The concept and execution is very cute and thoughtful, I just wish the angels didn’t feel more like aliens than they do angels. The fact that Shahar is only 105 years old makes no sense to me, angels having “mothers” doesn’t really have reason behind it, etc. etc. I think the story is very cute and I love biblical themes, but it seems to me that it is a little superficial in the sense that it’s very inaccurate. This is obviously just me looking at the manga more critically because I’m passionate about religion lmao
Tbf this is its own thing with the concept of angels
Doesnt need to be as close to the original or commonly known stories of angelic beings
If we used biblically accurate angels this would be a horror story.
Visually I agree, I don’t mind their appearances. I think what just felt a bit odd to me was the fact that Shahar had a mother and has only been alive for a century. I wish there was something that made the angels feel a bit more angelic, but definitely not a “be not afraid” look to them lol
I normally hate abo because it almost always perpetuates rape culture and inherently dehumanizes the “feminine” sex. It usually has incredibly misogynistic undertones. This manga serves as critical commentary instead of fetishization. Obviously, omegas are metaphors for women, and it’s interesting to explore internalized/socialized hatred for one’s own sex. I still think abo is gross and weird for a thousand reasons, but I like how this manga criticizes the grossness and weirdness instead of embracing it. This is just my opinion, not attacking the people who like abo. I just think it’s worth pointing out that this story is primarily about the oppression of women, and it’s refreshing to see it through the perspective of an “oppressor” forced into the role of “oppressed,” and how he tries regaining control over his social image. Cool stuff
Abo?? What that means??
I mean alpha/beta/omega universe, not sure if abo is the correct term lol
Oh, I see. Well, this genre is called Omegaverse. I too hate this genre for many reasons. But it was an exception, I really love it because of its characters, storytelling and how they draw the parallel between the real world.
This artist draws women sooo cute! I’d love to read a yuri in this style:^)
I could read a hundred chapters about Midori alone, what an incredible character! It seems obvious she was in love with the original Ao, and my heart breaks a little considering all that Midori had to go through for her, just to lose her. It’s completely understandable that she harbours resentment towards Sho. I think it’s exceptionally rare for a story to have such a complex and interesting side character...she overshadows the rest of them by a lot, in my opinion :^)
Pointless observation, but Hikaru being unable to experience sexual desire but knows when something is sexy is oddly a very good way to explain asexuality. Feel like I can appreciate the story a bit more in that way. cool stuff
This relegation makes me think I am kind of asexual lol. I’ve felt this way for a while but never had the words to say it coherently so thanks for describing why I had liked Hikaru so much
Yeh I actually thought about how that would feel for him, but Im gray-asexuell so its probably really close to how I feel haha
Yea that's exactly how I saw it too, the way he experiences things so differently definitely reminds me of being on the aroace spectrum
there is something oddly unlikeable about almost every single character. I like the realism and the moral ambiguity in a lot of cases, but there’s something slightly draining about characters that you just don’t like doing stuff you have absolutely no respect for. Having trauma is not an excuse to be a vile and manipulative person, btw. I hope cirrus gets everything he deserves, unlike a majority of the comments…sometimes it’s worth considering that a titular character is just a bad person.
Cirrus is not a bad character at all. Did u read the story?! The mere premise of all this story is to show how 2 people with flaws BOTH Cirrus and Skylar learn to progress and evolve by learning from their mistakes. Did Cirrus do well with the manipulative scheme behind Ri-In’s back? No. But that doesn’t make him a bad character at all.
You should seriously learn to know how to read rather than stare at pictures.
Agreed. It's like people with no emotional intelligence just takes things for face value and quick to judge when characters are complex and multifaceted than that.
Ri-In's logic is comparable to a simpleton. Who doesn't communicate with their significant other and vice versa? Not their monkeys not their circus. And normal friends usually spread the word like 'Hey, you know that dog Candy that he loves, not doing so well, FYI, be kind rewind'.
Hi, I’m afraid you’ve missed my point. I said that Cirrus is a bad person, not character. He is actually very well-written and developed, which I can appreciate. As I said in my earlier comment, I liked the realism (of how traumas can manifest themselves in different ways), but that has nothing to do with how much I like a character’s personality. I suggest you learn how to consider alternate perspectives before responding aggressively to one you don’t agree with.
You seriously should take ur own advice and try to re read ur OP bc u don’t make any sense at all.
Just because you don’t understand what I’m saying doesn’t mean I don’t make sense. There’s really no need to be condescending when someone doesn’t agree with you, and I’m sure I don’t need to preface every comment I make with (this is just my opinion!!!). How well a character is written is different from how respectable of a person they are. Insinuating I can’t read when apparently you can’t either makes us both look dumb :’D
stories that concern themselves with specific settings seem to care very little about the setting itself. Understandably it focuses a lot more about dynamics within the workplace (since this is obviously a romance), but it would be a lot more interesting and believable if you got to see what kind of marketing the company produces. I’m nitpicking here, but I’m a little bored with the story because I’m not fully convinced by the business setting. Naturally a lot of people are not reading this because they care about the business of marketing, but I think specific settings are supposed to compliment the story and in this case it doesn’t feel that way. Again, I’m being overly critical, but I really hope we get to see what exactly the characters are proposing. I know it’s weird to criticize, I just found myself a lot more curious about the business than the romance itself, lmao. I really liked the scene when Yoonhee was talking about the advertisement she was most proud of, and I wish there were more examples of what kind of ads were being produced by the company. You get the feeling that the artist prefers drawing people above everything else, which isn’t inherently a fault, but it gives nearly every scene a lack of variety which makes it a little boring overall.
i know you acknowledge that you’re being overly critical but i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say the author doesn’t know much about marketing/the internal affairs of a company so she’s not going to go in too much detail about it. i honestly prefer this a lot more than when authors try and fail to describe a specific setting - case in point was this one bl webtoon that was about a hacker (?) i forget the actual name of it but it read like a fucking cybersecurity lecture lol and didn’t even make much sense to me as someone who actually knows CS (i actually cringed lmfao), and in cases like these it’s like, since it’s a romance story focus more on the romance and the setting can be secondary
Is this about zero day attack lol
totally fair, it’s probably just my personal preference to feel like the setting is believable to me. I get how the overly explanatory part feels annoying once it’s excessive. I think what makes a successful story is balance in general (both characters and setting) but at the same time it’s probably asking way too much of more casual authors :’D
this author’s female characters are incredibly cute. I hope we get to see some yuri from them at some point, their writing is really funny if you try your hardest to ignore the rapey stuff. It’s extremely weird that the story is hilarious and a really good read once you pretend the very unfunny rape gag doesn’t exist. Fingers crossed on the yuri though (almost certainly not going to happen but I can dream)
once you read enough stories with the same dull conflict and resolution you don’t realize how mediocre they are until you read an actually good one. There is so much to praise here: the female characters aren’t faceless plot-device marionettes, the thought processes of the leads are realistic and logical, there is genuine attention placed on the effects of financial instability. I think that Yujae, in particular, is an incredible character because he feels so real. Growing up with his parents treating love as transactional obviously has a lasting effect on his worldview and relationships. The conflict here isn’t a boring misunderstanding, but a very honest struggle between two people that are fundamentally different in the way they view love. I like that friendship is not considered less valuable, in that way. Romance stories, especially friends-to-lovers, have a tendency to brush over the meaningfulness of friendship and platonic intimacy, which I don’t get from this at all. It’s such a pleasure to see that friendship is so valuable here, not just between Hanjun and Yujae, but the supporting characters as well. Very rare to see what is a relatively common plot developed so naturally and turns out to be so interesting! :)