
The art is beautiful but the top is genuinely such an asshole, like pos to the nth degree asshole fuckboy. Are we actually suppose to like him? Let alone the idiot mc who’s whole personality is he’s a romantic and falls in love with just about anyone who shows him an ounce of affection should be with someone who’s so emotionally unavailable and has no issue maintaining that stance? Nothing about this story is actually romantic it’s actually quite depressing.

I’m glad the artist drew this, but I really have to commend the novel’s author because this truly is a well written BL. I can literally tell the exact number of BL I’ve read that have actually been a good STORY, and the number is in the single digits and I’ve read thousands of BL in my years as an avid reader at this point. The only thing I wish the author had expanded upon was what became of the Bunch royal family that orchestrated this sick experiment to begin with. The superintendent was evil but he wasn’t the mastermind. Also I thought he died in the prison being repeatedly shot but he survived to only die later? I’m happy to have had a happy ending despite my unanswered questions.

I really do wonder how people throw the word "masterpiece" around like it’s free candy when it comes to some popular BL. It is a decent story, the ONLY likable character in this story is Sak, the sick rental child, and Echo. Everyone else is truly awful or some shade of gray leaning towards black. I don't even know if I even like the main couple, despite getting the backstory of Lima I just cannot get over how genuinely cruel he can be at times within moments, despite it being clear as day Sak is a fish out of water in this story.
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I was so disgusted by the cave rape scene and Sak being so ignorant of what just happened to him despite knowing what sex is. And post aftermath resignation made it so much worse. Make that makes sense that this is what we want as audience to start of a romance? And especially after Sak literally just buried a fucking child just MINUTES or hours before. What the fuck is the tone. Lima does have character development for what it is worth, having been a jaded former child soldier exposed to horror and trauma. I am going to be generous and assume the author wanted to go the "hurt people hurt people route" for his character. However, given this genre's dependency on Lima's personality type as an archetype for much of the genre I am holding my breath. I get its an apocalyptic world where there are child soldiers, secret government experiments, conspiracies, and betrayals but i am so just over even in this "masterpiece" setting we still get the exact formula of meek innocent uke and abusive uncommunicative seme and then when reading the comments I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because the story is just simply okay with the plot leaving many things unanswered, the main couple still presumably on the run, and no one being held accountable for the behind the scenes manipulations and struggles of our main character.
Would people still recommend reading Moritat if I did not exactly care for this manhwa?
I’m confused what makes the ML special didn’t he literally cheat during his and MC’s first duel by using a “command” why does he get a pass but the 2nd ML isn’t allowed the same leniency? Plus as a 1st year he wouldn’t even allowed in the 2nd year arena as well so why are all these world building established rules said to the audience and then moments later thrown out.
yes the ML did, but at the time the MC found that intriguing since a command has never worked on the MC before. the second time in that area with the 2nd ML, the MC and the ML had already started forming a bond. they have a connection in that moment that is being forced apart. Hence the 2nd ML’s command causing the MC to drop when it never even worked prior to that interaction.
I mean I understand what you’re saying but it doesn’t negate that the author doesn’t even follow their own established narrative lore and simply just wants things to happens as they choose. Why even present the first duel with the 2nd ML in that case. Just have the ML and MC meet some other way and especially not in a way that’s makes zero sense of the ML “winning” against the undefeated MC if he’s only going to cheat and it be ignored that he cheated and doesn’t even actually deserve the MC’s attention because he didn’t so fairly like everyone else who had attempted before. It’s bad writing.
they did mention that he cheated. honestly i’m that critical of a reader to argue if its bad writing or not. i’m here for funsies.
I mean I am too for the most part just here for fun but at no point does the author / character acknowledge the cheating to win. It’s even worse then that ML duels 2nd ML and promptly loses to him making ML ‘s initial win even more egregious. Sorry I just dislike inconsistent writing takes me completely out of the fantasy.