At Some point the story was getting a little too much. The repetitive plot of Ha Ji getting beaten up by everyone... although I did enjoy reading it seen as I’ve spent two sleepless nights on it lol.
I think it will be a memorable manhwa I’ve read, but definitely not one of my favorites.
Now let’s get into the storyline. I found it extremely disturbing that Te Hu called a literal fresh born baby ‘sexy’. Can’t get that scene out of my mind; it’s haunting. Even if it is the reincarnation of your lover or soulmate at that, it is highly disturbing for anyone in their right mind to call a baby sexy. My lord...
I found this whole reincarnation relationship between them undoubtedly creepy. She even kissed him as just a child below the age of 5 and he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit as well. They should’ve just time-skipped to an appropriate age for them to develop such feelings towards one another and engage in physical contact. If that were to be the case, It would’ve been an 18 year old girl with a 36 year old man. Still much better than a 27 year old man with a literal toddler. Ehem, idk what went through the author’s mind while writing their story...
I feel like the crudeness and obsessiveness of Han Seo
With Ha Ji kind of got dragged out. He seemed to love her enough to go crazy, but would have her forcefully gang raped, beaten, killed and such not only once, but continuously throughout the whole storyline. I understand him being a twisted man, but his actions very much contradicted his desires and emotions.
His regrets left me feeling empty and bad for him, but then there he goes again... when will he change, was the ultimate question. Although I didn’t really want him to give up on Ha Ji, or more like I wanted Ha Ji to be more accepting towards his feelings for her. Definitely should’ve changed his methods of persuading at some point.
Often times, I found myself shipping Ha Ji with him. Their personalities suit each other and a romantic relationship between them would’ve been very racy and exciting, although toxic. I still can’t decide if I ship her more with Han Seo or Sin Uoo.
About him becoming an actor... Not sure if I’m the only one feeling this way, but I found his career choice to be quite disappointing. I imagined him to become some badass big underground name, but an actor? With all that gangsta potentiaal... is kinda lame.
Now about our MC, Ha Ji. Would’ve liked her kind of ‘disgusting’ personality to be toned down a bit at times. We also never really got to see her looking pretty and all dressed up. Which is quite regrettable.
She had too many flaws, but another main flaw would be her greediness/selfishness. She was consciously hurting Han Seo by choosing Sin Uoo over him, and yet wasn’t willing to let him go and was binding him down. She is the main reason for all the misfortune falling upon her. We get Han Seo being a maniac and there is no excusing that, but if you payed attention, it was hinted at her actually being aware of such affairs and yet choosing to act naive in order to deflect responsibility. I’m glad she got called out in the end at the hospital for her greediness and finally being forced to leave that maniac alone. Poor boy also regained some peace at last.
Her character and the storyline really went downhill. At first she was a badass who was also pretty skilled at fighting. Loyal to the right owner, the crown prince. But after a while her decisions became quite annoying.
You don’t bite the hand that fed you, in her case the prince literally saved her from the grim reaper itself and gave her everything she could ask for. Paying him back by carrying out this important mission to the end, would’ve been a proper pay back. The fact that she consciously kept ignoring the price and stayed with the duce really put me off.
Now besides her aggravating disloyalty to the prince, her personality downgraded really badly. She used to stand up for herself and actually defend herself not really caring about others during a fight. I mean that’s how she survived her rough childhood and training years. She then became a whimpy damsel in distress who continuously allowed others to humiliate her, never defend herself even if it meant her death, even tho she was supposed to be on a mission and report back?? Heck she never even had enough strength to fight back, highly unlike the earlier chapters. Not to mention, she’s alwaaays out cold by some sleeping pill or whatever. Inconveniently, she didn’t dare to raise her hand against anyone anymore and become strongly opposed to killing. But yet she killed all her kidnappers as just a child.
I swear her character design also changed about 10 times throughout this story. She became loyal to the Duce the moment their eyes met. How does that even make sense? He purposely put her in so many dangerous situations which always ended up with her getting hurt and yet she never minds it as if it’s the most natural thing for her to risk her life for the Duce at all times. She seemed delusional and could’ve possibly been mistaking the Duce for the crown prince?... that’s the only logical explanation. All of a sudden she’s a loyal dog to the duce without a trace of her own personally left. The Duce never really protected her. Ever only captured and imprisoned her. Which is not protection th.
Anyways, so many disappointments and dissatisfactions throughout the chapters. It started out good and I was really invested. Unfortunately this is the same pattern of gender-bender, female x male stories going downhill. They usually start out good, but then screw it up really badly. The reason for that is often how much an author tries to tone down the lead female character. Turning a badass into a damsel in distress, is never a good route. Excuse my quite lengthy rant... if you’ve stuck with me so far, thanks.
The twin plot twist was horrible. I had to skip through everything cuz of how disgusted I was by Sarang and jinwoo. I feel so bad for Woojoung, only read the scenes with him in it. I believe things could’ve worked out between the bestfriends, it needed some time and work. His twin coming into the play was just a huge turn off...
Also all the characters were toxic lol. None of them were innocent, but some were way more unbearable than others smh
Selos ka lang kasi di ka makagawa ng ng ganyang plot :-P
how were sarang and jinwoo the disgusting one’s ?Sarang literally went through a lot,just like his brother,only that woojoung said some really fcked up shit to him.Sarang never meant to hurt him,nor did he want that all to happen,he tried his best to get close to his twin again.Woojoung was the one acting like he was the only victim.And if you didn’t like it,just don’t read it
(⌒▽⌒) ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
No, no you got a point. I HATE THEIR MOM YET NONE WAS DONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. The pacing WAS horrible. Woojung got lost in the story. Nothing was mentioned how did woojung coped. Remember, Sarang WAS validated emotionally by his mother even if the family went into divorce. Woojung has to suffer being with a dad that could kill him if he ever acted gay. Because of such environment he didn’t get the education and love his mother can give him. His mother left him for SARANG. Ya get the gist? Sarang my not be the one at fault of his trauma but HE’S THE ROOT CAUSE AS TO WHY IT STARTED. SO YES, HE IS ALLOWED TO NOT ACCEPT SARANG’S EFORTS TO REPAIR THEIR RELATIONSHIP THAT EASILY. AND, WOOJUNG AND JINWOO WERE BESTFRIENDS. BESTFRIENDS mah dude, not some casual friends. I like smutty yaoi but this pacing is just... I mean come on. I honestly did run through the chapters without reading it twice, just skipped through it. The only thing good about it are sex scenes, and I can’t even focus that much to it because it reminded me that SARANG JUST FUCKED THE DUDE, PLAYED THE VICTIM CARD (he fucking did don’t lie with me the moment i saw him romanticize the acts of his first bf, went on and disregarded woojung’s feelings about homosexuality that woojung just decided to just go and find his own space to learn it himself, and acted AS HIS BROTHER ON THE FIRST PLAY BECAUSE HE JUST ASSUMED THAT BECAUSE HIS BROTHER UNDERSTOOD HIM HE’S IMMEDIATELY GAY) AND SUDDENLY THEY GOT A RELATIONSHIP. :)
Your right tnx u for ur effort explaning this..ur explanation helps me understand moree tnx u..but dude chill(⌒▽⌒) ╮(￣▽￣)╭letmehugyouguys..yallneedchillpill heheh atleast they turn happy at the end (=・ω・=)
The MC and the Gayoung girl are soo frustrating. That girl IS going to be his downfall and is annoyingly stupid. Then we have the Mc who despite knowing it’s a bad idea to get close to her or the detective, he does it anyways. This story would’ve been way more interesting if he went on a rampage and escaped to some foreign land or something, I hate the usual failure/death scenario all because they started to care about someone. With this potential, could have turned out way better, we need some heartless badass MC’s. I’m tired of these naive softies. Face palm
Hisa-chan is so annoying, oke don't kill instead get yourself killed but why is he trying to control other ppl’s decisions? they're just not as naive as Hisa-chan. If there is an shounen-ai tag the mangaka better not waste my damn time with absolutely no romance, it's just regular manga. Although icchan made this whole thing better, he would be much better off dating a brute like himself instead of wasting time on him because the dynamic was just frustrating
If i had a millionare boyfriend who would chop up people for me i would fall so head over heels wouldn’t know how to act anymore~~ A bf with just one of his qualities would be good enough as well, i’m not asking much >_<
I quite liked the first story until the mangaka had too UTTERLY RUIN it with the cheap plot twist by making Atsushi bottom. I am so disappointed and kinda infuriated.. honestly people like that don't deserve to write a good story... just ughhh
If you are a new reader and new to yaoi, Tohjoh Asami is known for this style. In addition, she has long passed on so don’t speak ill of the dead.
I grew up Reading manga so pretty much my whole life i’ve been reading all type of stuff. I dont usually even start mangas witch such styles so i wasn’t familiair witch her work. Also im just critisizing not speaking ill of her, it’s a manga afterall everyone has a different opinion
So what do you mean about “ people like that” isn’t that speaking ill of someone. If you are criticizing her work then you limit it to the plot not to the person. I only called you out because you said “people like that”. There are a lot of comments below who are also voicing their surprise or dissatisfaction on how story 1 it turned out but they don’t diss the mangaka.
It’s just a sign of my disappointment in how poorly she handled a good story by selling a cheap fantasy. I’m not a fan of mangakas who ruin their stories and are insensitive towards the plot. Think however u want
What's wrong with him bottoming? That's not "some cheap plot twist" but more like "mimicking real life." Both of those are guys, both can be either top or bottom.
Lol excuse my upvote i actually meant to dislike
Same I actually wanted to dislike this shitty comment
LMAAAAOOOOOOOOO
This manga was so soft and sweet. I couldn't even bring myself to be mad at Shirou or Mako, their feelings came through really well. Although I wasn't into their brothers relationship, glad they didn't waste too many chapters on them
i dient even bother reading, the drawing is beautiful tho
Hmm I’m shipping her more with the daughter of the grand duke lol. However since that won’t be happening, I take the crown prince over that weird soldier. I believe this time the black haired prince will turn out to be the villain, since the Mc is most likely going to choose the white haired prince