So I just bought chapter 12
How can they be so adorable while having sex?! I was on the fence about actually buying the chapters since they are so short but I can't be sitting here and complain about "rape him until he loves you" stories and then not support a webtoon that's actually wholesome smut for once.
Anyways, so we have a very educational moment about fingering and what makes sex good this chapter. It's like the gay vanilla version of Nana to Kaoru in terms of teaching the readers about how to do it right.
And they couldn't have been any more adorable while practicing it. I don't care about MC's qualifications or motives for being his sex teacher, he's doing an amazing job and Hojun is lucky to have him.
Awwwe shit, you right. Which site is selling it?
Spoilers
You know what, I don't care about Seungjae redeeming himself anymore. I don't care about anyone other than Geumhwa at this point.
He's back in Korea and now his (ex) boyfriend has a flashback. I already knew he used to date people to get by but I didn't know he actually was a prostitute (⊙…⊙ ).
Some anonymous guy shows up (in the flashback) and attacks Geumhwa because he owes him money. Ex boyfriend attacks the guy but Geumhwa is very indifferent about it. He's depressed and pretty self-destructive (doesn't care about dying) and sees his ex as just another customer. Cut to the present where his ex thinks all it takes to make it work again is to convince Geumhwa that what they have is love, although he himself isn't sure this is what it is. He just wants to believe it.
I guess something happened to his hair or face and now he doesn't want to see A because he thinks he looks horrible and is embarrassed.
Or at least this is the only explanation I can come up with why we didn't see his face in the latest chapter.
So I just went over to L*zhin to read my daily chapter of Midnight partner and guess what I saw at the front page? The English version of Warehouse.
I mean I'm glad they settled their differences but after all those years of fighting against L*zhin, trying to find another publisher for the translated version and going on a very long hiatus just to continue Warehouse on another platform it's kind of funny that the translated version still ended up on their website.
Especially after being so vocal about how they definitely won't give L*zhin the right to publish the translated version.
Again, great for the fans and I'm sure they will make a lot of money with it but it also made me laugh. Out of all the stories that disappeared from their site after the protests, this was the last one I expected to make a return.
Since it's through a distribution with their main English publisher Netcomics, I'm not sure they had much of a choice in the matter. They never announced it's available there and still have anti-Lezhin icons, so I doubt they're too happy with it. Although it's only more profit for them. Maybe they can be content so long as the actual rights don't belong to Lezhin.
Knowing it's from Netcomics actually makes things worse(￣∇￣"). Depending on what kind of contract they signed they may not even get paid for the sales on Lezhin (by the way the anti Lezhin icons don't mean much considering that they are or were used by authors while working for Lezhin).
Lezhin owns the right to publish it which is n't that different from how things were before. Webtoon publishers usually don't own a series like manga publishers. The only buy the right to publish it but don't own the series itself or the chapters. It's more like the streaming market than the manga market in that regard.
Besides, they knew what they signed up for. Netcomics has made deals with Lezhin in the past (The webtoon I mentioned in my OP is from Netcomics) and they probably signed a contract which gave them the right to sublicense the translation unless they actively agreed on selling the rights to Lezhin specifically.
Either way, they agreed on this. They didn't have to find an English publisher, they didn't have to sign such a shitty contract but they still did.
I hope they get posted here
It's on Lzhin, Tppytoon and Netcomics (which I didn't even know of) and who knows where else. All I know is these companies keep scaming us and the authors. I hope noone buys this on Netcomics or Lzhin and goes straight to Tppytoon as it's the most affordable. Also recently I feel like the translations are getting worse and worse... Lzhin's translations at least used to be topnotch but now I see so many messy ones. Same with other sites. Probably because they work with distributers more now and those just cheap out on proofreading etc.
The prizes are ridiculous sometimes, that's true. I have to pay about $12 on Ntcomics to read the remaining 49 chapters of Midnight Partner but on Lzhin it costs more than $30. I could buy the entire series on Ntcomics for that price and I'm pretty sure they they don't charge that much to pay the author more.
And from what I can tell Warehouse costs $0.35 on Ntcomics, about $0.40-$0.50 on Tppytoon and $0.90-$1 on Lzhin.
$1 for a manga chapter is fine since they usually offer a lot more content but I don't pay that much for a webcomic chapter.
I already discussed the ending back in June and I don't have much time right now but for everyone who's confused, here's what I wrote back then. It should answer some questions (you can also go a few pages back in the topic section and see other people's interpretations):
That''s how I understood it:
Yuju was killed by the guy who kidnapped her (we saw him earlier in the story). Their father planned to cover up his crimes with it, by making Giju look like the bad guy (he insisted that Giju was the one who seduced him when he raped him and now he wanted to prove that Giju's really the one to blame for everything).
Their mother knew about the plans of her husband, hence why she told Giju to leave the house and run away (it wasn't because she hated Giju, she wanted to protect him).
When Yuju's death became known, she killed herself and her husband by setting everything on fire.
Giju lost it because of her death. Most of the last few chapters took place in his subconsciousness. He was in denial about her death, claimed it was just a dead bird in that box not Yuju. When he finally realized what really happened he jumped from the roof of a high building.
Young-do was killed by a killer hired by his old boss (the one we saw at the temple). His blonde friend wanted to overthrow the old boss but the old boss found out and ordered to kille them all. However, blondie managed to get away and the now famous girl he used to be friends with made sure that his wife and child were save.
His plan failed, hence why he used Giju as a scapegoat and it looks like he survived, unlike Young-do.
The last scene is Young-do and Giju meeting in the afterlife.
There are probably other ways to read it but that's how I understood it.
This makes a lot of sense. Thank you because I was lost.
Sorry I meant to press like.
I was really confused why I wanted to cry but after reading you interpretation of it, it all makes more sense & now I’m really crying. That’s so sad...
Thank you so much...! U made me 10 times more depressed (seeing how I hadn't even realised ANYONE had died (besides that family)) but I definitely needed it and what u said makes sense so... Wow.. much more cryptic than my basic brain could handle Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
Thank you. Reading it in updates rather than all at once is confusing. I had a feeling this was a dark one.
Double update today!
Spoilers
Reading it translated is so much worse than just looking at the raws. That was devastating. The rape itself was depicted quite realistically (even the forceful ejaculation at the end was clearly portrayed as something bad) but the way Geumhwa reacted made everything even harder to stomach. He's defeated and heart broken. He just wanted a man who loves him and treats him like a partner should be treated. He thought he finally found that just to be abused again.
I feel nothing but hatred for Seungjae right now. How could he do this to someone he claims to care for? And then he blames it on the curse, what a pathetic excuse. When he greeted his new underlings he even told them to not put a finger on any of his possessions and I think it's pretty clear that he wasn't just talking about objects here.
I know that a lot of it probably comes from living in such an abusive household but that's not an excuse.
What's even worse, his brother now is pissed and I can already see him hurting Geumhwa again just to get back at Seungjae.
Anyways, this story is turning out to be so much better than I had anticipated. It has been pretty obvious since Blood and Soul that Gyaga is a pretty talented author who was simply lacking the experience to deliver something truly great but Cover up has been amazing so far and I can't wait to read more of it (even when it crushes my heart).
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I just read the raws and i agree, it was really really heartbreaking.. I just want him to be happy right now, he doesn’t deserve to be treated like this
what chap is the forceful ejaculation??? pls
chapter 21
Thanks you
That scene was literally the reason why I dropped this story lol.
I just bought chapter 18-20 and looked at the raws
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The last time I came here I here I was hoping the trauma healing dick trope wouldn't appear and I'm glad that it didn't happen. However, Seungjae seems to turn into an abusive asshole as well now and seeing Geumhwa like this was really painful especially when you compare his expressions to how he used to look at Seungjae. He always seemed so cheerful when Seungjae was acting like a big puppy and it was nice to see him enjoying the sex they have so much but he looks so defeated and dead inside now.
I can't read Korean, I don't know what Seungjae thought when he did what he did, but I also don't care. He knew Geumhwa was raped by his ex (maybe) a few weeks ago, kidnapped shortly after that and saw Seungjae stab a man in front of him. But he still forcefully had sex with him (or raped him, not sure because I can't read Korean) because Geumhwa couldn't forget about him killing someone and was therefor a little bit scared.
Seungjae needs a lot of character development and regret to make up for that, otherwise I won't be able to support this ship (pretty sure this will happen since Seungjae is portrayed to resemble the abusive ex and not as some kind of dominant dream-guy).
Anyways, I hope Geumhwa will find peace and happiness at the end.
Yeah he raped him and it reminds him of his ex
Where did you buy them?
Lezhin. There are 6 more translated chapters at the moment. You have to search for "cover-up", you won't find anything when you type in "cover up".
Ah ok thank you.
I finished reading it (including the extras) and here are some spoilers for how it ended for everyone who's interested:
There was an actual psychopath in this story but it wasn't our male lead, it was his blonde friend with the glasses. He already killed animals when he was a child and his mum had (I think it was) antisocial disorder, hence why his parents got divorced. When he showed signs of the same illness his father started to worry and blonde guy tried to hide it because he didn't want to get kicked out by his dad. One day he cut up his pet bird with a scissor and male lead was there as well when his father came home. Male lead took the blame for it and for several other things blonde guy did hence why everybody thought he was the psycho. However, male lead managed to blackmail blonde guy into being less of a psychopath because of this, so that was good. On the other hand, blonde guy became obsessed with male lead which was bad because he then threatened and attacked our female MC. It wasn't working though since she grew up among gangsters and easily overpowered him.
MC and male lead never ended up having a romance or anything like that but male lead still has a crush on his maestro.
The bullying arc ended with chubby guy almost killing male lead by accident but everything turned out be better at the end. He even lost weight and at least it seems like his mum finally understands him better. His childhood crush (bunny girl) still doesn't recognize him though. She ended up with the sister (yes!) and was revealed to have a very shitty past as well which occasionally results in her completely losing it.
The main bully also became a better person although he still has anger issues.
The two other teachers (which I will call creep and cute) have a long history together. Cute has a borderline personality disorder and is constantly thinking about suicide and creep is just crazy. He tried to attack a guy who was interested in her and tried to kill her when he thought she wanted to commit suicide but he was no match for her.
MC seems to be happy, the bully arc took a toll on her but I think she's doing a lot better now than she did in the past.
Overall, things got pretty dark but ended on a positive note and it was very much worth the read (too bad we didn't get more of cute's story though, she turned out to be the most interesting character imho). On a side note, I'm also convinced that there isn't a single straight character in this story (thumbs up for that).
I read it too and i was soo shocked
Could you please spoil what happens in the Mr Choi side stories
Spoilers
MC and Mr. Choi desperately try to find Ms. Oh because Mr. Choi sneaked into her apartment and discovered that she was gone and visited a suicide club site (to plan a group suicide) the last time she was online. We then see Ms. Oh in the car with the other members of that group and that's when the flashback starts.
They (Oh and Choi) met in college. He was trying to act all nice and normal at first but she didn't really like him. Then he goes into her apartment and finds her with one of her wrists slit in the bathroom, but nowhere serious enough to cause serious physical damage. He then gets a little bit insane as he starts a monologue about how that kind of suicide attempt is pointless and that she should rather hang herself. She leaves.
That's when we find out that she has never really had a childhood or a life of her own since she always had to take care of her siblings and that she's depressed because she can find no meaning in life.
She now (during the college flashback) seems to be interested in Mr. Choi simply because she doesn't have to hide her negative thoughts from him or act cheerful.
After that they become more "friendly" with each other until another guy starts showing interest in her and she decides to play along. She asks him out, he says yes and that's when Mr. Choi goes into a jealous rage. He shows up with a knife in front of them, threatens to kill her then tries to stab the other guy and when he gets mildly injured during their fight, he blames her for it and tells her that she has to stay by his side because he's her responsibility now (basically telling her that he is her meaning in life now, whether she wants that or not).
Meanwhile, in the present time, Ms. Oh successfully managed to prevent the group from committing suicide although she did it with slightly shady methods.
Mr. Choi was going crazy while searching for her and when he finally finds her he has a knife again and tells her that if she still wants to die she should at least die by his hands. He attacks her but he's easily defeated by her. He seems to be pretty sad and tells her not to abandon him.
We find out that she still wants to die but also that Mr. Choi going crazy over her makes her feel good and that she's a teacher because she wants the kids to live a better life than her.
omg thank you i wasnt able to read the side stories, but thats DEEP
Nooo wth the mc n mls relationship never develops??? Wth they built it up so much whyyy
I hate the "uke was raped by someone but saved from a trauma by the seme's dick " trope as much as the next person but in this case I was under the impression that MC used to be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship with his ex and that this was the main reason why MC left the country. So that his ex can't find him.
If it turns out that they actually had a rather normal relationship (which seems extremely unlikely at this point) until the MC ran away, I will consider chapter 9 to be ridiculous.
But if it turns out that his ex was abusive and raped him in the past as well then this wouldn't be the typical rape trope anyway (it would be more of a Yatamomo situation).
Besides, seeing how we're only at chapter 9 I also doubt that they will end up being a happy lovey-dovey couple starting next chapter, which means that the being cured by having sex trope probably won't apply here.
But who knows, I could be wrong and this could actually go down hill very quickly. My biggest complaint after reading Blood and Soul was that the story would've been better if it had been more horror and less forced BL tropes (although I thought it was significantly better than Baker on the first Floor), so maybe something similar is happening here as well.
The parallel you made with Yatamomo is perfect because that's my thought exactly or at least it's what I'm kind of expecting.
This might be the first romance manga I've ever read that I enjoy because of their relationship and not because it's an interesting story that happens to also have a romance in it.
It's so good. Seeing the beginning of their life together while also witnessing the end of it (and everything in between) is bittersweet but beautiful. It really makes you feel for them.