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I agree, I adored this at first, but as the drama kept going and repeating in different ways, I just lost interest. I like it, the art is beautiful, but what had potential turned into decent.
beta
I agree, I adored this at first, but as the drama kept going and repeating in different ways, I just lost interest. I like it, the art is beautiful, but what had potential turned into decent.
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Welp, there's lots of mixed reviews here lmao. I've read worse tbh. I liked this manhwa a LOT in the very beginning. Like, even w/ Lu Xuan Run & drama, mainly coz I love angst lmao. The only thing I disliked about it was the fact that LXR's methods of getting in the way was getting repetitive, which dragged it out more than necessary and that there was less interaction between Siwon and Jinha. Therefore, making that ending seemingly rushed. There wasn't enough time for them to reconcile properly and talk about how fucked that whole situation was. It just honestly didn't flow very nicely. The author could have made a better transition if they haven't dragged out the conflict so much. As for LXR, idk how they even managed to forgive him after committing such atrocious actions that are deemed illegal IRL. I felt like he could have had a better backstory to his actions than "Oh my dad was an asshole about my cat dying...I also feel lonely". I love me some good villains so he was kinda disappointing. As for Jinha....I sympathized with him a lot due to how much trauma he went through but the way he handled the whole thing was just NOPE. Siwon...well he wasn't too bad but his tsundere tendencies became a little bit too much sometimes. Though I personally felt like he shouldn't be forced to come out b/c 1) Homophobia is common in traditionalist asian countries 2) Bullying coz of Homophobia can make your life HELL. Unfortunately for Jinha, he would need to be more understanding if he really wanted to be w/ Siwon. I believe in "Don't think about what others think of you" but realistically, that's hard to ignore if you're getting relentlessly bullied JUST CAUSE you're gay. Seriously, the lack of communication in a lot of romantic plots is BAFFLING sometimes. I mean it's common in a lot of relationships but over time you just, say wtf you need to say you know, to avoid history repeating itself.
Anyways: Tl;dr - Too much back n forth w/ drama, weak character development (except for Siwon maybe), weak ending. Execution 4.5/10.
Art gets 9/10 for me coz cmon ya'll, can't discredit good art despite shit writing xD
Average score: hmmm...maybe like 5.5/10 at most?? Coz like I've said, I've read worse.
These are all my personal opinions and criticisms. It's not a dick, don't take it so hard lmao.
P.S. On a slightly less negative note: I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Yandere Siwon coz I thought Lu Xuan deserved that lmao.