
Heyo tbf, the audience for this story mostly came from bj Alex or whatever it’s called (Because it’s literally the exact same story lol) and while that relationship is still toxic it’s nowhere near this level of clear toxicity and rape, adding to that the story was better at showing backstories and creating sympathy for the main love interest dude. So basically a bunch of people from the mildly toxic side of bl got shoved into painter of the night esque content and are expressing their dislike of the toxic couple as from my experience a fair amount of people who read bj Alex weren't super fans of the super toxic abusive shit and more into the fluffy to mildly toxic side (while not all ofc ik there’s overlap)
It’s just different audiences it’s really that simple, painter of the night had an audience who knew what they were getting into jinx didn’t. Especially if you take into account how the author talked about everything like based on the authors comments you wouldn’t expect this amount of toxic TvT
However your point about the hate reading is spitting facts lol why keep reading if it causes so much discomfort ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
Anyways have a nice day! :D

I kinda agree! Why continue reading if you hate J so much and complain weekly? I’ve dropped so many mangas etc for whatever reason (story line, art style, translation etc).
This is a painfully obvious toxic, power imbalanced relationship with an extremely arrogant guy.
I would love it if the ending was where Dan fully left and lived his own life while J is depressed af, single etc but we all know how these stories usually end up going~~!
I’m already enjoying seeing J go through this tiny bit of rejection from Dan. It was long overdue but it’s started!! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Sooooo many of you are hating on Jaekyung saying how he’s not redeemable and saying how there is no character development even after 60 chapters. But painter of the night was exactly the same, and yet everyone loved Seungho (and he was definitely worse than Jaekyung). Also, everyone called the story a masterpiece even though there was also no character development even after the 60th chapter. So yeah, I can’t wait to see y’all being big hypocrites at the end of this shitty story and call Jaekyung a green flag, cause we all know where the story is heading even if yall don’t want to accept it. The second he’ll act just a little bit nice, you will all forget, forgive, and fangirl (just like Kim). So yeah, stop saying he’s not redeemable when all he has to do to convince yall is to act just like he did when he was drunk (but without the alcohol). Mark my words