Its not Yi Zaha apparently, its someone else. Its another person who has the same title but it was passed down apparently.
Same universe. The he FL in this is a descendant of an MC in “Like a Fiery Flame”/“Like a Chilling Flame” (it’s in mangago).
At one point, the Fist King also talks about another MC (someone who was raised in a way where his fighting style looked like dancing). His webtoon is also on mangago: “Sword Fanatic Wanders Through The Night”
Timeline wise, the stories are:
1. Return of the Mad Demon/ Return of the Crazy Demon
2. Like a Chilling Flame/ Like a Fiery Flame
3. A Dance of Swords in the Night/ Sword Fanatic Wanders Through The Night
4. Reincarnation of the Fist King
5. Looking at the Moon Reflected in the Sword
At least he has such good people around, that they all told him off for her. But seriously the author is making it seem like he just goes along with everything everyone around him says when it concerns her, and his future life with her; there is no thought process where you actually see that he likes her except the typical "I like her".
I think the author is just wittting from a manual; man conflicted anout living, man calls in love, man learns to love, happy ending. And done in a good way you can say, "oh I like where this is going" (like Northern Blade), but this seems too mechanical, its exactly like steps to take towards something, and too textbook.
I bet its going to be more like; towards the end, when he is fighting he is going to think about what he wants in life, and he is going to see her and their baby, and his friends (more his friends) and he is going to have a NEW impulse to live, and that is why he will survive.
I went and read ot again because I forgot what it was about abd read the comments, it did disappoint story wise because of too many things but the psychology is great. If the story had been longer we could have seen the psychology fleshed put but it was too in our faces, and fast paced to really understand what the author tried with the psychology of the characters.
The ML is the kind of person (because there are women too) that falls in love fast and loses in love equally as fast. Because he based everything on "fate", in his mind he could ignore the warning signs of his relationships not working because they are ment to be, until, eventually nothing works and he divorced them every time. He is of course going to marry women who are the same way, especially because if someone told you "I just met you, I fell in love at first sight, we are ment to be" you would ignore that, its delusional (and he must have told them his theory and they where ok with it, that's why they married, at the end they believed a part of it), at some point your beliefs are going to come out, and they will either nurture or taint your relationship. So to me both parties rushed, ignored and divorced. And that is also why he cluld marry three times in 10 years since Highschool, his girlfriends believed in fate and didnt see the warning signs of someone unstable in the relationship.
At the end of the day MC also has a unique psychology because he knows that the ML hasn't really repaired his believe system, he is trying something new because the other didnt work and his he is jealous to know his friend could be taken. Even that part is sketchy because the Manga is too short but is he really in love with his friend or is he jealous he is not the only one in his life, and that now he has to "share" him when he didnt believe he had to in his past. And, well, they dont really seem to be too close because he never told him about his boyfriends, even if you are in love with someone if they are your friend of 10 years they usually know you are dating someone. Butt the MC either hid it, or didnt see him during that dating period because he never found out, and it was implied he had more than one boyfriend so what happened there. The author glosses over the fact, of whether they were really close or not. And finally even if you like someone for a long time, they are not obligated to like you back, even if they are bi and like your same gender, even if they are pan, or gay or straight.
I hate the fact that them ML got it into his head that he could like the other gender and bam suddenly he is open to it because he saw someone as attractive, and then bam he has to like the MC now because he is open to it. There are so many things wrong here; if you are straight you dont consider going out with someone of the same gender in a freaking day and if you were bi you know you are bi in high-school (as bi I dont speak for everyone but damn I had crushes in Highschool); and again you dont have to like someone just because they have liked you in the first place, lets say he was bi in high-school and suddenly he finds a gay crush, just because he finds a gay crush after a long time doesn't mean that he has to like his Gay friend even if his gay friend has a crush on him (I am not saying that the MC has to stay there); and last if your friend suddenly turns bi or gay for you after 10 years because of a suggestion and he sees it as a new kind of fate (maybe knowing the person after some time means we are ment to be), dont fucking say yes, please dont because it won't last as a true relationship.
Interesting read all around.








I think at this point, the only explanations for the non bl but bl centric plot are either:
1. The author has another "name" and wrote doujinshi bl under that name, but he wanted to officially write an action manga with his actual name. However, his bl tendencies bleed through and now it is more bl than anything.
2. The author is Bl baiting to get readers in an action manga...counterproductive to the actual mission, but it makes sense. Looking at the covers it looks more like a typical bl cover than an action one. I have read action without bl before (like a lot of us in here) and most of their covers dont look like the covers of this manga.
3. It was originally bl but no bl magazine wanted to accept the manga, so the author erased those scenes and made it into an only action manga...but some things stayed the same, and now the author swears it is an action without bl manga.