I was growing uneasy towards the final chapters because it felt like it would leave too little for us to enjoy of Cedric and Dylan being happily in love, but fortunately, the ending was quite satisfying! I was pretty happy with the amount given to us (even if some extras would've been nice too lol)
In general, i usually hate stories about "fate", or fated love; for me, loving defiantly is way more appealing (but maybe that's just bc I'm gay? LMAO)... But even then, I liked the twist a lot! It was not my cup of tea, but the execution was good enough to make up for it. So, not as good as it could've been... but still very very nice!
I just finished binge-reading this and I am in absolute shambles. That Caesar asshole should burn in hell. I know he's an important figure so killing him suddenly would be problematic for the characters, but DAMN... I really fucking hate him. There are no words able to express how much this son of a bitch made me suffer in pure anger. I'm writing this calmly because I've crossed the nirvana of anger already and no amount of screaming would properly convey my fury. I really, really wish the author is kind enough to us to give us a 10-episode long torture session on him, as he deserves. Even Izek killing him would have been to fast and too easy on that scum.
I'm usually a "no-violence" person even for stories I read, but this bitch really crossed all imaginable lines and I *really*, really can't take it any longer. I have never wanted so fiercely to see a character suffer.
I pray to God he suffers miserably for a very long time and then dies a miserable death without ever catching a glimpse of Ruby again. Amen!
Everyone's talking about Jaehyuk being in the closet (and leaving his phone behind), but I wonder if that's really the case? Like, did he hide he was dating Garam by saying he had a *girl*friend? Or did his friends simply assume (given his past, supposed straight-ness) that it was a girl? I dunno for sure how gender neutral the conversation between him and his friends really was, in the og korean, but the translation is neutral so I can't say if he's really going to pull an "I'm not gay guysss jkjk" while being this infatuated with Garam.
The fact Jaehyuk is so open and honest to himself about his love for Garam somehow makes me think this isn't the kind of person who'd deny they're dating a guy, when they're already this deep into it.
I can't really know for sure but... Idk, I just have this faint hope he'll be blunt and honest about dating Garam, if confronted about it. I hope I'm not *too* let down lol
This was all around lovely, I'm so surprised. I initially thought it would be more of a dramatic manga, because in this genre that's usually the case... but even if there are definetely more serious events later on, the slow and "romcom-like" beginning sets a really nice tone for the whole series. The more "simple" yet super pretty art style also really compliments the pacing... those first few chapters felt like such a iyashikei. I kind of miss it. It made the dramatic and tense moments even more appealing so I'm happy, but I am definitely still enamoured with that vibe it had going on. Has anyone seen Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge? It reminds of that, for sure.
Anyways, I'm kind of just rambling atp. This was just a really good series. If you enjoy stories where the main couple gets really lovey dovey and you get to see their life as a couple... this one is perfect.
Kind of mid?? It was so interesting and really funny at the start, but somehow the more it went on the more the quality of the art and panelling degraded. It felt like there was so much happening all of the time, and the initial essence was lost. The plot was actually really nice, however, and I felt like the twist was really good-- but again, the quality drop affected its execution.
It feels especially bad on the last chapter when they show panels from the first chapters and you can truly see how much the art changed
All in all, I'll have fond memories of those first 20 or 30 smth chapters, but not much else. Worth it if you are just looking for something to read with an empty mind and finish fairly quickly.
P.S: there are a few chapters (or panels), I would assume, missing. I would recommend reading from ch56 onwards somewhere else.
This story's so cute for such a relatively low rating! (Considering most mangas in this site are in the 8,9 to 9,5 range...) I loved how it was a quite simple plot but with such interesting characters ~~