I completely agree with your point. Labeling this manhwa as a romance is highly misleading because it frames abuse and manipulation as acceptable parts of love, which is incredibly harmful. The story's toxic dynamics, especially the one-sided power imbalance, do not belong in a genre meant to depict healthy or meaningful relationships. If it were categorized as psychological or dark, it would align better with its themes and set the right expectations for readers, preventing the normalization of abusive behaviors under the guise of romance.
LOL this story have NOTHING of SHOUJO. I agree with you.
There needs to be a tag in all caps saying PSYCHOLOGICAL and DRAMA, about the spicy scenes... I’m not sure if they’ll censor it on Webtoon, but if they don’t, make sure +18 is SUPER BIG.
Talking about the power dynamic, the artist had different opinion.
"On the surface, the male protagonist, who tried to obtain by force using his status and authority, seems to have the upper hand in the relationship. But deep down, the relationship between the two is completely reserved. I thought that was the core theme of the original work (novel)".
Is not it interesting every meaning-making of the full story can be very diverse? Just want to point out that one.
And as I said in another comment, I wish author and artist put this on different category. At least Mangago can change the genre. Age restriction on Naver is being discussed.
Summary should be written clearly too. We don't have it here.
oh my god i just searched who the author was and they wrote problematic prince and bastian. i thought Colleen Hoover and S.J.M are my worst enemies ಠ益ಠ i just haven't met this b*
i would've give this a better rating if this was categorized as a physiological genre but NO it's a SHOUJO a damn ROMANCE!? who wants to be in this toxic relationship!? this is not a DARK ROMANCE it's a DARK GENRE KEEP THAT ON YOUR SMALL BRAIN, you can just tell how easy for men to manipulate women (or men whoever reading) and welcome them to an illusion of romance that it's okay if i ABUSE YOU! you can abuse me back, we can be shit with each other! (except it's not, the power dynamic is one sided)