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I always forget how funny the starting of the story is. My mans SeungHOe initially became enraptured with our soft boi just cuz he drew porn lolololol. I ponder this quite often :p. (Obviously the other events of the story,,,are pretty dark as what you’d expect of a period-drama-esque BL and I’m not tryna undermine it but like-)

While I did enjoy this read, I have to say, I personally think the story would've been better off as a non-yaoi work. I think the element of the homoerotic relationship between Woojin and Taemin was rushed and not explored well enough. The lingering affects of neglect and emotional abuse should've been more prominent within the characters moreso than it was originally in the story. The initial sketches of the OC's suit the plot way better and are more understandable in terms of character motive. I mean badass female lead! But also, while the author-nim did an honorable job expanding upon the childhood of both main leads, I couldn't personally feel much of an attachment to either of them. Good effort, really, but I think 57 chapters was just not enough to flesh things out. Like I'm someone who gets emotionally attached quite easily as well. When I read the first 30 chapters of BJ Alex I was in tears, LITERAL. TEARS. I can't quite put my finger on what bothered me most about ATEOTR (abbreviated out of laziness) and so I'm sorry about these unstructured negative comments. The story WAS good. I just feel there are lacking qualities, beit the lack of chemistry (IMO), incomprehensible character choices, the absurdity of the concept, etc. I mean really, Woojin has no problem touching this OTHER dude who just so happens to have traits similar to his old best friend and crush (obv bc Taemin's 'soul' got put into Siwon's body but like-). Like did he never consider the possibility that maybe Siwon was just like that and his near-death trauma caused his personality to change? AND ALSO.
[EDIT] I just realized what put me off about this story as of writing this comment!
-Rape was just some insignificant factor of Siwon's life just so that he'd conveniently switch souls with Taemin and achieve his wish of death
-Jiwook (or whatever his name is) literally had no character development and was treated as your run-of-the-mill antagonist. It's not technically my job to care about fictional characters, it's up to the author-nim to make me want to. Jiwook was so under-developed that even with an established motive and several chapters detailing his scumy nature, I just could not begin to comprehend how he was supposed to have driven himself to absolute madness out of simple jealousy. It seems lazy to say that the 'pressure' he faced which wasn't even that surmountable, had caused him to go batshit where he'd make his brother get raped. It had to stem from some mistreatment from his parents and not just by a couple of highschoolers and adults from a party. Yeah, I'm sure there's many more cases of him being compared or put down but it just felt shallow. He was nothing but a spoiled little bitch with an inferiority complex and attention-whore syndrome, whining about how he doesn't get the attention that he thinks he deserves.
-suicide was just some insignificant factor of Siwon's existence so that he'd conveniently swap bodies with Taemin. Yes, the rape and suicide go hand-in-hand but are both glossed over because our 'strong new male lead "uke" is a badass' and solves all of Siwon's lingering problems. (I'm not saying this would be justifiable if they had reverse genders bc it's not) The parents weren't even mentioned more than 5 times in more than 10 frames within a standard 40-frame per. ch. story with 57 chapters. I'm bugged greatly when I see people writing stuff like "This was the best!" bc it was good but not the GOAT level. There were many flaws that nobody I see pointed out even tho they were apparent. anyway sorry for my shitty paragraph, have a nice day.

And yes means anal.” ( ° ʖ °)

If you guys wanna check out the chapters where they had sex to fill your hunger bc they prob won’t bang for like another 10-30 chapters which is about anywhere from 2 and a 1/2 months to 6 1/2 months worth of updates (assuming 1 every wk.) then the two instances are during ch. 6-7 and ch.36

I call quits. Life is meaningless and the world is pain. Kagehina dies next week. There is no purpose for my being here

Pretty sure Taesung’s dad had sometinG to do with Haebom’s job at SH. I mean, why would author-nim simply bring a new character without them having an important role? And Haebom screwing up his interviews but still getting a job is kinda sus ngl...

If you like this ship, by all means enjoy the story. I personally have matters to attend to that may or may not include jumping off a bridge and stealing a japanese monk’s holy water as I cleanse myself and slowly drown and wait for the water to fill my lungs and brain.

UGH STOP UGLY CRYING YOU DUMB BITCH. STOP...uGLy cRyiNG

Our big boi daddy kang is finally seeing what he’s missing out on, in the raws he even gets a real big stiffy for our soft boi yiyoung... oh god the sex scenes will be so fuckin’ yummy- Daddy kang better eArn it tho cuz istg im comin’ fo’ his aSS and testes if he does so much as make our cinnamon roll cry for ANY REASON except in pleasure.

Ok I get that we are all antsy because of Ritsu but you have to stop attacking a fictional character as if any of your anger will actually do anything. (Ya know, cuz hE iSnT rEaL)
Second, don’t come out here complaining about updates and shit because I’m sure Shungiku Nakamura has a life of her own and doesn’t need people on mangago (who’re reading illegally btw) to bitch and moan about how they are too invested in the characters. I’m the exact same way don’t get it twisted, but I ain’t out here complaining endlessly. I feel bad for Takano yes, but he isn’t real. I love the story, but it’s not real (it’s real in my heartu doe). I think some of you guys are legit getting upset with the story which is understandable but you need to calm down.
Also another note about updates, a user previously mentioned it too but these are older chapters. Shungiku Nakamura has released up to 15 (might be 16 idk) volumes. Volumes can hold anywhere from 2+ chapters. It’s not sensei who is slow, it’s the fact that it’s super hard to find raws to translate. Unless you buy the books, (which you should anyway but its ok if u cant) you really can’t even get the RAWS. Not many Scan groups are willing to pay money for books just for the sake of people who cant. So either way nobody should be complaining about updates from scans nor not getting chapters even tho there is a lot released unscanned. Too bad so sad. We fujos don’t live in japan ╥﹏╥