I feel the same way, the story feels so produced and not in a professional way but in a sense it wasn't thought out, planned out, or developed. It reminds me of movie franchise cash grabs but at least those were just a little thought out.
yea, it feels like a small summary of a story being acted out instead of a well-mapped out and cohesive series.
This breakdown is really a fantastic breakdown of what I feel.
Oh my fucking god you stole all the words from my mouth. How can someone produce something like BJ Alex and then downgrade to... this? Honestly i had the same expectations, i was so looking forward to this, but every new chapter makes me want to rip my hair out. Jk ain't quirky or misunderstood, he's just a huge asshole. Thanks for the breakdown, i feel like a lot of people need to see it and open their eyes.
I think im going to come back to this comment whenever I feel like I need to read new updates.
BJ Alex wasn't perfect either it still was iffy and had many points that are down right terrible. I feel like people love BJ Alex to the point they refuse to see the flaws and disregarded them. Though BJ Alex was great for Mingwas's first publishing.
Nobody here says BJ Alex was in any way perfect relationship wise. It still is a very problematic story with quite a lot questionable rhetoric, to put it mildly. However, we are not talking about these aspects here. We are talking about the narrative side, world and character building and development. There are none.
BJ Alex, however problematic and flawed, has a well-paced ang logically built plot with simple and working arc structure. It's predictable yet not boring, it makes you invested and do make you like the MCs at least a little. You WANT them to change and you BELIEVE these changes when those happen. That's the fundamental yet crucial difference.
I was responding to the person who also commented on this. I never said anyone in this thread saw it as “perfect” but instead that some refuse to see the flaws of BJ Alex and couldn't possibly believe Mingwa could make anything bad.
The person you've responded to said nothing about BJ Alex being perfect, without flaws, not iffy etc. They in no way disregarded all the problematic aspects of it. They only said the obvious - it's a shame an author whose first work was an objectively good (art, script, basic storytelling rules working, characters developing) BL read creates THIS nonsense. However questionable BJ Alex might be, it still is a well-written engaging story that works. Jinx could be a tale of a terrible JK and naive Dan, about rape and abuse and toxic relationships and all the most ugly things you can think about, BUT still pass as a GOOD manhwa - not in terms of marals, but in terms of telling a story. So being shocked the author of the well-crafted project suddenly drops this is nothing but natural.
Op alr answered but I never said I don't see any flaws in BJ Alex I think most people that prefer BJ Alex over Jinx won't say that it's perfect by any means, instead they'll tell you that as flawed as it is it is still objectively better than Jinx, as far as storytelling and character development goes, just like I think. Jinx is clearly a downgrade in those aspects.
I can overlook typical bl abusive and rapy cliches if there is a decent story behind with evolving characters and entertaining conflicts. Really had high hopes for this one after simple yet thought-through BJ Alex. But the latest chapters were like a wake-up call. Not because something of significance happened, but because I've got this uneasiness I've been feeling since the 1st chapter figured out finally.
It feels like the author couldn't care less about this project.
Don't get me wrong - the production level is top notch, but there's nothing but emptiness.
Zero character development. No chemistry between the MCs and honestly - instead of utterly unrealistic and boring sex scenes I'd rather there were a bunch of meaningful, plot driving scenes.
Kim Dan was kind of likeable at the beginning (or it was just pity), JK was keeping us burning - cruel, mysterious, hurt physically and for sure - emotionally. Pretty good premise for the story.
And yet... it's chapter 42 already.
JK just makes himself more and more unlikable. There is zilch of slow burn or hints or whatever. He is an asshole with a pretty face and enormous ego, and what, he will miraculously make an 180° when it's scripted? With the realization of his misdeeds and black&white flashbacks of Dan overly childified face? Wow, what a story.
And as for Dan, these last chapters were bound to destroy him as a relatable and likable character. And it's not because he acts silly (even though it is annoying and laughable considering his life experience and age, gives me "born sexy yesterday" vibes, yikes), but because of the extremely amateur way the author depicts his inner and outer changes and deeds. He is utterly infantile and stupid. He behaves as a stereotypical derogatory female characters written by men, or like an anecdote of a teenaged silly little kiddo.
All of this is just so LAZY
And glaringly commercial. As if on the wave of success after BJ Alex there was an urgent need of new juicy project asap, and the author just so happened to binge-watch "Physical 100" on Netflix and thought "oh my, that's it" and that alone was considered enough of a fundamental for the next story.
Overall, it feel like the writer is ChatGPT itself. Immense disappointment. The only reason I am going to stick around is Potato and his obviously incoming romance with the celebrity guy.
What a disaster of a story should one create so that the only likable (for now) part of it is a romance between two secondary characters which hasn't even happened yet. Hilarious.