What a wonderful christmas gift this is. My heart broke for another time but it's ok, that's what a true love story does I guess （/TДT)/
It should be adults, not adulterers (translation of a panel) haha
I had the luck to discover this gem a couple days ago when it just finished so I could read this in one go. The story is amazing, tightly woven and fast paced. Normally I would get bored by the fight scenes, but it was not the case with this manwha since they are never too drawn-out. The artist and colourist did a great job, emotions and the atmosphere are conveyed very well. I do feel for the artist though since they got sick during the making of this manwha like so many manwha artist. Hopefully they can take a good long break to rest and get healthy again. In the end, health is really the most important thing.
Now, as for some thoughts on the story itself (spoiler alert):
The story started off very exciting, sad and mysterious all at once. It made one wants to know what and why is happening, all the while cheering for the mc of the story. The trajectory is typical, mc is the underdog, training to get stronger to get his revenge. We get the introduction of the characters, the good, the bad and the ugly. And of course the introduction of the heroine. It wasn't until the death of a very endearing and thus beloved character of the story (which by the way I was in denial with and kept thinking it wasn't real, they will pop up alive later in the story until they got their burial...yeah i was crushed) that I realised this author meant business and it's not the typical hero OP story where all the bad guys die and the good ones survive. And that is also kinda what makes this story so good, it's a reflection of real life. Real life themes like love, hope, friendship, trust, loyalty, survival, hardship, faith, betrayal, greed, power, doubt, fear, sadness, death, revenge and unpredictability of life are all in this manhwa. There are also lots of ancient asian philosophy and life wisdom interwoven in the story, e.g. change is natural, the old will be replaced by the new/young eventually, attachment and greed leads to tragedy, etc.
The many deaths in this story kinda made me sad though, especially all the deaths of the Silent Night members. I feel like they were the most pitiful victims, even though they were the attackers that started it all. But later it was revealed that they were deceived to be part of this organisation and they had no other choice but to continue for their survival, they were merely puppet villains.
I guess the author was serious about the theme of the old getting replaced by the new/young ones, since the story ended with the death of all the old people. No one that was part of the death of the father of the mc survived by the end of the story...poetic justice? Anyways, I enjoyed reading this manwha very much and I wonder when I will find something as good at this one in the future.
Probably in real life William would have married Eleanor, so this kinda feel like a fairy tale to me. I am happy that Eleanor also found happiness in this story, because she is a real sweetheart and became an indirect collateral damage of society's expectation at that time.
Reading this makes me realise that we are so fortunate to be living in current times, it just feels like so restrictive in the past, whether one is a noble or someone poor.
Is that senior who protected our Puppy going to be his brother's partner? I remember it was mentioned that it is going to be a manly reptile? That senior has a green tail? We might get a third couple teehee
Noooooo, not our cutie pie i wanna see him and ijin reunited and going to school together
At first glance I wanted to stop reading this, because the art is not really my thing. But boi, I am glad I stuck to it because the storytelling is amazing and the art also grew on me. This is definitely one of the great mangas out there.
I thought Akihiro's insult (ch 54) was cute until I read the meaning of it in the translator's notes lol. Where do kids learn these insults anyways? ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄