Tbh this manga made me so fucking frustrated. Especially during the parts discussing queerness. The voices of the straight characters were always overpowering and made the queer characters’ feelings seem irrational. (The part with Masumi and Mami esp). There’s always two sides to things, but calling people hypocritical because they’re scared of how society will react to their true selves??!? How?? There’s a lot of good discussion on personhood and depth worth that I liked. The gender themes were really blurry. Mami was so right on a lot of her assumptions, but literally made a ton of sexist and homophobic points that kinda went against her earlier complaints. It’s frustrating to me that gender is discussed in such a binary (probs bc I’m non-binary lol) but the framing of women in the story is so annoying. I also vehemently hate that Masumi ends up with a man (???), not bc I don’t think bisexual people exist, but bc it’s dumb to make a character’s entire arc revolve around their queerness only to make them end up in a heterosexual relationship. (Disclaimer: I am bisexual and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with the end but it angers me from a storytelling perspective) The ending is deffo rushed. TLDR I don’t think this is some kind of extraordinary story about queer people, nor even a realistic one as people like to say it is. It’s an eh read and probably frustrating for most queer ppl after the coming out scene. The things it does well are not what it’s known for.
Can someone please explain why they hate Mr. Han?? He's a dick but he hasn't really done anything bad to Param (that I remember). Team Hwi tho(▰˘◡˘▰)
for me, I just don’t like his attitude towards things. hwi is so much better for param because he actually cares about him and has always been there for him. I just think people don’t like him because of how he acts selfishly and is an arrogant bastard who hasn’t felt what it’s like to be rejected by anyone.
Idk why this manhwa gets hate for the way it handles the SA scenes. As someone who experiences a very similar, if not worse, situation, this manhwa is so comforting and sweet. Jungwoo is such a great boyfriend in how he handles the situation and honestly a really great example of how to handle survivors.
I think ppl are just expecting some fluffy bs (despite this being tagged yaoi) instead of a drama. But yeah, wanted to give my two cents as someone who has a grasp on how to handle these situations correctly!!