
The subtle manipulation… he’s letting little things slip (favorite food, the dog) and I have to assume it’s on purpose or he’s just pretty bad at this. It’s a good example of why you gotta trust your gut - everyone says he’s just being friendly and wants to get to know Sejin but he’s been wary of him from the start.

The first couple of chapters would have been enough to send me running if I hadn’t read reviews. But keep going, because this is very much not what it seems like on the surface. There are rough moments in the main story, and the side story in particular was difficult to read to be honest, but not for the usual reasons. What happened was awful but unfortunately believable in context, and actually treated like the trauma it was. Gitae is scrappy as hell and a total badass. ML is interesting - he’s very child-like in some ways, because he actually did grow up in total isolation. But he’s also a zombie-killing machine who would (and kinda did) set the world on fire for Gitae. I really liked the significance of ending the story with Gitae using the camera to take a photo of them happily torching a path back to “paradise.”

Update: Okay I finished, it does get better toward the end. No shade, there's nothing particularly bad about it at any point, I think it's just not the kind of smut I really like. Love the story though.
I'm about 1/4 of the way through and for real for real, the sex is awful? Candy never looks like he's enjoying it, the ML literally saw him hurting and crying during their first time and just thought, "wow, what a pain tolerance! Let's keep jamming my dick in dry!" He somehow does even less prep than the pathetic amount we usually get. Does it get better? Because right now it's just painful to watch and extremely off-putting.
I honestly don’t think I’ve read a more beautiful manhwa. It truly feels like watching a movie. I’ve never seen so much emotion communicated with so little dialogue, either - enormous credit to the artist for that. I hope we get side stories - I feel like we (and they) deserve some fluffy, happy glimpses into their life together. But while I’m sad that it’s over, I’m also glad - it ended where it should have, without getting dragged out for longer than planned or necessary just to keep it going. I’ve been buying the uncensored version as it comes out, because this is one I’m very happy to support. I can’t wait to re-read it all at once now that it’s complete.
I totally agree with you ╥﹏╥