The communication between these two is already peak. I know they both probably have loads of secrets but at least right now they are communicating! Seeing actual communication in a BL manhwa, especially at the beginning, feels so rare.
I appreciate that so much because Ive seen a lot of Mcs who rambles in their mind instead of speaking it out loud like the whole chapter could be the mc saying things on his mind only and misunderstandings keep building up
This is both cute and vaguely unsettling at the same time. I love our MC and Guwon, but the author is doing really well at creating an underlying tension. There are little hints here and there that things in the town are odd, and hints that something is going on with our MC (I don't feel like it's just PTSD). I'm really curious how this will develop, I just hope Guwon and Jinwoo end up as a fluffy couple.
Seeing Ray's body grow up just continues to highlight how creepy Jiskar is. He was sexually assaulting a child and everyone around him was just like, 'yeah whatever the child is actually the problem here.'
Real
You're so real for this comment.
Taesung has no right to be surprised by Sooyoung's behavior. He regularly used sex and violence to punish Sooyoung. Sooyoung is legit like a battered spouse who thinks he deserves to be hurt any time he perceives he made a mistake. Taesung did this to him so now he has to live with the consequences.
all of this!!!!
Yet sooyoung has to suffer still while taesung asks for a break up. Ugh cant taesung suffer alone and not break my sooyoung's heart??
Seeing Yeomin so happy just being able to afford public transit was both cute and heart wrenching. He has been through so much.
Also, as much as Yeomin's dad is awful, seems like that company pulling funding literally in the middle of a job is shady as heck. Most companies wouldn't be able to recover from that. I wonder if we'll learn the reason the funding was pulled. But regardless, that loss of funding directly contributed to Yeomin living a life of extreme poverty and abuse. We'd better see the ML grovel at some point. Baby Yeomin deserves nothing but happiness.
I'm baffled by the way the manhwa completely changed the ending. In the novel, they don't really end up permanently together. Ray's body matures so he regains his former appearance, and he goes back and rules his own country. He even gets married and has children to ensure succession. He and Jiskar still meet, but it doesn't happen often and their meetings are brief. Ray was always meant to be a monarch, and he refused to give up his position and his country for Jiskar. They do love each other in their own twisted ways, but neither is willing to give up their titles and countries for each other.
The novel ending was far more realistic considering everything Ray has been through and his inherent personality. To the end he was never willing to submit to Jiskar's control.
I can understand that maybe they wanted to give the manhwa a happier(?) ending where the pair ends up together permanently, but I feel like there were ways they could have done that without completely gutting Ray's character. Novel Ray never forgot he was an emperor and was always meant to be an emperor.
What's also weird is that the manhwa stayed pretty true to the novel for a good chunk of the story, then wildly deviated right at the end.
Wait so the side story (of what is currently happening) did not exist on the novel?
I don't read the nobel, but reading the manhwa gave me the impression that Ray will not fall under Jiskar control until the end.
I do like this ending better though the novel seems to be more realistic. This information also gave me a mix feeling as to why the manhwa did not follow the novel's ending.
Like many other readers, agree that it escalated to quick and the thrill I had in the 1st season os not there. That's so unfortunate.
I read the raw and I think his body gonna mature soon, Jiskar's son too, Ray and Jiskar's son are likely the same age, right? Side chapter 4 shows that they both play chess together...
Seriously this story is so good. I wish more BL authors went this route instead of defaulting to the ultra toxic MLs.
Dan was an orphan, bullied badly as a child, chased and beaten by debt collectors, worked himself to the bone, lived in a state of constant stress, was abused and mistreated by jjk, framed, the puppy he adored passed away, and now he's facing losing the only person who has ever loved him, and people are mad because he's being "weak"? FFS he's losing everything that was keeping him going, and has a horribly low self-esteem on top of that. This crash out has been a long time coming. I do not, in any way, think Kim Dan is weak.
FACTS the way his grandma is the only thing keeping him tethered to life atm, and soon he won't have that? I'm surprised he didn't leap from jjk's penthouse ibr
It certainly took a while for the plot to start moving again, but damn when the plot of this story starts moving it REALLY moves. I still don't understand a single thing, but whatever. Time to wait for S2...
Man Cheongrim I don't think installing more cameras is going to stop our little mini mart from having a full psychological break. He was already right there on the edge... and now with what just happened...
I can't remember the last time a manhwa had me this stressed!
he needs treatment ╥﹏╥