Guys, when you're feeling bad undertones here, it's not because you're paranoid or because...

Abel✯lied March 21, 2025 11:43 pm

Guys, when you're feeling bad undertones here, it's not because you're paranoid or because your gut is speaking to you, you just subconsciously understand the visual hints and narrative format that manhwas use, to set up a certain atmosphere.
This chapter has a really nice example of this. While many artists think that the art of paneling is not present in scrolling formats, that's not always true I think. The tension you feel when teacher is flipped over isn't because of what's happening on screen, but how it's presented. This could be just a sexy gesture, but the artist decided to make this panel very long (which creates an imposing effect of a sudden shift in a situation). There is a lot of space above it, with only a speech bubble, giving the feeling of anticipation. With how large the frame is, unlike before, you can never see two panels on screen, so you're locked in with the characters. The background color also suddenly switches to black, making it clear that the situation has somehow changed (here, Guwon no longer seems like a naive animalistic man, but as a manipulative intelligent man). These are all artistic decisions, that they made as they were storyboarding, sketching and coloring this chapter and they're there to make you feel the way you do.
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.....Also he's totally doing an evil smirk in the cover

Responses
    Sweet_chili March 21, 2025 11:48 pm

    Lmaoo, it b like that

    chaoticuwu March 21, 2025 11:52 pm

    Yes girl do your analysis we love that

    Abel✯lied March 21, 2025 11:57 pm
    Yes girl do your analysis we love that chaoticuwu

    Thank you m'lord, literally where else would I be able to yap like this. "Oh excuse me my beloved classmates! Yesterday as I read my daily dose of yaoi, the teacher was getting dicked down by that zombie gentleman. From the paneling, I think we may assume that something nefarious is ahead. Perhaps we might even have large pure white scrolling panel next time, to give us the feeling of a jump scare with an unmoving image!" No, they'd stone me to death. This might not be a holy place, but we are not holy men. What the fuck am I going on about again.