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ugh, i’m gonna do my whole ranting paragraph at the end of the manhwa but right now i’m just disappointed lol.
i’m also disappointed in the fandom but not surprised. i’ve seen a lot of comments saying “it’s yaoi what did you expect” idk maybe a better story, it’s just it deviated from the original plot so much that it just doesn’t make much sense
again i’m not saying this as someone who “stans” taku, i’m saying this from a readers standpoint. i’m rly upset with how the plot just flip flopped after like 2 flashbacks aha but yeah, that’s my take
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personally the story gave me such a sense of finality early on, like we see the so called “outcome” after haesoo and jowoon had their official talk ab how they shouldn’t do this anymore, that gave me satisfaction bc i believe that it was what they needed yk?
but for them to deviate from that after like 3 high school flashbacks and jowoon stating a principal all of us commonly learn in grade school?? (i should’ve been responsible for my actions) it just wasn’t enough to convince me of anything at all.
i think the characters are weak in all honesty, not weak minded but just their structure, haesoo is genuinely unlikable imo. ofc this is just my analysis of the story but it just wasn’t the greatest
like i wanted something fresh something new where we see someone break away from the stereotype and the toxicity that is quite often expressed in bl! i wanted haesoo to discover more of himself, find his own happiness outside of jowoon.
in my opinion taku is the best character in this manhwa when it comes to development. he truly was an asshole at the beginning of the manhwa, which is stated in this chapter, but we see him change, we see him become capable of loving someone and i think that’s awesome.
it’s just frustrating to me that this story had so much potential to do something new but it just didn’t
sorry if it’s long but that’s how i feel :)
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Very well written. I can see where your thoughts and frustrations lie with the story. Although I do not agree with some of the issues you laid out, it was very refreshing to read a well thought out response in this comment section. I look forward to seeing your larger analysis at the end of the series.
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I believe that "breaking free from toxicity" aspect can be done without ending everything with the person you love. Even if was not convicing for you, Joowon and Haesoo did change their views of their relationship while being apart from each other, they understood what they did wrong and realize that, besides being people that caused so much pain to the other, they are also someone who can bring happiness.
But I agree with you that this season lost its focus because the "main couple" interact far less than Haesoo and Taku. I see this as the author favoritism since almost all the story was like this. Haesoo's feelings for Joowon never left the story while he was deciding what exactly was their relationships and feelings, but these moments almost were never told between them. They were told throughout Taku and Haesoo's attepemts to distance himself. I think that the author did have a concept of telling a love/hate dynamic (which was best explained in S1) but it blended into the background as the story progressed. That's why I not surprissed to people who didn't see this outcome, at some point I also didn't.
I personally like Joowon's character more because he went from someone egocentric and coward to a man who will do things correctly because he always loved Haesoo. Taku's story, for me, it's just him having feelings for the first time in his life but being unwilling to change his selfish points of view. He didn't want to change that despite everything. Him begging for a chance knowing damn well that Haesoo didn't love him was awful, he didn't want to lose to Joowon and that's plain asshole motives. Okay, he did wanted to have more later on but Taku deeply knew that Haesoo wasn't his, then he goes complaning that he is going to be left out lol No, it's was just so boring to me. I don't like how Taku never stopped comparing their boyfriends with candy, which would've been a great anology.
As for Haesoo... Yeah, sometimes it feels like he doesn't deserve all the things Joowon and Taku did for him lol I do like him tho.
I would've also preferred another outcome since that car accident did make their reconciliation faster. Which was wack :/
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yes i understand what you’re saying completely! it just felt so... elementary. like you were scared to tell him and you couldn’t take responsibilities for your actions?? alr i guess
this story as a whole just didn’t do it for me, i’d say it was a great idea with poor execution. but i’m glad so many people enjoy it and i never want my words to take anything away from that
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cain: made dinner for his roommate and is concerned when he doesn’t come home for the night with no explanation
y’all: THATS SO SUS WOW CAIN IS SO SUS HE MADE HIM DINNER SO FUCKING SUS WOW CAIN IS SUS HE CARES ABOUT JOOIN SUS
like, he ain’t even do nothing in this chapter and y’all scream SUS. in all honesty most of you are just saying this to make cain out to be the bad guy to fit your narrative
again i’m not saying he isn’t an antagonist BUT WE DONT FUCKING KNOW can y’all chill for like 2 sec.
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i- where is the logic in this??
WHATS WRONG WITH HIM MAKING HIM DINNER IM
LITERALLY CRYING WTF???? like i’m laughing so hard what????? he’s sus bc he made dinner
you can’t file a missing persons report until like 24-48 hours that they’ve been missing jooin was gone for the night. HE WAS JUST SHOWING CONCERN SHABAHSVDB
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The reason why people may say or think cain is sus. Because when cain was first introduced, he called out jooin's name, but how did he know jooin when they first met? Lets also not forget how he (probably) took advantage of jooin's kindnest so cain can stay at jooin's place, good or not thats still wrong and I don't get why majority of the people are normalizing it. Yeah, I get what cain did was sweet...and concerned... but he stayed up all night for someone??? that's kinda kinda creepy, (well to me.) But, making breakfast or dinner for someone isn't sus though lol.
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wait where can i read this like on official translation sites someone pls tell me lol
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This manhwa is on Bomtoon! But, you have to verify that you are of legal age to be able to buy the chapters and on that page, it's a very long process compared to Lezhin.
> Original webtoon: https://www.bomtoon.com/comic/ep_list/yakuS2za
>How to verify your age and get coins tips: https://gist.github.com/quackerly/9f18f102c854aa2f239e05d19cdfc935
If you want to know where you can read manhwas on their original page platforms, I recommend you to check Baka-Updates! There you have plot summaries, reviews, and links to every single translation of the stories you are interested in. Hope this helps you :)
Baka-Updates: https://www.mangaupdates.com/index.html
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also how come some ppl’s breaking point is seungho not recognizing na-kyum was kidnapped despite clear signs and not when seungho kidnapped, r*ped, and emotionally abused nk??
just a thought :/
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this is just my reasoning but when it comes to seungho, we knew from the beginning he was "the villain". when he treated nakyum like shit in the beginning it didn't come as a surprise, but now me and a lot of other readers were hoping to see some character development. that's why it was so disappointing to see he's still stuck in his abusive ways.
also i don't really think of it as a breaking point, personally i was about to drop it the first time seungho r*ped nakyum but kept reading because i wanted to see in which direction the author would take the story, if nakyum would get revenge/happiness etc. and now when it's becoming clear the story's going in circles, people's had enough.
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yeah i get that, people wanting him to develop i understand that like 100%, i genuinely think the storyline is great bc seungho is such a cool character, like i would watch a psychological breakdown video for him (i watched the one for azula from atla)
my sole issue with this is that r*pe and sa are such common themes in bl that people tend to promote, this behavior and romanticize it. or they say the characters aren’t that bad just bc “they’re so hot” i like the story and the art! but i don’t see this as a love story bc that’s now what it is...
it’s kind of like the KS discourse for me. i’m not comparing the manhwas in any way but i’m talking ab the fanbases lol
this seems kinda jumbled sorry, does it make sense
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yeah this story was all around not very good, the characters were fairly unlikable and the plot jumped around the place.
again i’m not hating on anyone enjoying this but just because you enjoy smth that doesn’t mean it’s good. also jowoon having to be in the hospital just for haesoo to realize his feelings? bye.
like this was all around a bad story, it didn’t do anything for me :)
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actually no, the plot was horrible as i said, maybe youre jared?
it was literally all over the place, haesoo was genuinely willing to come to terms with the toxicity within their relationship and they both were able to agree that they were unhealthy for eachother but then all of a sudden nvm i liked him all along?
it’s just so inconsistent. my logic is that the plot was terrible not unenjoyable they are two different things cmon now.
i believe you don’t understand what i’m saying it doesn’t have to be good to be enjoyable.
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MY point was that it’s all subjective. Hate to break it to you but you’re in the minority here. You dislike it, whatever, but the way you phrase it: ‘I dislike it therefore horrible story’ irks me because only somebody with a superiority complex would say that. It also sounds like you’re salty because the story didn’t go how you wanted it to.
“...all of a sudden nvm i liked him all along?”
oof, you really shouldn’t have said that if you wanted to prove that you were not jared, 19. the author couldn’t have made haesoo’s feelings any more obvious. unless, you wanted another taehae sex scene where all haesoo does is think about is joowon.
LoH IS well crafted, it just crafted a narrative you didn’t like so you turned a blind eye to it.
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i never said it was bad because i didn’t like it, i stated reasons as to why the story was bad, plot holes, no character development, flashbacks in awkward places, and buildup for a genuine relationship only for it to fall through out of no where
i’m not salty it didn’t “go my way” i wanted them all to separate, i wanted taku to go back to a japan after a healthy breakup but now he knows what love truly feels like.
i’m not some angry taku stan which is what you are making me out to be. i’m coming truly from an unbiased stance. i never had a “favorite ship” i think that haesoo’s relationship with taku had more potential than jowoon after learning their past
also the jared comment was just me being childish right back to you. haesoo’s feelings WEREN’T obvious. through the entire first half of the book we see haesoo wanting nothing more than to break away from this awful game he was playing with jowoon where neither of them were truly happy.
then all of a sudden he just changed his mind because of some flashbacks from high school? the only character that truly developed was taku.
and who cares if i’m the minority?? like am i supposed to feel intimidated by that? also you literally put words into my mouth, i never said “i dislike if therefore it’s bad” i said it’s bad bc the plot and characters are bad please read what i’m writing.
no bc i hate u