Oh to be bear hugged by a hottiw who is obsessed with you and who kisses your face like a damn dog （/TДT)/ so fucking cute!! Gjord is the exact boyfriend I'm waiting for and hence will die alone
Personally, I really think they shouldn't be having sex until they resolve their issues. I feel like that would really ruin Jaekyung's chances of resolving things with Kim Dan. Like he's just proving Kim Dan right. He does see him as a sex toy. He doesn't see Kim Dan as a person. He couldn't even apologize for accusing him of being a traitor even though he had the chance this chapter when he remembered how hard he was on Kim Dan. It doesn't have to be sincere but a quick "sorry or whatever" for the fans is like the bare minimum of effort LMAO
I was hoping this arc would be about exploring what their relationship is without sex. I feel like that's way more interesting and it would be nice to see, you know, some real development. I'm gonna be highly disappointed if this turns out to be "jaekyung should've just been more gentle during sex!" because the sex is only part of the problem. The main problem is freaking everything about jaekyung like girl make him learn how to respect kim dan already what are we doing here. I really don't mind waiting for sex until after they make up, it feels like mingwa trying to hit a quota...
Is it just me or did this story not have a proper closure at all? Like there’s so many aspects that are still not properly finished?
Read the novel's forum because I've been seeing that ML was supposedly a red flag but here's what I got:
ML being a tutor was a big elaborate plan by MC's mother to look onto his son's school life. She was worried that he's being bullied so she hired ML (who was kinda close with his son's age) to be her informant. ML agreed because he was orphaned and the mother was a sponsor, so in gratitude he agreed with the plan. From what i got, ML did really "manipulate" MC into opening himself to ML but his actions were still of course genuine, like he was also worried abt the bullying case. Like he went there to do a job but he also felt sorry . He wanted to confess abt how he git his tutoring roles but he was scared (?) to admit.
Though he didn't also overstep things--he didn't became the knight that saved MC from bullies. He just relayed the news as per his job's prescription. I think this is where people are torn between him being good or not. Anyways, stuff happened and MC went overseas.
Years later, they met and ML was able to recognize MC after hearing his name. He wants to confess and talk about the tutoring issue but he further contemplated when MC acted that he didn't ML. Long story short, he does plan to spill the beans but MC's mother beat him to it, further straining the advancement of their growing relationship.
My conclusion is, people are overusing the term red flag for people's mistakes when those mishaps can be overturned by their good deeds. Yes, it was wrong for him to be "spy" but remember that ML was just doing it out of gratitude bc Mc's mom was the sponsor of his orphanage. Second, from his POV, he just saw a mother who was worried about her son's not opening up to her about his problems. It came from zero malice. He did plan about spilling the beans during their past but he didn't had the guts to do so. Calling him red flag because of those is a stretch. He had mistakes but no one's perfect
Recap: Bada wakes up in a game (barely remembers shit) and does all this gameplay. Doha joins early on after getting sus vibes from Bada and becomes lover and player companion (know that happened later but yada yada). Doha sabotages Bada a few times, and innocent beefy Hyung ends up accidently having his taped played, dies a few times with whiny playboy, etc etc (this segment was so short lived and not even worth mentioning tbh). Moving on...
(Time skipping alot here including finding Seungchans assumably first tape. See why I say first in a bit)
We EVENTUALLY find Yongtaeks tape after alotta shit, and so awakens that munch. (Even tho he was already awake and being a dumbass the entire time.) He explains Seungchan, Bada, ans him teamed up after awhile (which we'll get to why that's sus) and so was playing together and along the way Bada forgot basically because 1) undisputedly, he got bored and forgor those two fuckidiots and 2) the possible NOT ENTIRELY CONFIRMED until maybe ep 50 lol theory that they all have 2 tapes, and his gaps are due to one of his stopping at some point. (I'll explain the tapes and checkpoints at the end.) That being said, Bada and Doha give Yongtaek a chance to prove his use, thus like episodes 46-49 ish (?) (Cant remember when that munch joined the party).
NEOW, episode 49: They divulge a plan to investigate the Mine and eventually die at the Abandoned House per Yongtaeks ending 2 rev (ep 48-49). Prior to the game start, they walk and talk together about Badas past life so to speak. ALLEGEDLY, Seungchan told Yongtaek as he and Bada were playing together awhile, that Bada lost his memory from playing and dying so long (which btws, if you've seen Dead Man Switch, when something becomes too routine you do start to lose count especially after dying so many times and begin to move on autopilot. So, its PLAUSIBLE that happened but...), but tbh that's sus given we found a white tape similar to Yongtaeks, which can lead us to believe each player may have in fact 2 tapes.
But....how does that make sense? Great question. So Yongtaeks whole spiel is that he and Seungchan continued to play the maps until the mine. Then all of a sudden he dies like right before exploring the area, then has no memory. Well, MY THEORY (Just a theory, a DREADFUL NIGHT THEORY hehe hint hint. Um anyways....) is that Seungchan fucked with Yongtaeks 2nd tape at some point, so that's why he couldn't save the mine's data as its sorta weird we dunno how he died and why Seungchan didn't save it on his assumble second tape unless 1) he doesn't know where his is yet or 2) he died before he could dave it himself also. And since we don't probably intend to get Seungchans opinion anytime soon, those are the most likely IMO. A second theory is Doha is fucking around again cause he doesn't realize still that they may be all able to escape since he didn't hear Bada and Yongtaek convo earlier. I think the former is more plausible tho cause something is off, which I mentioned earlier Seungchan is sus af, cause its mildly convenient that he could explain to Yongtaek that Bada suddenly lost former memories unless (based if the 2nd tape theory is correct) he turned off Badas tape for some odd and I think frankly sinister reason cause if he could escape on his own, why not take his friends and COUSIN with him?????
How the tapes work:
Insert + play tape = Playable character (minimally)
Temporary stop and restart to tape = Saved Data (aka checkpoint)
No stop at some point = restart the "round" or map
Stopped tape altogether = NPC
If taped is stopped, but someone restarts it = memories recovered based on their own gameplay up until point it stopped
** with the Dual Tape theory, that gets complicated and convoluted because stopping one tape, but having the other run may imply just missing a saved location, no memory loss since the other is still in play(?) Basically = unsure waters atm
I hope this helps everyone cause I got a few questions on my last comment and realized like 90% of readers may be in the same boat.
Just finished reading the web novel for this. It's actually a very long story that took a day and a half to read and was very well written. Spoilers ahead.
I can't believe how well the author managed to make me like MC and Garon (ML) being together by the end despite how awful Garon had been for most of the story. He doesn't entirely redeem himself necessarily, but you feel his utter devotion to the MC. He would rather die himself than do something that would harm the MC by the middle/end of the novel. He’s crazy about the MC in a way that is almost scary… he would feed the MC his flesh if the MC asked him to—this isn’t me exaggerating, he literally tries to. The MC feels guilt and anguishes about his mother’s death and the circumstances of how he knows Garon, but… I can’t explain it. You just like them together by the end. It’s a helpless kind of love, even after separation they’re the only ones for each other. Garon wants MC to change him and MC really is. He thinks endlessly about the name he wants to give MC. He finds an old painting the MC’s late father painted despite how unpopular the MC‘s father’s paintings actually were and gifts it to the MC without ever making a big deal about it—the painting is just there one day. He wears down the cheap pipe the MC gives him by using it everyday and taking it everywhere. He gives his life up just to be with the MC.
About Raon (second ML)… I’ll say, yes, he does force himself on the MC (never going all the way—though I think he would have if it weren’t for his knowledge of the poison) and actually has a covetous, perverted way of thinking and speaking, but really that’s not the worst thing about him. Personally, the fact that he knew the MC when he was 16 and was attracted to him is the creepiest part. He didn’t kill the MC’s mom, which I know some people thought he did.
Raon does get his time with the MC, so for people who like him you’ll get to see them in sexual situations (but they never go far since the MC can’t get hard with him and Raon knows about the poison) as well as living together for a month or so.
It’s very obvious before MC and Garon separate, though, that Garon is the one who loves MC more. Garon would let his love for the MC destroy him, but Raon wouldn’t. That’s what my main takeaway was from their different dynamics.
MC’s painter friend, Naro, lives by the end, btw. Garon brings him to MC long after MC thought he might be dead. Garon’s three guards all become more important in the special chapters since they look after the MC and make sure he’s okay (as well as one of them having a crush on Naro…).
I can answer any other questions anyone has :)
