It's not fair of me to judge the author, but I kinda think the story is getting out of her hands. I know It's too soon to say this after reading just a few chapters of season 2. And we all know that she is really talented and we all trust her.
We should just wait to confirm if our assumption is true or not
We really don't know if the nameless and jihwa character is second pair ship or not. Byeonduck just create this chapter for people who question what the assassin is doing? Because he supposed to kill nakyum. For me the new chapter is okay, to have some other character scene to make the story become understanding
That is probably the first time I feel a bit disappointed with POTN.
I mean, it's already a trope so these rape plots have to be careful in my opinion to balance a bit and not overdo with all tropes you can get in Yaoi.... one trope at time and then if possible add drama that makes the plot row.
What is the author doing here? Adding a gay character for Jihwa so he has a pairing.
That reminds me of the Devil's Temptation where the author seemed to have added a character just so the side character that has some fans don't end up alone. Just like there we are supposed to not notice that they look like twins with a few changes. ( can't readers see it's exactly the same Seungho's face with beard, tattoos and unwashed look?)
I'm all for fanservice but here is my beef with this: Seungho already falls into the cliche/trope hot bad boy but Seungho is the main character and therefore the author has to put background and personality on him and let's face it .... with the chapters being so short, there is a lot yet to cover. Now the author adds a new hot daddy that has no other function that fanservice smut with Jihwa. The problem is that either the author focus on developing Seungho and Nakyum personality and all we get is a hot mofo assassin ... or she will neglect the MCs and start adding on the assassin.
I feel a lot of readers are excited for the new hot bod but personally I feel really suspicious when the story start adding characters when it is already lacking meat for the main ones.
I feel it is too late now because it's clear we will get a detour about the new guy smut with Jihwa and probably Seungho x Nakyum story will start feel like an afterthought.
Too many stories start great just to fall into the trap of 'side characters are added and the MC development gets stalled' . The chapters of this story are just too short for the author to tell a good story with two couples .... or to develop one strong seme. And frankly I don't care how hot the assassin is, a story needs a strong backbone and main character developed otherwise it starts to feel just a lot of things glued together.
The assassination plot really feels weak now because there is no real threat to Nakyum here. The character is just here to show his muscles and have sex with Jihwa.
It is possible the author is trying to appease the readers who whine so much about Seungho and needed another man to root for in the story. However, it's a pity because there is no way the main characters will get a full development now having to make space for the hot hobo and Jihwa. I can get hot characters anywhere. Well developed ones, not so much and for a first time I feel like the author is adding fillers and doesn't know what to do with the main characters.
The assassination plot would have been so interesting if the assassin was really there for it. However, even if he adds the little drama that won't end up killing anyone, the 'Seungho' clone created so Jihwa gets a boyfriend ruined that arc.