minatika

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registered at: Jun 02, 2023
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    Finalist - MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2023




    Sep 12, 2023

    Final chapter?! 😢 Okay, I'm ready!!

    Ayano is here by the lake, waiting for him ❤️ it looks like everyone was in on setting this up 😂 himeko brought Aki, while Nanami, Chiaki, and Momo brought along Ayano.

    Paper girl Class Press and Teddy Bear Gangster. Together at last! AND THE FIREWORKS 🎆🎇 the perfect backdrop for Ayano's confession ❤️❤️❤️

    Obviously, I want more 🥰 but this is also a very cute stopping point for the sake of the contest. The main couple is together, but there's still plenty of intrigue for a second novel!!

    Chiaki and Momo? Misha and Ryoichi? What are Shinji's plans? Will the Viper gang become an enemy or an ally? Might Himeko find a new love somewhere else?? All of these are definitely things I could see being answered in a sequel 😁

    Congratulations on finishing this novel and thank you for sharing!!! It was a really fun romcom and I felt like you blended the "romantic comedy" with "yakuza twist" really well. The story never felt too dark, but it also felt like the gang was real and definitely a part of their lives!! Which is a tricky balance to write, in my opinion, since gangster stuff can easily go into a darker plotline, but you managed to keep both really well!!

    This was so fun to read and truly, I enjoyed it ❤️ I know you ended up rewriting a large amount of the story, and that made you a little strapped for time so some things got cut, but I still think you should be super proud of this!! 👏👏👏 Congrats again!

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    Pretty Boy Gangster
    Chapter:42







    Sep 12, 2023

    Let me just say, as someone with sound sensitivities, I loved the premise of this story. It's often really hard for me to get people to understand why I wear headphones or earplugs everywhere, and the idea of two people with similar problems finding each other and crafting a happy, safe place where they could "just be" really appealed to me 💕 I hope to have something like that in my own life one day!! (Till then 🤣 I wear my earplugs even inside my own apartment.)

    But the focus on the mean mom sort of just...took over the narrative? I see that you changed the story description. And somewhere (I think on discord maybe?) I saw you recommend this story for people who have really overbearing parents. So it feels to me like maybe you changed story directions? 🤔 Not that this is a problem (stories change direction all the time!! Especially in a contest like this where you write as you go.)

    But if I'd known that this story was mostly about surviving a verbally abusive parent, I probably wouldn't have started reading. Without going too much into my personal life, I've lived through my share of verbal abuse. Although I can personally relate to this narrative, it mostly brought back bad memories I'd rather not relive 😭 So I couldn't comment on those chapters because I had to "skim read" to avoid triggers.

    This final chapter though gives me hope for both Hino and Sora. I think summer school might be a good opportunity for them to study (and tutor together) in a setting where Hino can learn at her own speed in a less stressful environment. I really do think these two have good chemistry together!! So congrats on finishing this novel, and I hope for maybe a sequel or an epilogue seeing how these two are doing in the future ❤️❤️
    Thank you for writing!! 🎉 And congratulations again!

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    A Love In Silence Cover
    SoraHino: A Love In Silence
    Chapter:19