Anyone else find this story incredibly vanilla? No dislike or anything but I’m just not engaged. Webtoon websites are saturated with these type of stories lately so to stand out you really need more than the typical tragic backstory. The best way to separate a good from bad story is MC’s path to success and this author took the most straightforward and boring path. Marriage. Really? That was the only way MC could get away from her horrid family and fiancé? By jumping into another marriage and making everyone jealous on the way?
So by contrast, how realistic is it that she can stumble on a prince and get a royal wedding like a Cinderella? Too convenient. If she can attain a royal marriage this easily, she can definitely find a way out of this cage.
For example, she could have stolen some valuables secretly from her ex fiancé, cashed them and started a business in secret until she files for divorce. She was unhappy and lonely, not some dirt poor prisoner.
that's also true, but marry off to another dude is still more feasible than get rich by on her own and have enough power to talk back to the people who made her suffer. If she steals his money, she would lose her dignity. I don't want her to commit crime because of trash like him. Tbh, the fact that she left without taking anything from him was the best part.
If it's my choice, I would rather her divorce, get some settlements(money,etc) and marry off to a lower rank noble or a wealthy business man, then live her live quietly. But it won't be satisfy for many readers.
she's only book smart, so she know how lead a household. so she need to marry someone who will accept her, but in her country, it will be impossible.
the prince was the best option ( he has a higher status)
But manage a business without partner will be hard, and she have no support.
she could go to jail if she stole something from her ex-fiancé.
In fact she was treated without respect, because if i remember she has a commoner mom (?)
This is true, ofc marriage is more feasible but again that’s what I meant by boring and convenient. Divorce and settlement money won’t necessarily leave the readers dissatisfied if the author knows how to pull good twists but we obviously know the answer to that.
Her not taking anything from his was not the best part. I completely disagree. She should’ve taken everything and left him homeless for all that depression he caused her but no, we just need to get a yet another Mary Sue who leaves the ex in tears and regret and call that revenge.
She would go to jail only if the ex fiancé reports her and it’s clear now that he had feelings her for so there’s no need to worry about jail time. And even if he didn’t like her, it would be pretty embarrassing to have the world know that your own wife needed to steal in her own house to survive so I’m sure he’d keep quite.
I guess we have to agree to disagree. I don't like taking things the doesn't belong to me, if I was in her case, I would also do the same, I would take nothing from him. Unless they shared money and she made money him, then she should take it. But they are just engaged, not married, so I doubt that it's her money. They didn't go in depth if she managed the dukedom finance, if she didn't, then she really lived off their money.
I’m sorry but reading this now feels completely different knowing that the uke is 30 years old. I understand his home environment has shaped has childhood hence his personality but my annoyance goes through the roof because this is probably what the author was going for! Seeing the semes treatment of him, these earlier chapters are setting their relationship dynamic and it will probably not change. Really pisses me off. I don’t mind unequal relationships but this is a 30 YEAR OLD MAN. He deserves more respect and not be mocked and laughed at by this douchebag knowing he can get away with all of this and somehow the author thinks he can make up for it by taking him on a shopping round? I’m getting irrationally angry at this story.
For me at least with the shopping trip making it all better I think the authors just trying to show how easy it is to get the ukes forgiveness at this point of the story. Just gotta be a little nice to them and they'll like and forgive you again. But then again it could have also just been to make the plot go faster and not hung up on this part
As lovable as MC is, he really is wishy-washy. Someone like that is easily pushed around when he lets someone in his heart. I don’t mind the new guy but he’s far too overbearing, while that seems sexy, I hate his look of annoyance each time as if MC is some burden or a kid that needs to be lectured. I hate when he said “ So you get to make all the decisions?” As if all this time he hadn’t been making all decisions for MC. I think MC would have a much more equal relationship with the ex but that ship clearly sailed and now we’re aboard the Domineering & Arrogant CEO ship
I stopped at chapter 4. I’m so sick of these stories lately where the sister is always the villain trying to destroy MC out of jealousy. This trope seemed most common in Chinese webtoons but now they have started appearing in korean ones too.
It’s so degrading sometimes, it would be alright if the villain hated her sister for a valid reason but it’s always about 2 women fighting for the love of one man etc. Like we women have nothing else to do other than to ruin our own blood related family out of sheer hatred and spite
Seeing all the happy satisfied comments, I’m gonna get downvoted to hell but does anyone else felt that this story was kinda.. Half assed? Or put more nicely, too fast paced. We get to find out that the seme had a “love at first sight” but how? Are you telling me he literally met a guy on the streets and within minutes decide to punch him in the gut and take him home? The author really couldn’t be bothered here.
What drew me to this story is the summary. A yakuza and male prostitute driven to sex industry due to crippling debt. My god a what a perfect dark psychological story.
I was not prepared to be hit in the face with this fluff. It almost feels like a parody of all “seriously yakuza BL’s. Which is also interesting! But the author clearly put more effort into sex scenes than then the plot.
Again it’s too fast paced! The uke is saved before I even get to blink.
They both find each other when they get kidnapped faster than the speed of light ( ̄∇ ̄")
Thanks, you summarized exactly my thoughts. Yeah it was cute, fluffy and all but sloppy and cliché, especially for a yakuza story. If you want to read a similar but good yakuza / prostitute trope read this one, I it yesterday and it was such a great story
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/itou_san_kuraka_sui/
God forbid an author would ever consider making the nice guy get the guy for once instead of the douche