I thought I hated slow burn (well i dont know if this is one of them but I hope it is so that the chapters will take much longer before Hanjun even feels more than comfortable to let Yujae buy something for him) - that is until I actually digest this one now that it has 50+ chapters. Because the slow burn is actually natural, turns out all the ones I've read that I hated majority of the times - were just too forced. Like what the hell do you mean y'all are purposely avoiding each other ALL THE TIME. These two though? It's so weird ig for average people how some days they act so close w each other but the next, one snaps at the other and they ignore each other - and returns back to the former like a cycle. But I think we should all remember that they're originally best friends. Not some close friend, not some co-worker or shit but genuine best friends who've seen each other's worst and best moments and stayed. So I do love slow burn, these crazy luxury we get when they kiss for a moment not knowing when we'll get another - but most out there are just terribly done so this definitely opened my eyes on good slow burn story.
It makes me realise that stories these days are so fast paced with how quick they're fucking each other and really tends to do a huge time skip like 2 years later, 5 years later or worse 10 years later. Yall take your time, w how good the story is progressing, I wouldn't even mind if it'd take another hundred chapters before yall finally start getting down w it.
girl when i tell you i was one of the early reader to discover the short version of this manhwa, i can assure you i had not thought ONCE we needed a backup seme. cus wym he's in the cover now too I guess I would've considered it if our male lead is too plain and needs some spice to make it more interesting - but our male lead is ALREADY spicy enough and all we really need is just a character development between him and protag, not some blonde b*tch to stir sht up and purposely elongate the process of developing ml's personality it's not that i want him gone, nah he can stay in the story - BUT DON'T BECOME A SECOND MALE LEAD CUS HELLLLL NAAAAAAAAH
So... He's gonna get framed for them and ended up not being able to go home during the vacations as a punishment in a way then things will happen where he can't escape... Yep gotchu. But seriously, Raymond my guy. You're smarter than this, please, one way or another get yourself a break during the vacation because even my brain hurts from seeing you get trampled all over again by them I wont even crash out no more if it all goes like how I predict them to be, I would just start break dancing on the floor. Go home for some time Raymond please, GO HOME PLEASE I BEG YOUUU
Hands down, Im just reading this cus I like how protag looks. But damn, his intellectual level sure is something. Is bro legit a transmigrated animal?
Vol 4 Ch 82.5 shows a cover page and I'm still hung up on the fact that there seems to be a foreshadowing of mc's potential love interests? Now if this was back when the story was still new, I would just think it shows his preservation(?) or determination to stay as mob despite the potential romances thrown his way.
But now that we not only have Hatano in the story and also Tojou as the wingman - I'm starting to think those hands grabbing at our protag means something. Clearly blooming romance for protag is not impossible now.
I say this cus I read someone's theory on Koga (protag's uni friend who needed fake boyfriend, had his house burnt down and got catfished on game) and kind of considered him as one of the potential pursuer as well.
Plus, obviously the mind reader guy hasn't given up so far, at least in a lot of chapters I've bookmarked of him in his conquest to find protag - so him too.
SSR guy is still new to the story so I can't say much but just for the sake of being related to Hatano, I'll consider him as one of the guys too.
So now we have four potential love interests. In the cover page there were six so only two left, either I didn't notice or haven't been introduced into the story. Either way, you would just say "oh that's just random hands" but one of the hands is tan skinned (the one sneaking under protag's shirt) and I just felt like one different skin coloured hand is too specific. You could add one more hand that's freckled or something to add 'variation', no? Clearly not the case here. And as I'm writing this, it could be the Kansai guy? Who knows.
All I'm saying is if it really turns out to be true that there is so much more love interests for our protag, oh honey I'm interested LOL
nah even the comments are funny shyt here, I just wish we'd finally get manhwas like this for longer chapters instead of those god tier manhwas for 9 chapters at the MOST
i think bro needs therapy
All of them need therapy. Even the author and us for reading this shit.
no cus real, the shared committment is more than what i had with my ex
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this trope should be much much more popular than those typical "mc in debt and stuck w some mafia gang member for life". I swear I see more of these in light novels but not a lot have been adapted into manhwa :(( Other than this, there's like only one finished manhwa with this trope lol. Anybody got an idea what to name the trope? If this trope becomes a tag on AO3, you bet somebody's having a field trip day (it's me)
Oh yea, those 'MC in debt and enslaved to ML' type stories lol. I got sick of the rapey MLs and weak MCs for those.
Idk if there's even a trope for this lol. Hmm, if you read straight villainess webtoons, it actually feels similar to those 'MC transmigrates into evil villainess body and tries to play nice with ML' type stories. That's the closest I can think of?
Eh wait, I just remembered there's actually a lot of this trope that I just mentioned in bl too. Mostly chinese bl xianxia novels. But I can't think of mafia ones off my head.
do u have any recs?
one hundred thousand million percent agree with you. this trope is my absolute fave fave fave fave!!!!!!!!!!!
think im actually growing ill over it...
two I think with similar tropes is
Accidental Mark (rich ceo alpha x weak actor omega, mc transregresses into alpha but they dynamics dont change really, just makes the life better for the omega)
Transmigrating into the Heartthrob's Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend (mc transgressed into the childhood friend of the book's mc, but the friend is irrelevant until he mc transregresses, and oaths to stand by the book's mc side and protect them from the three toxic tops [and yes, the roles do reverse for these two!!]
If anyone has more, do tell us!! I'll binge em.
Yes please
Hi unless I interpret the trope yall are referring to wrong, this is what I got rn. (Mc x novel mc)?
Survive as a villain - mc transmigrates as a villain emperor than imprisons the mc of a stallion novel (stallion meaning harem I’m pretty sure) I think it’s on this website as ‘to be or not to be’.
The Demon Lord Only Wants to Follow the Script - mc transmigrates as a demon lord that falls in love with the novel’s bottom mc, kidnapping him and keeping him as his sex slave. But mc kinda just treats novel mc awkwardly nicely, making novel mc slowly start to warm up to him.
Mistakenly saving the villain - a system assigns mc to save the tragic bottom from being a sex slave in a novel, but mistakenly saves ANOTHER person instead (the villain in the novel). Mc treats the ml like a proper human being while the ml has trust issues after being subjected to decades of literal torture and sexual abuse. It’s kinda dark but it’s basically how to heal a yandere LOL
If You Don’t Become the Main Character, You’ll Die - this one is actually Korean, the male lead is more of an protagonist of an action novel (cough orv cough) rather than romance and mc has special 4th wall powers and casually talks to the authors and have really fun existential crises while realizing that everything isn’t real. I really do recommend this one
My Boyfriend Is the Heartthrob, and I’m Just a Passerby - mc knows that hes in a novel, and is the boyfriend of an absolute beauty that everyone can’t help but stare and drool at, and hes just the disposal bf before the real mls start to chase the novel mc. But it’s horror.
Oooh that's a nice list! I'll give some of my own recs. I read Mistakenly saving the villain and Survive as a villain before, both are good.
After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine:
Very similar to Survive as a villain MC is also an emperor who used to torture the ML while the ML is their enemy country's general. I do prefer this one as there are no overly drawn out misunderstandings.
Transmigrated into a Heartthrob Novel and Went OOC:
My all time fave that I like to rec everywhere. MC transmigrated as the obsessed sect brother of the beautiful protag ML and decides to live as a salted fish away from the ML(lazy bum). When MC first meets ML they have an incident and he screams that he can't erect it lol.
Where is Our Agreement to be Each Other’s Arch-Rivals?
MC transmigrated into a xianxia story where he's the villain and must follow the script (typical svss premise but flipped).
The Male Lead’s White Moonlight is Attracted to Me!
School AU. MC transmigrated into a danmei story where his original body killed the male lead's white moonlight.
I have many others but hmm these are the ones I recall most.
Transmigrating into the Reborn Male Lead’s Ex-Boyfriend is another that is more similar to this webtoon. Modern au with the MC being the villain in the original story who made ML's life hell.
Oh I considered putting disabled god of war on my list but I thought it was too similar to survive as a villain LOL
Thanks for your recs! Let’s find more danmei lurkers here!!
You guys are goated for the recs THANK YOU
omg the second one AAAAA cant believe i found another fellow fan here, that novel has a soft spot in my heart Everyone's super nice and sweet under this thread, it's so wholesome how the recs just keep on coming ><
how do i save a thread because yall are saving my life rn