This is like the gay version of Cheese in the Trap, much more fluffy but just as rage-inducing with the strange harassment and freeloaders from group projects and the weird sunbae -hoobae hierarchy of because-I’m-younger-I-can-be-forced-by-older-people-to-drink-alcohol-and-other-shit-I-don’t-want, etc. literally all his logic makes complete sense except Korean values are just sorta different, I guess.
He doesn’t want to drink, yes he has the right.
Someone threatened to beat him with a bat, so he mentioned calling the police
The motherfucker was drunk and chasing him around with a pan, Jaeyoung stepped in to block him from calling the police and got hit, which proves A) apparently calling the police would’ve been warranted because that’s assault and B) it’s not MC’s fault the “atmosphere” got ruined or that he got hit. Jaeyoung got into the path of the murderous sunbae that that’s on him. The sunbae is the one that made a racket about some kid not drinking and threatened violence. Why tf can’t he just not like alcohol? Imagine going to a gathering and all the older people forced the younger ones to smoke a pack of cigarettes to be ‘social’ lmao.
The project thing: Jaeyoung didn’t show up, didn’t communicate his plans, that’s literally all his responsibility. The guy did the project himself - he should get all the credit. Group members that couldn’t contribute should take that to the professor bc MC isn’t required to let them freeload. If your grandma passed away, you could talk to the professor - isn’t this what office hours are for? Professors are generally more flexible about death - ask about an opportunity to makeup with a different assignment of something. Again, MC isn’t required to listen to your reasons because it has nothing to do with him... it’s between you and the professor
Jaeyoung thinks he ran away because he was guilty - no, he heard all over campus that you were gonna beat him up when you saw him and your ignored messages had lines like “blah blah blah while I’m still being nice”.
You showed up at his workplace, and complained that you’d be uncomfortable playing your games with him around - sir, you can leave. He can’t. He WORKS there
Even though he did the same thing, Jaeyoung gets mad when he shows up to his job - how tf would he know you work there? And it’s a public place. He can go duh
“If you at least apologized...” - reason for some general harrassment. He doesn’t need to apologize to you. He did nothing wrong.
“I just wanted to be friends...” or whatever he said - he’s yet again NOT obligated to reciprocate any feeling of friendship. Do you usually harass people that don’t want to be friend with you? How old are you? 5
The harrassment in general - this guy is in fucking college, the determinant of his future, and you’re doing everything you can to make sure he’s unfocused and uncomfortable. The guy is basically OCD and you have fun just ticking him off. Leave him be - however, I’m not too pissed since he didn’t do anything to actually fuck over MC’s grades and assignments so he’s just at the petty level.
Despite the rant, once the initial BS was over, I liked both the characters, their dynamic, the start of the jealousy. All very fluffy
Umm , do u happen to know any straight manga with such relationship between the characters?
I love friendly rivalry and not too dangerous hatred
Cheese in the trap is really good and has a lot of chapters (I think it’s completed now). The female character is similar to this MC and the relationship is similar, except the rival/male lead is that manga is a lot more devious and confusing. It actually has a psychological aspect, and even though they went from silently hating each other (some of it was due to misunderstandings) to adorable dating, there were still some really interesting twists and turns.
I definitely recommend it if you haven’t read it yet - it’s one of a kind, but that also means I haven’t really found any similar ones that are as good,(￣∇￣").
If you do go read it, let me know what you think of the male lead XD
Couldn't agree more. You literally said everything I had in mind. I love this webtoon, But Jaeyoung is really bothersome tbh, but he is trying to get better and it's only 15 chapters, so hopefully those two can make up and Jaeyoung would apologize for being a piece of sh#t, and hopefully Sangwoo will be comfortable with him like he is comfortable with that girl ( Idk how to spell her name. I feel so bad she's my favourite -_- )
I completely agree with you about how petty and childish jaeyoung was being to mc. I like their dynamic tho so here’s to hoping for a cute relationship
lolol (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ also I LOVED CHEESE IN THE TRAP!! I watched the kdrama which is a little different from the webtoon so I might pick up the webtoon and read it
Wow, if you liked the drama, you should definitely like the webtoon. Honestly, I’ve been holding off watching the drama because people didn’t like it as much. I think it didn’t hold true to some important parts of the webtoon. Either way, since I have time, maybe I’ll go back and watch it too XD
Oh , I have heard of the manga but never read it
If it’s available here , IMMA READ IT NOW , I was reading the manga called BEWARE OF THE VILLAINESS , it’s an awesome manga with a strong female lead and beautiful plot and characters
I'm still laughing over the fact that the prince was willing to romance a guy XD Also, he's obviously a playboy dick, but he does seem like the better option in terms of loyalty. The eastern prince is an abusive piece of shit to his sister, who mentioned "playing around" with her, while at least the western prince wouldve married her. He does need to be put in his place though, because the whole "I'm hot and I know it" routine is cringey
Mentally 5yo Bully VS Two-Face
Honestly, this is just creeping me out. And the male lead reminds me of the 2nd Male lead from "Heirs", emotionally stunted. "If I'm a bully and a dick, then he has to pay attention to me"
Is it worth reading this, guys?
Yes, when I read this I binged it in a whole night!
I just read up to chapter 17 and you’re right, this is amazing
Hell yeah
Yup no regrets... Read it during exams period.. Still did not regret
YES TO THE POINT WHERE U WILL NOT GET ANY SLEEP BECAUSE OF BINGING ˘◡˘
Yes, it’s really good
(≧∀≦)
I like how there was a lack of drama and their relationship developed over the smaller things as opposed to plots where they only develop when something crazy happens (accidents, love triangle, etc). Also, the seme was surprisingly fluffy. In the first chapter, he gave off completely different vibes- “I can see straight through you but you’ll never know what I’m thinking muahahaha”
“You’re a pedo”
“You’re wrong. That’s my sister”
“And that makes it okay?”
LMAOOO I OFFICIALLY LOVE THIS CHARACTER
I’m on ch. 22 but just came back to mention how completely fucking pathetic these kids are to be purposely interfering with other kids that want to study. Mofo, get a hobby... or a life? How sad must y’all be to focus on tiny shit like this?
I’m only on ch 7 and this is...hmmm kinda cliche and cheesy, which I’m generally okay with but this is sort of at cringe levels. There’s also not much tension and pacing that I usually enjoy, so it comes off more cringey than badass if that makes sense. I think I’ll drop for now
I suggest you continue. Couldn't be more far from what you've described when things will get serious.
Really? I’ll give it another try then, thanks!
I’m only on chapter 14 and I’ve witnessed a grand total of 5 fingers broken and I wince every time. Honestly, seeing people break fingers makes me flinch more than twisting and breaking arms and legs - because fingers are broken so easily! And they’re vulnerable because you use them to do everything, so every time I see a character break a finger, I want to permanently hide my hands out of public view... or wear winter mittens every day... anyway, it’s so easy to imagine your finger breaking because it doesn’t take much force, but breaking someone’s leg needs much more force, and as someone who’s never broken any bone ever, the pain is supposedly so much worse that it’s unimaginable and further from reality. Of course, this is badass so I’ll keep reading, but I’ll probably being wincing a lot