If I'm not wrong this is just the manhwa adaptation of an original novel made by the same author of 'My Guildmate Nextdoor'... and it definitely looks like they cut out a lot of the original plot from the novel just to make it fit into the format of the platform in which this manhwa was published (maybe they were only aiming for a PG-13 audience or they just wanted to give the novel some promotion just so people will eventually buy it???). Well, I don't know the reason behind this decision and it's such a shame it had to be done this way but I enjoyed most of the story and its characters. Ilya, my beloved, I'm so happy that you got your so well deserved happy ending ( ◜‿◝ )♡
Anyways, I hope we can soon get a translation of the novel and the extras of the main story. I'm looking forward to know how Jerry and Ilya spent their time together as newlyweds TT
Overall a good and wholesome story. It's actually so refreshing to read friends-to-lovers in bl without a bunch of unnecessary sex scenes, as is now really common in this specific genre. The manhwa may lack a lot of backbone in terms of plot structure and whatever (mainly at the end of the story) but I think the beautiful and detailed art style makes up for it.
I also wanted them to end up being poly but now that I think about it... my chickpea needs someone that can match his fucking freak !!!!
I KNOW I KNOOOW the big hyung is good at degradation play (n maybe more) + he's hot
Let the dull and boring mc and ml stick together, they're made for each other 。◕‿◕。
I stopped reading at chapter 97. I'm so emotionally invested in this manhwa that I don't think I'll ever recover from it. I've seen the spoilers about the ending all over my social media and I get a gist about how it all went down.
So far I'm happy about the way it ended, all this based by the spoilers I've seen so far, the author showed us all the good and all the bad sides of Skylar and Cirrus. They've grown into their own trauma and they have learnt, together, to not dwell into the painful memories others, including themselves, have caused them. These two have inflicted each other a lot a pain too and still, somehow, they keep finding things to love and adore about one another.
They learnt how awful can be to love someone but they've also learnt how beautiful it is to ask for forgiveness when you've done something hurtful to someone you love. And even though we won't be seeing a lot more of them in the future, I'm sure they'll keep on making this types of mistakes, or different ones, over and over again. Cause I mean, let's be honest, they're young and they still have a long way to go, but I think that's the beauty of it.
I find all of this little flaws so endearing, so human. I can't help but be reminded of myself sometimes, whether is Sky or Cirrus. I've been there too. I've been a troublemaker as a teenager once too! I've been confused about how am I supposed to accept and give love to others around me cause I didn't know better! Because my parents didn't teach me how to! I also did things I didn't wanted as I child, but I was scared to talk to someone cause what if they turned their backs on me because of what I went through?
I bet that more than one of us in here has felt the same way at least once on their life's and that's why a tiny piece of my heart goes to these two (and to the author). This story is a reminder that there's things and people out there that make this experience called life worth living.
I could keep on rambling on about how much this story has made me feel in the past few years, but I will let that to my future self once I regain the courage to come back and finish reading the whole thing.
Take care of yourself and cherish the people around you. Live a healthy and happy life and remember your upbringings do not define you as a person.
M.