(already read the novel currently main text done with 30 more epilogues to go) if the manhua follows true from the novel the violence is probably much worse than it seems in the drawings..
One thing for sure definitely Stockholm Syndrome. altho in the novel you could read some of Heewon's thoughts about being more slightly at ease with Kangwoo minus his crazy violent tendency side, than his mother or brother because of mixed feelings.
In the end MC stuck between a rock & a hard place made a rational decision & imo arguably personally for himself because of the above. but still cant deny the foundation of the relationship is still SS. but for me its fine (as a story) as I dont expect a healthy relationship when it involves psychopaths or atleast one of them.
Altho cant really tell if Kangwoo is really inlove except that he has high tolerance & cant kill Heewon, he made romantic gestures but its not the same with other novels with similar ML.. it doesnt scream love you to death crazy, just a cool & calm i like you and want you to stay in my palm kind.
main text end spoiler keys: MC has debts and ML is a psychopathic manipulator who doesn't mind scaring him as long he can keep him; tho ML gave him a choice but as i said the end situation is.. just keep in mind ML is handsome, can be gentle & thoughtful which some would already consider it romantic but he doesnt shy away from hurting his man; oh he also gave him a physical punishment at that scene.
Can u pls share the link to the novel?
Oh. Sounds interesting! Can you please share the link to the novel?
google it guys for novel links cause iirc Novel Updates already took down this title page
so not sure if i can share direct link since this is KR
Oh, it hasn't been translated yet? Darn it
no there is still a non off english trans that some say is mtl but for me its smooth enough. im just saying its not listed on NU anymore
Aah, okay! Thanks!!
I think its pretty clear now that it is under self-defense why Doha killed that villager in the first place on ch 2; its most likely his first session & have a vague recollection of a past session, which makes sense cause hes always the one to go seek help from the village so he already met that guy and got killed by him in the past
My thinking was similar! I think maybe Doha was the first person to actually wake up so he knew a lot beforehand (hence why he seems to know a lot even now). He potentially said something he learnt from a previous playthrough about the villager to strike up a conversation without getting attacked immediately, and then killed the villager since he already knew he was a hostile. I absolutely love that this story isn't linear and could go either way, gets me all giddy!
ohh that's smart!
what if this game is some sort of inception/paradox plot
or better yet this group of playable characters gain awareness/sentience but all of the "were trapped in a game" is just part of the game script, so even tho they awakened theyre just playing along the OG Game's plot
im happy that they continued to have interactions behind the CP but uh now im worried they got caught
also CP shouldve left a burn mark even if its somewhere discreet
If Doha is indeed a player to begin with, why can he kill the Murderer NPC but not Bada? If he's an NPC it could explain why he can affect other NPCs cause he's part of the game world, then he became an NPC turned player later. (1)
for the others if they are also initially players, then Jae-Seob and Bae Hyungshin that have the soon-to-be lovers trope and seems to have their feelings for each other wired into their character design as seen when BH tried to caution/prevents the other and SB killing Bada & Doha when BH died; its too much of a coincidence if they are also lovers in real life (1)
there is also the possibility that Doha has an attribute trait that enables him to cause real damage to NPCs because of his personality (? designated character) while Bada's trait/character design could be a quick to notice but silent know it all or the information gatherer; more intelligence or something similar but has a "not enough strength to kill" or "cannot kill people" attribute (2)
He really shouldve killed him back then, then there wont be any misunderstanding about the mandala blossom in the present to begin with
Im not sure if I understood completely the last chapter (57) since the translation is confusing.
Also she got kissed but thats her only reaction? Why is she being such a simp whenever shes around Daniel
Ahhh why are the chapters for this are so short~?!
Also I love how Ahin is unfazed the whole time until he decided to trick Vivi
Surprised that she revealed herself before the planned debut and I thought her plan to reside at the hamiltons as a mistress is a bad plan but im kinda liking how it turned out.. at least its in her favor I really thought there will be obvious disadvantages