I feel so bad for Jiwon, honestly. It's not easy to be diagnosed with severe anxiety rooting from the abuse you received in your career. This is why it's important that parents not only think of what their child wants (thinking back that Jiwon liked gymnastics before the abuse started), but also their safety with the exposure of spending time with a different adult (his coach). Personally, it sucks how his parents didn't even know about the abuse until later on. It's often that when people are driven by one thing they believe they can do, they get desperate and disregard what's wrong about it. This "misunderstanding" won't just be solved by talking with ML, he seriously needs to go to therapy and somehow overcome his anxiety. He's not a public figure anymore, so his life shouldn't be exposed. It's wrong in the first place that journalists get so over the top and become like saesangs, and they should literally report and sue them.
Chapter 11 had some serious reveal on the plot, and I can't get a single shit. I don't even need anyone to summarize it, I just wanted to know every detail (A.K.A actually reading the whole thing) because the story is interesting. I know the translator did their best, but I just can't understand anything that I want to understand.
You said the translator did their best but what if they just use some translation app and put it just there without putting any effort to correct what's supposed to be corrected?
You're right. Maybe they did shit, actually. They claim themself as a translator when they can't even translate without the use of Machine/AI translation. Humanity is doomed when we can't even have reliable narrators fighting to overcome languages barrier.
Using a machine translation isn't such a huge deal if you put effort into it. There are a lot of translators out there that use machine translation and they use multiple AI to check their work and if they run into something that doesn't make sense they research it.
They also proofread and edit the translation. No translation should be one to one, you have to adjust the words to work in the other language. There may be different sentence structure or different pronouns, that sort of thing. You have to put effort into it.
This translator is working very fast but there's no effort.
This is getting a bit personal...I love Beom-hae and I seriously feel bad to him as a real life child of divorced parents (me) who had to constantly watch their parents fight throughout my childhood. It's a bit frustrating how complicated their situation is and I just hope they get back with the fluff and love their child.
Nah, seriously what's with these whore ass tops manipulating MC into liking it and going along with it...stupid MC also going along with it. You deserve so much better and it's NOT with that rat... Please realize it soon.
Exactly bro stand upThat freak of nature is so effin annoying
I want to believe that maybe the point of this story is to "romanticize" the tragedy of depicting love in the most toxic way. Let's take our MC for example, all his life he knew nothing but abuse. That's why he clung to Sixteen even if he convinced himself that Sixteen was just using him. But it was kindness, as well. Something he knew but didn't know what felt like. So now that he's stuck with a serial killer in an intimate relationship—one that was far better and kinder than what he experienced—just proves the point that love can be in a twisted form. We start to disregard their age gap and start to see it in a more deeper form (I'm not saying I condone this, it made me so uncomfortable even if I'm close to MC's age). We start to understand that they both cling to each other, and soon the love will blossom. I can tell ML is already fond of MC because that boy was a contradiction to his usual victims. A boy, yet so young, was pitiful and wanted to die in the hands of someone else. While his other victims feared death, making it more satisfying for them to be killed, this victim welcomed it with open arms and a warm embrace.
I can understand where ML's coming from with his development towards MC. I'm not defending him (I actually want him to die or rot in jail according to my principles), but I don't necessarily think he wants MC because he's a child (he's still a pedophile, though). Probably because he's uncertain of his feelings and show it in the form of intimacy because he doesn't know what's love other than sex.
That's my thoughts so far. This isn't particularly my genre, nor do I enjoy it. I guess I'm reading it because it's interesting. It's a bit concerning that a lot of people actually like this because it makes them happy, which is weird. But a weird manhua will definitely find its right audience—along with an equally weird author.
he's so baby why did his parents even have him if they're going to just abandon him and hurt him...i could parent him better
beat his ass! beat his ass! ohh *cranks my knuckles like a scheming super villain* yoo chi young, your ass ain't escaping this time
seriously, i stopped reading the novel because it was so hard to continue. i feel so bad for mc. i swear, i hope he leaves these mfs who won't even take care of him. it's so fucking annoying how he's surrounded by people who can actually take care of him but refuses to do so, so he's left tending to his child alone. this pride seeking bastard of an ML don't even know that he's already harming his child. if MC loses the baby, i won't even be sad about it because he finally have a reason to leave these bitchasses. this is why pregnancy is scary, because it's your most vulnerable time and the hardest moment of your life. i just don't understand them. i have a sister and even if that bitch annoys me a lot, if she was pregnant, i would be there for her because her bitchass baby daddy isn't a decent man.
it's not funny anymore. it's not "comedic" anymore because this reflects real life situations. these men think pregnancy is so easy that they only care about themselves and refuse to acknowledge the birth of life. i hope when the kid is born, they'd hate their father (ml) for treating mc (their mom) like shit. this is why i hated my relatives because they left my mom alone in pregnancy while my dad cheated on her. i could never forgive people like these.
Righttt like all the ml cares ab is his fuckass ego and that damn dick of his. They're not even slightly worried ab how the Mc is always running around into places, that's NOT good for someone pregnant. Also the fact that the people he trusts and love are openly avoiding him? nothing ab that is funny
I'm glad the translator made it clear that they don't support whatever this manhua is all about. Same goes for me, just because I read it doesn't mean I enjoy and like it as a whole. There are some aspects that I do find interesting, but it's still inexcusable for them to be together. Their circumstances just made them meet and overlap their sorrows together.
Finally someone said this
Hi, translator here!
I’m really glad someone relates, because I only left that little note so nobody would get the wrong idea about me. I usually enjoy fluffy BL, but never that kind of stuff. I only picked this up since people wanted it to continue, and I thought it’d be a good challenge to take on as a translation project.
I’ve already translated the next chapters, but I’ll be honest — I’ve had to take breaks here and there because it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ll keep going, but honestly… aside from the small video game elements (which don’t really matter anymore now that they’re living together), this story just feels really problematic. I kind of hope the author moves on to another story that’s more on the fluffy side.
(And, well… I’m not sure if it’s okay to admit that, but yeah.)
I think it’s really important to have many different kinds of stories, so people can explore and express different feelings—even the darker ones—learn new perspectives, and better understand others. Media like books and comics are a safer way to tell these stories without exposing actors to such overwhelming experiences, especially the younger ones.
But I believe it’s even more important to show how wrong these situations are in real life. We can experience and even enjoy the stories, but we should never normalize them. In real life those actions are wrong and they have real consequences.
That’s why I really appreciate it when authors or translators make it clear that the themes are sensitive and that they do not condone those actions. So thank you, Rindo, for the message and also for translating this story—even if it’s not your preference.
Oh my god where did the responses go I wanted to reply to them...I just edited my comment since it said "They're" instead of "Their" I was sleepy when I commented it...I'm so sorry Translator
There is not reason to say sorry?! + the replies are still there for me..
Thank you for your service
It just popped up! I was panicking a while ago...
Right, I wanted to say that I completely agree. People might call me hypocrite but I seriously do not enjoy seeing this psycho guy pound a poor boy who only experienced misfortune in life. But I've also read a lot of more disturbing than this. Unlike those who make it their personality to become and consume morally disturbing media—there are those who consume said media because they are attracted to the other themes/aspect of it. Hell, I watch and read one piece because I love the story not because I support men lusting over women and harassing them (ehem, Sanji).
People are abstract! But it's important to draw the line when it gets a little too concerning...(The people who support the couple of the story). Personally, I relate to the main character and want to see him succeed and heal in the future. That's probably the only reason why I'm still reading this despite being uncomfortable.
I agree!
I also relate a little so I want him to grow up and see him open up to other people, even if that will take a while...