I’m not gonna comment on the red flags that have always been in this story that require heavy doses of suspension of disbelief, I just wanted to say smth i always found funny. That being, it’s teased somewhat carelessly whether the detective guy actually cares about his friend’s grooming a little boy or not, but what really gets me is the fact that iirc, they straight up “test him” to make sure he won’t report the fact that he’s getting statutorily raped by kousuke . Like if you’re gonna make an unethical fictional age gap romance, at least stop reminding ppl of the fact that you know it’s wrong??? Self-awareness is NOT the kind of look you wanna be going for when you do it so half-assedly (by trying to play it off and writing any personal sentiments into the characters as a stand in) and for the sake of (I assume) deflecting criticism. At least have the integrity and balls to be properly honest about what the story is or don’t mention it at all. Having a character expressly question the actions of the ML but not actually have him face the consequences and take accountability for it just means it’s a pointless plot point that just serves to add drama. It serves no narrative function (in terms of character development) other than make-up rape (i don’t really consider it sex tbh that man is like 30 ☠) and padding out chapters. Again, I don’t want to go into yapping anyone’s eyes out but I still think its so funny to ‘test’ a minor and be like “but you won’t tell anyone, right?”
Last little side note: The beginning 2 volumes were so wild… (so was the whole series but) Kousuke behavior is so crazy bc why is this grown ass man gatekeep girlboss GASLIGHTING a teenager into believing he’s in love with him like brother has NOTHING better to do. As I’ve gotten older, it’s become kind of a turn-off that a man that age is THAT emotionally immature, and don’t get me wrong, I like my men ***pathetic***
Anyways: certified loverboy certified pedophile
You're so real for this
Ohh u clocked the tea ma’am — here’s your crown ->
I would’ve liked for her to have a character arc where she and mc forgive grievances or for them to get retribution for her snake behavior. Alas, I am satisfied enough with them living happily ever after even though no side stories is so depressing
Okay so i just finished ch 58 and found out like everyone else that its been on hiatus for 3 years and there is no available english translation of the novel its based on. So I guess this is goodbye, as I might as well just end it all here. Goodbye cruel world.
Former king <> Duke
*manipulating, mistreating, or misleading women in their lives”
No way the sis sees “her” mans giving her own BROTHER the sloppy toppy gawk gawk hawk tuah 3000 head and she still insists on being with him. Like sis (lidally) atp your misery is self-imposed. “I thought I could change him” is like a crazy version of “I can fix him” and in most cases you CANT, especially when what you’re tryna fix is their sexuality
Girl I can't with gawk gawk
I take it back pen, it’s my fault. I should’ve known better. I’d probably leave my family for a man too. If it were him I could do it. I should’ve known better when I questioned your choice ngl.
Ah yes, the world clearly doesn’t have enough of people who are borderline psychotic. I love it when I see horrifyingly unempathetic characters do awful things. I love it when a paper thin personality mc whose only merit is to be attractive, written with an annoying amount of pride “wins” the love and affections (in this case, obsession) of main leads . But above all, I REALLY love a stupidly naive character who’s so innocent and trusting because all people are good and we should hold hands in a prayer circle and sing kumbaya. I haven’t read up to the grape scene(s) because…!!! — I don’t wanna. Ignoring the unnecessary violence and abuse (yay!!!) I didn’t hate some parts of the writing which is what makes it worse when you see smth that coulda been great, go so so bad (well, that’s more my opinion but). Like those self-reflective/introspective chapters from seung eon are great! I would argue that the ml is more developed as a character than the protagonist. Jiwook feels like a fetish scapegoat more than a protagonist and a victim of the intent of the plot. Realistically, you’d think that being impoverished so much and having to work your ass off to achieve or obtain opportunities would harden someone’s understanding of the world and of people, but I suppose not. Such a shame that he doesn’t have an ounce of the brain function that seung eon does! And I usually never side with tops like him (doesn’t excuse ANY of his behaviors)
Anyways, this isn’t a productive analysis of the story just a rant, sorry all who read this unfortunate word slop.
Idk i really tried to give this manhwa a fair shot. I read up til chapter 30 and I just can’t care. The antagonist is just… 2D. So is the ML. The FL is fine i guess.. this whole story is just so lukewarm. Unless I’m missing something I’m really confused on how this was on the first page of popularity for the shojo tag. This is no fault to the translators that did their best but, you can hardly read the story and whatever story is left is just so weak
If anyone has any other knowledge about it and disagrees you’re free to prove me wrong, after all, I only read 30 chapters.
Ig possessing the aura of a power bottom is a canon trait that acts as a permanent attribute in his felling of the same gender (?)
I'm pretty sure he's the top ngl (if you're talking about Jigu) and if he's a bottom I think I might cry I love sad tops like him
jigu is a top in the novel
THANK GOD
I rlly want jigu on the bottom I think nueta fits top more personality wise but oh well ig
Submissive top, dominant bottom. Don't that works for you?
Wdym neuta isn’t a dom bottom hed just be a normal bottom
No he's not but alright
Everybody tryna figure it out . I was referencing neuta here bc in the latest chapter his stupid ugly friend was like “don’t you know how you make everyone fall in love with you” etc etc and I just thought it was so funny that he puts power into power bottom like an innate trait lmao. Also, just going by bl convention, I think neuta would be the bottom here, since most manhua/hwa/ga make it a point to highlight size disparity as a way of showing traditional gender roles (bottoms are smaller, more effeminate, tops are bigger physically yada yada) and we clearly see there’s an exaggerated difference in their statures (not that that should bar whether a muscular guy can be a bottom or not).