i’ve tried posting this four times now god help me. if it somehow mass posts later in rapid fire multi succession im so sorry. anyways
so obviously this is spoilers but i feel like after reading everything that this manhwa is….. hmmm. i don’t want to outright say it’s a BAD adaptation, but i think it’s a pretty wooden one? especially since it deviates from being from solely jiwon’s perspective as it has jungwoo focus bits later on (based on the raws) & i think keeping it jiwon-focused is very important for understanding why jungwoo is shown acting the way he is.
like while he’s definitely a bit harsh at first because. that’s just his personality. and also he’s going through some good ol Internalised Homophobia because he’s going through a bit of a ‘why am i so drawn to this guy? there’s no way i’m interested in Him, i must be just going through something’ jungwoo’s coming across as harshly as he does is in good part jiwon’s horrible self esteem bleeding through into all of his interactions with him. jiwon interprets everything very deeply negatively (for his own understandable reasons) & it bleeds into how he perceives jungwoo and reads into his actions. because the manhwa isn’t really so far presenting this very well As Jiwon’s Perspective, it’s just making jungwoo look really wishy-washy. which is kind of funny because jungwoo does ultimately fall Very fast and Very hard and he is very outspoken about his interest & while he’s kind of crabby with jiwon at first, it’s not meant on his end to be as harsh as it looks.
tldr i think the manhwa is kind of stumbling at adapting the novel because it’s not really honing in on jiwon’s personal perspective factoring in enough and everything feels a little clunky and whiplashy bc of it. but that’s just me! i was kind of surprised at how much i’ve enjoyed the novel actually just bc the manhwa fell flat for me so far
side note when jungwoo says jiwon won’t misunderstand him in ch9 i believe he is saying that on purpose not to DISSUADE him, but instead encourage him. because he does in the novel state he was aware of jiwon’s interest in him for quite some time lol. he’s moreso atp trying to be playful than he is nasty with him! like, trying to hype jiwon up & try and sense things out w/ him. However , Jiwon ,
i’ve tried posting this four times now god help me. if it somehow mass posts later in rapid fire multi succession im so sorry. anyways
so obviously this is spoilers but i feel like after reading everything that this manhwa is….. hmmm. i don’t want to outright say it’s a BAD adaptation, but i think it’s a pretty wooden one? especially since it deviates from being from solely jiwon’s perspective as it has jungwoo focus bits later on (based on the raws) & i think keeping it jiwon-focused is very important for understanding why jungwoo is shown acting the way he is.
like while he’s definitely a bit harsh at first because. that’s just his personality. and also he’s going through some good ol Internalised Homophobia because he’s going through a bit of a ‘why am i so drawn to this guy? there’s no way i’m interested in Him, i must be just going through something’ jungwoo’s coming across as harshly as he does is in good part jiwon’s horrible self esteem bleeding through into all of his interactions with him. jiwon interprets everything very deeply negatively (for his own understandable reasons) & it bleeds into how he perceives jungwoo and reads into his actions. because the manhwa isn’t really so far presenting this very well As Jiwon’s Perspective, it’s just making jungwoo look really wishy-washy. which is kind of funny because jungwoo does ultimately fall Very fast and Very hard and he is very outspoken about his interest & while he’s kind of crabby with jiwon at first, it’s not meant on his end to be as harsh as it looks.
tldr i think the manhwa is kind of stumbling at adapting the novel because it’s not really honing in on jiwon’s personal perspective factoring in enough and everything feels a little clunky and whiplashy bc of it. but that’s just me! i was kind of surprised at how much i’ve enjoyed the novel actually just bc the manhwa fell flat for me so far
side note when jungwoo says jiwon won’t misunderstand him in ch9 i believe he is saying that on purpose not to DISSUADE him, but instead encourage him. because he does in the novel state he was aware of jiwon’s interest in him for quite some time lol. he’s moreso atp trying to be playful than he is nasty with him! like, trying to hype jiwon up & try and sense things out w/ him. However , Jiwon ,