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FINALLY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T JUST FLAT OUT HATE THE CHARACTERS
these are super good points, can't wait to see where the story goes!!
Your description was golden and hilarious. GG GG (≧∀≦)
I like both the MLs. It's not just the art style, the character tropes are very reminiscent of old school Kdrama vibes with the "toxic" Go Junpyo kinda ML, and the "Mr. Perfect-Imperfect" Sunbae 2nd ML.
Eunsung has that very despicable yet charming energy to him. The kind you just love to hate and makes you want to root for him to change. Idk but for me, he's not the worst ML out there. At least he knows he's shit, but that makes his potential development interesting.
Jiho I just love him more and more. I thought he was just going to be the boring perfect 2nd ML that is obviously the better "choice" but he has realistic character flaws.
Youngsoo is... Hmmm, he's not bad. I like that he's not just a plain dumb blank slate self-insert, and his pushoverness is consistent with his personality and not just cause the author needs him to be stepped on over to progress the plot. He's in a shit situation but it's something he chose to be in to fight for his beliefs.
I think the ppl hating on this have very different expectations but if you apply some critical thinking, you can tell the author leans very much into campy storytelling (which is not a bad thing and is just another style of writing). Even with the theme of a 'Homophobic Society', it's meant to be satirical, "Look at this shit world where police officers can commit homosexuality but their socks are on so they can arrest the real gays, hah."
So don't go into this so seriously and expect some "good, pure" romance. This is a very controlled mess of romcom goodness with a touch of horny. Adapt accordingly.