Is the male lead a cold, genius-like character or more of a blunt/socially awkward character? I’m interested in reading based on this description, but that type of character can be really hit or miss for me depending on how the author develops him. From what I can gather from your description, he sounds like the former.
This is a manga only, complete work of about 200 pages or so. So, it can be easily read by anyone within a short period of time. Anime covers about the first half of the book and the last, final arc is all manga and specifically deals with the past of the story and resolution of the main couple’s relationship. The art changes and improves so much throughout the manga.
Some stories are just better suited to certain forms of media and ‘Kamisama Kiss’ is a good example of a shoujo manga that is heavily reliant on the visual storytelling for half of the magic of the story. The Fox’s fox ears and tails, the shrine settings and the rest of the supernatural entities in the story are all very important in creating the right atmosphere for the tale.
I am not quite sure how many chapters Try Begging Me has right now. On E-book platforms, the chapters are sometimes added or translated. So for ongoing novels, the total chapters keep changing. Be My Slave: A Mafia Romance on the other hand is a complete mafia romance novel that spans a high-stakes dramatic storyline. The story has a power exchange premise and the female lead is so defiant that she creates so much of danger in the world of organized crime and constant tension in this Mafia Romance.
One has to consider not just where one is going to read a story, but also in what order its chapters are to be read. The Translator’s Table of Contents (linked from Shinkai at the top of this page) lays out chapters of Flowers are Bait in prologue, main story, and bonus sections. That they were written to be read in that particular order is crucial to appreciating several layers of symbolism which grow gradually from the protagonist’s growing realization of the true nature of the flowers he’s been using to catch girls. Getting to understand that slowly is key to his growing up and, to readers, to their getting to appreciate the central metaphor of the story. An aggregator might not care to recreate the structure for such work, though.
I sometimes just have to wait. The really popular novels will often end up in a more stable home in the end – perhaps an official platform licenses it, or a fan completes it and releases it as a full PDF. I’ve abandoned my search for a number of novels only to find them a year later on a forum, fully translated and conveniently compiled into a PDF for your reading pleasure.
But meanwhile you could read another novel off your never-ending ‘to-read’ list. The amount of web novels out there is virtually endless. So as not to ruin your fun of reading the novel that you’re having trouble finding, don’t get too obsessed with finding it. Set up a Google Alert for the novel’s title. Follow a related subreddit. When a good source of the novel turns up, you’ll be notified of it. Transfer your energy that was previously devoted to actively searching for a way to read the novel to now watching for opportunities to read it. The novel will still be there when the way to read it becomes more apparent.
I came across this post searching for answers. I know there are many memes regarding this book on the social media platforms. As for me reading it, however, I never got around to it. It seems like an immense task to even locate it, so I may just have to watch a YouTube video that summarizes it instead.