I read this in one sitting, and all I can say is HUH?!?!?!? WHAT DID I JUST READ?!?!!?
WHAT SORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL BL IS THIS T-T?!?! My brain is FRIED. I'm trying to process, but it's like every neuron in my head just collectively gave up. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
Naemu, my sweet darling, I know you've been through hell and back, but WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?! Pouncing on anyone who shows you the slightest bit of affection?!
TALK LESS OF YOUR FRIENDS?!?! Like, bruh, you're setting yourself up for absolute disaster, and YOU KNOW ITTT!!! One-night stands with strangers exist for a reason, sweetie! Once you cross the line of friendship, there's no going back. NONE !!. I know it's eating him alive, but he just keeps making everything worse, indulging in these temporary pleasures, hoping to forget the absolute mess he's created?!?!
AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 35?!?!?! It was like dropping a nuke on my sanity. Purple-haired dude doesn't just have a broken, depressed friend-N0000000-he also finds out that another friend is full-on psychopathic and has been suicidal FOR AGES?! AND THEN THE BASEBALL GUY?!? OH NO, NO, NO000.
This maniac is MADLY in love with Haemu, and instead of processing the absolute MESS, he's out here plotting to outmatch his friend in bed?! Like, "Oh, Haemu just had sex with our other friend, guess I gotta win him over with better sex techniques." WHATTT?!?!?
AND THE BUZZ-CUT GUY?! The nerve, the audacity, the sheer gall. This man is out here getting handsy with his contractor when he's not even gay, AND THEN Haemu has the boldness to start making out with the baseball guy RIGHT NEXT DOOR?! IN THE BATHROOM STALL?! Like, sweetie, you're spiraling into depression because of this man, but you're out here HARD as if nothing's happening just one stall over?!
WHAT IS GOING ONNN?!?!?
At this point, Haemu isn't just dragging himself into the depths of hell-he's pulling the entire friend group down with him, the SAME friends who are doing EVERYTHING to get him out of this mess and save him from himself. I CAN'T HANDLE THIS. TTTTTTTTT_______ TTTTTTTTTT
I can’t say I loved this Manhwa, but it hooked me just enough to keep going without dropping it halfway. It’s like that snack you don’t really enjoy but somehow finish the whole bag anyway.ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
The character development was probs the highlight for me. Watching characters who didn’t know how to love slowly discover this new, tender emotion. But i wish there was more, because that’s probably all there was to it… ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
But……—I couldn’t stand how possessive the ML got (╬ ̄皿 ̄)凸. Like seriously, we’ve all seen the comments, and I totally agree: it was giving major red flag vibes, and I’m a person who digs red flags so that’s saying something!
At one point, I was so annoyed when he truly believed, “he’s captured her in his little cage?” Sure, it doesn’t feel that bad because the FL likes him, but let’s be real—if she didn’t? ….. this story would’ve slid into a completely different (and much darker) genre.
As for the FL….., I had a love-hate relationship with her too. I really wished she would stand up for herself or even others more often. Like, there were moments when she had every reason to call the ML out, but instead, she just… didn’t. And then she’d go right back to being all cozy with him. It was frustrating to watch, to say the least.
Overall, the story wasn’t bad, but it could’ve used more drama or tension to spice things up. A lot of the chapters felt more filler—like, I could probably summarise the entire plot in about ten chapters, and it wouldn’t lose much.
And that ending… wow. Even on my second read, I wasn’t ready for it. I’m so used to Manhwas ending with the typical “happily ever after” that seeing their deaths really threw me. It was bittersweet, and even though I knew it was coming this time, it still hit hard.