I genuinely loved this for the first several chapters. Great concept but mid execution. Having the two characters fall in love with each other early on in the story made the plot feel frozen and like the same 2 plotlines be reused over and over again without feeling like it went anywhere. The story also couldnt decide if it wanted to be a romantic drama or a parody comedy of reality shows which made the tone confusing. I never felt like there was any chemistry with the producer and the main char and he felt like he was being used simply for 1 of the 2 repeating pointless plotlines. I never got the idea the mc liked him back which made their kiss scenes uncomfortable. But then the end the mc just dropping "you were too late" was gross. Like imagine finding out your s/o said they would have chosen someone else if they came first and they only chose you since you look pitiable. By the end of the story i felt like it was blatantly trying to tell the readers that they are a toxic couple even with the author mentioning that the romantic interest is too blinded by love too see the reasoning of his friends then proceeded to push them away. I felt like the romantic interest lost his personality midway and was never consistent with it. The ending honestly felt like a slap in the face with the whole producer bit and really lost the initial charm it originally delivered. It was fine nothing more nothing less. Just fine. I dont plan on revisiting this.
-It was a Romantic Comedy. It's just that their personalities were very odd for a story like that.
-The productter said it himself, he didn't have the same passion like a young one could have. So yeah, it had less sparkle but it was more a mature & steady love.
-'You were too late' just mean that if he didn't encounter at all ML he could have give him a chance. So he did feel something for him.
-In the end, he choose ML because he is a sucker for the needy one or pitiable like you said. It was well explained with his inconditional love for his sick cat.
I love the concept of this comic, even the execution of it wasn't half bad. However, the comic had major plot holes which made it borderline incomprehensible. First of all, they don't explain Sihoo's amnesia well. It's quite all over the place. At first, I thought that his amnesia stemmed from the fire and the PTSD. But then they show him having the amnesia before the fire; shown by Sihoo having a conversation about his amnesia with his mother, who after the fire was supposed to be bedridden or deceased. That plot point about his mother also wasn't explained well and left me confused. They also kind of depict the fire to take place sometime after meeting/while dating Yesung. As Taehyuk started spreading the rumors of him going into the psych ward right after the event happened and Yesung was able to overhear it. But they also make it out that he had the amnesia problem when they started dating. Second of all, they don't really explain why Yesung was ignoring Sihoo in the past. I first thought it was because he felt guilty for being one of reasons there were rumors going around about Sihoo, but then they make it seem Yesung wasn't aware of the rumors. Finally, I know this is a small point, but in the first chapter, it was said the fire was arson. That leaves me asking who set that fire. They mentioned it and never brought it up again. Why mention that detail if it wasn't gonna go anywhere? Additionally, to this, I would have liked to see how the two started dating as Yesung said Sihoo was constantly avoiding him and then next we see is them dating. Like??? What changed? I'm hoping I somehow just missed all these details and the story was able to properly convey them. and if someone knows what chapter some of these details are explained please list them because as of right now I can't give this story more than 3 stars with how confused it left me. Which I feel is generous considering the plot holes are of some major details.
So what was the deal with Beom Jin like wasnt he like destined to destroy everything or something? Also what was the deal with the shaman kut dance ritual that Beom hallucinates??