predators like pedophiles, especially when they are in an authoritative position, always choose their victims carefully. they take the students who are isolated or lonely and slowly groom them by becoming a source of trust for their victim. this was portrayed perfectly with the school doctor. it's chilling.
why do the officials keep using the female gendered pronouns for hana, even after finally revealing that bea has been talking about a guy all this time? i understand stuff can go lost in translation, what with the gender neutral pronouns in korean, but now you're clearly showing two men getting married in an intimate setting, so why keep using she/her for hana?
i love him, he is such a badass and patriot. yes, king, resist the imperial occupation! heads off with colonialists!
and on that note, free palestine
the third story is boring, it even made seungha less interesting somehow instead of more interesting the more we explore his character. i also like him less now that i know his backstory. i know he was just a bitter kid and said something vile to another child bc he was emotional, but now that you're older you still say you don't regret what you did? and you still live by that principle you set as a kid, even though you seem to have analyzed the roots of your issues, which would usually lead to someone changing their outlook? he's less mature and less of a good person than he led us on to believe in story 1 & 2.
i like how we've lost the plot a long time ago, pivoted to a different set of characters before the first set could finish the story they wanted to tell, they are all 15 and get sexualized by the fanbase (and author) a lot, and how the brown haired boy (forgot his name, the one that's always with the light haired boy and has a little sister who's obsessed with him) has absolutely no personality whatsoever
puberty for boys can be really surprising. i have 7 male cousins, and from what i've seen is that the longer they stay small and have their child-voice, the taller they grow later on. one cousin in particular went from 160cm to 186cm within a year or so at age 17.
another cousin gradually grew to 170cm until age 16 and then shot up to 191cm by his next birthday.
as long as shuu eats well, does stretches and exercises his muscles, he will probably grow at least another 20cm once his puberty hits.
ryosuke is a better person than me bc i would have left shun's stupid ass a long time ago. there's a limit to how unresponsive you can be towards your partner in a relationship.
THE SETTING, THE STYLE, THE PLOT, THE CHARACTERS!!! I LOVE EVERYTHING!!!
especially lee doseong as the manifest spirit of joseon that prevails in its fight against a colonial, mass slaughtering, racist occupation. every time he makes an appearance, it's a highlight. everything he says needs to be framed. he's such a menace yet so smooth, i am his biggest fan. he is my master and i am his loyal cow forever now.
scarlet berico seems to be the only BL mangaka completely ridding her stories of exposition dumps and relies completely on showing instead of telling. the characters are already there, the scene is already set, and you as a reader are allowed to have a glimpse inside a portion of their life, not privy to any details, just grateful for any information revealed to you through context. lovely.
is this what it's like when two simple-minded, quiet guys date??? i know a lot of guys like that, but i'd never seen two of them "hit it off" and like... reading this comic i feel like i know why now. they're just being quiet at each other together, that's hilarious, realistic and frustrating at the same time
wtf is going on?
i am so lost, but i can't stop reading bc this is one of the most interesting bl concepts i have seen in comics.
imma ignore the big potato chapters and just enjoy the little potato ones. the sexual undertones that appear when he's older just don't sit right with me. they are parent and child.
i know it's cute how the creator is so into games they decided to make a BL work including online games. but i literally do not careeeee about what their characters are doing in game and their battles, i need development irl!
and how rude is it that MC left his friends that helped him move alone and starved at home so he can play games by himself in a PC cafe???
dude threatened to kill himself and then sexually assaulted the guy who just tried to save him + avoid trauma. this isn't romantic, this is deranged and criminal.