HUGE SPOILER: for those who don't want to sludge through it but still want to know how it ends; it ends in the worst way imaginable.
"Haewon still ends up with Haeyoung (His crush and the one who always abuses him!) Haewon escapes a lot of times but still end up getting caught. Haewon's greatest escape is when he tries to kill himself... (Not sure, I think he jumps on the clip) Taegyeom and Hyunwoo (the other guys) thought that Hyunwoo died and then Haeyoung won't accept it.
But Haewon is alive and was saved on the countryside. Kitae is the one who helps him. Kitae wants Haewon to be treated in Hospital but Haewon refuses. Time by time Haewon's injuries and wounds are healing. I guess he hides in the countryside for more than a year.
But well... Haeyoung still found him... He pays people to find Haewon... In that arc, I guess Haeyoung became a drug user.. not sure because I only read MTL..
Then he caught Haewon and still repeated the cycle of abusing and raping him until his healing body was severely injured again. Haewon's eyesight and hearing became so bad that he needed to use hearing aid because he couldn't hear properly anymore.
Haewon with Haeyoung's side, made him so depressed, meanwhile, the other two, Taegyeom and Hyunwoo were out of the pictures...
In this arc... It was mainly focused on Haeyoung and Haewon.
Haewon tried to kill himself because of depression. He lost his appetite, he vomited blood and he had a lot of wounds and bruises... And yes of course I think Haeyoung was finally having a knock on his mind that Haewon finally needs to be saved.
Duhhh... Haeyoung realizes that Haewon needs treatment because it is obvious that he is dying of abuse and depression, but by the way, he stopped hurting him at that time.
He treated Haewon, they sought a psychiatrist to help Haewon with his depression. (but I also want Haeyoung to try having one because he also needs it but it didn't happen tho.)
It was a very long time of treatment for Haewon because he is always having a seizure about the abuse he experienced and Haeyoung stays by his side all the time because he is an obsessive freak.
Haewon wants to forget and escape away from Haeyoung but Haeyoung won't let him... He is obsessed!
Timeskip... Haeyoung became a professor and Haewon recovered but still has this feeling of terror. Of course, they were living under one roof and declared themselves as a lover, and Haewon didn't have a choice about that, because he was still dependent on Hae-young. Haeyoung made him like that.
Although the abuse like hurting Haewon is not present anymore in their lovey-dovey as a lover arc, Haewon still feels the terror. Of course, it's difficult to forget the past.
Yes, Haeyoung changed: he doesn't hurt Haewon physically anymore, he treats him better now and he controls himself now when he gets jealous but you know what, he is a manipulator because Haewon never had a chance to escape and forget him.
In the end, they end up together. For me it was obvious that Haewon developed Stockholm Syndrome.. although he can live on his own his mind and his heart are not independent, he was owned by Haeyoung until the end.
Haewon can't never forget his past, he just accepted his destiny, because no matter how hard he escapes, Haeyoung will find him.
In the final arc, Haeyoung doesn't abuse Haewon anymore because he wants to redeem himself and live with him forever."
- written by user GirlIntheCorner from https://www.novelupdatesforum.com/threads/non-zero-sum-manhwa.166533/page-3
Summaries can also be found on that site from pages 1 to 3, written by brundithatgirl and Cookie Crown, if you're still interested to know the play-by-play of how their very own circle of hell was created bye
Lelz author create a hell masterpiece to make reader get wreak when reading this..
..... Damn, that story was so heart wrecking that it gave me a massive anxiety attack
I think i also heard that when he jumps off the cliffs...he lost his memories and then they lived happily together
i was kinda rooting for taegyeom ngl
This shit gives me PTSD, but new lesson unlocked. Do fall for black hair dudes (aka half the population) who are ruch.
He doesn't lose memory at all.
Thankss for this, won't read this anymore. You saved me lots of anger and frustration.
Oo thanks for telling
Whoever thought that this genre of love triangle needed to exist can come get these hands
(Cont'd) it's like the miscommunication trope but it's between the author and her readers but readers already know what's up but the author's like no you don't then draws the worst case scenario just to prove you wrong
Readers: predicts what about to happen in the next scene/chapter (which in fact was gonna be in the next chapter)
Author: *shocked* (by how correct they really are) NUH UH *scribbles some of the most madness and badnes combination thing ever*
Not gonna lie, I skipped like 20 chapter and it still felt like I didn't miss anything
exactly the characters arent thinking anymore, it's just the author all over the place
This. I asked someone in the comments to spoil me and the situation is still exactly where I left it almost a year ago smh
Two MLs, one MC.
2nd ML is in love with 1st ML but still fcks the MC. Like damn couldn't you think of a better conflict than who wants to fucks who
When authors don't take the story seriously but dote on the the couple it's a slaughterhouse
no cuz my man rly said ''it's worth losing my men'' in front of his men just for some ass
Don't kill me: the manhwa did a great job showing what a relationship would look like if the couple has polarising love languages, and that a person's personality doesn't just do a complete 180 once they're in love.
I also find it Frustrating that Yeo-won(the boss, top) is still bit of a douche dating Seok Yeon(bottom)..but then you see Yeo-won sharing something of his past or his thoughts with Seok Yeon that you just know he hasn't shared with anyone else. He has also opened his home to Seok Yeon even tho he's a very private individual and has essentially given him free rein. Personally, that says a lot. Actions>>>words
They have softened around the edges since dating (IMO the epilogue needs more tenderising) but at the very core, Yeo Won is still a pragmatic emotionally-repressed workaholic and Seok Yeon is an idealist with a somewhat rose-tinted perception of love.
Idk, I guess I'm impressed? Author had the guts to stay committed in leading the story with their personalities over a preconceived notion of what BL romance is supposed to be til the very end. (Plus it makes their banters and interactions so much more interesting than I wuv you kiss sex kiss i wuv u more sex)
I think i accidentally disliked, mb
samee thoughts! their conversations are hilarious, they clash a lot but like what their mutual subae pointed out, it's without malice. kinda reminds me of irl couples who play-fight and roast each other every chance they get lmao sweet but scary to outsiders
I just think author can't express the character's emotion well...cuz their eyes looks emotionless and the facial expressions is not it .....so when u read it it's like reading it in monotone.....but I still enjoy it
IMO character delineation> art > romance. BUT i do agree with you, the art does look stiff in emotional scenes. It gives their delivery an uncanny valley effect— not much visual payoff for both characters after muddling through their respective baggages. (don't mind me i just love knowing the lore of how they came to be emotionally unstable feral but mundane individuals)
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for 3+ years, this had wreaked havoc on my psyche like it was nobody's gotdamn business. do it again
all the 'dIsguSTang uKe whOREsLUt fuCKiNg DrOPpedz b1TchEz' comments have the grammar structure of jesse pinkman lmao
Ngl I genuinely can't understand the hate on the uke considering he was raised as a sex slave and used as a cumslut EVERYDAY by that old man...and ppl turn fingers on him for being hypersexual as a result of that abuse....yuckk!!!! ppl rlly shouldn't read these kind of stories if theyr gonna frame a character who's going to be increasingly complex as 1 dimensional bc wdym ....
wish i could like your comment. the artstyle is not my cup of tea but this work could actually provide commentary on sex vs sexual intimacy, it's just a matter of hows and whys, and if the readers would be arsed to look. There's also the possibility that this work could just be another porn marathon. It's too early to tell
I’m half convinced the author doesn't have control over the direction as much as her editor does. If you've followed and bought some of Momose An’s djs in her early days like i have, you must have noticed the stark difference by now.
The angst in her dj's always had a two-fold purpose: a character study through conflicts in which the characters emerge clearer for the readers and with a depth that elevates the progression of the story.
Only 2 of her original works (How Far is My Dream Allowed and Ore Mite) stood true to that(correct me if I'm wrong), and the rest are soft porn. Not saying her djs didnt have smut, oh it was smutty but there was heart. So much of it that you could tell the author had loved creating it from top to bottom, from the characters to the prose, from stylistic closed-ups to backgrounds.
I get it, it's the editor's job to make the author's vision more palatable to a general audience (noncon and dogshit tops are still hot in Japan. Source: my ass. just filter the yaoi tag bro) but damn this was a loss.
author either writes the greenest-flag top i've read in a while or the kind that was born with a rizztraining order. no in-between
kid is schizoposting in his journal
ok so i thought he's like yoon bum, unstable and obsessive, but him being schizophrenic acc makes more sense