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This will be VERY long.
I just finished the novel raws and... it's COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the manhwa?!? (based on what has already been covered) The manhwa adaptation has added a lot of scenes that weren't actually in the novel, be it subtle moments or even whole incidents that never happened.

1) First of all Choi and Nara's relationship is much better in the beginning compared to the manhwa. Choi is not cold at all to her, she clearly does resent her a bit for running away with the others before she was left in the dungeon BUT there are no particular moments of conflict, unlike in the manhwa with the underground fighting incident that in the novel is in fact solved very peacefully, or where they kind of fought before Choi told Nara the truth about her dying in the hidden dungeon (Nara just directly asked her what happened and she answered). They rather act more like bickering siblings (or a bickering married couple ).

2) Kim Dojoon, the red haired dude, isn't hostile to her AT ALL in the novel. In the manhwa he is much more confrontational (like when he found out about her rank or about her going in a hidden dungeon, etc.) while in the novel they peacefully and politely conversed since the beginning. I think the manhwa is also making him more important as a character than he actually is by adding depth to his (nonexistant) backstory.

3) Kim Yeonyeon, Kim Dojoon's older sister, met Choi earlier compared to the novel and the big conflict where she tried to kill Choi NEVER HAPPENED! The scenes in the manhwa with Choi and Dojoon going to the dungeons together in fact happened with Choi and HER.
She's not the crazy bitch they made her out to be, I'm so mad!!! She's actually closer to Choi than her brother is. And the whole thing with her being obsessively protective but also abusive of her brother also didn't happen.
Also: she's actually pretty chill with Choi killing people so whatever happened in her past in the manhwa that triggered her never happened in the novel.

4) They actually managed to convince Choi to be recruited in the guild very quickly. There is in fact a whole arc dedicated to Choi taking the test to enter the guild with other team members (instead of the chapters with the stuff about Dojoon and his sister), and the dungeon with the biblically accurate angels was involved in the test (and after that) instead of everything that happened in the manhwa in the latest chapters.

5) A LOT of other less important details were removed (e.g. Choi and Dojoon escaping the police at the underground arena by pretending to be a couple going to the sex shop, which I assume was removed to make the manhwa more... family friendly?? They did show her getting eaten alive in the very first chapter though so it wouldn't make much sense lmao) or added (e.g. Choi and Nara confronting their guild leader after getting out of the hidden dungeon, or Dojoon lying to his sister about Choi being his girlfriend...) in the manhwa

So apart from the very first chapters, from the conflict with Kim Yeonyeon it's basically a whole different story. I don't know how it's going to be in the future but that's it for now.

This is all to say that you SHOULDN'T EXPECT THE NOVEL TO BE THE SAME AS THE ADAPTATION if you ever want to read it yourself. I suggest reading the manhwa as if it was an original, and considering the novel to be a separate story.





NOW, AS FOR SPOILERS ABOUT THE ROMANCE (for those worried or curious about it)
If you want to know who the male lead is...




... do you really want to know? It's fun to guess while you read. But if you really do:





There is little to no romance (in the main story at least, cough) BUT it's also a reverse harem. Meaning that: there are a lot of potential love interests, but NO actual explicit endgame, especially considering that basically all of the romance aspect is the potential male leads being unilaterally obsessed with her (some have a lot of character development, some not much). It might happen in the future but Choi explicitly thinks at the end that although she has an ambiguous relationship with all of them she has no will at all to settle down as she wants to live as herself (nothing much happens, she just unseriously flirts around until the end )

The love interests that appear are, in order of appearance (and NOT of relevance):
1) Kim Dojun, S Rank, the red haired dude. In the manhwa he seems to be the male lead but in the novel he's actually not that relevant as a love interest (I didn't even know he was an option before the side story)
2) Sa Taehyeok, SS Rank, Paehyeok guild (Choi's guild)'s master.
3) Kim Soo-ui, A+ Rank, one of the dealers she fought together with around the time of her test to enter her guild.
4) Park Kihyun, S Rank, Hwayeon guild's leader.
5) Zhu Xuan, SS Rank, a leader of the chinese underworld. I wouldn't consider him as a real love interest because he only wants Choi's blood and doesn't really like her (which Choi already knows)
6) Kang Taeyang, SS Rank, independent hunter with a HUGE crush on Choi (THE ABSOLUTE BEST)

*Honorable mention: Sim Nara
At the end she's still living with Nara and they probably have the best chemistry, I'M NOT JOKING. Their relationship is like that of bickering siblings but also an old married couple and that of a crazy individual and their pet cat (which would be Nara, an absolute tsundere) at the same time. She's hands down the character most connected to Choi on an emotional level and the only one Choi always chose to spend time with of her own choice. This could very well be GL and I wouldn't find it strange honestly.
They both obviously love each other so much by the end of the story.

While there's no explicit endgame Kang Taeyang, although he was the last one to appear, is probably the one with the best chance. He's the character Choi cares about the most after Sim Nara, the only one she always saw in a positive light AND who she actually considered dating and also undoubtedly the one who loves her the most (Sa Taehyuk also cares a lot after his character development but it's more obsession than pure love). He and Kim Soo-ui are the only ones that have never done her wrong in any way, but Kim Soo-ui has sort of been "first-comrade-she-can-actually-trust-her-back-to"-zoned.

So basically everybody can be happy with the romance/action ratio I think: those that want romance can focus on the fact that there are a lot of options and one of them MIGHT work out in the future, while those that DON'T want romance can still be happy knowing that romance isn't a focus at all in the (main) story. 90% of the story is about Choi being a hunter/being her crazy self, 10% are interactions with the love interests that don't really go anywhere due to Choi's personality.



All in all I recommend it, although there were some aspects I didn't like it was a breath of fresh air and I really loved it

I read this quite a lot of years ago on another platform and I suddenly remembered this. IT'S STILL ONGOING???

Poor Haesoo :(

This is pure chaos AHAHAHAHAHAH

Damn I didn't expect trouble to follow them AS SOON AS THEY BEGIN FLYING
I'm so excited though! This means Ijin will have to fight while also protecting the kids and other passengers in an extremely closed space, I wonder if anything will go wrong (probably not, it's Ijin afterall)

"Want to stop by my place for a bit?" OH SHI-

That's it. I'm at chapter 72 and I PHYSICALLY CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. It's been a while since a story has made me so frustrated. At this point the plot is just Seunghyun's feelings getting hurt and from some comments I read I don't think it's going to get better. The only thing I can think is that Seunghyun needs to get the hell out of there: I miss his puppy-like happiness from the beginning so much I feel like the author is torturing him on purpose COME ONNN
The only thing I ship is Daon x therapy.

I'm gonna drop this at the speed of light because I feel like I'm not going to be able to fall asleep from frustration tonight.
Feel free to convince me to pick it back up! (I might if Senghyun finally gets the love he deserves)

Why are the ratings so low?? I love everything about this!!

First of all the main character is surprisingly wholesome: I'll admit that I was expecting an asshole and/or huge pervert just because he's the top and I'm used to awful tops in BLs and classic pervert harem protagonists in straight stories. But it's not like that at all! I mean he has dirty dreams, that's the whole premise of the story, but he AT LEAST TRIES not to harrass anyone irl (the ridiculous situations are betraying him though lmao) and doesn't act like a creep.
In fact, the love interests are the ones who are proactive! I actually love every one of the 4 love interests, they're all so characterially and physically different but they are all endearing in their own way (I'll just blissfully ignore the fact that one of them is his cousin lmao).
My favorite is probably the best friend though (who for some reason doesn't seem to be a popular pick among the readers), he's probably the one that would feel the most right if he was the endgame (I think it's harem but I haven't read the ending yet so idk, but I hope it is) and their relationship has always been so cute (≧∀≦)

The whole story itself is absolutely hilarious, I can't find anything boring about it. The scenarios are absurd but that's what makes it so good
All in all I love the main character, I love the love interests and I love the story flow and humor.
And most importantly did I mention: A TOP MAIN CHARACTER IN A HAREM BL?!? THAT ISN'T A RAPIST AS WELL??? WHAAAT (if you saw those that got in the homepage sometime ago you'll know what I'm talking about)

I was letting this marinate because there were few chapters. Was there some progress with the plot/romance in the meantime? Is it better if I wait more before starting it?

NOOO NOT THE CAT DECORATIONSSSS
Let the poor man have his decorations!! :(