This story is not completely bad, but both main characters are badly written, albeit in different ways.
First we have Dabi, who is very sure of her sexuality instead of being a little lamb. The problem though, is that she makes no concessions in the relationship. She influences Junghyun to change his clothes and hairstyle, but the positions never change. He is always giving, she is always receiving. She misunderstans him and fucks up, he forgives her. It's never the other way around.
Some relationships do work like that, but this is not an interesting read to me, I prefer to see development on both main characters.
Then we have Junghyun. It's nice that he's not a rich CEO archetype for a change, and he's the man most women dream of, but there are still issues with him, or should I say it's a lack of issues? First of all, he is madly in love with Dabi and would endure anything to be with her, but the reader never gets to understand WHY he fell so hard that he waited for her for 10 years.
He supposedly rejected all dates before her, so what was it that made him fall so hard? And he says he fell for her in their first date, but during said date she was just nodding along to his rambling. When Dabi's sister asks him what he likes about her, Dabi interrupts him before he can finish his sentence. But seems like it boils down to love at first sight, which is kinda weak for a love that lasted 10 years.
And we get to see Dabi's family and friends, but all of Junghyun's family is dead and he has basically no friends. That just goes out to show how superficial he is as a character. He is the perfect man, that's as far as it goes, and that gets boring.
I recommend this to whoever wants to enjoy some smut, because most of the story is just that. If you removed the sex scenes, this story would end in 20 chapters. I do like some smut, but at one point I really stopped caring and just started skimming so I could finish this.
Sorry, but it's not just the translation that is bad.
They are going into this super dangerous, supposedly well guarded place with no disguise, and one of them is super famous and should be easily recognized. And there's security on the door, yet nobody is seeing them prancing around in that alley? And the club keeps track of the people puking in the alley, even their full name and address and the stage of their maggots, but doesn't realize that the main characters are going there that often and puking nothing?
And how convenient that they get into the security room and there's no one there! Unless the top is actually with the cult and is just luring the bottom while pretending he is investigating, this is not going to cut it for me.
This story is as flat as the colors in the art.
Sanho is the typical bottom that fell first; ditzy, naive and dense, constantly stumbling in his words. But this portrayal is so extreme that he comes off as plain stupid. The author is forgetting that Sanho is an ADULT MAN that is portrayed as handsome, friendly and smart enough to get into a good university. He is not a little kid, he should not be this clueless. The drawings of him with little dog ears get annoying even.
The only way to redeem his character would be to just come out and straight up say he is autistic or something similar, and I say this as an autistic person. That would be the only explanation for him being so socially inept. And before someone says "well he could actually be autistic and you shouldn't assume he isn't" or whatever... Unless it's stated in universe that Sanho is autistic, this is just bad writing.
But Sanho is still better than Euihyun, who simply has no personality. The authors wanted him to be an asshole to make the unrequited love plot last but couldn't commit, they don't even have the skill to commit in the first place. Not only that, but they still wanted him to be the sweet and gentle hyung that Sanho fell in love with so how can he be an asshole? Other authors make this work with some sad backstory, but this is not being achieved here.
Seems like the explanation they were going for is that Euihyun doesn't like people that only care about his money, but from the start it was obvious Sanho wasn't one of those people. Even if there was an initial misunderstanding, it should be over pretty quickly. But no, he knows Sanho isn't after his money but still acts like an asshole. I mean, what's a good explanation for him to get so mad that Sanho was waiting for him outside?
It's clear to me that his actions are solely defined by what the plot needs, he has no substance.
When the mistress asked how he knows that it wasn't her who saw them, I'm guessing he said it's because he put someone (the ML) to tail her, and we've seen him do that, but seems like he lied about her being at the gallery.
Also, now we know the ML knows her from the past, but the moles of the ML and the dead lover are different places, so my guess is that he's a sibling or some sort of relative.
I'm only starting this after the comments say if he's with her mom or not. I've seen enough cougars in comics this month and I'm not into that.
This is interesting, I don't think it's josei though. Seems like a "seinen" with a female protagonist. Quotation marks on seinen because this is a Korean webtoon so this is not how they classify things.
The designer guy looks like a past lover of hers, was recommended by her husband and reported her steps to him?
How much y'all wanna bet that the husband hired that guy to seduce her and make her out to be a cheater so he can divorce her without giving a single cent? The husband must be doing precisely what the lawyer is talking about on chapter 3.
FL is not keeping a poker face, sadly. The cheater saw someone peeping and the very next day she ditches the table where they were fucking? It's too obvious.
This ending is not open at all guys. You see the blurry dead sheep in the end? That's Dennis in the bottom of that pit.
Also, just because the ending wasn't lovey-dovey it doesn't mean it's bad, this was actually great and got me thinking over here, my jaw is on the floor.
I was hoping the comments about her seeing him and her mom fucking were metaphors or something. Nope, they were fucking indeed and she saw it indeed.
This is my first time seeing this manga. The name is Asagiiro no WHAT? The random Portuguese got me surprised.
For those who don't know, "saudade" is the Portuguese word for the emotion of missing someone or something, something similar to nostalgia but not quite.
In chapter 1, Ren's internal monologue says Matsuri is the person she had been "dying to meet", so I guess that feeling was "saudade"
I'm not in the mood for porn without plot, and this one got on my nerves with the lack of communication. If this was real life I could be more patient, but how the hell are you trapped in a game simulation but decided to hide things and actively avoid your coworker for DAYS instead of trying to figure out how to leave?
The smut is the last few chapters is good but damn... how did this man not know what was being said about his own wife, by his own servants, under his own roof, for 4 months and so loudly?
This might be the lowest rating I've ever seen on this site. I mean, even the worst slop gets at LEAST a 7 here. Congratulations to the author for making utter garbage.
Where did y'all see the romantic undertones in this because I don't remember that at all~... What's going on in these comments? If Taegu really is attracted to the kid like that it's gonna be weird indeed but y'all must have caught something I didn't.
It's funny how all the comments agree he's a terrible detective. He can't even come up with a believable excuse for why he wants to get close to Ma Leo.
And why is he letting himself get spotted so easily when he's supposed to be investigating? In the first place, since he's undercover shouldn't a different detective follow Ma Leo to the hotel? Following him just everywhere ruins his cover.
I held on up to chapter 5 to see if this would be worth my time. There's just too many logic leaps in this, my suspension of disbelief can only last so long.
So the rich lady that hates her guts and her family just had to pick her out of all other women in the world, supposedly because she's easy to control (ignoring that actual surrogates exist). And not only that, but she expects the female lead to get pregnant by having raw sex with her son-in-law. She has enough influence on a hospital to kick the female lead's mother out, but can't arrange for an artificial insemination.
I can't even turn off my brain and just enjoy the smut because the sex scene is ridiculous. The female lead's proportions are absurd, she's super thin but her boobs are huge, each the size of her head. Her body is not supple, even when she's laying down her skin is not drawn like it's relaxing on the bed. Basically the artist drew a plastic sex doll.
Also we're supposed to believe the male lead is feeling horny for the first time in his entire life, because she's the one he's having sex with, even though he knows nothing about her besides the fact she accepted to get pregnant for money. Am I supposed to believe this is him falling in love?
There are other comics with similar premises and not so shitty writing.
The art is beautiful and although the premise is overused (unwanted child forced to have an arranged marriage that becomes advantageous and attracts the envy of a two-faced little sister), this one has good storytelling so far.
We got some unblurred chapters. Now I can really enjoy the toxicity of this. I've now read chapters 1 through 5.
My first impression is that this uke is such a dummy, I'm already getting secondhand embarrassment. He puts Taerim in a pedestal and makes everything about him. We're not even halfway through and I already want to tell him to stand up.
And why the hell did he hit the table with his fist while remembering his friend having a seizure though? That was so weird... Why would the author do that if not to show that he has anger issues? It feels out of character with everything else we know about him.
The premise was so interesting but in the end it doesn't look like Baba senpai genuinely fell in love with him at all, it feels like it was just convenience or he felt like he had to repay Soba-kun for saving his sister. The author tried to make us believe he really fell in love but the writing is not giving that at all.
Frankly, I think this was doomed from the moment Soba-kun revealed he came from the future. It would have been better if things happened a little more naturally. I would rather have Baba senpai be rude for a little longer in order to see a genuine change in their relationship later.