Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 43]

• Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No worries, I’m not a prude who’d feel offended by this stuff nor is it an R-18 series to hide from any potential passers-by. I was just surprised after multiple titles where stuff like this was pretty much kept at a “kids friendly” level.

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  • PrincessKadath@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Usually they are clearly marked as R19+. I usually skip those and read the 15+ version because sex scenes don’t really bring anything to the story.

    I am not a prude myself, but for me it’s like trying to fill holes (ha!) in the story with smut scenes. I get it, the characters had sex. Big deal. 🤷‍♀️

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    • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Now you’re making me curious if there are series like this where full-on sex scenes have actually important info/growth/plot relevance without feeling like cheap filler. Overall though I think scenes like that can still serve a purpose when done correctly, like show off a different side of the characters. I feel this series is a good example of that - compare “normal” and “tea time” Pell (to use manhwa’s terminology here).

      Also, I’m not gonna lie, well drawn smut can be a great read from a purely technical point of view. I love analysing how people draw stuff, especially bodies as nature is something I have HUGE problems with myself, so even without plot relevance I tend to get something out of things like that. I know people often joke how they check these things for art but that’s actually kind of where I’m at most of the time.

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      • PrincessKadath@ani.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        As usual, no notification… 😢

        The only one I can think of is Lucia, but I also am not sure if there’s a non R19+ version.

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