The story just feels sad as if waiting for something bad to happen. Plus the plot progression is really slow - especially since the main couple got together its just smut. Now its the additional part timer angle thingy - I really wish they sort out the uke's family dynamics first.
I also don't like the bro's unhealthy obsession - never been a fan of incest manga (except that one letters from nii-san) but otherwise it just creepes me out. Hopefully the second couple helps the story along.
TLDR - invested in the story but ehhh might read after its completed
It depicted sehun's growing influence on 4th year.
Spoiler alert - this is gonna bother him till the end to the point of moving yoonshin to a whole another team. He then gets jealous because yoonshin calls someone else "my" manager. (This is way way later in the novel but I love the slow changes in sehunnnieee (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ)
Natori is in the wrong here. He is an adult working in an office, so it's not some teenage drama. Your bf tells you not to hang out with his brother literally just listen to him. Natori keeps getting in such situations. The story started out great - now its just annoying.
see how yall keep blaming him but not getting angry at the brother? also glossing over the fact that seo immediately assumed the worst DESPITE knowing how his brother acts up? that was an UNCONSENTED picture. natori was literally asking why he but seo never opens up, he ALWAYS has to pry things out of him open. but yeah it's all natori's fault!
The bro is an ass. Seo knows that - tells natori to stay away. Natori doesn't. Ends up drunk with a guy that his bf warned him about. So natori's solution to seo not opening up is literally doing the exact opposite of what seo wants him to do. Again not a teenage drama. Working adults with jobs and brains to TRUST his lover.
I may have missed a few points in the last chapter but I assume that the anger is because natori ended up in a vulnerable position with a guy he was literally warned to not to see. I don't see any mention of seo assuming they slept together. So NOT the worst.
But like a grown adult who can't handle his liquor shouldn't drink with a shady guy, the bro didn't force it down his throat did he.
The bar for BLs is so freaking low omfg.
you can't warrant someone trust if you don't even give a bit of context to it. seo never said ANYTHING ELSE aside from "stay away from him". he should've given a bit of context. he's a family member, the last thing he'd expect is him being a weirdo undressing his brother's lover and taking a picture of it. it could've been just them having a sour relationship and natori wanted to understand and know but seo is NOT SAYING ANYTHING. if seo wants trust then he should trust natori too. at least say anything, something. but all he said was stay away and he never said WHY.
seo never gave any context why he should stay away he could've said "he's a weirdo and takes advnatged of people" and that would've been a "shady guy" indeed but there literally was none of that. a lot of other BLs have someone telling their lover to stay away from someone because they don't get along well with their brother (ex. ameiro paradox, Oretachi wa Shinkon-san Kamo Shirenai) and who's to say that could've been the case here as well? who would assume your bf's brother is a weirdo?
Okay sure seo doesn't communicate well. I agree. But Natori is an adult who should've trusted his lover and listened to him. For whatever reason your lover wants you to stay away from his brother, and your next plan of action is to immediately hang out with the bro for drinks. (Yes the bro invited him - but he made a conscious choice) your response is to immediately let down your guard. You shouldn't do that with ANYONE let alone someone you were warned about.
How is this okay? I would expect this from a teen not from this couple. Seo not being clear enough is not a justification for whatever natori did. He should've communicated and asked and prodded. First he should've sorted out his own relationship before approaching (yeah the bro approached him but natori wanted to talk to the bro) other people that your lover clearly does not like. How does that make any sense to you I do not understand. Clearly my understanding of boundaries in relationships is way different than yours.
So then natori should've asked. Talked this through. And if they don't trust eachother in your opinion then it is a way bigger problem because seo is an adult filmstar. So trust is literally the bedrock to their relationship.
What the brother did is irrelevant imo. If your lover tells you to stay away from his brother clearly there is something wrong there whether it is a sour relationship or a bad person - literally just listen to him. The older brother isn't running away to another country - there will be chances to talk to him. I am not saying "never" talk to him but I'm saying that a person you love will be thinking for your benefit so maybe head their advice. Sort the communication issue out with seo first.
i literally reread the recent chapters and seo said NOTHING about staying away from his brother, just said "stop talking about him" and every time natori wanted a conversation, seo just coerced him into having sex. bro wanted communication, he subconsciously or even consciously is shutting him up. and also again, who would expect on default that your lover's brother is a weirdo? seo never said anything about him being a weirdo lmao AGAIN a bunch of other BL manga has shown that most of family estrangement issues usually happens because they just didn't get along - not because the brother is a creep... i wonder why people immediately think that natori would think the bro is a creep when he was NEVER given context as to why the brothers were estranged.
Sure the story is a lil..eh, like I don't get why Helen needed these two for a divorce and the whole "selling my brother" and "call boy" thingy was presented like some deep dark secret.
But no random rape plots, Kyle is such a green flag - I love how their relationship progresses. Would have liked more of the main couple. The ending kinda seems abrupt. I have read it twice.
she needed them because the perverted hag could easily make the divorce about Ilyan which means she has to split everything with the hag, remember the hag was nothing before he married her so of course he want the money to live comfortably after the divorce. plus Ilyan wanted to be done with the hag so like two birds one stone
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