#Unripened Expression

[lianchuann]

you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

[fu-hime-joshi]

Unripened Expression

it was very cute, but the ending was bittersweet. I kind of wish the relationship between the main pairing was explored more :/ and even the childhood friend and mc should've had more development!!

thankfully, reading some reviews before picking up the series tempered my expectations and i was able to enjoy the story more. I really kept guessing... "who is he going to pick?? it's unlikely that it's that one, but he's still able to make his heart race" it was fun knowing that there was a definitive choice!!

a lot of readers were disappointed with the end couple, but i wasn't. i would've been satisfied with any canon pairing. the only thing that's sad is the ending of a friendship.

i do wish the author would've copped out and gone with a harem ending..... hm.

[ineffablyfrantic]

this user still hasn't moved on from the ending of unripened expression

[pixiesnooze]

the thing that make any blood boil is not even that he ended up with the long time crush it’s that the author spent ALL THOSE CHAPTERS DEVELOPING SUCH AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAEWON AND JUNSEO ONLY FOR THEM NOT TO END UP TOGETHER

[quieteclipse]

i did the regrettable.....i re-read Unripened Expression and now i, too, am upset that junseo & jaewon didn't become a thing 💀

i was never too bothered by jaewon & karam ending up together, but after rereading the story, it does annoy me how it seemed like everyone else were really proactive in getting jaewon's attention and getting their feelings across, but karam really just seemed to skirt on by on the sheer fact that jaewon liked him.

like we had hints here and there about his feelings for jaewon (the soda incident, the dodgeball incident, catching the eraser, etc.) before the explicit mention of it, but it was never really anything exciting!! karam was fr kinda boring, and so was his interactions with jaewon, even though i am a big sucker for the cute, shy, awkward romance.

i honestly think karam & jaewon's relationship development really could've benefitted from getting more of karam's POV and more of him showing particular consideration towards jaewon in the early stages of their friendship. but the fact that his feelings really only came through towards the end kinda kills the vibe.

especially when jaewon & junseo's interactions felt so major. junseo's presence in general felt so major. i like that jaewon was able to get with his crush in the end, but i feel like maybe when he confessed to karam & got rejected, that should've been the end of that, and from then on, it should've focused on junseo x jaewon x yoonsung. and then for a substitute of the heartbreak that junseo's rejection gave us in the original, we could have karam start to realize his feelings for jaewon after he's already moved on with junseo.

either way, Unripened Expression is still one of my faves, but i guess i am now apart of the junseo deserved better/junseo x jaewon faction djznxnxn

BUT. i will say....i am gonna console myself with the idea of frenemies and to lovers yoonsung x junseo. i like to imagine they end up going to the same uni and they get closer that way. but it all starts after a drunk "hookup" (they really only just made out bc they both passed out soon after drinking lmao) at their first year MT.

[andreakedavra]

¡¿por qué puñetas las autoras de manhwas añaden personajes muy lindos si total no los emparejarán con quien yo quiero?!

[forever-fixating]

Some Sentences Monday?

Tagged by the ever-awesome @priincebutt

Okay, so I know this is meant for Sundays, but ya boi was destroyed from work and completely overstimulated so I had nothing in the tank. But after hibernating most of today, I am emerging ready to share a new project I have in the works. Getting such amazing response for Love on the Menu has really invigorated my desire to work, and now my mind is running with ideas. I've been toying with the idea of writing a historical AU for a while now, so allow me to introduce:

I don't have an official summary for it yet, but to overhype myself, this story has everything: childhood sweethearts separated by tragedy, rivaling nations full of political intrigue, magick because I've been dying to write a fantasy AU as well so por que no los dos, a tournament where the grand prize of the joust is the hand in marriage of our sweet Henry, a cliffhanger that I am so excited to write but that I know will enrage everyone that reads it...get ready, yall!

Below the cut is a massively long teaser. Forgive the roughness of it. I am just so geeked to share it, but just know I'll be working on it until it's ready. Enjoy! (If you'd like a soundtrack for this, might I suggest Surrender by Natalie Taylor?)

The air was perfumed with the scent of springtime blossoms. Beneath the shade of a great willow tree were two young lovers. One was flaxen-haired, his ivory skin rosy from the sun and littered with constellations of freckles. His body and limbs were slender and knobbly, still in that awkward phase between boy and man. His light blue eyes studied his companion with unguarded adoration. The other young man was shorter in stature, but rigorous exercise had already defined his physique. Atop his head was an untamed mass of sable curls, still wet from swimming. His unblemished skin gleamed a rich russet shade that his fairer companion couldn't stop touching. The pair had completed their lessons for the day and decided to take a refreshing dip in the lake near their school. They were naked, hidden among the willow branches, like two woodland nymphs from a fable and not two princes from separate nations. The dark-haired boy Alex lifted his lover Henry's hand and kissed the signet ring on his pinkie finger. The ring's face held not a family crest but their initials. A promise.

"When we are married-"

"You mustn't say such things!" Henry laughed even as his stomach fluttered at the very prospect. "It isn't proper."

Alex leaned down to press a kiss against rose-petal lips. "A man must state his intentions plainly, and mine are to marry you, cariño."

"You are not yet seventeen, cariad," Henry said as Alex trailed kisses along his jaw and neck. In this sacred space, it was easy to get lost in the rose-tinted fantasy of their future together. He tangled his fingers in Alex's curls, tugging at the roots. "Our parents would say it is unwise to speak of such things at our age."

"Why," Alex hissed as he climbed over Henry's body, "are you mentioning our parents when I am trying to ravish you?"

Henry arched his body into that of his beloved, gasping, "You have ravished me twice already this afternoon. Is that not enough?"

"Never."

As the twin suns began their steady descents into the horizons, the young lovers got dressed and made their way back to the school. Fireflies glowed in hues of pink, orange, and yellow as the pair discussed their plans for the following day. Given their disheveled states of dress, they were wary of running into Headmistress Beaufort or one of their professors as they made their way back to their dormitory. Unfortunately, fate was not on their side, and they rounded a corner and nearly crashed into Professor Wagner. He was a squat toad of a man who taught history and hated Alex for his frequent interruptions during lessons. His face held a perpetual bitter expression, as though he had just sucked on an unripen lemon. He berated them for looking and acting beneath their station and gave them detention for the following fortnight working in the stables with Gerald the groundskeeper. (It wasn't the punishment the man thought it was. They enjoyed Gerald's company, especially when he was joined by Julian, the music professor. Henry was convinced they were in love, but Alex said he was delusional.)

They scrambled upstairs to their shared dorm room to change. Dinner was already in progress when they joined their social set in the dining hall. Alex's older sister June was discussing a novel with Henry's twin sister Beatrice while their best friends Percy and Nora played cards. As Henry took his spot between Bea and Pez, his sister poked at the poorly concealed love mark Alex had gifted him earlier and teased, "My dear brother, it would appear you have been mauled by pixies. Should we alert Gerald of a possible infestation?"

Alex, seated across from him between June and Nora, snorted into his goblet, and Henry kicked his skin beneath the table. Giving his sister a tight smile that told her he knew exactly at what she was playing, he said defensively, "It was only a single, annoying pixie. Hardly cause for alarm."

"Annoying?" Henry's stomach filled with regret the moment the words left his mouth at Alex's fallen expression. He looked away from Henry. "Perhaps the pixie will direct their attention elsewhere if they are such a nuisance."

Alex would not meet his eye for the remainder of the meal. Once Headmistress Beaufort dismissed the students for the evening, Alex was up like a shot. Henry felt the disapproval of their friends and loved ones as he stood and trailed after Alex like a lovesick puppy. When Henry reached the common room of their dormitory, he found Alex chatting with Liam, the son of a nobleman from his home country. While he knew there was no danger of them forming an attachment, jealousy sparked in his chest, hot and ugly. He strode over to them and said, "Alex, I wish to speak with you."

Alex's expression was that of cool indifference. "Yes?"

Ignoring Liam and tugging on Alex's arm, Henry insisted, "In private."

Alex rolled his eyes but stood, shoving past Henry to their dorm room. Henry didn't look at Liam but hurried after Alex. He passed some of their classmates roughhousing in the hallway. Alex's ire was quick to be provoked, but Henry hoped he could dampen it with gentle words of apology and a gift. Their dorm room was on the far end of the hallway to the right. When Henry entered, Alex was sitting on the window seal. Henry closed the door.

"Cariad-"

"You would be wise not to call me that right now," Alex snapped, not looking at him.

Henry bit his bottom lip. Pushing away from the door, he crossed the cross to retrieve a parcel he received earlier that day from his bedside table. Though he protested Alex's pure words down by the lake, Henry's heart ached at the very thought that Alex thought himself alone in this affection. Henry was naturally cautious when it came to matters of the heart. While his parents had a romance for the bards to write neverending songs about and supported his inclinations, his grandmother Queen Mary still held final sway over who her grandchildren would marry. While Alex's country was a rising power, full of untapped resources and potential, Mary looked down her nose at their progressive politics and rising status among the nations. But despite the perceived impossibility of their future together, Henry found himself desperately in love with Alex all the time.

Henry knelt in front of his wounded lover and placed the parcel in his lap. Alex finally looked at him before glancing down and asking, "What is this?"

"An apology and response."

Alex picked it up and tore away the plain brown paper. Revealed was a red velvet bag. Henry's heart raced as Alex opened the bag and pulled out a small golden key on a silver chain. The bow of the key, intertwined in delicate filigree, was their initials, much like the ring that rested on Henry's hand.

As Alex studied it, Henry said, "My words earlier were foolish and hurtful. The truth is that I am afraid of the end of term. Things as they are now seem too perfect and golden. I...I fear once we are parted, reality will make you realize I am not worthy, that you will find someone more suitable for-"

"You believe me to be easily swayed?" Alex snapped. Henry looked up to see frustration and sadness in his eyes. He reached down to yank Henry's hand that held the signet ring to eye level. "Is this not proof enough of my love for you? Is it not enough that I say I love you? If this is an apology, it is a very poor one, Henry."

Henry climbed on the window seal with Alex, desperate to be understood, tears in his eyes. "It is an explanation. I am scared, Alex. I know we are young, but I know in my heart I will never feel for another what I feel for you. But when my grandmother finds out about us, she will stop at nothing to keep us apart. Does that challenge not give you pause?"

"Cariño," Alex whispered, cupping Henry's face, the necklace dangling from his fingers, "I would slay a thousand dragons, cross the Great Salt Desert, and brave the bitterest frozen peaks if that's what it took to make you mine. You may fear your grandmother, but I do not. There is no one else for me but you."

Henry took the chain from Alex's hand and placed it around his neck. Pressing his hand over the key, Henry said, "As you are for me. I want to be brave like you. I want you to know you are not alone. This key is a symbolic gesture, the key to my heart. My promise to be true."

Two young lovers, bathed in moonlight and their love for one another, making a vow as true as the gods had ever heard. Perhaps it was their youth that gave them pause, or the sincerity in which the vows were given. Whatever it was, the gods took note and, in their mercurial way, decided to put that devotion to the test.

The skies were clear that night as Alex and Henry clung to each other, but they could not see the storm brewing on the distant horizon. A challenge.

Tagging @dragonflylady77 @onthewaytosomewhere @theplayfulfairy and anyone else who scribbles and is interested.

[immediatebreakfast]

As funny, and seemly out of context the corn monologue is, Van Helsing practically explained to Jack how they will have to approach the delicate case of Lucy. More now that Van Helsing has confirmation of the actual reason why the poor girl is at the verge of death every day.

The reasoning behind the corn monologue is basically a giant metaphor for how to use knowledge. The farmer only needs to see a few parts of the unripened corn to know if it's going to be a good crop or not. Van Helsing has yet not seen Lucy's state, but he has a theory on the back of his mind because of his vast knowledge. However, Van Helsing can't rush, and say that this theory is the reason.

"See you now, friend John? I have sown my corn, and Nature has her work to do in making it sprout; if he sprout at all, there's some promise; and I wait till the ear begins to swell."

Just like how the farmer's knowledge makes them wait for the corn to grow a little bit, so they can see if the crop will bear good results; Van Helsing has prepared all of his knowledge and his theory, so he can wait to see Lucy to finally confirm if it's true or not. Rushing to the what ifs, or creating absolutes will not help Lucy at all, so Van Helsing needs to examine then cross every possible medical explanation before even confirming that it could be a supernatural explanation.

"As he did so the narrow black velvet band which she seems always to wear round her throat, buckled with an old diamond buckle which her lover had given her, was dragged a little up, and showed a red mark on her throat. Arthur did not notice it, but I could hear the deep hiss of indrawn breath which is one of Van Helsing's ways of betraying emotion."

And boy, does Van Helsing get confirmation. Like a slap in the face that playfully tells him "You have been losing time~"

After Arthur gives blood as an expression of love, and Lucy is finally out of danger. Van Helsing can get to work, now that he knows the Gravity of the situation he can finally use the vast knowledge that he has. Moreover, the questions of "what do you make of that mark?" to Jack is to see if there was any possibility of openly telling what is exactly attacking Lucy.

"I shall be back as soon as possible. And then we may begin."

But since Jack is a modern man of science, then... Van Helsing shall have to proceed nevertheless.

[alcedoyo]

Monthly Update February 2023

Everything I consumed in February.

I will mostly post media I've FINISHED, except for physical Manga Volumes and ongoing Webtoons.

Not everything I've read was good, of course, but I still want to post everything I consumed.

Webtoon

Noblesse Ch.281-337 Return of the Mad Demon Ch.48-63 Save Me (finished) Wind Breaker S2 Ch.132-193 Raeliana Vol.1-5 (print) The Advance Player of the Tutorial Tower Vol.1 (print, reread)

LN

Hirano and Kagiura

Danmei

The Scum Villains Self Saving System Vol.3 (print)

BL (all finished nsfw title included! Marked with*)

Unripened Expression Cupid is Struck by Lightning (print) Love Tractor Don't forget these feelings Kiss the Abyss My Bias is Showing* The New Recruit* Secret Therapy*

Manga (finished) Diamond no Ace Act II 20th Century Boys (+21st Century Boys) PPPPPP

Manga (continued/started print)

Jojo Part 3 Vol.3 (2 in 1) My Home Hero Vol.6 To your Eternity Vol.16 Atelier of Witch Hat Vol.10 Alice in Borderland Vol.1 (2 in 1) Mission: Yozakura Family Vol.3 The Case Study of Vanitas Vol.10 Blue Period Vol.11 Wandance Vol.3 A Man and his Cat Vol.7-8 Haikyuu Vol.34 (reread) Manga (online) Record of Ragnarok Ch.70-73

[lianchuann]

kwon jihan and yoonseo's dynamic reminds me of yoonsung and junseo because we have this shameless one pestering another character annoyed with them

[harborpointeblvd]

Favorite COMPLETED Shounen Ai Comics

(for now)

You'll hate me for at least one of these.

[irregirl]

Shonen ai Manhwa

Which is manhwa or manhua i called webtoon😂cause the way i read it longwise way📑 and i'm gonna share the soft one💞

1. Voice of love

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Pongpong

This is BEAUTIFUL!!😢💘

Trauma baby need to protect💟

Other baby can read your mind🔮

2. Never understand

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Bbong

This is also BEAUTIFUL😢💘

There's many couple inside this story👬 👬 👬 👬

Each story can make you upside down⬆⬇and cry😭

3. Heaven and hell roman company

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Mum

Honestly i still confused with the plot😐😐

Overall the story are great👍👍

I love both couple👬👬i'm not mentioned their dad😅

4. Ice man

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Milla

Artist : Haedal

BEAUTIFUL but only 5 chapters☺☺

Cute💞cause the other baby are tsundere

Traped inside frezer❄⛄

5. Silent color

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Qing Ge

BEAUTIFUL but you not gonna like the ending, it's cliffhanger. There's actually 2 authors for this webtoon, unfortunatelly the other one passed away😓😓so the other one (who still alive) confused and too fast jumped to conclusion.

It's about synaesthesia (condition when you can hear color)

6. At the end of the road

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Haribo

I'm sorry for my rate, but i kinda don't like the plot😟😟

But overall the plot are great, make me curious for the ending👍👍

It's about change body and soul👻

7. Here u are

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟[ongoing]

Author : D-Jun

No more word expect BEAUTIFUL😢💘

I love all the couple inside this story!!👬 👬 👬 👫

THOSE BABIES NEED TO PROTECT!!😤💞

8. 19 days

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟[ongoing]

Author : Old Xian

This one give me feeling of friendship not romantic way😅😅

But there's some progress and i'm still waiting for romantic things😎😎

LOL everytime😂😂

9. Unripened expression

Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Aga

I kinda jealous for the MC😅he's up for grabs by 3 people😄

After read this maybe you not gonna like the ending, cause the plot twist are sucks😐😐

But i'm okay with the ending so i gave that rate😮😮

10. Raising a bat

Rate : 🌟🌟[completed]

Author : Jade

At first i thought the story are great and soft and uwu everytime😯😯

But, the conflict are sucks and it really broke my heart😭😭

Even if they end up together i don't feel anything❌💀

All of this are just my opinion, don't give your 100% believing my rate, you should read and rate it yourself😉😉

[queenwisteria]

everytime i see someone like/reblog my post about how “ha junseo deserves better.” i just think, “ah, yet another victim...” 

[kagemajaya]

Unripe Expression - High school romance and friendship done well

Misughan Pyohyeon - 2016, Aga - 9/10

Jaewon and his boys - my favorite harem yet

I’m not much of a manga reader, if you don’t count BLs that is. BL manga is one of the very few things that can pull me out of boredom, and I consume on average one volume a day. Korean webtoons are definitely a part of this comic devotion of mine. They are almost always easy to consume (not something I can say for manga) and the format lends itself to binging extremely well. Many a night, starting a new 80+ chapter webtoon has been a grave mistake for me, as I end up welcoming the sun with whatever couple I’m on a journey with at the time. Another feature of most BL webtoons is that somehow their drama never suffocates me, no matter the seriousness. Albeit a huge generalization, even when they make me cry rivers, they never feel quite so pessimistic as their Japanese counterparts. I always know what sort of an emotional reaction I’ll get out of them - which is not a bad thing if you are reading romance as a enjoyable pastime.

Unripe Expression, while seemingly just another one of the cute high school romances with some light drama, changed my mind as it built towards something subtly different. Throughout the majority of the story, I had two main feelings: that the story was ordinary but very involving, and that the main cast was individually superb characters. They were well-written and had lives and feelings of their own, and they were all extremely sympathetic even after they made mistakes. At the end, my feelings on the boys remained strong, but another thought struck me. The story was their desires, interactions, overall relationships, and characterization otherwise. The romantic pursuits and the friendships that Aga showed us were nuanced and alive, and I love each and every one of them.

Jaewon, the MC, is a sweet guy and first and foremost I wanted his choice to be realized, and this was in spite of Junseo being my best boy. While Jaewon had agency in the narrative, and he had a choice from the very beginning, the romantic plot never revealed what it had in store for us at the end. This is a 70 chapter comic, and I only knew who the lucky guy was in the last 2-3 chapters, a truly unpredictable gem. This can rattle a lot of people, and perhaps, if I hadn’t been convinced by the relationships of Jaewon and the boys, I’d have felt the same. Looking up some reviews after I finished the story, I found that not a lot of people were happy about the ending, so this might not be one of the stories you choose to read when you are in the mood for wish fulfillment. Speaking for myself, it fulfilled my wishes in terms of great relationship development on all counts, so even if I felt sad for the unlucky ones, I was completely satisfied with the way this particular story turned out. I bought every one of their plotlines, and that none of them were tools for fanservice to the audience. I was reading the real lives of a bunch of good high school boys, and what I wanted for them was not really their concern. Aga certainly has the qualities of a writer that I respect passionately. They seem to be writing for art and not the reader. Having said that, I’m still a weak human, so I’d love to see a continuation story for the other boys who couldn’t get Jaewon. [Big spoilers past this point until marked otherwise.]

Is it gonna be him or him or him? An embarrassment of riches...

First and foremost of those boys is of course Junseo, the reason for the public outcry in reviews. Junseo is the most well-built character and it is perfectly natural to be on his side as he helps Jaewon through his identity crisis and romantic troubles chasing Karam. He is sweet, loyal, a great friend, and as we witness him support his friend wholeheartedly, he falls in love with him in the process. The fact that he had already had a very intense relationship before high school and was broken hearted over it adds to our deep sympathy for him. His own transition from friend to boy in love is believable, and the story helps us support him in his quest through the first half of it - until we start getting a bit more into how Karam sees Jaewon (well at least me!)

My journey in what I want for Jaewon was quite shaky. In fact I’d say I’d have probably felt okay with whoever he ended up with. However, my top choice changed throughout the story; first Karam, then Junseo, and Karam again. I never stopped loving Junseo the best and feeling for him, but as mentioned, I wanted Jaewon to have who he wanted. We knew Karam was slightly interested in him from the beginning but the nature of that was not entirely clear. As we got further away from understanding him, my heart was turning towards Junseo and giving him what he wanted. However, Aga eventually turned the story back to Karam, with a new tool in the game - Jaewon’s first love Yoonsung. Yoonsung didn’t only trigger Karam to understand his own feelings better, he also showed us that Jaewon’s feelings were fully mutual. Karam can come across as the least developed of the group, and he is certainly the “less exciting” choice, but his own struggles with his feelings were gripping. Despite feeling that Jaewon was special, and despite being confessed to, he turned down Jaewon and still wanted to stay with him. This trope of being scared to lose a friend can come across as ordinary, but in this case the execution was superb. Karam wasn’t actually scared, and without respite, he kept sticking to Jaewon and flirting with him and doing everything in his power to stay in his heart. He didn’t want to lose Jaewon’s love for him to Yoonsung. The inherent selfishness of this is also inherently titillating to me - as long as Jaewon was only looking at him, he didn’t want to bother with the troubles that come with romance. Thankfully, Yoonsung came across as a very open threat to his possessive love. Little did he know, the real possible competition was Jaewon’s best friend Junseo.

Yoonsung himself comes across as the easy boy, the playboy who is playing games, and why would we ever root for him? The truth is we’ve read plenty of BL where the childhood love of the hero returns and has had a transformation of his own and gains the heart of his love again. Yoonsung is a charming boy, and from his perspective, the story is a sad one. The boy he’s loved all his life doesn’t pick him, and he doesn’t even make it simple. Jaewon’s protests against Yoonsung’s advances are flimsy at best. In the space of a few days, he gives hope to all three boys with his actions. Karam has already been confessed to, Yoonsung is allowed physical closeness, and Junseo emotional closeness. Jaewon’s relationships with each of them make these interactions believable and not-unlikeable. They are all a part of the natural flow, and in the end, as a boy who has been turned down, his confusion is natural. I find the final choice of Karam incredibly realistic, as he’s never stopped loving him. And luckily for Karam, he wasn’t too late to fix what he had almost undone. Unlucky for Junseo of course, because given enough time, I have no doubt that he could have made Jaewon forget about Karam’s rejection. Just the timing wasn’t right. Poor Yoonsung, on the other hand, was entirely too late. His time had been almost ten years ago. His unintentional rejection of Jaewon as a well-meaning child was the final chance he was ever going to get. 

Jaewon is the wholesomest slut in the world of BL

Another entirely doki doki element of the webtoon is that throughout the story no one ever finds out how close Jaewon and Junseo were. It was their own world, making their friendship particularly special - and make no mistake, it was a friendship, of the best kind. A huge strength of this webtoon was that despite most of the boys being in love with Jaewon, it wasn’t only about romance. It was very much about friendship, friendship of people who might have romantic connections as well. Whilst in many romance stories, friendship can be neglected, it is even rarer to see lovers or love interests portrayed properly as a friend. The perfection of how Junseo was equally in love and a loyal friend is one of the biggest draws here. Of course, we don’t only have Junseo as a friend but also Jaehee, who was the only straight boy in the crowd, Jaewon’s other best friend. Jaehee had a smaller role compared to the others, however, from his initial reaction to how he got himself forgiven and how he silently watched over his friend without wanting to make him uncomfortable, he had a subtle and sweet character development of his own. He was the less complicated friend-the one who was always there, unlike Junseo who had to leave at the end. And that choice was probably the one that made me the saddest. It was clear to me that Jaewon wasn’t only a crush for Junseo, so seeing him throw away his friendship was particularly sad. Jaewon respected his choice in the end, as he had briefly been there with Karam and didn’t appreciate the situation he was put in (once again showing that Karam is not such a goodie two-shoes.) In the end, this made the ending particularly bittersweet - not only because best boy Junseo didn’t get the boy but also because they had lost their best friends in each other as well. If we ever get a sequel, I would love to see Junseo get a boyfriend of his own, and back to being friends with Jaewon - and close friends at that! If I had to complain about anything at all, it would be that friendship does come behind romance as the main theme, and this means that once the romantic plotline ends, we don’t get to see any “side stories” to see where they all end up. Given how important friendship is to the rest of the story, it would have been more fulfilling to have one for the road.

Spoilers done!

In the end, Unripe Expression was a great success - telling a heartfelt story of love and friendship of five sweet boys, all of whom you could route for, for their own happiness. Harem is a particularly difficult structure to realistically execute and Aga did it perfectly here. None of the characters’ interest in the main character felt forced and I never found myself thinking, oh my god, why does everyone like this one boy! Even if the last choice may be controversial to some, Unripe Expression tells the story of Jaewon’s romantic escapades in a heartfelt and well-constructed fashion. Hopefully, you’ll give this beautiful (and extremely bingeable) webtoon a shot and Aga will one day grace us with more of their imagination and more of these boys’ friendships.

[kie-kois]

unripened expression destroyed me thanks

i don't think i'm ever getting over the ending

ha junseo deserved better i don't make the rules

[firstgianteggwobbler]

28/10/19

The boys are back!

Original sketch by author Aga from Twitter

Look at these goofies all drunk and having fun.

Have you read Unripened Expression ? It's such a fun read and quite hilarious, you can binge through this. Not too much angst, quite light yet has very intriguing elements in the story. I loved it but I do suggest reading it with an open mind 😊

Then protagonist is an adorable soft boy. Most of the story is told from his perspective.

Manhwa - Unripened Expression

Recommend - 8/10 ⭐