I’m betting neither are the dad and that’s why she didn’t want a DNA test. I’m wondering if she’s actually a child Ririko took in to experience being a parent before she died? Guess we’ll have to see
Yeah, the dad could be anyone else. I think she probably knew about Sentarou's crush and that's why she put them together, as one final "let's do something crazy and hope that this time it'll work out."
this might me be it yes
I kid you not when I say I have been reading this story for almost 20 years. I found it somewhere in the middle of 2006, and I’ve been reading it ever since. I was around 12 then, and at the time of this comment I am almost 30. Goddamn.
I was 14..now im almost 28...dear god the pacing is slow..and it updates once a month
I feel you ughh(〜￣△￣)〜
I was 13 now Im 21, time flies
Very similar ages for me too. But I keep holding on to this and re-reading it!
I am 24. I started with I was 14. I wish the author simply ended instead of dragging the story.
*I started when I was 14
Does it ever say what happened to Kubota?? I know he was an insert character created by the artist (I think), but like, he just disappears at one point and never gets mentioned again from what I’ve seen. Have I just missed something or did he just get dropped from the story??
That’s the guy with the blue hair who had a crush on MinJoon right? If I had to guess, author probably realized that readers found the conflict annoying and just sent him to the shadow realm, never to be seen or heard from again. You’re right though, that subplot did vanish into thin air. Especially since the character of Kubota’s lover was introduced and it seemed like they would be a mainstay. But this author also likes to resolve conflict in a very short amount of time. Kidnapping drama, attack drama, living somewhere else drama only lasted like 1-2 chapters, when in most other stories it would take like 20 for the main characters to wrap it up. It wouldn’t surprise me if it had nothing to do with reader perception, and the author just didn’t want third wheel Kubota to get in the way and overstay his welcome. Which I love since manhwas become hard to read when every problem in the couple’s way takes 3 months to resolve!
LoL. I was thinking he was already at the bottom of Han river.
^ This is my new headcanon
This is adapted from the light novel with the same name actually. So the mangaka isn't the original author. Kubota didn't exist in the novel at all, it's a character mangaka created and probably couldn't come up with any interesting follow-up with him. Probably dropped him into nile river :v
I gotta know, does the artist switch up their style/coloring every now and then, or is there a small team doing the art for this work? The alternating style done for the eyes makes me curious (⊙…⊙ )
i thought i was the only one who noticed the slight art change!! im pretty sure the artist is just a single person since theres no logo for a studio or team like in other stories.
yeah i was looking back between seasons when this season dropped n i felt whiplash from the art n it feels like the art went from shoujo to shounen in style lolol buuuuut it was a slow process so i think their style just gradually changes like most authors. we just kinda noticing it more since there was a break i guess
He’s a little rough, definitely, but I don’t think the FL does things without thinking. She literally had to deal with constant neglect and being overlooked growing up by everybody but her sister. The same sister that FL took what she thought would be too much of a burden on her because she loves and appreciates her that much, and it’s definitely a life she has to adjust to before she feels confident in her position as her own person away from the only position in life she knew: her sister’s protector and shadow. So no, I’m not surprised that she feels somewhat unsettled when she sees her sister and husband getting along, because that part of her that feels insecure next to her sister is still a part of her because she hasn’t had the time to work through it.
She’s not dumb, she’s literally scarred in non-visible ways that she hasn’t been able to address in the short time she’s been separated from her family.
Everybody else: Yohan
Me: Yoojin
Idky y’all like Yohan so much, I feel like he’s more manipulative than Yoojin as the story gets a dozen-ish or so chapters in. Yeah, they both wanna sleep with him, but Yohan … I don’t like him
Idk what it is about this story—maybe the art, maybe it’s the character growth they all go through—but I enjoy it every time. My favorite frame is them all eating together
I fucking knew he wasn’t the Tajima-kun from when they were kids. Coincidences like this can happen irl, though, so I’m not surprised she met them under two different circumstances if they lived around the same area since kindergarten