this artist is probably one of the most hard working and genuinely passionate about the genre person I've ever seen. She has contributed so much to the genre in the past few years and I honestly really love her for that
i love how people get frustrated by miscommunication but people don't ever talk in real life mostly due to pride or not trying to be burden. Now we are seeing just how frustrating it can be!
It really do be like that though. Miscommunication is the death of relationships, I unfortunately learned from experience. But yeah hopefully they'll talk it out next chapter!
I can't tell if the author is intentionally being hilarious as fuck but I have never laughed so badly with a manhwa before
I have been putting this manga off since it came out since I find the plot so ridiculous. If someone can explain to me if they ever explain why people respect the cards that people get and why they are incentivized to respect kings and disrespect jokers, etc. Preferably no spoilers if they do reveal why but I just want to know if they state in the manga why. THank you
Also, I get that they get targeted for bullying if they don't listen but like how is the faculty and staff allowing this? Can't literally anyone contact the police or switch schools this just seems so strange I don't GET IT
i really recommend to read it a second time! the first time i read it, i thought it was just some weird manga, but believe me, it's a lot more. i think the school and its rules represents our modern society, how being part of a caste and how a certain surname and a certain way of living changes the way people think about us. also, (i might go deep into this theory because i really like this manga and so sorry sjjzhq also sorry for the dumb mistakes i'm sure i'll make) kids don't go call the police because, in the "real world" you can't change things, you have a role and that role will be part of you until you die, if you are at the bottom, you can't call someone that will solve all your problems. But in this reality, in this school, you have the smallest opportunity to change your status, your future, the way people see you and to become someone. this possibility is available only in the game. that's definitely some weird/toxic/abnormal way of thinking but that's what i believe goes in these guys mind. the only one who seems to not care if he has crown on his head, is azusa and later on karino but definitely for different reasons. from my point of view the whole manga talks about (society and) changes. for example, azusa is the son of a prostitute and even he seems to not accept it. he know his role /can't/ be the son of a prostitute, but the real world seems to not care, he's been treated badly, probably bullied and treated with pity (which he seems to hate). that's why finding a place where he can be the king, the place that he knows is his, seems to be perfect for him. when karino takes his place as king he becomes "karino's woman". you can find this term several times in the manga because it's the worst for azusa. he became someone's woman, he became his mother and, he isn't just some target, the reality he hated and didn't want to live, took the one he so desperately liked. around ch 3 i believe, azusa goes back home and sees his mother that tells him to go away, he thinks something along the line "where can i go? i don't have a place i belong to". being king was a place he could escape into, but now it's seems like life wants him to be a certain way, and he seems not to be able to do anything. as he goes at school (where btw karino tells him "what are you doing in this room? only the king can stay here" emphasising the idea of " a place that azusa simply can't have") karino is gentle with azusa which makes azusa noticed that that's strange, nay, different. as time passes, azusa changes, he doesn't call it "a change" but he starts to accept a life where he his someone's woman, probably believing that will be his life from now on. he doesn't do anything when karino rapes him, once karino tells him to hug him (he doesn't say hug hug but you know) and azusa doesn't even seem to care, he is about to do it when someone enters the room. he had never changed before but it's seems like he's accepting that he has a destiny that he can't escape. changes are a big thing for him, but at the same time, he asks himself if karino can change too. if that does happen, it means the game can change, if that happen it means that the "real world" can change too, that means there is no inescapable destiny.
but karino doesn't "simply change". for example, when azusa goes to his haus, karino tells him that his real life isn't the game, that school is in fact just a game and that he's just waiting to get into the real world, meaning for azusa that there is in fact a destiny he can't escape from. as azusa goes back home he sees his mom and karino with his father on tv. he says something like "i know you'll come back to the real world" which puts azusa in a weird mentality. he still puts his future on karino. since he can't change the game, he decides that he will ruin karino's real life, putting him below azusa. that will not make him king, but the mentality he had at the beginning (knowing that he isn't at the bottom of the piramidy). he doesn't want to change, he wants to be the king he was. later on when a classmate tells him he changed he doesn't want that because it feels like he's the only one doing so. every time karino is gentle, calm or just talk about something personal after a while he's back on being mean, rude or on raping azusa. azusa says something "i can't believe i thought he could be gentle/caring etc…" and maybe because he looks so much at him (plotting and trying to understand his weaknesses) he understands he is the only one that knows something about karino. he says something like "i'm the only one who knows this heat" in the chapter where i believe for the first time the had sex, the first time it wasn't a rape. they aren't definitely in love or some shit but still. in the 23 ch. a classmates tells azusa he did change and again, that scares him. as he's alone with karino he noticed that he (azusa) is being weird, but at the same time he can't accept that he changed. at first azusa thinks "there is something weird here, a king and a target can't have dinner or a normal conversation together" the first thing he thinks is that he is a target, which he until now didn't seem to accept. he returned at when he was accepting being "someone's woman" but something else did change this time, karino. azusa saying "we look like a couple" makes me think that there is a transformation from "someone's woman" to a "couple", from one person changing to two.
probably azusa thinks that once again, even if he seems different then usual, karino will never change and that once again he'll have to hear karino saying "i have e real life outside of this where i'm a real king, this is just a game". both changed because once again azusa is accepting the idea of being a target (kind of hating himself for that) while karino seems not to care anymore. man i don't know why i got so deep into this, i could talk about this manga for hours (as you could tell i did) one day i'm just gonna open a blog where i talk about this shit (yes my life is just THAt sa) bye so sorry
appreciate the effort it took to write this. Interesting perspective. I guess since it's so far detached from reality my brain can't make any sense of it. But I guess it's a work of fiction regardless. Thank you again
I feel really bad for Junseok tbh. I know he's kind of a huge fucking idiot for pretending like he'd kill himself but I really think he's just super out of touch. It was already stated that his only friend is Muyeong so it is VERY possible that he didn't see the immediate issue with faking a suicide to get his friend to come. But, I also have no reason not believe that if Muyeong told Junseok how horrible that was he would regret his actions. I mean shit, I definitely have done things that I didn't really see the big deal at first until someone explained why I fucked up then regretted my actions immediately. The way I see it is that he knows 100% that his emotions for Muyeong is real so he has no problems trying to take him away from another straight guy who might hurt him in the end. He also sort of seemed incredibly miserable since his whole life was predetermined by his mom. There was a specific points where he kept saying "Why not just settle with a female and get married and live a normal life?" and we later find out he's in love with his friend. It was almost like, he told himself that happiness doesn't exist because he must live life in a way where he conforms to society despite how he feels. Which is understandable since his mother seemed incredibly heartless (talking about the company while he is still recovering from a fucking SPINAL INJURY. I do not doubt that she was like this since his childhood). Which explains why he wished he had died but only kept living because of Muyeong. He was really the only thing that let him be himself in a world where the path he hated was set. The story does a great job at covering these tragedies with a comedic layer but ultimately his story is VERY sad but he still came out to be an incredible person who cares for Muyeong. I'm almost amazed at how incredibly well the author did at creating a realistic person (it was the first time I felt immersed in a story since all of them felt real). He's a human being with flaws but he ultimately has his friends best interest at heart. He has fucked up and he will probably continue to fuck up but it doesn't change the fact that he values Muyeong so much. He's not your average main character that is immune to criticism. He's a like a realistic person. And unfortunately, people irl can suck but we all try our best and never want to genuinely hurt the ones we love. In my book he's a good guy.
i mean MUYEONG* woops hahaha XD
Sorta not related to your post but you can actually edit your topic by clicking on the title header. It'll bring you to a new page where you can fix any typos!
Link for the lazy lol ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
http://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/4686091/
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SPOILERS:
Alright so the morning after Dowan and Chamin do the sex when they went out drinking, Dowan tells Chamin that he has something to say when they get home. He tells Chamin that they have been banging and thinks that Chamin has sexsomnia. Chamin responds with Nani df? You sure that wasn't a dream? You don't got to come up with these excuses cause you're concerned about the night after the confession (where Chamin woke up next to Dowan). And Dowan keeps insisting that it's true, Chamin gets angry and tells Dowan "Don't you think making me seem like a sleepwalker because of all of that is too much?" So Dowan goes to him and shows him all these kiss marks and tells him to THINK use his fuckin skull and asked him if there is anything wrong with his body (as in the kiss marks that randomly appeared or the bruises on his knees) or the way he behaves (how he had to use Dowan as jack off material to get off properly). Then Chamin tells him to let go of him and he's going to switch rooms and move out. Dowan tells him WAIT you might go to somewhere else and... Then Chamin is fuckin terrified and asks Dowan "Are these marks not yours? Cause we went to the trip and" then Dowan says no they are mine. and "You haven't done it with anyone else but me. Though there was a possibility of it happening yesterday." Then Chamin fuckin bawls and starts wondering how df he's going to live the rest of his life liek this. Then yada yada Dowan says he'll help Chamin and yeah so SOME PROGRESS LETS GO BOYS
thank you soo much for this spoilers.. it made me feel like it wasn't a clif hanger.. ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
I have translated CH 24. You can read them alongside the mangaraws if you choose to do so. You can find them on my profile where the albums are. Happy reading~
Sorry, I meant to leave an upvote
Would anyone like translations of CH23? I'm not very good at translating so it'll probably be very bad with a lot of mistakes but I mean :^)
*quietly raises hand*
I didn't translate a lot of the sex noises but it should flow easy when reading it alongside the manga. I have posted the translations on my album if you head to my profile. I'll probably post some more translations on my free time considering it didn't take very long. Happy reading~
I don't give a shit about semes and pay most of my attention to ukes but Chang makes me go full chub. So sad that his character is a P.O.S. though. I wish there was an alternative story for him. One where he realizes what a dick he was and fixes his ways with another lover. My goodness Chang is just ლ(´ڡ`ლ)