Nancy's manga / #toxic(35)

[DNF at chapter 32] The main couple's relationship just makes me uncomfortable and it seems very shallow and manipulative. I thought it would get better but so far it didn't. The MC is also so clueless and naive it hurts. I'd love to read more about the MC's best friend tho, it's a shame.

[DNF at chapter 47] The author literally threw the whole plot and character development out the window... near the end... I was really rooting for it to be different than most stories since the MC seemed to actually realise how messed up the relationship was and tried to actively change it and then... it went down the drain. Did the story suddenly get cancelled or shortened? Frustrating af.

Oh my fucking god this is insufferable, the characters have me at my fucking limit. The beggining was cheesy and stupid, then I got pretty into it but at this point (chapter 60) I'm just so done with it and bored. It's just drama and more drama, more frustration and nothing ever get answered. When binging it you can feel how the author has no idea where this is going and just writes anything for more chapters. The story goes through so many strange different stages (rivals to lovers? some kinda love square? past trauma? poli? flashbacks? back to square 1?), and the goal is nowhere in sight, hell I don't even know what the goal is. How did we even get from the story in chapter 1 to what it is now? There have been so many various plot points introduced and NONE of them get resolved, none of the questions I had in mind have been answered. For the characters... First of all they're supposed to be grown men, around 30 yo and they all act like teenagers. Furthermore, they are SO inconsistent its painful. Daon... I just really want to strangle him at this point. He didn't reaaally do anything wrong but he brings my frustration to a new level. Also, they constantly say how intelligent he is but damn he dumb - I know, I know that he's indebted, gaslighted, sentimental and scared but still... Seonghyeon is precious and I love him but for god's sake stop being so stubborn, you deserve much better. I can't even count how many times Daon let him down and treated him like shit, can't he have some dignity? Every time I hope it's the final one, that Seonghyeon will finally let him go, that I can have my katharsis and Daon can come crawling on his knees for his attention. Jaemin is just trash, come on - he's such a gaslighter. And I thought his story with Daon would end with the confession scene, that would be nice - I hoped for a subplot exposing his past and motives, but suddenly his motive is liking Daon? Excuse me, since when. His story arc should never come back the way it did. It was much more original and interesting before. Suhyeon, well I thought he would be an interesting character but... he's not really. Sometimes I kinda feel bad for him but then again, not really. The author constantly teases us with some important information and then bails on it. I don't even get what his character is supposed to be or what role in the plot he serves anymore. I was hoping that we would get a subplot like I already mentioned - about his and Jaemin's past and their little mind-games, I thought they had some interesting dynamic going on but the more I know the worse and more boring it gets. It would also make sense to keep them in the story like this because honestly I don't even see them as possible love interests at all - they seem more like obstacles to Daon and Seonghyeon's relationship than anything else. Overall, I had flashbacks to YTC lol I liked some parts of it more but generally... Frustrating drama that doesnt go anywhere.