you are genuinely spot on with your prediction of how this goes, I'm honestly very biased to unconditional though so I have to say regardless of that it's an unbridled cut above the rest even with the predictability of it mind (it takes alot of the cookie cutter aspects of those tropes and makes them feel mature), there's something really tangible and gentle about the relationship the characters develop and it's unlike anything I've ever read, the dialogue is very witty and maybe it's just nostalgia talking but it's one of my favourite mangas I've consumed (check my profile... I've read alot).
I am rambling but honestly I think it's better to have read this and find out you hate it (while still getting some frankly unprecedentedly great references on: healthy relationships, taking personal responsibility romantically, chivalry, determining genuine apologetics etc.) than not reading it at all, the author did something really social imo.
spoiler wise:
I personally find the way they deal with the guilt MC goes through a bit grittier than most in this genre, he genuinely is chewing off his fingers because of it.
ML is not very forgiving which I appreciated it takes alot and what I assume is months fr them to get back to a semblance of something (he cuts off MC completely/they break up with him having no intention of them getting back together, there no puppy eyes though ML is genuinely a hardcore yearner, he gives no fucks and shows a kind of pettiness I kind of enjoyed)
their reconciliation doesn't feel fickle ... if my memory serves right it's poetic without over or understating anyone's stakes in the relationship. (MC comes to a point where he's is just trying to be accepting that he messed up and maybe should move on but is still hopeful ofc.. they r both yearners imo honestly wtf )
idk I feel like I'm yapping wayyy too much idk if this is what you meant by light spoilers I don't want to give anything away for you that may be a great plot point as a reader. I tried talking about what you'd already brought up.
I don’t mind predictability because it doesn’t always speak of quality. I am just worried for my nerves.
I didn’t mind your ‘rambling’. You really got me with ‘better to read and not like it than not read at all’. I will try my best not to focus too much on the drama (difficulty: extreme) and focus on other things instead, because I really do love deep stories that actually give us great and not one dimensional characters.
I will read it. Thank you.
Nah, it’s perfect. Don’t worry. Now I kinda know what I’m getting into, so I’m prepared. Thank you!!!!
And you don’t ‘yap too much’. I love detailed responses.
yayyy I'm happy if I could be of any help at all I'm back because of the new work the author has put out and I think I'm gonna read it again let's hope we both enjoy it you for the first time and me for the 5th
I HAAAATTTEEE stories where MC uses ML for something and then it gets very messy. I can’t handle this drama that can potentially be the main problem for the whole story. But this manhwa has such a high rating and is praised a lot, so I really want to continue reading it, but it’s really tough to get past the first chapters. I just caaaanntttt.
Can someone give me light spoilers? Is the whole story just MC using ML in the beginning, they fall in love, but then ML finds out and MC is working to get back together (just my prediction and assumption of how the story will go but I actually have no idea how it will go down)?
I want to know, please ╥﹏╥