clearly...has reasons to hate Louis but at the same time he has reasons to not hate him? And it just depends on how situations go if he's gonna stay loyal...Very cool guy.

Plot?💛

Political Drama~! YAYYYYYYY! So there are a lot of moving parts but you have to understand its conspiracy abound, it's trying to get laws passed by rewording things in a meeting, secret identities and evading pursuers--GODS its GREAT! Because there is so much happening I'm not really gonna give a synopsis, but if you enjoy watching a few intertwining storylines for some political drama...You'll enjoy this one~

Smut?💚

For what we got? I enjoyed it! Nothing I'm heading back for, but any kiss scene in this story held magic in it I swear...The longing and confession felt better than the smut honestly. Or seeing a blushing face behind long hair or a stunned expression when another character said something...That's the good stuff there...

Art Style?💙

Absolutely Gorgeous. I am...taken aback by how pretty it all is. All of the characters are drawn well. The scenes are stunning. The clothes the COVERS?!? My goodness, this was made with love and you can tell. Four volumes of pure artwork man what a time to be a yaoi enjoyer....

Reread ability?💜

Oh absolutely! When this one leaves my mind, I'll have no problems reading it over again because its so dense, I'll find another detail to enjoy in it later. Damn 2014 you cooked with this one...

Final Thoughts

To me? This is one for all time. Loved the story, the ending was great and climactic, wrapping up all the loose ends—side characters slayed, like I can’t really think of anything bad to say about it. Do I wanna say ‘oh I wish there was more smut?’ Not really?

Like as much as I enjoy my smut, if the story and the dynamic is great—I really don’t need that much. And this had a great balance of that sorta thing ya know? I wish…to read more works of art like this.