We compare it to Killing Stalking because they are both very dark (and portraying how fucked up people can be) and meant for a mature and well informed audience; and i'm sorry but I don't think this is about romance like u're saying. It's a hentai with sm as a theme and shows how disfunctional relationships can fuck up people's mentalities and their lives. As for me, i think that this is ANYTHING BUT ROMANCE. So people stop trying to search for the romance, or a good dom/sub... Etc. This is fucked up shit, and we love it for what it is.
Please do not feel offended by my comment. I only meant to clarify some things to people in general. If u feel offended, i'm sorry.
[violently motions to the romance genre label]
I'm pretty sure this is categorized as a romance. KS wasn't.
Okay... Let me show u an example: for instance, Skip Beat! Says it's about romance but it actually isn't. I hope u get what I mean... Even though they say it's there, it doesn't have to focus on it.
I still think that the main tags should be dark, mature & psychological.
No matter what the case, the manhwa itself is being marketed as a BDSM romance book.
K
Remember Killing Stalking was a HORROR manga as well as a Psychological one, it was meant to be fucked up, it was a hard non-con Manhwa and not meant to be portrayed in a romantic light in any sense.
This on the other hand is supposed to be a romance BDSM manhwa, of which it's showing NO trace of actual BDSM but using the label as an excuse to show rape an abuse to no end. I liked this series in the beginning, but now I'm actually sickened by it. Noona is not a Domme, she is anything but. And this is coming from a Sadistic Dom. There is no consent here, there's no safeword at play, this is just plain rape. I'm ashamed at ANYONE defending this. （￣へ￣）