This story is getting the treatment the promise should've gotten... you know it has so much potential but the author decided to make Zuosen a fucking asshole without any complexity whatsoever...childhood obsession is one thing but if you don't have basic respect for someone who means so much to you, im sorry but you don't deserve to be loved. The promise ML was such a green flag and done so well, that story was so amazing but this is...
This story has everything I hate about bl - omegaverse (a recipe for forced sex and impregnation) and a toxic male lead, creepy child obsession.
If only he was respectful even if he's possessive, it could be so much better （/TДT)/
Everything about this manhwa replenishes my dead soul fr. Every character, every moment, every dialogue...when Yeonwoo said "I feel like I am receiving unconditional love" I almost teared up. I think as a human being the best feeling is when we are loved unconditionally, I think even a few moments of unconditional love that can help us get through a life full of difficulties, it is so powerful and potent and necessary. Dojoon also might be one of my favourite fictional characters...I just hope and pray that the author who created him also has someone like him in his or her life. Truly, this manhwa is my safe space fr.
Ok ok im strapped in let's go. It's cliché but wholesome. Will ahjussi become the bottom in the future...hmmm... the fact that there is a bodyguatd bigger than the ahjussi made it obvious he gonna be a bottom in the future. I'm not THAT big of a fan of pretty tops ngl...but there are exceptions like Ilay haha. idk let's see what he grows up into.
Tbh this phase is dragging a bit ngl. I was relived when they time jumped by just a month. I want to see him as a grown up already. The minor stuff keeps making me feel uneasy lol. I'm just glad there is no rape and blackmail for once.
Tbh...this novel is the true definition of guilty pleasure. Ilay serves that cunt facecard so hard that I can't even be mad. The novel is actually so intricately and detailed, especially their angst moments are better in the novel than in the manhwa though I think they did an ok job with it and they've toned down the brutality of their sex scenes. This might be the only bl novel I've read where every sex scene they had was so hard to get through, but they've fluffed it for the manhwa.
Also Ilay is such an interesting character and I love that the author didn't "change" him with the power of friendship into a decent guy by the end, or give him some traumatic childhood thing. I love that they even made a slight jab with Taeui even speculates that his fucked personality could be that stereotype. But Nah. Ilay was just born with a fucked personality and the right amount of privilege to aid and assist it. It isn't like he doesn't have emotions - which is exactly how psychopaths operate - and this novel shows it so well. They have emotions, they are just incapable of feeling them deeply. But overall, it'll be hard to not love someone back who only sees you worthy in the whole world when he doesn't even have the emotion for it, plus that undeniable facecard, and he got that "overachiever" rizz PhD, plus he has the best equipment, dirty talk pro, would burn down the whole forest to find you, would drop everything to look for you - what I also loved about the portrayal of Ilay is that both Taeui and Ilay changed each other.
In the end, we all want to be someone's only exception and these two crazy fuckers are just that.
I cannot wait to see how they'll draw the middle east prince arc lmao XD and then the showdown with Shinra (Xulin?) Taeui is also quick thick-headed but he'll get around by the end. If anyones waiting for a love confession, it won't happen lol. At least until the extras I think.
I really love this story for how detailed and non-cliche it is in portrayal of fucked characters. Also how Taeui never forgets just how fucked Ilay actually is - he doesn't romanticise it. He knows he's a monster but it's HIS monster. I fucking love this dynamic.
One other thing I liked about the story is that there is no redemption whatsoever of Ilay, just acceptance and adjustments. Ilay is a clinically diagnosed psychopath and he stays that way. I loved that. It felt real.
I would recommend people to read the novel since it has more details and more insight into their relationship and Ilay as well. The angst part of their relationship was THE BEST.
WOWW do yob know where i can read the novel for free
You captured my thoughts on this novel perfectly. While the angst is easily the best part of their relationship, I have to say, I prefer their short and sweet interactions more in the second and third novel.
Of course they're the cherry on top. But what really got me going was the chasing and missing each other moments hahaha. I'm a whore for those moments in bls lmaooo XD but the sweet moments are just sooo nice to read. From the manhwa storyline so far, the fear that ILAY went through when he realised Taeui was listening on him in the study with his brother and he might think bad of him are also the kind of moments I LIVE for...for me these moments are also the BESTTTT
When I read it years and years ago, I downloaded it from somewhere random
Ermergerd, what is this majestic art and these majestic characters... im in love with them already. The ML is whipped beyond control already...can't wait to see their falling in love stage. Moreover, it seems a hint of angst on the way. There seems to be a supernatural element to all this and I just hope it is a happy ending. The mc seemed to have deceived him for his 'eye' while he still fell in love with him and is battling his emotions, while the ML truly is a whipped boyfriend. He is giving me mad Gu Hai vibes. Wish this was a novel ;_; maybe I just need to read addicted again, fuck me.
I like this story but the back and forth is quite perplexing Σ( ￣□￣||) Also idk but I would've preferred if the teacher mc turned into a taller and more manlier character in the future i really like it when that happens. This is a very clichéd story but this is what we came here for.
Ngl I like studying but if someone was that pushy with me, I'd beat them up XD. He has a lot of patience, but ig when it's your crush teaching you, nothing they could ever do to bother you lmao XD
Also orange-haired parents, in particular his father, switched up so fast like...what...one second he is slapping the daylights out of his son and the next he's ok with him being a potential homosexual
It fucking cracks me up when he sees him being cute and all he can say is "He's really ugly" hahaha also ain't no way this isn't hinata × Kageyama fanfic. I love this story, so simple yet so funny yet so romantic. They're both so blind. It's a cliché but I eat up tgese clichés like brownies idc
This manhwa is sooo...predictable and boring. I can see people really like it but it is just...so boring. The main reason for my dislike is probably LRot himself.
His character is so...devoid of substance, it is driving me nuts. I had to literally scroll fast through chapters since the 30s. People might like characters like this but it really grates my nerves, he reminds me of that character from Rose and Champagne or whatever. Loud, obnoxious, unintentionally rude and dismissive.
I like the premise, but the execution was so bad. Maybe the novel did it better, but this manhwa seemed sanitised for some reason. There was no depth whatsoever to any character or plot arc. Even the B villain which was the driving force of the main character was just some random dude in Japan that had such a stupid and shallow reason for doing what he did and then he just disappeared with no trace...so anti-climactic.
I like that VX was the ML since it was pretty obvious from the start and he actually was good at his work and imho deserved his reputation; but LROT on the other hand...is embarrassing, really. Maybe it's just me but exploration of his skills fell so flat...all he could do was flex on that immature kid that shittalked him every chance he got. It was VX that took care of literally everything.
Idk, I can see people are going gaga over this story and I don't see it. The hacker jargon was uninteresting, I see the potential in the story, but nah, dawg. I literally have never scrolled fast through chapters in any manhwa before...this was the first one. It truly felt like "If I skipped 5 chapters, it wouldn't matter."
Idk, I'm a bit disappointed but people who are enjoying this, I'm happy for you. This couple is sweet but honestly, it could've been better. But that would maybe require a different type of mc. I have no problems with Yiyeon except for him being super creepy and controlling at the start... it was lowkey making me even more mad at Lrot like "Bitch do you have literal no survival instincts?"
Like he has trauma from almost being killed, but the first hacker he meets, he reveals all his plans to him (like of it wasn't VX but B instead...then what?) Like how dumb are you, dawg?
Idk. I gave this 3/5 when I first started reading it, now it's down to 1.5. The worst sin this story committed was not realising its own potential.
I do really love the manhwa, but now that I think abiut it, I think I have the same thoughts like you, but with different feelings. Like, VX and Black being Yiyeon is anti-climatic, and B being a random guy is also kinda lame. But, I was always thinking that they're gonna highten the suspense somehow and trick the readers by playing on what they think they know. E.G, I was always hoping that B wasn't a random guy, and I think we're going to see that be the case? Maybe his partner is a .... deeper character. I was really hoping that Black was a different person too, to be more interesting. I guess I'm reading this story expecting a big twist, if it doesn't happen then it will be really anti=climatic. I don't read a lot of Shounen-Ai so I've actually found MCs tough-but-not-too-tough character to be refreshing. I think he's the type of character everyone asks for, not an enabler for misunderstandings, at least tries to work through his issues, and understands his feelings better than most people. But, that could make for a boring character too, he doesn't have... flaws. I also think their relationship is refreshing as it's very sweet. It's weird because I agree with with all your ideas, but our hearts don't feel the same LOL. If the story does get anticlimatic again with new reveals, I probably will feel the same way. Now that I think about it, if MC is boring, to be fair, the ML is also boring ╥﹏╥
I LOVED this in the first season but tbh I kinda agree with you for season 2. It is feeling so rushed. They had that big reveal at the end of season 1 but like we didn't get to enjoy their reactions and I was hoping the uke would have a cooler reaction. Like shock, or hurt, or like...anything. he was quite literally just like "omg so cool" and that's like all he did.
And the whole kidnapping sequence in season 2 was so sudden and honestly kinda cringe. He turned into a damsel in distress and had to be saved by his boyfriend, which I hated. Plus it seemed like such a big deal but it lasted like one chapter? And then they got all horny right after he was saved, like what even???
Honestly I'm a little disappointed how season 2 is going and I feel so let down especially because the "big reveal" was not that much of a big reveal.
And I agree that season 1 was stretched out a bit too much. I think there were too many chapters that revolved around him just doing hacker shit without actually progressing the plot.
I'm still going to read it because the art is gorgeous and it's a unique plot but I'm a little bit disappointed right now. I hope it turns back around.
This story is so unique and I have been thirsting and starving for such a story for so long in the bl universe. Fucking A characters. Not a single damn annoying character in sight. Unpredictable plotline. Great art. Great twists. I love the character arc. Fucking A all around. I can't wait for them to be intimate but I sense a bittersweet ending （/TДT)/