ArtemisFowl's Manga

I think this was a really smart, in depth look at why relationships can fail. It’s often not for anything dramatic and black and white, like cheating or abuse, but instead for the simple reason of one or both parties failing to treasure the other person as they should. In this case, it was Jinwoo that stopped treasuring Candy in the ways he had before, and had started taking him for granted at some point. I think the author also tries to point out an error (at least to some degree) that Candy makes in the relationship (read Candy’s journey through the extras). At first I didn’t agree with it; but upon further reflection, I think that although Candy truly wasn’t in the wrong, things could have been fixed had he communicated his feelings explicitly and verbally. Not the feelings of love, which he did; but every frustration that he let go of was just building up inside of him and didn’t really do any service for either of them. If he had communicated those feelings, Jinwoo would have realized what was happening to them and likely changed (as he did when he realized what he had “thrown away”) as a result.

A guy who (literally) makes everyone fall in love with him meets the one person who's immune to his charms. Amazed by this unicorn, he proceeds to make this person his manager at all costs. He won't let go of the person who isn't affected by the curse he and certain family members are under.

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I liked this manga to some degree, but I had some major issues with it. Juha attempting to rape Seheon, as well as Juha breaking Doyoon’s ankle, was mostly glossed over. The author was kind of like, “oh, he had reasons for doing all this stuff.” But...he’s such a sociopath! He tried to create psychological trauma within the central characters, and they don’t seem to care. (Also, Doyoon is going to end up with him...?)

Also, I felt that Seheon was treated as a more cutesy character after he got together with Taeyi. His honesty and his logic didn’t really shine in the ways it had when he was trying to get to know Taeyi.

As for the manga’s good points: I felt the jazz theme was both interesting and on point. It showed the depth of emotions the characters felt within that moment. I really feel that the author knew what they were doing with the theme.


(Note: chapter 40, page 40)