
uhhhhhhh not sure if I'm gonna stick with this one tbh
me, personally, the reason I enjoyed Pearl Boy was the genuine love and relatively healthy relationship Dooshik and Jooha (at least up until the side chapters wtf were those) had **despite** all of the literal hell they were put through
the hell wasn't the point for me; it was the sanctuary, the oasis in a punishing desert
this is shaping up to be just hell. rape to love ig
which, okay. it's a thing in fiction, fucked up relationships all over the place, sure. two fucked up people finding some kind of accord or whatever. and it can be done well. maybe this will turn out to be one of those stories, too early to really tell, but rn I'm not feeling it much.
disappointing tho bc the art is so damn pretty

yeah, this one wasn't for me
it's not a bad story by any stretch
but like.....it's just too unrealistic. people don't actually change like that.
i know way too many people locked down by absolute nightmare partners exactly like that to find it cute ig

I think the last chapter was pretty clear about what the story was about. The mc wasn't in any abusive relationship he needed "growth" from. He just wanted reassurance from his boyfriend that he was still loved because he felt neglected when the bf was busy with his book.
It's actually really realistic. I like that the bf isn't perfect. He openly has flaws that the mc clearly knows about and accepts. He knows his bf is selfish and he's aware when he's being manipulated. It happens in real life. That doesn't mean any of it was done out of malice. His bf is just flawed, and human, and so is the mc.
this is one of those real REAL weird porn stories with inexplicably good art and equal-opportunity fetish content
i normally don't really go for these sorts of things but it seems like it's kinda wholesome so far?? or at least mc is. the center and G can go jump off a bridge with a quickness