honestly did not plan on reading this because i couldn’t get over the drawing style but the comments were so polarising on their opinion of the second couple that i had to see what the hype was about and i think i finally understand why people loved eunwoo and wonho so much even though they’re both rapists and emotionally abusive pieces of shit. the parallel between wonho’s passion for acting and eunwoo’s feelings for wonho is bridged by their desperation which humanises them when it is easier to see them as just trash for the way wonho abused minki and the way eunwoo abused him in turn. which is rarely done well in manga when the writing is harder because it is so limited. and because the author made it easy to empathise with them it is difficult not to forgive them when they are redeemed by loving each other (and leaving minki alone). the opposing faction in the comments who hated the second couple’s happy ending were even more interesting because they did not yield even when the cycle of abuse stopped with their relationship (the most you could ask for in yaoi the majority of the time) which i think is from the lack of accountability on wonho’s part like yes he did suffer from his own greed but not from the way he used minki as an emotional punch bag for a decade so him getting to be loved in the end feels undeserved. whereas with the first couple even though they had way more ‘screen time’ i don’t think it would ever seem not one sided when taeyoung is always the one giving and giving. therefore, rather than a full fledged relationship it just seems like minki is indulging the unrequited love of a younger man that doesn’t abuse him. and after the way minki was controlled by wonho’s misplaced guilt for a decade, who could blame him? one last thing, why are people calling wonho a bottom please guys verses are real and yaoi might not act like it but they are i promise. this is just my brief analysis of the energy i got from the comment section.
my personal feelings on this manga is that it was well written as in it did not leave behind plot holes, no character was ever so shallow that it was unrealistic and the emotional drive of each character was very succinct and relatable as well as the mirroring of their desires between the cousin’s desires to give the men they love what they most wanted and minki’s desire to be fulfilled (personal) and wonho’s desire to be fulfilled (professional). i do however hate them all because unlike you guys i can’t forgive what any of them did (￣∇￣") taeyoung being nine inches deep in minki who was drunk out of his mind? jail. wonho punching taeyoung for trying to stop him from raping minki again? jail right away. eunwoo continual dehumanisation of wonho’s body because he was a fucking coward for a decade? straight to jail. minki using taeyoung’s feelings to feel better about himself knowing that the much younger man has been in love with him since he was a teenager? believe it or not, jail!
honestly did not plan on reading this because i couldn’t get over the drawing style but the comments were so polarising on their opinion of the second couple that i had to see what the hype was about and i think i finally understand why people loved eunwoo and wonho so much even though they’re both rapists and emotionally abusive pieces of shit. the parallel between wonho’s passion for acting and eunwoo’s feelings for wonho is bridged by their desperation which humanises them when it is easier to see them as just trash for the way wonho abused minki and the way eunwoo abused him in turn. which is rarely done well in manga when the writing is harder because it is so limited. and because the author made it easy to empathise with them it is difficult not to forgive them when they are redeemed by loving each other (and leaving minki alone). the opposing faction in the comments who hated the second couple’s happy ending were even more interesting because they did not yield even when the cycle of abuse stopped with their relationship (the most you could ask for in yaoi the majority of the time) which i think is from the lack of accountability on wonho’s part like yes he did suffer from his own greed but not from the way he used minki as an emotional punch bag for a decade so him getting to be loved in the end feels undeserved. whereas with the first couple even though they had way more ‘screen time’ i don’t think it would ever seem not one sided when taeyoung is always the one giving and giving. therefore, rather than a full fledged relationship it just seems like minki is indulging the unrequited love of a younger man that doesn’t abuse him. and after the way minki was controlled by wonho’s misplaced guilt for a decade, who could blame him? one last thing, why are people calling wonho a bottom please guys verses are real and yaoi might not act like it but they are i promise.
this is just my brief analysis of the energy i got from the comment section.
my personal feelings on this manga is that it was well written as in it did not leave behind plot holes, no character was ever so shallow that it was unrealistic and the emotional drive of each character was very succinct and relatable as well as the mirroring of their desires between the cousin’s desires to give the men they love what they most wanted and minki’s desire to be fulfilled (personal) and wonho’s desire to be fulfilled (professional). i do however hate them all because unlike you guys i can’t forgive what any of them did (￣∇￣") taeyoung being nine inches deep in minki who was drunk out of his mind? jail. wonho punching taeyoung for trying to stop him from raping minki again? jail right away. eunwoo continual dehumanisation of wonho’s body because he was a fucking coward for a decade? straight to jail. minki using taeyoung’s feelings to feel better about himself knowing that the much younger man has been in love with him since he was a teenager? believe it or not, jail!