Didn’t this entire story start out with this entire world being a game or a story with windows popping up for her? Goddamn it people who said the ending sucked were right…
I started reading this manga around the time Michael first was introduced in the Hong Kong arc (over a decade ago), and then I dropped it around the time Sudo was first introduced. Just binged it and WOW is this a fever dream toward the end! This could have ended chapter 87: all enemies are dead or caught, asami realizing and admitting he loved takaba, takaba finally getting respected enough to be allowed to go to such a dangerous environment instead of being treated like a child… then nah, secret agent arc lmaoooo and I agree, everyone looks like a twink now
I don’t want to spoil anything here, so all I’ll say is, this couple has been known to role play, where kang specifically stops to ask if yiyoung is okay with the intensity when he’s not sure (from on or off). They are the type to have a safe word and know when it’s actually too far. Because this is a work of FICTION, we get to see yiyoung’s thoughts, and it’s literally he is just not feeling the type of sex kang is giving. Spoiler.
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The wording is very purposefully confusing here, and imo, the author is definitely taking some shady liberties in actively choosing the language theyre using, but we find out later yiyoung loved how aggressively jealous the sex was. So I came to read the official translation carefully with that foresight, and see that yiyoung only really refuses because of their “no office sex rule” and is kinda fighting because he doesn’t want to cum too quickly. other than that he is 100 into getting dicked down ¯_(ツ)_/¯ the Korean readers were also icked here and were debating if this was a fantasy or not (it’s not)
I see why without that foresight this is worrying to some, but I think it was on purpose to make you worry, not to give you the ick. Y’all wouldn’t have survived okane ga nai and viewfinder era yaoi; rape in 2000s era bl was a lazy plot device to show a characters obsession with another, and manga/manhua aren’t totally free of that trope yet…..
It’s going a bit differently than the novel!
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.Edith being beaten to being nearly unrecognizable was significant, after she escaped and was found by the duke’s men, it’s what proved her innocence in front of killian, and it was never questioned whether or not her being beaten would help prove her innocence, so I wonder how it will all go here since it seems like she is foreshadowing that it won’t save her in this version of the story, plus she wasn’t even beaten as badly here.
I dropped this back when sudo was just starting to be introduced wtf lmaoooo this series has become a fever dream and I’m here for it I guess? I’ve followed this series from onemanga to mangafox to here, I’ll see the end from the grave if I have to.
Reread after getting the notification for the official chapters and I definitely need hofflander’s story!
Ok so terroid does love astina, but it’s fair if he is emotionally drained. Astina is now just realizing that despite her own trauma, she has been selfish and not done much to heal herself from her own trauma internally rather than getting external help from terroid, on top of everything else he’s been giving her. The only thing about this story that worries me now is if this is “actually only the beginning.” And now Tina genuinely has to win over terroid whereas before they were together out of comfort and convenience
Of her falling out of love was so good. They really dropped the ball on their redeveloping their relation ship. It’s also way too corny and immature given all the shit that’s happened. Also zero 2nd Ml development. They should have had Jeremy and rion be a single character to give a good reason for him leaving the picture, and make it more dramatic when they were kinda together. Like if lizenas house was a fallen dukedom and Jeremy was the missing younger brother. I can’t give this a 1 because of how good the beginning was but I’m at a loss on how to rate it :/
I really love that they’re kinda adding a realistic take of them like, kinda having conflict over their age gap. Doyeon pokes that fault in their relationship, but he’s so clearly not a 2nd ML because yiyoung doesn’t care about him. Like yiyoung really gives off “young guy part of the modern gay community” unlike other stories where it’s always some popular king of the club. Yiyoung is like so realistic as a person even if his situation is far fetched, so it’s nice that there’s some realistic conflict over their age gap even if the actually events are a bit over dramatic and silly.
Does anyone know if this is like, a special number? Also, I’m pretty sure Doyeon is just purposely trying to make Kang seem uncool/try to tempt yiyoung because he wants kang to go back to the states. That my wild guess, but who knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯
She IS over her love and romantic feelings for Theodore (first life lover) but she has complex trauma around him and his betrayal and so she thinks her strong feelings must be love because to her love is hurt and sacrifice. She clearly loves therode (current duke) but doesn’t realize it. My head cannon is that Benjamin is Theodore’s reincarnation, and this will be revealed so Astina can realize she is over him, or even hates him and be with therode.
Saying it’s the fl’s job to fix the prince when she’s so far down the power dynamic. What about his dad or anyone else? Why is it her job to do anything about him? She’s trying to save her man and she’s trying to be careful and smart about it.
I reread this a bit after like more than a decade and I can totally see how todays kiddies would auto flag this as problematic, and it is, but god do the emotions hold up despite the yaoi man faces/hands. This type of set up was really common back in “the day” so try to just imagine the age gap and power dynamic away if you want to try to enjoy it I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Wasn’t there a chapter at some point from like Cesare’s perspective on how he just was picking the most valuable girl between the two sisters, or did I imagine that chapter? Like at some point Isabella just became the more valuable one, regardless of his opinions on purity.
It’s like, definitely uncomfortable, because each character has their own trauma. But like, this is what having an adult relationship is like? Like sometimes you step on your partners trauma by accident because of your own, but being mature and in a relationship means trying things, even if they don’t work. They’ve not even really known each other that long when you think about it. If this manga was tagged jousei, I feel like people wouldn’t be so confused or disappointed in the depth that their relationship drama is going.
You have so many people who love you this is so cute and amazing.I hope atil continues loving his sister and I kinda hope he can become friendly rivals with fyord who I hope is Lily’s ML
I just reread this because the new season is coming out and like, omg. Guys, Kang is obsessed with yiyoung, he just doesn’t realize it yet. EVERY one of his past lovers was already an established, well loved, well respected professional, and Kang was typically much younger and greener. Not one of his past lovers seemed to take him seriously, or put him first. In a way, he was always in Yiyoungs position, but worse.
Now, he has yiyoung who loves him so much, is always cheering him on, etc, and he’s just worried that yiyoung, who Kang sees as just as amazing as his past lovers, is wasting his time on him. He literally has an inferiority complex. He’s trying to be a better lover to yiyoung by supporting him, being involved in yiyoungs professional interests instead of just “leaving the country for his own interests.” Like, he is trying to be the better lover, but yiyoung just doesn’t have the perspective to see that angle.
I do wanna see Kang squirm a little in this new season, but I do want them to work it out. I definitely do think it would be healthy to develop yiyoung into more of an equal in this new season, I just hope it doesn’t come from completely tearing Kang down.