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Yup.

Is it the same title?

Translation: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/to-be-a-power-in-the-shadows/

I like it enough to try the raw so if your Japanese is somewhat passable, here's the link: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n0611em/

Wow, thaanks sosoo much.

Hmm here’s what I got, I’m not sure if it’s gonna be helpful since I made these notes for my own reference. It’s easy to get confused because they have at least three names: Their given name, their common name (for other people to call them, and also a title.
Lan Zhan/Lan Wangji/Hanguang Jun - The main character (seme)
Wei Wuxian/Wei Ying - Main character (flute player)
The Jiangs: (Yunmeng Jiang sect)
Jiang Cheng - Wei Ying’s tsundere bro (purple guy)
Jiang Yanli - big sister
Jiang Fengmian - The one who adopted Wei Ying (Cheng and Yanli’s father)
Yu Ziyuan (strict wife of FengMian)
The Lans: (GusuLan sect/cloud recesses, the sect with too many rules)
Lan Huan/ Lan XiChen/Zewu Jun - Lan Zhan’s big brother
Lan SiZhui - Disciple (the more mature one, with side bangs)
Lan JingYi - The other disciple (less matured one)
Lan Quiren - the strict teacher with beard (uncle of Lan Zhan probably)
The Jins: (Lanling Jin sect, the golden clothed sect, wealthy)(I’m actually not so sure about the Jins so I’ll put what I know...)
Jin Zixuan - The arrogant guy Wei Ying punched in the face for insulting his elder sis
Jin Ling - Wei Ying’s nephew (and Jiang Cheng’s nephew too)
Mo XuanYu - The one who offered his body for Wei Ying to take over
The Wens: (QuishanWen Sect/The sun/Most powerful and also evil-but-not-all- sect)
Wen Ning - Ghost General/very sweet must protect!!!
Wen Ruohan - Bad wen leader
(I honestly forgot the other Wens sorry)
The Nies: (QingheNie Sect)
Nie Mingjue - Leader, Nie HuaiSang’s older brother
Nie Huaisang - The third guy who’s always with Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng back when they studied at Gusu. (Usually carries a fan)
That is it for now since a lot of other characters haven’t appeared yet. Hope it helps even a little.

Thanks! This is very helpful!

very nice!

Yuup and i was prepared to come over here and spread the salt all over lol,but at least i enjoyed seeing Dohyun in this chapter,he was super cute.people always talk about how cute kid Sungho is,but it is very endearing to me how Dohyun acts like a spontaneous spoiled kid haaa,i guess he was innocent in his own way.
Since there has been a drought in present time development,let me go ahead and over-analyze lol.first of all when we see thess flashbacks,is Sungho the one remembering them? So we see what he is thinking of at the moment or what? Am gonna say it IS Sungho's memories and thoughts we are seeing.based on that,in this chapter we see Sungho lash out at Dohyun and say something mean to him,which seems to have had hurt Dohyun's feelings.then we see Sungho agonizing over it and regretting it,when he sees Dohyun,he apologizes and explains himself,saying that wasnt his intention,and that what he said came out wrong and harsh.Dohyun brushes it off and isnt really mad at Sungho.then it cuts to the present time right? So my thinking here is that adult Sungho is regretting what he did to Dohyun and he is agonizing over it.his intention was to make Dohyun remember him and have him accept him and be with him,but instead he came off as a vengeful violent person,who didnt display any signs of love to Dohyun.my guess is that Sungho is gonna try to apologize to Dohyun and explain himself,but unfortunately for him,what he did in no way compares to a few hurtful words that can be easily forgiven
And thats just me trying to tie these flashbacks to the present time,but it could be all random though lolololol.

Not gonna lie, I opened the chapter and then immediately scrolled down to the bottom. A tiny amount of mercy was shown, lol. Although I do enjoy the school life parts a lot.

Sungho looked hotter and hotter over time to me lol.

It doesn't look like a flashback to me because usually flashback scenes have different color tones.

In this chapter, Sungho crushed on Dohyun so hard. He told Dohyun that they weren't close because Dohyun went out for lunch with a bunch of other guys. Dohyun seemed to be an easy kid and didn't take things seriously at all. I like him. He also looked really cute as a kid even though I found it problematic that Dohyun slept in class before class and during lunch and didn't eat. Was he overworked by his uncle? Did he have enough to eat? I hope they'll give some more background on Dohyun's family.

Yeah at first I was a little "but how is this relevant?" but I think it reflects Sungho's mental state. While he's apologizing little Sungho talks about how he was looking forward to spending time with Dohyun and how he wants to be closer to him. Dohyun laughs and calls him really cute...uh, somehow I don't think he'll be able to get the same reaction in the present even if he apologizes.

Dohyun is really cute too. I like these chapters are presenting more sides of his character in the past. He can be an ass but I'm convinced now that he didn't intend to hurt Sungho and that their friendship was genuine. He is just the type who does whatever he pleases, while Sungho over-analyzes and attaches a lot of significance to everything. They could have been good for each other if it had gone just a little differently.

you read my mind ╥﹏╥

Dont you also think that the memories in the past season seemed to show how bad and anxious Sungho felt because of Dohyun,while the recent ones so far in this season seems to show how Dohyun made Sungho feel good and warm hearted?
I think this definitely refelcts a change of mind in Sungho,i think this season he wont be as bitter and angry but more regretful and kind towards Dohyun maybe?
Lol hope am not over-analyzing things but i feel like there is a meaning to the order of these flashbacks,what we see and when.

I hope Sungho will be kinder this season and has had a change of heart and I agree about the more positive tone of the flashbacks. I just worry if he is stable enough to be able to genuinely regret what he did...and is still doing. I can see him regretting some of the crueler things he did in anger while still not seeing a problem with the captivity or the rape. Also it all seems very black and white, Dohyun as either the evil villain or the beautiful unattainable object of his affection. Dohyun better hope Sungho's attitude doesn't flip back as soon as he wakes up and opens his mouth. Or when he realizes what Dohyun did to his diary.

Girls, what change of heart?!? Did you forget the spoilers shared on twitter? In one of the pictures, Dohyun is bundled in rope while still naked!! He was almost strangled and beaten to death (and in great pain I suppose), yet Sungho still feels the urge to immobilize him so cruelly!

Yeah, this. lol I don't think Sungho will suddenly let Dohyun go or something just because Dohyun got hurt. I'm sure Sungho wants to keep him more than anything now that he has come to terms with the fact that he still likes Dohyun. And anyway there's not really a "nice" way to keep someone kidnapped, haha. And if Sungho does let up on the bondage, Dohyun's clocking the fuck outta there, and Sungho knows that.

People, have sum faith. If u don't, look at If You Hate Me So. It started with rape and all the horrible stuff but turned into Fluffville.

Well...looking at how Dohyun was acting before he got knocked out, if Sungho left him alone without tying him up securely, he might hurt himself struggling, attempt suicide, or actually manage to escape, since it looks like Sungho took him to a house, which probably isn't equipped like the warehouse.

So...maybe Sungho is just taking a quick nap before he goes to get him some new pants? Or maybe not.

haaaaaa "nice" was not the right word to use here,i meant Sungho nice lolol.meaning he will stlll restrain him(i mean he did say in the prologue that he would do anything to keep Dohyun with him),he will still force himself on him and maybe eventually snap and beat him up,i mean this is Sungho we are talking about here.
what i meant was he wont be as cold blooded as he was in season 1? maybe he will be more expressive this time around with Dohyun? definitely not nice in the normal way.

you are definitely right,Sungho is not stable,he is surely capable of snapping back to beating Dohyun up,after being nice to him not so long before that.
oooooooh the dreaded diary,i fear what might happen to Dohyun when Sungho notices the diary :(

I do have faith. Even from the beginning I got the feeling they will end up together. It's just that I want to see some development already, not only raping, beatings and unrevealing flashbacks. It's way too much display of violence from Sungho's part and it annoys me, it's not what I was expecting from this manhwa - well, at least not for so long. But I'm still hooked on it, of course, otherwise I wouldn't keep reading it.

@Kitt, hahah.. I'm waiting for those pants like there ain't no tomorrow :)) It's crazy, but it really stress me out seeing Dohyun half naked in all the last chapters! Very distracting, arrrgh

i guess since they can't be together and embrace as humans in the day , can't go on vacations as humans together and live the human life. but yeah i like bexan and minsuk's take on it, just roll with it, minsuk loves to stroke/pet wolf bexan :)

I agree to an extent, they never did pay for the damages to his car. And all four of them are in a similar situation so it would have been nice if they were more courteous. But I do understand their need to be cautious and a bit weary as it is that kind of uncertain situation. They are acting sad probably for the reasons the previous commenter (Kiyotake) has stated. And I will add that yes they should learn to be more like Bexan and Minsuk and learn to appreciate what they have with each other.

You can't embrace a wolf the same as a human. It's sort of sad that they can't enjoy themselves--go on dates and do daytime things as a human couple. Plus, we don't know enough about Ein and Diesel to make a conclusion about their behaviors. Sure, they are both dicks for not fixing Minsuk's mini cooper especially since Ein is driving an audi! They've probably been together much longer than Bexan and Minsuk and have experienced hardships that made them so cold acting. Sp, we'll be learning about them. Hopefully, Diesel won't come inbetween Bexan and Minsuk. Plus, Diesel is from Germany so how did he end up in Germany and how did Bexan end up in S. Korea if their kind is in Siberia aka. Russia?

I really like the second couple. A cool, mature older man and a long haired protective beauty. Honestly, I'm not that mad at Diesel for hitting Bexan. I just assumed that they're ruled by their animal sides when it comes to strong emotions like anger and love. And it's not that difficult to imagine why they're so sad when the sun rises. They appear to have been with one another longer than Bexan and Minsuk. Bexan and Minsuk are barely in the beginning of their relationship. Diesel and Ein know how lonesome it is to be next to each other but not truly be "together." I feel they must've gone through really troubling times together

completely agree with Rae and Vampire Queen. The more I think about it the sadder it becomes.