Spoilers letting me know ML gets away with everything and MC never finds out ML is lying to him and really is the monster from his past life. It really bothers me when authors set up the most toxic, evil ML to triumph against the MC. Like what’s the point of us following the MC then? What’s the point of the story, evil always wins?
I’m so tired of the “killing a mass murderer is bad” trope so many stories push. Like I get her not wanting to be a murderer BUT. He kills people all the time for pleasure, it’s implied he killed her friend. Letting him go means he’s going to continue to kill and continue to take enjoyment from it. I know it’s not fair but from here on out I place a little blame on the FL for every single victim he kills. She had the opportunity to stop him but chose her “moral high ground” over the lives of likely hundreds, if not thousands.
There is no redeeming this ML. The only happy ending is ML wallowing in misery and MC living off by himself and never taking ML back… but we all know that won’t happen.
Can someone please comment when the seme gets his comeuppance, or a chasing arc begins, alternatively if the uke just forgives the seme for how horribly he’s been treated bc he randomly starts being almost nice (what usually happens). Because if the latter happens I won’t see the point of picking this back up. So far it’s just the uke suffering for suffering’s sake.
If you just want mediocre sex scenes, this is it. But if you want sex with good characters, an uke who respects himself, and anything deeper than a body to body connection, move on because these characters are shallower than a dry puddle in the Sahara Desert.
Is that there is no novel and MC died and went back in time, but his mind was so broken and traumatized, he really did create an alternate personality and believe everything before was fake as a trauma response. Disassociate
I don’t like it when a barely involved third party gets all the relationship answers or knows everything about a miscommunication and just gives them to the other party. Just removes any reason for the main couples need for communication. Also it usually leads to everything being resolved in 1 chapter and removes the possibility of an apology. Bc in this one, and many others, ML treats the MC like garbage, someone unrelated reads a mind, knows a history, or learns a secret, and tells MC and suddenly all is forgiven. Like in this one, finding out ML actually “likes” MC doesn’t suddenly excuse him treating MC like nothing more than a sex object all up until the very last few panels… But this manga is like 90% porn so I’m less annoyed at this one than others.
Read the raws and this depicts one of the most brutal rapes I’ve ever read. Anyone looking for non-toxic should go now. It’s gonna be really bad.
But this is starting to come off less like slowburn and more like 1 character being forcefully dragged across concrete by another toward the ending. 69 chapters and how much development have we really got? MC is annoying not because of his personality, but because every 5 chapters he regresses and goes against any development with ML he’s had.(Also the fact that ML destroyed MC’s first clan got revealed and nothing really came of it? Or am I missing something?) I’m just getting tired of the same pattern repeating itself. ML annoys MC, MC pushes ML away, ML acts sincere and vulnerable, MC is moved… until the next morning when we’re back at square one. Rinse and repeat.
Now this is just my opinion, nothing wrong with enjoying the story. It’s just not doing it for me anymore character wise.
If this ends without any kind of revenge against the father, this whole thing would have been a waste of time. If MC had a brain he would have recorded the father admitting to discriminating and what he did to MC’s mother and released that.
Age gap does not automatI ally equal grooming/pedo. The crown prince is blackmailing/threatening MC. Even if he is older, he is still a victim. Older people can be victims, younger people can be perpetrators. Context is key. Now if the argument is meant toward the author for including this underage/adult trope, that I could understand more.
She is so self-centered and clearly doesn’t care about Doyeon beyond basic niceties or how Doyeon can make her feel better about herself. Someone else commented how Jinju has never done anything to make her life better and they’re right. She’s a perpetual self-made victim. Doyeon deserves better and I hope end game is her starting to value herself and finding a partner who genuinely cares for her. Maybe the Professor.
Also they let the sister off WAY too easy in this. She deserved such a beat down after setting up another woman to be trafficked and rped.
Gay Romance Mangaka not making their gay romance characters homophobic challenge: Impossible
Their boob to waist ratio is bordering on One Piece levels of ridiculous.
Here I was hoping MC would leave after his brother died, but now he suddenly cares about the psycho who ruined his life? What a waste, here I was hoping they would actually have to work for his affections. Nope, it’s just been gifted bc this went a brain broke direction for MC.
MC has no brain (or spine) and ML has no heart. They’re not even entertainingly bad characters, just frustrating ones. I keep reading in hope MC finally snaps out of his delusions, but no, it keeps getting worse. He’s really willingly sleeping next to his grapeist because of a scary movie? It’s like the author heard someone say “I’ll never blame the victim” and took that as a challenge.
If they’ll cheat WITH you they’ll cheat ON you.
Apparently all this alpha needs is a sweet scent and suddenly he can’t control his dick. The fact that he gets a happy ending and the beta gets nothing but misery from here on out makes me think this whole thing was the author justifying cheating by writing a “cheaters win” story. How anyone could want the main “couple” to end up happy together is beyond me. This story does not have a satisfying narrative… well, if you’re morally opposed to cheating on a loving partner, that is.
Very worried that by the end of this we’re going to lose Ian to Brian. Like Ian will inherit the memories and become more like Brian. It’s the only outcome that justifies this thousand year flashback. But also I would hate it because I prefer Ian over Brian, and him getting the memories and becoming more like Brian would invalidate his entire existence. His deepest insecurities coming true. I feel bad for him because the story, maybe inadvertently, is really coming across like yeah. No one truly cares about you Ian. They only care about Brian and the ML never would have cared for Ian if not for him being a reincarnation. No one cares for Ian, just his ability to become Brian.