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LONGGG review of why I’m dropping this.
At first I loved loved LOVED this story. I still think this story is amazing where it is in the manhwa right now. However, I’m going to drop this.
The villain kidnaps Hawon , rapes him and keeps him captive. ML takes him back after six month(?) and he’s pissed and ends up raping him so brutally he ends up hospitalized. ML finds out about his circumstances(i think), feels bad over everything he’s done. Apologizes, they fall in love properly(not really i suppose but these are the spoilers i’m given so just saying what i read) and have their happily ever after. The villain Aeil is given 10% of the ML’s company shares and is for some reason in good terms with our main couple. The End.
…I have many issues with this ending. Aside from the unnecessary rape, I’m honestly just very confused. Who was this made for?? You can make the argument that the author is trying to make a realistic depiction of the shady underworld of the rich, of the fact that they take advantage of those who are less fortunate. Some of the rich characters in this story are pedophiles, and the rest of them are rapists. Pretty realistic if you ask me.
Hawon despises the rich characters in this story, a victim of basically all of them. I find it very hard to believe that he ends up marrying one of them, happily so. The villain basically is the winner of this story, and it makes me question why.
This story makes the point that the rich have all of the power in this story. If Hawon marries one of them, you’d think becoming one of them he takes advantage of his new status by taking out all of those who wronged him. Dont get me wrong, the tone of this story is not one that is set up to have a happy ending. I wasn’t expecting one, but what I also wasn’t expecting was that neither MC or ML who falls in love with him don’t kill Aeil who’s wronged them both.
The story makes it a point that the rich are terrible because they have the the ability to take advantage of the poor, but this point falls flat because the MC now is rich and doesn’t have any restrictions to not take action. I am not saying this is a requirement for him to do. Victims do not have an obligation to take action against their abusers. The situation of a victim not being able to report or do anything to take down their rapist is a complex subject where there is no fault to be had for the victim. But I am mostly angry at ML who decides not to do anything??? Like hello the guy you now love WAS A VICTIM?? Like you’re one of the most powerful people in the country, you have ways of taking down this man like be so fucking for real.
according to spoilers Hawon and ML are on good terms with the villain Aeil. Whether intentional or not, Hawon becomes the people he hates the most. He’s a rich man who by being on good terms with a rapist, and by him and ML not taking any action against Aeil basically Aeil to continue prospering. And when I mean prospering, can continue to make gain more victims because his status lets him get away with it.
So yeah, Hawon goes from being a victim of the rich rapists, becomes rich and watches his fellow rich continue to keep doing what they’re doing. Taking advantage of the poor.
Great note to end this story on.