I've put off reading this because I know it's received heat for a shota storyline, but since it also has great reviews around the world-building and the rest of the plot I wanted to give it a read to see what's up for myself. But wow, I haven't read a translation this bad in a long time. It's not that it's generative AI wonky but it's a super broken English translation with lots of typos and grammatical errors and I'm just immediately taken out of the story. I really wish this translation group had had a proofreader but it looks like they didn't
I'm kind of heartbroken because this was going to be the manga I got into this week. Here's hoping there will be a retranslation or an official translation someday so I can finally see what all the fuss is about with 5-nin.
Please share the love!! Where can I/others find them? I've tried looking but haven't had any luck.
If u haven't found it yet, here's the link, just scroll down a bit for the chapters
https://newtoki462.com/webtoon/25977326/%EC%B2%AD%EC%83%81%EB%B6%80%EB%A7%88?stx=%EC%B2%AD%EC%83%81%EB%B6%80%EB%A7%88
Unexpectedly this turned out to be the best short-format story I've read all year. The pacing is perfect, the characters are perfect, and the story is well-crafted and layered. This is a tightly written and intimate love story with plenty of charm from beginning to end.
Reading others' comments, I wonder if people subconsciously pre-judged this one because of its trashy cover and drawing style associated with smutty stories of little substance. If so, they may have missed it for what it is, a diamond in "rough" packaging. It's like sitting down to watch a movie on Lifetime only to discover it's actually incredible. I hope more people will read this story and bring its rating up to 9.5 or more, which it deserves.