Finally finished A joyful life
This thing took much longer than expected to finish it. It's just so emotionally intense and gut wrenching that I couldn't go through it quickly, I just had to take breaks. Both main characters had to go through a lot of trauma processing and also deal with shitty people during the story. Only other story that was this hard hitting the entire time for me is I saw the TV glow. It's not for everyone, but for those that can deal with difficult stories, I recommend giving this one a shot. I don't see it mentioned often and it deserves more love.
Anyway, 10/10, my favorite yuri by far.