Before I jump too far into this, can someone spoil me? Is this gonna be some really unhealthy, obsessive relationship? Normally I'd immediately drop a story with such a red flag that is manipulative enough to even use suicide as a threat for coercion (even if the person isn't malicious on purpose and may be struggling themselves, doing such a thing is still fucked up), but everyone's saying this story is supposedly super sweet? Can I expect this story to take a better turn and Yeonwoo to change later on? Or will he keep such toxic tendencies and he was just forgiven because the other guy fell in love anyways?
I don’t remember so much from the main story, but I came back to read the side stories, so at least later in the story they become a SUPER SWEET couple. They are a bit clingy to each other but it’s not toxic at all.
nope not at all a bit of misunderstanding and third party but overall not bad
unhealthy? yeah but mainly bc they're very dependent on each other (mostly ML) but they learn a little i guess
I really hope this is not gonna disappoint me later on, but so far it's so refreshing. Like the sisterhood?! It's amazing?? Not just a needed change from the 'the protagonists are actually the wicked villains in disguise' trope, but also women wanting for other women to stand on their own feet instead of having to rely on any male counterpart? I loved Yurika so much when she expressed that. (And besides how cool is it regardless, to casually have a sister that's dating the crown prince while you're dating a war hero mage?? And instead of any competition these girls are just working as a sibling dream team)
And Yurika seems legit smart, beyond just the "I know the future so I can predict everything and build my empire based on that", making actual decisions inside the world about things that she couldn't have known without finding clues within that world. May be a bit mary sue, but I love our detective Yurika~
Also we love ourselves a ML who understands consent and self-regulation. It also seems like legit respects her as a whole and actually values her opinion, working with her in her plans rather than yet another classic trope of hiding plans from one another or trying to cage away the other because of the feared danger. They make a great team btw. The MC x ML dynamic is also where I'm worried the most thatit might shift the most later on, like in so many stories before, so fingers crossed that the dynamic holds up
In the end I still think Jeongwoo is kind of a brat. Sure he is also loving, but I'd probably go insane trying to read his mind all of the time and still having to deal with him ping-ponging back and forth in seconds about what he actually wants. But it seems like Eungi enjoys that so ~ At least hist taste in a partner has improved compared to his ex. Being bratty is still far better than a cheater after all.
Too bad that the only still available translation of the original version still switches the names half way through, that has always irked me. But I do remember how I was immediately disappointed by the remastered version and dropped it soon after, so I guess I'll still stick to this version.
Is this the one where the second couple looked like it started out of a forced, pretty much paid relationship? Because it looks hella familiar and if it was that, then I can understand why I probably dropped it before
I'm barely at chapter 14 and honestly taesung creeps me out. He appears like a textbook manipulator. I hope that's not gonna turn out to be reality. Also doesn't help that he looks pale as a ghost, but I shall not judge appearances I suppose
Couldn't get past chapter 5. Why the sexual harassment and coercion? That's so fucking unnecessary to the story and I already know that this will totally be swept under the rug and be treated as just a comedic way of the lead approaching the MC rather than what it is: assault
I mean, if I remember correctly, then it wouldn't be the first time for this author to make the second lead end game instead. And ngl, this time I wouldn't be mad if that happened.... there are some lessons to be learned here
Is this story wholesome and healthy or like abusive, age gap or what not?
I stumbled across the animation adaptation and all the comments were like 'wtf did I watch'. So now I wanna make sure whether those comments were just homophobic or this story is actually not as sweet and wholesome as the description makes it seem
It is very sweet, some scene might be uncomfortable but not romanticised. I don't understand why would such comment exist
Just genuinely great writing with sweet satisfying sex scenes
It depends where you watched the adaptation, if it was on an app like YouTube or along those lines, people aren't accustomed to yaoi like actual yaoi readers are, so expect those comments on any yaoi animation adaptation, unfortunately.
This has an anime????
Dang, I was not planning to read this, I hate psycho stories, but I just took a peek at chap 27 and now I want to see so bad how the confrontation is gonna play out .... Guess Imma have to come back just for that
Do you guys understand Yeonwoos crazy logic? He confronts Dojin for liking him without ever indicating why he wants to know/whether he'd reciprocate or accept his feelings, gets mad that Dojin is scared to admit it, then after forcing him to the point of crying he blames him for not being brave enough, when at no moment he ever directly, clearly expressed his own feelings? Just some vague, ambiguous signs of curiosity. Wtf? I can't