Wow...I really called it....its so boring (overall) and disappointing. Author legit went "yep they get away safely and they just have these powers just because...oh yea there's a curse...that's why". How unsatisfying was that? Author really ended it with a huge massacre and said peace and pretended like they explained anything.
Plot holes everywhere:
Even more confusing is the last chapter mentions "black rooms" every where in the world, which explains nothing. Why them? Why not Yeonwoo's parents who had wishes and desires? How tf do the mirrors choose people? So aliens put these black rooms in several places in multiple countries? Who makes these magical mirrors? Imagine the mirrors in their first conception...how would they kill without the hands from the dead? Is there a black room near the supermarket where the random guy walking died in front of Jun? Do they just travel an unlimited amount of miles? Why did Yeonwoo kill random people?
So uhhhh how was Jun any different from before and now? His personality didn't change one bit except he wasn't flinching and surprised about the blood. Author really just showed Jun's face in the mirror and went YEP HE'S EEEEVVVILLL. This big black room he was scared of...he didn't even look remotely scared or traumatized and we're supposed to believe he was traumatized to the point of forgetting all of it?
I mean I like twisted and psychological stories just fine but ones that are actually written well. It's just such poor writing. I mean the author just drags this "big" mystery for 60 chapters and adds no substance to her characters besides them being "hot" and fucking each other. The last sentiment Jun mentioned about them being together forever and whatnot would have been beautifully twisted if we actually saw their bond through 60 chapters. We didn't see much of their childhood or the trauma they went through together, nor anything that SHOWED they cared for each other deeply...just lust. It was just a whole lot of fucking for nothing. No character personality, no quirks, no conflict, no PLOT. There's nothing psychological about this except for a bit of gaslighting from Yeonwoo and the toxic relationship. I HATE when authors come up with shit and pass it off as amazing by tagging it as psychological and making metaphors for their story. As if metaphors is the only thing you need to make it deep. You know metaphors only work if your story really reflected the message you wanted to deliver. "Every human harbors malice....malice isn't bad." BRUH...they killed multiple people and many others all over Korea who had nothing to disturb their "paradise". Where did we see any nuance about malice in human beings?
People don't understand because of poor writing and no explanation whatsoever. You can't make up a metaphor and pretend to be deep.
I don't know why so many think the step mom and Cirrus are in a romantic relationship or something like that. Based on asian/korean culture, it is looked down upon for a woman to be in a relationship with a guy who already has a family. Divorce or remarrying is quite a taboo subject in asian cultures that most do not get a divorce even if they're unhappy. In fact, Cirrus revealing to her "friends" that he's her step son ruins her reputation bc either she is having an affair with a married man or dating someone who was married before. Besides that, korean society is not open to homosexual relationships so Cirrus bringing Skylar around and announcing that further shames her and ruins her reputation. Buuut I could be wrong, and she does lust after him.
Wow....quite rare to see a yaoi manga incorporate isekai AND have a great plot. So much world building and natural progression of events. Also subverts the stereotype that mc is special because in fact the one who is special is the girl. I'm so looking forward to this...the only thing I'm anxious about is the number of chapters lol. Hopefully it will be a long one.
I was so excited to see an omegaverse manga focusing on the pregnancy aspect and even more so not in an already established relationship/family dynamic. I was hoping to see a glimpse of the omega going through "relatable" struggles with finding out he's pregnant and then the alpha supporting him...and being an actual good person. BUT NOPE...why...WHY does the alpha have to be an asshole who poked a hole in the condom to purposely get him pregnant?!?!? (according to the comments/spoilers). WHY can't we have a decent alpha....a decent situation where the condom accidentally broke or it was just an accident?!?! WTF
Oushi isn't very great or fantastic to the point where I have 2nd male lead syndrome. Honestly Itsuomi is the PERFECT dude. Oushi just seems so annoying and omg I hate the word but--toxic because he won't fucking just blurt out that he likes Yuki. BRUH....I was literally waiting for him to say that to her this chapter but he didn't. He directly challenged their relationship but also for some reason either never acknowledged that he liked her or never realized but then proceeds to conveniently think Itsuomi is just playing with her. And NOW that she has a boyfriend, he makes a move....like dude...just confess to her bc I honestly doubt you'll get another chance. I'm not saying he's the absolute worst dude ever but some things he does are questionable. He lost his opportunity when he had it...its time to move on in a way. You can wait till she breaks up with him but still do something else...stay friends and build or improve on yourself.
Besides him, this story has a love hexagon with some girl liking Oushi and Oushi liking Yuki, Yuki and Itsuomi being together, Emma liking Itsu, and Shin liking Emma....OMG so convoluted. Even though its so convoluted, I still think this manga is amazing and one I'm really looking forward to!
I read the novel originally a while back and found this a few years after the fact. I have to say the manga does gloss over a lot of details in the book and doesn't seem to totally capture the mate bond between Chay and Keaton. I don't know...I just don't find it detailed enough. It's too fast paced to the point that their interactions seem really meaningless. This is omegaverse btw, so I found it odd that other omegaverse mangas represented the mater bond better. The novel itself wasn't a masterpiece either but the concept was good, with some "problems/plotholes".
I also just heard that J.L Langley, the author is retiring but tbh not too sad considering she has prob had writer's block for quite a while with her last book in this series being in 2011 and her announcement of being 70% finished with the most recent in 2017. Girl has not finished any of the books she planned for this series for quite the time now.
Anyway, hopefully, the rest of the chapters delve more into it but that's my rant/review for the day.
This is super heartwarming and the 2nd volume can add even more to it. I'm hoping this will be picked up soon...hopefully it won't take years.
It was pretty clear from the beginning that both Jun and Yeonwoo were not only crazy but also murderers. People keep mentioning how its such a crazy twist out of nowhere and I'm just wondering what are people reading if they never saw that happening?
I don't know...I don't really care for their characters as the author has not shown much of their personality...just a lot of fucking. You have to make us care for them beyond just them being "hot". Both are irredeemable and unlikeable characters with Jun being a pushover who shows psychotic tendencies and having the personality of a sex toy bc all he does is get fucked while Yeonwoo is your stereotypical, buff, aloof, mysterious male lead who could just be a penis bc he had nothing to say throughout the 50 chapters.
I get that the professor did some questionable things but I don't know..I feel the author is simply making him seem so bad just to make Yeonwoo and Jun look better. Like....uhhh SIR.. Yeonwoo MURDERED innocent people while Jun clearly murdered people and also is only "good" bc he lost his memories. The professor SIMPLY gave a new life to an orphan (iffy here but still raised Jun) AND only committed adultery with Yeonwoo's aunt. BROOO not the SAME thing and nowhere near as bad as what our main characters did. No amount of "tragic backstory" can redeem or save Yeonwoo's character.
"I did kill them." Nooooooooo I never would have thought....
The author built it up for 40 chapters to nothing bc we already knew. I wish they would have focused more on WHY he has these powers and HOW. I feel like its just going to be "he has these powers JUST BECAUSE".
I very much agree with anonymous who said rape scenes grab attention and sells. I feel this relates to Fantasy rape whereby when it is in a fiction story and presented in such a romanticized way, people are completely fine with and in fact enjoy. I do understand how so many people are upset bc it could influence readers to copy this behavior in real life but that is something that is bound to happen or not happen depending on the person. Similarly to violent video games, does it increase violence or not? Nobody really knows. It depends on the person.
Besides that, I think in this case it was completely fine and I did think "Woah what're you doing?!?" But clearly the uke enjoyed it somewhat and although he was more forceful, he was more shocked than anything. There are some mangas that do way worse than just rape and in fact constantly use it to further the relationship and build on the toxic bond that when challenged completely crumbles bc all that linked them was forceful rape/sex and a flimsy ass confession.
That said, people have to stop calling others names for liking this shit because its straight up fantasy rape. It is different from real actual rape and I don't think anybody condones that. Fantasy rape is a fantasy LOL. It's in a person's imagination where they're ok with the domination, man-handling, roughness etc. But in the imagination, you could stop whenever you want to unlike actual rape. So tying this to actual rape is not realistic nor fair.
This manhwa has been FULL of people getting the brains and shit fucked out of them. Heck they fuck each other so hard, mental illnesses disappear into thin air and for some reason the transference of communication is through semen and lots of it.
Where are the people who said, "iT tAKes TIme to ChANge". I LOVE how the author thought she tried something by having Chowon say, "You can't expect me to change overnight...my medication isn't working" BRUH WHERE-WHERE is the CHANGE...she calling her audience out as if she changed him or gave him decent character development. AND if your medication not working..IDK speak to your doctor about CHANGING it? Same thing happened with the others...
Dojin and Hyesung: "You HaTE me? FINE I'll fuck the the shit out of you and magically my semen will make you lOVe me" (at least we're still better than Chowon and Kyungsoo)
Kungsoo and Chowon: You got issues such as obsession and have committed multiple crimes against innocent people and ONLY apologized for it without ever having to have any consequences? Bruh who cares? You're fucking gorgeous. Hell YEA I'll fuck you so hard it looks like I'm shitting in you.
Dojun and Heesoo: Ummm...no we--we don't partake in fucking our problems away...wait ...wHAt?!? the other couples have been fucking instead of communicating?......oooook BYE
I mean the concept is interesting but I feel the author really banks on this mystery that she's dragged on for ages and then when we find out what is it, it really won't be all that amazing. It sort of annoying that the uke is so stupid and says, "Don't lie to me" and proceed to just accept his answer which wasn't even an answer. Then apparently they fuck the next chapter so like he really is DUMB bc you got your 'boyfriend' who's very crazy and lies to your face and you go YEA but his dick good. The plot is really meh. I can already see the plotholes before she reveals the 'secret'.
And yea some ppl might reply, "WHy are yOu ReADinG iT thEn?" Well because I want to see if it improves and is even worth it till the end. I wouldn't know if I didn't read it...DUH
Wow Why did I even expect the author to put any effort into really showing Chowon changed. For real just apologized and I'm "taking my meds" and then everything is solved. Wow rich people and them apologizing solved EVERYTHING. But tbh why would I expect so much from an author who has not developed the main couple very well either. And Chowon should still apologize to other people ahem* Dojun, not the other way around. Chowon didn't do SHIT and just apologized and then low key manipulated Kyungsoo with his tears and then KYUNGSOO, straight up admitted shit like "I still love you...How could somebody dump you or hurt you?...Maybe I should be with you..afterall all the THINGS YOU DID...doesn't have anything to do with me?"
WTFFFFFFFFFF! Did he really just absolve Chowon of all his terrible behavior and say it has nothing to do with him if he's going to be WITH him???!?! Who TF goes "Oh you might have attempted to rape my ACQUAINTANCE..but you didn't do that to me sooo...I mean it doesn't REALLY matter". "As long as you feel bad about it, then all is well." What happened to Kyungsoo's resolve to not see him? What happened to "I'm scared of you". What happened to " What you did isn't right and isn't something a human should do"?!?!?! It makes Kyungsoo look like a fucking hypocrite and disgusting bc all he cares about is how he likes Chowon and how pretty he is that all of THAT washes away everything Chowon has done to other people. BOY straight up said, "well he doesn't treat me badly, so its all good."
I don't know....maybe people dumped him BECAUSE HE'S CRAZY. He has issues with obsession and the fact that him taking his meds and apologized solved even his mental illnesses like it was nothing is not only NOT realistic but also shows the author does not give a shit about her characters' development and just brushed shit under the rug. And most of all, the readers brushed that shit under the rug bc ohhhh poor baby 20 something year old, comes from a rich ass family, Chowon, who has mental issues so easily fixed, who has threatened people, controlled Dojun's life, and attempted to rape Heesoo....is finally happy. Readers just go "omg so cute the baby omg so cute kYUNGSOO stayed with toxic ass Chowon who apologized so he isn't toxic anymore duh! That's how redemption and development WoRKs. This why partially the author doesn't really try all that hard bc audiences are so easily fooled and moved.
He's CHaNGeD....yea suuure. This is what happens when you gloss over development. Author keeps one of two tactics which is either gloss over the development with some words and narration aka quoted from Kyungsoo, "He's changing little by little". Maybe she should idk...SHOW don't TELL. OR she glosses it over by just having the characters fuck each other. It'll fuck all the shitty actions out of him AND give some readers' some lack of post-nut clarity at least temporarily. Oh wait I forgot one more technique, which is the "use your lover to fix you" trope. Sure surrounding yourself with good people who can support you is great but not if you're making them bend to your every need and treating them like a punching bag. Apparently according to lots of readers, he's ChANgEd they said, he's gotten chArACtER DeVeLoPmEnT.....they said.