A Certain Someone
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Oct 2019
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112 Chapters (Complete)
3 PN Volumes (Complete)
3 PN Volumes (Complete)
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Sheng Wang moved into his ancestral home at White Horse Lane, along with the woman that his father was presently seeing.
His dad pointed at that woman’s son and said to him: Call him ge (older brother).
Unyielding, amenable to coaxing but not coercion cold generator Gong x Regards himself as something precious lazy young master Shou
Sheng Wang: I’m super straight
Jiang Tian: I’m homophobic
Associated Names
One entry per lineAI ĐÓ (MỖ MỖ)
Mou Mou
The Only One
ใครบางคน
某某
Mou Mou
The Only One
ใครบางคน
某某
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Recommendation Lists
- want to read 7
- all novels i've read
- danmei novel i finished reading part 1
- Wholesome/Comfort School BLs
- virg*n ML and MC/ first time interc**rse BL novels
Date | Group | Release |
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12/15/23 | Treasure Chest Subs | mou mou extra: red... |
03/27/23 | Treasure Chest Subs | extra: habits |
When I read the first sentence of Moumou which is so CONDENSED in its lyricism, that's when I know this muthaf*cker can REALLY write. Unlike many other danmei writers who are heavy on plot, smut and has as much subtlety as a self-lubricating as*hole (looking at a certain jailed danmei author), Musuli's writing style is precise, lyrical, and no word goes unwasted. At first, I thought it was some comedic, slice of life, high school love story between two guys but it's so much more than that. The CP in question starts off as enemies and I f*ckING LOVE a good enemies to lovers story. On top of that, they are step-brothers as their parents are planning to get married. Their developments from bitter enemies, to friends grudgingly, to best friends, lovers and then.... (insert spoilers here) took the span of 5 books and 112 chapters which is around the length of Mo Dao Zu Shi but I've never felt bored, and the progression felt extremely realistic and moving.
And just when you thought that it couldn't get any sweeter, Musuli did a Meatbun (a writer famous for her "abusive" storylines) and underneath this layer of honey comes 10000 daggers coming straight at you. The strange thing is, the scenes of, that absolutely devastated me were no where on the scale of Meatbun's Shizun who had to climb 3899 steps carrying his lover while bleeding the entire way. It's devastating because all of us have done similar acts of self-harm, in repressing what we truly feel, in denying the truth of our love, in insisting not to let go in the face of intense, overwhelming h*mophobia but the relationship still ended up broken despite your best efforts. The reason why it hurts so much is because Musuli writes with so much realism that it doesn't have an iota of campiness that makes it hard to take Meatbun and MXTX's tragic scenes seriously. She writes these scenes with absolute ruthlessness and even though 24 hours has passed since I've finished the novel, I find myself walking around my neighbourhood in a daze as I try to process what has happened, and how in a certain sense, she seemed to have forecasted what might happen to me if I continue to lead a life of non-heteronormativity.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Moumou captures the unbridled joy of what it feels like as a teenager when you are looking out towards a horizon full of limitless possibilities, the unrestrained desire to soak up the entirety of the world's joy, the invincibility that one feels as one tethers on the brink of adulthood, and the inevitable hubris that accompanies it. It is a powerful story about the affirmation of one's authentic self comes at great sacrifice, but if one is lucky, these sacrifices pale in comparison to a lifetime of happiness. 11/10
I am really destroyed.
MC and ML nearly became half brothers. they lived under the same house but were pretty standoffish to one another at the start. then they bonded over schoolwork, fell in love, and started dating secretly under their parent's noses. ml's side of the family has unresolved family drama and that comes to bite him in the ass, which ultimately forced MC and ML apart. years down the road, they reunite as working adults and leave behind the drama to start a new life together.
jiang tian's mom and dad let their own childhood drama get in the way of their happiness and their son had to shoulder the aftermath of their failed relationship. in the last quarter of the story the author focused a lot on their backstory, and tried to make the mom all pitiful and such, but I could not muster a single ounce of symapthy at all. the mom couldn't get her life together after a divorce and was incredibly negligent - essentially abandoning jiang tian during his most formative years even though she had custody. after they reconciled, jiang tian had to help her shoulder the emotional baggage that she couldn't make peace with after all these years. and as the cherry on top, she has the audacity to lose her sh*t (publicly!! in the middle of a crowded hospital!!) at the prospect of her son being gay. and despite all that, jiang tian still had it in him to support her in her recovery. she is a grown ass adult of her own devices, she knows she hurt jiang tian, yet even til the end of the story she did not say a single sorry. I absolutely can't stand her.
i also disliked how she tried to treat sheng wang as her own to overcompensate for her failures. like... lady, your biological son is still here, why don't you treat him right before thinking of raising another one??
also not a fan of sheng wang's dad for forcibly separating the two. my impression of him took a nose dive after that stunt he pulled trying to shame sheng wang in front of his deceased mother's grave. and that "jiang tian goes, or you go" was so incredibly manipulative I was genuinely shocked he had it in him to pull that bs.
it's funny because my first impression of the parents were pretty good, but as the story went on it's glaringly obvious they have a long way to go.
- The handling of LGBTQ topics and discussions. There are other gay couples, and navigating familial h*mophobia and similar topics are done really well. It leads me to believe that either the author identifies as queer or likely knows someone who is queer. There are older LGBTQ folks who embark knowledge on our young main couple which is a thing that happens very often in the LGBTQ community in real life but I rarely (never) see it in Danmei. Very very very very impressed in this regard. The book isn't my favourite but I would still recommend it for this reason alone.
- Couple is adorable!
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