I wish we lived in a parallel world where this story was about healing or smth instead of ASSAULTING TAEKYUNG. Like yeah it’s great art but it’s so hard to read when Heeseo is just going ham on Mr Cha. I know, I know, we knew from the beginning that it would end up like this. But unless the plot thickens considerably I might feel compelled to drop this one like I dropped Roses and Champagne for the excessive and life threatening assault and rape. Redemption arcs can exist but I don’t know if I can count on it in this manwha. （￣へ￣）
Other comments have covered the nature of the story and the true villains and messages. I would just like to address the length. As much as I enjoyed having exposition and no loose ends, this story went on far too long. Most chapters felt like filler, and even though the art was fantastic, after Seiichi loses his mind in the detention center, it’s just a lot of pushing to the end. Okay, his dad dies. Honestly it could’ve ended with him realizing the important role of his father and how he stuck beside him. But then, he tries to kill himself. Okay, either he succeeds and the story ends or he realizes the value of life and the story ends. But then, his mother gets detained and on and on and on. We get backstory which is great and all questions are answered but man. I feel like the last 50 or so chapters just dredged on and wasted my time.
TL;DR The story was too long and repetitive. The moral and writing (mostly the beginning and middle) were still really good. Ending could’ve been better.
Is this gonna devolve into the standard BL rape scene, because I’m going to drop it if so. Seme can be psycho without assaulting Inhwee.
I am really hoping that je-oh does something at least a little morally good with his branch of the business.
Really? Insane dramatic murder-suicide guy or technically brother with a horrible mother? Goddamn tae kyung you gotta leave Korea ffs
Weight off everyone’s shoulders fs, plus it absolves him of assault at least a little bit. So much better than other BLs with similar scenes…
Agree with those who see this as a grey area. It’s rape but the situation was crazy bad anyways because of Matthew’s spiked drink. At least we’ll likely be getting an apology with tears..he has more remorse than 90% of other BL assaulters.