Na jieun's Favorite

I’m surprised that this is a manga where a girl asks a guy(1) to help her witch changing herself to confess to the guy(2) she likes and they’re(1) still just friends in the end — and I love that so much!

And I’m also so happy for the rest too — love the weirdo masochist guy lol — he’s so funny and so blunt. And gloomy guy is actually super, super cute! Gahhh! I’m so sad this ended too quickly before they could all get to gather! [It fits Nanami to be a solo bachelor ngl — he just seems like a guy who wouldn’t settle down for one lady and that’s fine since that’s who he is. I’m sure in the future he’ll find the right girl to change to tho. ]

Here I go writing think pieces again.

I know this is a short story and I like reading it back every now and then because I like it but I was reading this time and I decided to look too far into details that may not mean anything.

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Ultimately, everyone's relationship in this manga except for Ohno and Mahiro's is surface level. I think that's what's so interesting to me.

For starters, I know this is a short light story about unrequited love and such but I find it interesting that we never find out Chiho's full name. This could just be because she's only important to push Mahiro and Sousuke together. Of course the characters know each others full names, but I find it interesting that the reader isn't told her full name because WHO she is as a person really isn't important in the story.

Mahiro thinks about Chiho but it only seems to come up when she's feeling bad about pinning on Sousuke. On the other hand, we've seen Chiho think of Mahiro when she wonders what her opinion would be about one of her outfits for the school festival. We never really see Chiho and Mahiro hang out that much, and the times that we do they're studying and it seems they usually go to Chiho's house. That makes me wonder if Chiho is usually the one to reach out so they can hang out. We don't really see them hanging out outside of studying or maybe that one scene where they watch a movie together. It makes me wonder if they're even really close enough to call each other best friends or friends bc it seems like they're just acquaintances at most.

2) Speaking of Mahiro, I know it was basically love at first sight but I can't help but think her attraction was heightened because she wanted the relationship that Sousuke and Chiho had. She moved three times in one year, and seems to never be rooted in one place. That can be a very traumatic experience for kids to go through so it's no wonder that she's not great at making friends. Also, in chapter 3 when she thinks "I don't have room to get in-between them." I know she tried to shake that train of thinking off but I just kept wondering if she actually "liked" Sousuke, or if she liked the relationship that he and Chiho had and wanted that for herself. I think this goes into the instability in her life with moving so much because of her dads job, she wishes she had a close friend and what that would be like. She sees the stable friendship that Sousuke and Chiho have from the outside and wants that for herself. I can't blame her for seeing a stable relationship and wanting to experience it to.

With her "considerate" attitude, I can't blame her for it too much because she's probably been told her whole life to think of how her dad or others felt, "oh this is just how it is and it's very hard for all of us including your dad, it's just how it is." She even gave her bigger room to her sister so she wouldn't throw a tantrum. No one thinks of how she feels lol.

Speaking of this, her dad just needs to be a working man on the road while the family lives in one spot or he needs to find another job because it's very irresponsible to keep uprooting your family like that. From what Mahiro has said, they've been consistently moving a lot since she was a kid, they need to rest.

3) Moving on to Sousuke, I couldn't help but wonder if he likes the fact that Mahiro is a push-over. I know he said that she's considerate, but let's keep it real... she's a push-over. "I can't seem to leave you alone," Alright...

I think this also goes into Sousuke's dynamics with his friends, peers, and family. His dad doesn't seem to be home very much, if he's even in the picture, which would lead Sousuke to becoming the main masculine figure in the house. I say this because his mother doesn't seem to whine about getting tickets to the school festival for her, the dad, and the younger brother.. Just her and the younger brother. I know he was in the third chapter in the flashback (cut off but we still see him) but we don't really see him afterwards. He could be working elsewhere tbh but he doesn't seem to be very present from what we can tell.

Being relied on by his mom and younger brother probably gives him a lot of validation but over time that can turn into resentment especially since his mom doesn't seem too strict or mature. We already see that Chiho relies on him sometimes, but I think as they grew older she relied on him less because she stood up on her own. I wonder if this is a reason he doesn't like her romantically because she doesn't "need" him.

Then there's something about Sousuke saying to Mahiro, "when you smile it makes me like myself." In the last chapter that doesn't quite sit right with me. I thought it was cute the first time I read it but as I've continued to come back and re-read, I'm now rubbing my chin about this.

4) Does Chiho actually like Sousuke or does she like the feeling of superiority she gets with being around him? It's the latter, she said it herself. He's good at sports, popular, and sought after and because she's closest to him and everyone wants to be her because of that then it means she's special. She gets validation just by being with him, she gets to be "not like other girls." I think she has a valid reason for liking him as they've always been together, and he's been a comforting piler in her life but I think it's just puppy love tbh.

That being said, when she confronts him if he's thinking about Mahiro because she's "her" friend or if she's Mahiro. I thought that was interesting choice of words tbh. I think she also worries being or feeling left out (symbolism with the popsicles) I wonder if her saying Mahiro was "her" friend was Chiho feeling possessive of her, or Chiho trying to jab Sousuke for making her feel cast aside. I wouldn't blame her if she felt that way since he went over to her house to ask Chiho to the bbq and to invite Mahiro, when they were at the festival he blurted out that he asked Mahiro to join then ran off when he saw her, then brought her up at the festival instead of giving her a proper answer to her confession.

I can't help but wonder if Sousuke was aware of Chiho's feelings this entire time and chose not to think about them just to make himself feel comfortable. But if he did know, bringing up Mahiro constantly would seem a bit cruel. Especially when he said, he said "we might be even closer than with you, Chiho!" Like... why would you say that??? (He's jealous and wants to be the closest one to Mahiro but still lmao)

If they "were" that close, we should have seen Sousuke and Chiho's goodbye just as we saw Mahiro and Chiho's because they've known each other longer. The ending made me wonder if they even kept in contact with Chiho after they started dating for a month because it seems like her and Mahiro didn't talk during that time... which is strange if they're besties?? That makes me also wonder if Chiho and Sousuke were talking.

I thought about why Chiho would run away to Australia but honestly, if my crush since childhood started dating and prancing around with my "best friend", I'd run away too
ngl. (￣∇￣")

5) But this goes into Sousuke and Mahiro's relationship being very surface level. We just don't have a lot of context in their relationship to fully understand why they like each other outside of attraction. Since they're still young that might not matter but I can't see them making it past first year of college if they even make it to that point in the first place. Her and Ohno have more in common than she does with Sousuke, because we were able to see that. We don't get to see her and Sousuke really hanging out to understand what their dynamic would be, or even why we should root for them. We know they both can't stand horror so they could bond over that, but what else...

I can already see the big communication issues they're going to have because of Mahiro's lack-of-confidence, and Sousuke's seeming lack-of-action. Speaking on this, if Mahiro is considerate to the point of being a push over, I can see Sousuke being inconsiderate to the point of being oblivious.

Honestly, this relationship might just crash and burn because Mahiro's family will probably pack up and move again, or they'll have communication issues... which won't really be resolved because... you guessed it-- Mahiro's family will pack up and move again.

But I think there might be something in Chiho being left out or "replaced." Idk I feel very sad for her, like where will she be in the friend group when she comes back... Like, she doesn't go to their school so meeting up would be hard, then she'd have to hang out with the two of them and they'd all be moving not to step on each others toes so it would just be awkward. The talk of romance would be thrown out the window unless Chiho gets a bf, even then if that happens and it gets to a point where they feel comfortable speaking about their relationship to Chiho then she'll just be in the middle. Esp if Mahiro and Sousuke fight, and if that happens I think Chiho would 100% defend Sousuke unless it was something definitively his fault.

so I think the friendship is def broken tbh ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Anyways, I wrote this instead of finishing my assignments that are due at midnight. If you read this far tell me what you think I guess lol !

I need a side story where they both tragically get in a car accident.

Don't misunderstand, I don't want a full arc with Minwoo, he hurt Skylar enough
But I would love if just like in the creator note of s1, we saw Minwoo walking and he happens to see Skylar laughing with Cirrus and their friends, free of his trauma and happy with someone else, not even seeing Minwoo, while Minwoo will still live in regrets abt what he did and losing his best friend
I guess it's just my petty wish

This manhwa really hit the deepest parts of being in a long term relationship. The ups and downs, the transition from being the sweetest to having lukewarm responses. All the necessary changes a certain couple would experience, I’ve been through those already.

The level if anxiousness of having thoughts about breaking up someday is always there but after reading this, i came to realize that “whats meant to happen will happen” I’ll just be enjoying the ride for the mean time.

Great manhwa. Definitely a good read. (￣∇￣")

Chap 101 rn, came to vent after seeing that bitch-ass friend with seonghwa and talkin abt the ‘game’ (get outta here with that fuckass shit)

Dawg I knew something was off with those panels when hyuk and hanmi were doing lowkey sus shit but then bro goes and says she made him feel ashamed (or smthn like that) about that ‘dark feelings’ that came over him and GUYS wtf am I hearing about Jua (lowkey kept forgetting who that was lmaooo) doing smthn sus to gun on the rooftop???

(Knew all that talk about their bond was bs tf?? Mf was gaslighting me this whole time, manipulating me into trying to OKAY this budding ‘relationship’)

EUGHHHHHH If she wasnt gonna end up with gun I’d rather she stay by herself but if EVEN that wasnt an option I wouldve tolerated that toxic ex, I know damn well my girl wouldve beat his ass.

BUT THE COUSIN??????

FUCK OUTTA HERE

Overall loved the story aside from those points >3<!!!

The end of chapter 121 makes me wanna kill myself. Does jua wanna guilt trip gun that much???? Holy shit I'm going to kill myself

But I keep seeing comments about how yall need tj and Ian together because they have “chemistry” but in reality it’s just toxicity from the trauma they went through，y’all see a handsome man with a big dick and instantly think he should be top pick, like he could be the most abusive person or even a rapist and yall would still want him to be endgame the bar quite literally disappeared

He doesn’t even know what Ian likes and yall are rooting for that ! I could never get behind person who isn’t in tune with the person they like. You can tell it’s lust and obsession over legitimate love and affection ! Ask me how I know because I’ve been there done that. A person can be obsessed with you and still know nada about you. Yeah I’d definitely take a man or woman like Joe at least I know that they are getting to know me and my likes and dislikes. Yall dck riders never cease to amaze me about what yall will turn a blind eye to !

Best Yuri manga with plot
Ring My Bell
Soulmate Manga -
Can't Defy the Lonely Girl
After School (OOSHIMA Tomo & OOSHIMA Towa) manga
Best Friends
Pulse
She Is Still Cute Today Manga
Tamen De Gushi Manga
Blooming Sequence Manga
Handsome Girl And Sheltered Girl
Vampeerz, My Peer Vampires
Citrus
Citrus Plus
I Favor The Villainess manga
The magical revolution of the reincarnated princess and the genius young lady mangadex
Adachi to Shimamura
Otherside Picnic
Girl Friends manga.
Hana ni Arashi
Useless Princesses Manga
Her Shim Cheong
Bloom Into You
Beauty And The Beast Girl Manga
The Love Doctor
Getting to Know Grace manga
Dallaeya manga
Partition
Exciting Feelings
Xian Chan Nu manga
I'll Cheer On My Yuri Onee-chan
Magan&Danai
Mojito
Goodbye, My Rose Garden
Koushin Koinu Ni Koibumi Wo
Mage & Demon Queen webtoon
Eventually, I Will Become Yours
Even If It Was Just Once, I Regret It
Slightly Sour Secret
Lily By Yy
LALA by yuri
Moonlight Garden

This is rape porn that somebody went out of their way to upload. You can look up the artist and see that all they make is explicit erotic content of little boys being violently assaulted. Some sicko went out of their way to upload this here. This is not the author portraying violence. This is the authors fetish. This is why yall need to be safe on websites like this that are not monitored. Usually mangago tries to scrub shota fetish content but they haven’t caught this one yet. The author is a shotacon aka pedo. This is not a normal yaoi and it isn’t meant to be. This artist makes violent HENTAI of little boys being brutally raped. If you read this you are reading literal cp. You need to be careful on the internet. When you see stuff like this and it sets off alarm bells it’s because it should.

y’all acting like this towards the gurl but when a guy does this on a bl manhwa, y’all eat it up like??? stfu

I saw some people being disappointed in the ending mostly because they didn't really get what happened or because they didn't like the writing style

For those who didn't get the ending, the hints of Jaekyung having a possibly good ending are all his imagination (or dare I say his expectations ?) His father understanding him, Hansol and Kwon being friends with him again - these are all fake...

I can understand why some people found the ending a bit rushed, but I feel like it was meant to be written that way, as in the author did it on purpose. And honestly, I really like how they wrote it, as heartbreaking as it was. It's like Jaekyung came to an abrupt end, every hope and expectations that he have been having broke down right then and there and his only solace was death.

That's just sad and cruel, but that's how it went. He did everything in his power to get better and to get out of his father's grasp but it didn't even work. So his only option remaining was taking his own life since he couldn't even get what he dearly wished for: to see his father's smile.

The story obviously wasn't about Jaekyung healing and being happy in the end, it's not about us feeling satisfied by the fact that he came to pick himself up, the author only wanted to ruin us all with the ending haha

I didn't even mean to write so many things about the story but I can't even explain how empty it left me

It was great and awful at the same time. Not to talk about my life but I'm currently dealing with anxiety and reading the parts where Jaekyung is even struggling to stand in front of his father made me feel so bad and overwhelmed, I didn't even know drawings could make me feel this way, I even had to pause multiple times at some point bahahah

Anyways, baby Jaekyung definitely deserved better, but at least he is in a better place where nobody can hurt him.

Oh also, I was really hoping for a chapter where Hansol and Kwon discovered that Jaekyung was... Not there anymore ╥﹏╥ Like idk, it would make me feel better to know that someone cried for him because they actually cared

Crap I don't want to think about that, I'll feel even worse

Anyways, I need my sleep dammit
(Don't mind my long ass comment people, I'll probably regret writing it in a few hours)

Can y'all stop talking about the father please

Does anyone know if there's more chapters? Even if it's the raw manga and Even if it's necessary to pay i need ittt, plssss

I don't get it??? seriously

do people think chemistry is constantly bickering and bantering with each other with a few heartfelt moments thrown in???

but you think someone being kind is boring

i get the feeling of wanting to touch the person you're interested in. what i really don't get is why people just follow this instinct just like that. why can't you just hold it in? or. what is so hard about asking consent? bl have this trope a lot, "ooh i like you so much i can't hold the urge to touch you." it may be overstretched, but that is a rapist's mindset.

Why do they always make these kinda stories into porn? Is sufferance and hardship a turn on? Sighhh there are ways to write rape scenes that don’t clearly show that the author is thinking “ooh yum rape :P” and sometimes authors write such such realistic sad stories like this only to spoil us by so clearly making it fap material. And sure as an audience member you may not take away that it’s porn but it is. It is intentional. I hate it.

You cant convince me that was good writing even with a gun to my head. Anyways i want to list all my icks abt this story:
- there’s no logical explanation why are mages marginalized YET able to be placed in high positions in the government, seemingly with a fair wage
- even more illogical considering the kings are also mages, if anything it shouldve made mages high valued, even if only in brica.
- having sex with MC WHILE he’s regressing to basically a toddler
- ML’s obsession is actually hinted pretty early in the story but it was mild. But out of nowhere suddenly it spiked through the roof making him do something sadistic and even the voyeurism seemed random
- MC didnt put up a fight while he was raped IN FRONT of his bleeding subordinate while being hinted as the most powerful mage ever. I know that he’s all about the king’s order but i just think that was a little out of character, i feel like he couldve harmed himself to get out of the situation if he was physically unable to harm ML
- the sudden fucking ending???? Poor heide he doesnt deserve this. He’d better desert to another country fr

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