Something's Gotta Give (Deerwhale)

getou Sep 7, 2021

4

"something's gotta give" my patience is what gotta give. my time. R.I.P. never getting those bitches back. Trigger Warning: the MC has sex with the 24yr old love interest when he regressed back to his teen self (not sure how old exactly but he was in senior year High school) the MC in the original timeline was 28 and consider himself as such so take that as you will, homophobia (from peers and parents), general stupidity.  The plot was rather interesting in the beginning but as most original BLs of the genre tend to, it got convoluted to the point I couldn't ignore it's faults. The pacing itself is slightly confusing and lacks consistency. The only worthwhile thing about the manhwa is watching the artist's art style grow, I'm happy for them. 

Icewina111 Dec 5, 2023

9.5

I love the story so much one of my favorite yaoi it was so beautiful and really expressed unrequited love but I didn't like how they made the MC's best friend be alone at the end like the time traveling fucked him up and I wanted him to be happy even though he became fucked up gosh I love this story so much the fact that I cried at the ending and I didn't care for the smut I love it❤️❤️❤️

Jamystake Jan 30, 2023

3.5

This is one of the most frustrating manhwas I've ever read. The beginning is probably the best arc in this manhwa. The MC is heart broken due to his 9 year crush on his best friend finally coming to an end. He got an invitation to his Best friend's wedding and our MC is currently absolutely smashed drunk because of it. He confides his feelings with another friend and decided to just 'give up'. He ends up actually having a heavily implied one night stand with that person. During that night, our MC actually wished for his Best friend and his wife to have never met. And the next day, our MC wakes up in 9 years ago in the past, when his Best friend hasn't met his future wife. Once again, the beginning is quite literally the best part of this story, because after this the plot gets so convoluted. And the fact it goes on for 70 Chapters.... It's quite literally a drag. There's literally more arguments than there are of the two leads kissing and being romantic with each other ... The characters are by far the worst part. Our MC goes through hell and back during this story. He gets tormented constantly and cannot catch a break. You can't help but feel pity, he goes through so much only for everything to go even worse.  On the other hand, the best friend.. his character gets so messed around with it's not even funny. At the beginning he is this himbo character who just wants to be happy with his friends and with his life. Who then ends up being this horrible asshole who does a lot of questionable things. And finally the other friend. This guy is probably the most tolerable out of the three main characters. Although he is also incredibly frustrating. You find out quite early on that this guy has feelings for the MC and it's just so irritating. He does everything to be with him and then ends up doing everything within his power to be away from him.  TLDR; I don't really recommend this to anyone unless you love being stressed the hell out and frustrated to the point of pulling out hairs. The story isn't the best thought out and the characters don't really help either. The only reason I was able to finish this, was because it was so frustrating to the point where I was invested, due to the fact that everyone is so messed up and I just had to see how it ended.