
FUCKKKKKK THAT WAS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!! FUCK THAT UGLY ASS DIRECTOR IM LITERALLY THROWING UP!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?
ok so. uh. fortunately i saw that one comment talking about the characterization of jiheon and well, it helped me get through this and appreciated it more than i would've had otherwise. the commentor was right; jiheon's annoying stubborness was a really good characterization on his part. made me lowkey think season 2 really has well-designed characters in general.
the director was a textbook manipulator, it made me shiver. us as readers can tell he's straight up trash just from reading this, bc we expected him to be a bad person, but when i think that shits like this happen irl: a fan, whose judgement was already biased in favor of their idol, being manipulated by said idol bc the fan usually refuses to see they were being manipulated...... ouu yeah i've heard that song before. jiheon trusting him was also very in character to himself, bc initially taehwa only brought up "rumors" when telling him what was wrong with the creepy ass director, and jiheon has always thought rumors are all baseless. and also the fact that jiheon had a history of being overly protected by a close friend who ended up hurting him in the process. and even at the end, where jiheon kept repeating "i cant give you anything, why do you bother helping me. im the only one to blame" ouuuuu i love the trauma response. but the small change in his outlook to rumors also shows his growth.
i love that part where taehwa gave up too tbh. i bet it must be exhausting, bc on god im exhausted myself. but i really love that he's just so down bad his first instinct is to always return to him.. bro got DESPERATE desperate.
tho i'll say. yeah. what the fuck that was so hard to read. so annoying. im gonna punch the director in the face. and cut his balls into at least 5 pieces. pathetic ass disgusting powertripping mf. can someone tie him up and throw him into a shark manifested ocean rq.

i was seriously second guessing myself when i was gonna read it... bc the comments sounded really bad ? but im glad i went through with this one. its really good. frustrating, kinda, but i really love the story so im gonna let it pass. after all both of them were still kids. im glad the teacher was actually a good person too. it felt nice and refreshing, sadly. the timeskip was annoying tho. the angst was good, but damn the time skip felt unnecessary and annoying. it adds too little for a 4 year time skip like ????? but other than that i love this one.

I LOVE THEM SO MUCHHHHHH I WANNA GOBBLE THEM UP AHHHHHH!!!!!! honestly as frustrating as it was, i dont think i would blame lyle nor ash. like i understand ash not wanting to talk about that pathetic ex that cheated on him, and i understand lyle being insecure over an ex that--from the way people talked--was a "could've been a happily ever after" with his bf. they were both put in such difficult positions bc of those stupid mfs who wont stop gossipping in someone else's house smh. i wish ash can cut off all those gossipy bitches!!!

the way that one mf's inferiority complex ruined so many life..... ouuu he didnt deserve his closure and redemption tbh. esp after that attempt. urabe is too kind to his brother its baffling... kinda makes me sad too thinking that hayato's brother is prolly the only one who didnt get any closure.... while that evil of a rapist groomer got his own "happily ever after" closure of forgiveness... ok..!
im onto ch. 3 rn and its still cute so far but.... honestly i cant shake off this sad feeling about the first guy. he seemed sweet. made me really sad that he was brushed off that way only for the MC falling in love with someone basically immediately.. if only there was like a side chapter about him. or if only he was some evil guy that doesnt deserve uke. or even if he's just a faceless character that appeared in one chapter.. it would've been easier.. but so far there was no indication of That and its keeping me on edge for some reason ?
ntm wtf is going on in chapter 5.... the gaslighting is making me sick to the stomach eughhhhhh :/ like are you fr basically-flirting with people when your bf is literally right there, but the only "romantic" thing you can come up with to your partner is "oh, its different from everyone else bc i love you"? gosh you can call others cute but you cant even say your bf is lovely or what? and then rather than compromising to your partner's clear boundaries, you decided to "give them a lesson" and then lovebomb your partner the second they returned? thats so ew. uke should've left and never look back tf
ok so now im finished fr and the extras are ok but That one extra that involved that previous guy... and im supposed to not feel bad for the guy? even tho uke was so dismissive and clearly was making that guy to be the bad guy? but ofc the point wasnt about that guy, right? the point was seme and uke's fateful meeting where uke could fall asleep next to seme (in a public transport) riiiiiiiggghhhttt??????
like letssss be honest couple have no chemistry lol and theres zero build up man like for a guy who supposedly never fell in love and was dismissive to any previous romance advances, he folded pretty quickly for a smidge of attention ? and seme just randomly got interested in him and fell in love just bc uke kissed him once ? okkk