I hate that this is happening in mainstream and I also don’t know why but my theory is koreans already have tons of fluff materials that their mainstream manhwa authors just tends to go the dark path cuz that’s the edgy path. Like the rebellious age for the manhwa or something. I think korean manhwas are now in that teenager age phase
make sense or they think its cool to love edgy/depressing/toxic stuff or they think its what the audience wanted like we dont have enough of that in rl. the market is saturated enough. write stories without grape/kidnapping/mafia/drugs/debt/useless parents etc challenge.
sad to say sometimes even the gorgeous art couldnt save it (not this one in particular but in some cases).
Oh yeahh I mean I have no problem devouring grapes or angst in my early teens before but now that I’m older i think to myself I already seen everything but manhwa is still fairly new (compared to other bl platforms like ffs or manga) so of course the creators are still going thru that early rotten fujoshi/fudanshi phase. History tells me it will not get better edgy tropes will only grow and thrive no matter what and only saving grace are the few creators who will deviate from the dark and give us the good stuff
I’m numb at this point I just wanna read the ending. All the mainstream manhwas be turning dark and angsty right now I don’t have enough heart to feel them alllll