The art of this Manhwa is beautiful and I have checked the same artist's work to determine the fact (that for me personally) they make beautiful characters, great line work, though myself being not very well-versed with art, drawings like these is quite in par with my personal taste.
But reading works like these is when I realize not everyone who are able to draw are good writers. I believe, they rack their brains to come up with a theme/idea for a story and they cook up story boards and I am sure it takes up a lot of time and energy but end up writing a story that doesn't make such sense with characters of minimal depth.
Being tagged with yaoi/shounen-ai we come expecting two men falling in love with the added benefits of drama which either binds them forever or detaches them in the end (whatever may be the sub-genre, horror, psychological, slice of life etc).
So the least we can expect is to sense chemistry between the love interests and sorry to say this, this story lacked it to an embarrassing degree.
I have nothing against morally-grey characters but writing characters takes a lot of time and actual interest to read up on and study human psychology; this is where a lot of artists fail.
The characters were half-baked, the romance was bland and the plot (even though a well-thought out theme) badly executed.
I love the story between the main couple aka the gay couple. Very wholesome, very sweet, green flag all along. Nothing about the two make me feel like anything was lacking. Okay, maybe I thought there could have been more elaboration on how they came to terms with their respective feelings and how it blossomed yada yada but whatever that isn't my complaint.
What I don't understand is WHY write panels about a heterosexual love story, when I was promised in the tag that it is shounen ai/yaoi? For a second there, I actually believed the woman paired with the pink haired guy (i don't remember his name sorry) was trans and I was excited with the possibility.
I know I don't have to bitch about it and many people will be irritated by this opinion of mine but I HAD to rant because I am not here to read hetero love stories because I don't care even a least bit for them. Idk if this was the decision of the artist/writer's editor's who was too responsible for making them delete the 'steamy' scenes which according to them was too 'sexual' hence had to make it safer to consume.
It's weird for me and I am not saying straight characters need not be written in queer stories but if I clicked on a tag which brings me to a story which contains a queer story idk why someone thinks it's okay to forcefully shove a straight love story down my throat. You can mention it, this man is dating this woman, blah blah, congratulations, who cares? But to actually show them meeting each other, falling for each other, like naw.
I know this is a feel good story and all that, and contains experiences of people who venture their college lives and jobs but I still can't accept actually having to sit down and read a man and a woman falling in love (unless ofc they are trans and then I don't mind).
Unless they are trans you don't mind?
Don't you even know that it's still a heterosexual love story even if the girl is a trans????? That's just a disgusting thinking of you.
To expect a queer love story in a comic that is tagged as yaoi/shounen-ai? Why didn't they tag the story as Shoujo then?
Even if the woman was trans, the relationship would still be queer, no? To say that a transwoman in a relationship with a man or woman, is cis-heteronormative is ignorant at best.
Don't blame the author, blame the person who didn't tagged this as shoujo. Just because you're so angry and mad about there's a straight here and making it a big deal while complimenting the BL couple, it's says a lot on what kind of person you are.
To claim that you know what kind of a person I am just by a comment is horribly rude and childish.
I didn't blame the author. Where have I mentioned the author? We are all here reading comics illegally on an illegal website anyway, so what right do I have to blame the author anyway?
I simply read comics before buying them so I don't know what are you going to gain by shrieking at an actual queer person (me) for expecting to only read queer love story that is specifically tagged as yaoi/shounen-ai.
Is there a lack of hetero love stories all over the world? But how many queer medias with good representations can we actually find? A few that I can count on my fingers.
Don't make assumptions on my character or person. You don't know jack shit about me. For all you know, I might come from a country in south Asia where queer media is heavily censored and queer people have no rights or anti-discriminatory laws. Don't come at me with privilege for cis-hetero people when queer people who expect escapism online only to have hetero stories shoved down their throats.
"Idk if this was the decision of the artist/writer's editor's who was too responsible for making them delete the 'steamy' scenes which according to them was too 'sexual' hence had to make it safer to consume."--
This is what I said. I never outright blamed the author. Please don't put words in my mouth.
Even if the author knowingly added pages of cis-hetero love story in a comic tagged as yaoi/shounen-ai, I am confident to claim it was rather disingenuous of them.
This has happened before wherein companies responsible for media such as movies or series teased with inclusion of a 'gay couple' only for the whole thing to turn out to be only be about a cis-hetero couple with a side-scene of two men dancing and nothing else.
This tactic has been used to pocket queer people's money, companies duping them but keeping the homophobic population satisfied in the end.
I am not saying this author did the same but this is only an example of how far this thing can go.
God forbid an author who wants to to multiple pairings at the same time. If they were a lesbian couple you wouldn't give a shit. I skipped the straight couple and only read the BL part and finished the story and thought it was cool, guess what? I didn't complain and yap like an asshole just because theres a straight couple here
My issue isn't with multiple pairings, unless they are queer. I would have been ecstatic if there was a lesbian couple involved.
If someone puts their art online for others to judge, there is bound to be criticism involved with appreciations. To expect otherwise if highly naive. If they didn't want their art to be judged why didn't they just write it down in their journal and keep it to themself?
To state my opinion isn't assholery but freedom of speech or having free will which I am whole heartedly practicing.
You dick riding the author on this illegal website, a comic you are reading illegally isn't going to win you a prize.
Your internet activism for a cis-hetero couple in a yaoi/shounen-ai comic is pathetic and only exposes the miserable state of your ignorance. I hope you read up and inform yourself because acting childish and passing judgements on people you don't know.
And yes, I skipped those scenes too. While you kept quiet about it, I posed my point. Just because you have nothing to say due to your empty mind, doesn't mean others have nothing to say.
And yes, before you use the senseless logic as a "GOTCHA!" moment that not liking to engage in medias involving cis-hetero relationships in a fatal flaw in my character, I would like to make it absolutely clear, I absolutely detest any kind of romance involving cis-hetero couples. I don't engage in them, at times I tolerate medias containing them by skipping the scenes at best.
To believe that calling out a queer person for being uncomfortable or not finding a common ground with a cis-hetero couple is a rather ignorant and privileged opinion like calling a brown person (with history of colonisation) racist for not liking white people, or calling a woman (with a bad history with men) misandrist for not liking being around men.
A community with history of oppression is no way in the wrong for hating their oppressors. To claim otherwise is the real assholery.
I did see someone commenting for people like us for not tolerating cis-hetero relationships in a story which claims to be queer to get psychiatric help. To that person, I would like to say to step out of their echo chamber of ignorance and get educated before barking nonsense. Just because your comment garner likes, doesn't mean you are necessarily right.
Not reading all of that shit to waste my time. Bye
Ofc you wouldn't read being such an uncouth person. Ignorance is bliss.
Yeah it is Especially from a person blabs and tries to justify themselves
Atleast I have something of substance to say. To someone clinically insane it might seem like I am blabbing. Take your ass somewhere else. I realise now that I am wasting my breath on you.
Thank god for that
Thanking god for me realising you being an undiagnosed psychotic illiterate? God can't save you at this point. What you need is a few months in the psych ward.
This might sound redundant or may just be an unpopular opinion and I am just at chapter 36 but Yohan had no right getting between the other two men.
Yeah he is gay himself. Congratulations. And yes, he is protective of Eunho because he is naive and is easily taken advantage of, so him being wary of Eunho being taken advantage due to his subservient nature is kind of justified. We all want to take care of friends, especially other queer friends who don't quite know their worth and stick themselves in muddy situations.
But let's not forget that Jaewon too is queer, he did claim to being bisexual (not out to the other members, but that gives no one the right to judge him or assume his sexuality. queer people should only come out when they deem necessary. that's their right.) and being one he too is allowed to take his time coming to terms with the sudden fact that Eunho likes him. Just because another man likes him doesn't mean he HAS to like him back. And he was very, very honest with Eunho and it was Eunho himself inspite of it all wanted to continue that relationship on vague terms.
They are testing the waters and queer people are allowed to take a test run before parking the car in the garage just like everyone.
What Yohan is essentially doing is infantalizing Eunho, who seemed and did confess to being totally able to take care of himself and he does know when he is being taken advantage of or when he is disliked or in situations he is unwanted.
Being gay yourself, doesn't give you the right to insert yourself, your ideologies or project your own thought processes or experiences into other queer relationships.
I just wanted to rant. I don't really know what happens after but of course, I am going to keep reading forward. Just wanted to get this off my chest.
No, I totally agree. I just binged the whole thing and found myself getting annoyed at Yohan. Like bro Eunho is a full fledged adult just because he is baby doesn’t mean you need to treat him like one. This is the guy he’s liked for six years let him navigate his own relationship. It reminds me of the way people act when their favorite child actors transition to more adult roles.
True.
The story is cute and all but I am so tired of mangakas not doing their research on sexualities. I know, not everything has to be uber-realistic and this is just fiction and we don’t necessarily have to take everything seriously yada yada but please for goodness’s sake I am exhausted with mangakas not using the word ‘bisexual’. Sexuality doesn't only limit to gay and straight. There are in-fact many in between, like, pansexuals and bisexuals exist and outside like, aromantic and asexuals.
I know times have changed and many mangakas do have started using the word bisexual but oof.
Someone might say, well, you are reading mangas in an illegal site so who are you to complain?
I am just venting and trying to find like-minded individuals. This doesn’t have to be that serious.
OMGGG THIS IS HOW I EXACTLY FEEL
Nice to see like-minded people. May you have a wonderful life.
ure so right ily viktor pfp person
I finished it because I was curious about the end but the whole story was so bland. Also, I don't like the second couple at all. I wish the story involved more about witches and magic. That could have been interesting. Idk i don't want to tell how to write to story. Do you and all...
Agreed. The concept of witches was really interesting and it had potential at the beginning, but idk seems the author couldn’t be bothered with it. The smut got old real fast.
I usually refrain from commenting but the ending is so disappointing. LIke, Karam and Jaewon don't have any chemistry at all. It was Junseo and Jaewon who I was rooting for all along, because it all made sense. There was not even mention of Karam's past or how he thinks and Junseo was a pretty deep character. I can't imagine why the author would do something like this. It doesn't make sense. Those two ending up together doesn't make sense.
Already I love this story for representation purposes along with the fact that younger tops with older bottoms is definitely a genre worth hyping over. Not to be negative but I fear somehow the younger guy is going to get hurt by the older and sooner than later he is going to see the wrong in his ways and old thinking (maybe get lectured by his sister) come together and the couple will live happily.
I am just guessing and NOT saying this is how it will go but just that most stories written in this theme exactly goes this way.
Relationships are hard and especially queer relationships in countries where it is frowned upon due to rigid patriarchal norms which preach heteronormativity.
I write this not to spread negativity but to expect or wish there were stories in this theme where the younger person wasn’t constantly getting hurt due the older person’s unhealed traumas. Older people with years ahead of experience than us might seem like an enigma from afar but nearing them we see ugliness slowly seep out but then we are too far stuck in the muck to get out.
All in all I like this story. I love that the artist added pop culture based queer signs here and there. I love that BL which usually has a bad reputation among the general public for being “fetish content” subverts the stereotype and actually acknowledge queer people and their struggles.
I am just hoping this story subverts the trope of the younger man getting hurt by the older man somehow because he wasn’t in the same place or just couldn’t come to terms with his feelings. But then again internalised homophobia/biphobia is a hard struggle. Fingers crossed.
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