
I have avoided it this long because I hate reading toxic redflag shit that gets brushed aside without proper redemption. However I have heard good things about the relationship b/w MC and ML. I also heard that MC gets raped by others a lot and I don't want the angst. Is it as heartbreaking as A Married Man, or nah? I am ok with spoilers.

not worth it imo. it was good at the start but progressively got worse by the end. i wish i could have all my time and the emotional investment i put into this back.
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the part i hated most was that as revenge for the guy who had mc raped many times, the "green flag" ml gang raped his older brother. absolutely vile shit i was so horrified. worst part is that the author, the readers and the characters alike all justify it even tho he (the man who got raped bc of the ml) never did anything wrong, it was all his younger brother's doing. there were so many goddamn rape scenes in here it's genuinely hard to get through.
the good things i can think abt is like the art is really gorgeous and the mc is a sweetheart

well he wasn't exactly innocent, i believe he was also part of the sex trafficking trope. so technically "rape the dude that was pulling that shit" is partially right haha. it was evil revenge but looking at how evil and annoying the younger brother was begging for forgiveness was quite satisfying.
i haven't read a married man but i read missing love which is absolutely traumatising and lack of love until the last few chapters.
pearl boy was pretty sweet from start to end imo, except for parts where the villain plots and the angst and rape comes in. all of the issues with the red flag villain gets resolved and mc ml gets their own happy ending!!! i actually re-read cause the art style and smut is actually a blessing.

oh hell nah where the hell did you get that? i was disgusted by the incest, maybe i just misremembered the other parts of his character tho. it has been over a year since i read it. however if you think it's okay to rape someone as revenge, and that people "deserve" to be raped you are fucking disgusting and should be behind bars i hope you know that.

Missing Love is A Married Man. That had me def scarred for life. I was bawling my eyes out and getting dehydrated. I also stopped reading at one point and I am too scared to touch it again. I will get to it eventually because despite the angst, it's super good.
I have always seen the hype for Pearl Boy but I just don't want to get scarred again. I used to eat up all the fucked up shit as a kid/teen, but now as I get older, I just want fluffy romance.

oh! i didn't know the alt name. but yes, i totally understand you!! (but i still conclude that pearl boy is much better to missing love,,, though i finished the manga in one night and am an angst enjoyer i didn't particularly like missing love.)
defs read whatever feels comfortable for you! pearl boy though sweet still pretty fucked up cause of rape and just malicious sexual intent but ml is always there for mc the whole plot, so it didn't feel like the useless ml in missing love lmao.
stillll, maybe not the cup of tea for you. but i absolutely love angst so idk any fluffy romance for you . maybe like love tractor, define the relationship (started as contractual r/s), smyrna & capri??? anyways happy reads

I saw there was an update but I needed to jog my memory so I read my review and it all came rushing back. Goddamn, Ryou is a psycho fr. The way he raped and groomed Suzu all in the name of love is sick, but it's also kind of hot because it's fiction. In real life, I need Ryou buried alive, but here, I am cool with him being buried inside Suzu's ass lol.

My poor baby has suffered so much since he was a child. Having to see his father get abused because he was being a normal kid and knocked his own tooth out after falling down. How can they pull the dad's tooth out for supposedly neglecting the physical body of the sacrifice but then go around and slap Jaheon until he is bruised and bleeding? They didn't care about his health and body then? I seriously need my jerk Mugo to destroy that head family. I wanna know what the lore is and why he is bound to help those fuckers out. The wealth and power has gotten to their head and I want to chop it off French style. I am so pissed. I knew my poor Jaheon was abused but the way he had to mentally kill himself, his childishness and carefree personality to delude himself into being happy about being a sacrifice. My baby is psychologically so broken that it hurt reading this chapter. I just want him to be happy TT
I get to see my babyboy's pregnancy journey!! Taeju better be ready for dad duties.