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I would also absolutely be against it If some thirty year old dude would come with the intentions of marrying my minor sister whos head is full of cotton candy like Emily. (I have one, she is strong and not naive, but NOPE over my DEAD BODY) Especially with that kinda pragmatism. My sister is not an object or tool or in anyway born to benefit you or make other people happy. She should marry someone who loves her fullheartedly and whom she also wishes to spend her life with and whom she loves dearly. Not some kinda cold stuff like this. So knowing how someone thinks about my sis, I would also be hostile and overprotective. It is like an instinct or something (I never had a situation like this, but I know how it feels when you are in that big-sis-must-protec-mode). Setting aside Emily, it may seem logically irrational that she is so dead set about Adele or whatever. But imagine that, there is this guy who is your type and you have the opportunity to get to know him with commitment in mind, but you know this whole story from a very detailed voyer perspective about how deeply and passionately he loved another women he will meet in the future. To someone who is already somewhat insecure because of freakin miles and cause no one else probably ever proposed after that, living with that kind of huge insecurity is something else....even the most confident people would have their subconscious doubts.....so I get it...especially since he is still being so pragmatic with her now...talking about love like it is some kind of super slow update he will acquire with time or what...obviously saying he does not have romantic feelings for her now even though he publicly proposed....everything is angsty but makes sense to me so far...very relatable :)

The characters are using flip phones so you know this is a classic that stands the test of time. Even though it's 10 years old, it feels fresh to me. It made me laugh, and humor is the hardest thing to keep fresh. Yes, there are a few things that have become tropes (the childhood encounter, etc), but what I love most about this is how flawed and yet still charismatic the characters are. Both have childhood traumas, both deal with it with denial. One cheats and tries not to get too emotionally involved. One just flat out denies he was abused as a kid. And yet they connect.

Hey, I had a college roommate who told me he was kicked out of his family and house for being gay at age 15 and ended up staying with a 40 year old lover...and still considers that person a savior even now (3 decades later). He's taken people down for sexual harassment later in life so he says he knows what's consensual and what's not. Maybe it'll kick in that what happened was bad...or maybe it won't. I dunno. I think what happened is totally wrong but I'm not going to prefer that my friend be traumatized and shooting heroin to deal rather than content and employed in denial. Also, age 24 is probably way too soon for Mookyul to realize how effed up his situation was/is. I guess because I'm WAY older and have seen just how flawed and messy relationships are, how flawed and messy people are, this story doesn't seem ugly, it just seems like darker normal.

Being an incredibly sexy mob boss at 24, though, is not believable, and the eternal horniness is also not believable, but that's the part I consider the enjoyable fantasy of manhwa. As for the dubcon, well, that's another part where reality and fantasy part. Do not do this at home, kiddos, but heck, the I-want-you-so-much-I-can't-stop-myself-and-you're-okay-with-it-at-the-end trope has been around in romance novels since time immemorial. Maybe we can agree it's a fantasy that doesn't actually happen (nor should) in real life, like fire-breathing dragons, but it must still scratch some subconscious itch due to its longevity.