Looking like actual goofy the dog sat down and decided to make a comic cause what the fuck.
I’m not usually a stickler about these things but it messes with the tone of the story to where I feel like I can’t take it seriously. And that upsets me so much because we literally never fucking get SHONEN BL that is also serious and in the hunter genre without some weird alpha or esper whatever bullshit. Like this is straight up BL action fantasy.
And no I don’t care if yall are upset with me for not liking it ??? I said what the fuck I said
I feel that given more time, Duke could have had some sort of redemption. Not full 180, but a change. And tbh even with all his bad, it was still possible for him to become some kind of antihero even — but like his master said, his mindset ruined him. That said, I don’t remember his master once telling him this before in a way that wasn’t bad for his mental health. So the weight of those word’s didn’t hit for me.
The vibe is: “That’s what you get” after watching him descend? Huh.
I’m not happy Duke is gone because nothing changes whether he is here or not. He’s not a Zuko or an Azula. We weren’t given some traumatic backstory to relate to him. He’s like a stand-in character that just shows us how everyday villains are made in this world. Bc any other villain could have been him. He almost doesn’t matter because even the top ten around him seem to care less whether he lives or dies.
This is a terrible world awakeners live in. And I’m almost impressed that the writer never backtracked on that just to make us comfortable.
That said, because we spent so much screen time with him, ending his story just like that is dissatisfying.
I think it was pretty realistic. It truly nailed in just how little Schneider care for him, as well as how easy it is to lose your life as an awakened. It was sudden, extremely sudden, just like death in real life.
Good point. I agree it was realistic and true to the world of the story. Lol I just had a personal attachment (even if I didn’t really like him) bc of how long its been.
Since there wasn’t more to his character than his angst, though, I’m def ready to meet some new villains.
Nah, he lost all my sympathy after he sold out all his school friends, shared all their techniques etc to the frame, author loosing a arm, that white haired girl loosing an eye… many others straight killed.. they never stood a chance. This isn’t some typical jealous over the top guy… duke betrayed everyone around him. How could his master or anyone else respect or care for him? If it was just him being crazy obsessive about beating jiwoo maybe I could back a redemption arc. But he had no conscious… he didn’t care/respect his master, he was always scheming behind his back with spike collar dude. If you can betray those closet to you for me, you will one day betray me.
That is true, but like no one batted an eye at this because it's so normal in the world. It's wild that the people considered 10 strongest in the world would just shrug at the apprentice *they* chose doing this rather than try to correct early on. And when it got worse, they just still watched. The only times crazy rookies are scolded is for losing, not actually being psychotic.
So I mean "it's a shame" that he really reduced himself to a run of the mill villain rookie. I kind of agree after thinking that he became iredeemable. It's just crazy that at all these steps to him getting worse, all the adults were really just watching or encouraging it. Like the world focused on solely power over anything is a shame.
Duke is cringey but he really puts into perspective how dog eat dog this awakened world is. From the jump, his master took on someone who would betray their own family, classmates and even kill/mortally wound them. And he saw the obsessive evil in Duke but never once confronted him. Even Royst only pretended to look after him, he just belittled Duke whenever he got the chance. The other top ten only look upon the situation, but none of these powerful people ever actually say anything. They don’t care as long as the apprentice is useful. The only ones who did actually talk to Duke were the evil guys trying to use him & bait him with promises of power. It’s insane how he can be a bad apple and still really a pawn on a fucked up board. If he dies, another apple will take his place because the whole barrel is rotten.
Like Kayden says, Jiwoo is the weird one for having awakened friends and a moral compass. The rest of this awakened world is monstrous. Jiwoo has all these powerful babysitters, but if any of the stronger assassins really wanted to take him out for the plot, I don’t see why they couldn’t while he’s on a walk. They just probably don’t have a strong enough reason to (given that it’d seal their fates). But what if there was another unaffiliated psycho that didn’t have ties to an organization…
Yh it's sad. They're all perpetuating the cycle instead of trying to change it.
You're so right...
I think only someone like Jiwoo if he became powerful enough (or even old man retired chairman) could change things bc he’s the only one who’d even desire to
and im shook but imma stick beside him because he protect his own I kind of feel bad for the people that were drafted and didn't even want to fight this goofy ass war between cowardly leaders
figured id ask before commiting. i been scarred before bro
Not toxic from what I've gathered so far, but yes possessive, there'll be no scars just slight emotional damage from the sad. The plot is delicious though, so I recommend.
can we get some more story too. Cause we get it that he has a hulk sized dickaroo but I'm gonna need to know what's going on with this crack dungeon
but I'm glad he has backbone. Nothing is more sad than an mc in these positions who then are like "Ok dad i'll still give you money" like that other story I read it's not the child fault but like damn don't still pay that bastard. Anyway, I hope things start looking up for Yeomin cause them sex scenes are type painful. Idk how I got through Dangerous Convenience when I cringe seeing that third leg butcher a twink
Lmao third leg
BRO THAT'S NOT HOW CONSENT WORKS!!! IM MAD BC I WAS VIBING BEFORE WHY DO AUTHORS DO THIS
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Huh? What are you taking about
I think it's the chapter where he f*** him and the Uke tell him to stop but he don't beacause he is mad until he pass out. That was not a good part and not necessary, the uke was not even mad at him the day after
Oh oki thanks I was a bit confused
his first few panels were actually terrifying to me at the time. This art keeps upgrading on us. Go best frand