crispicheva's manga / #abuse(15)

storyline: yeon-oh is a rookie actor who has to provide for his family as his dad is a serial gambler and keeps getting them in trouble with loan sharks. jae-hyuk is a rich man who decides to sponsor him, but has his own agenda that involves yeon-ho’s cooperation. too bad yeon-ho’s heart doesn’t follow the “no strings attached” rule. review: great angst, 7/10 redemption arc from jae-hyuk (although it seemed to be spawned a bit from nowhere), but the ending was too abrupt and unsatisfying. such a long story should’ve had a more appropriate conclusion imo.

storyline: former delinquent meets guy at school who seems nice and friendly but is in a sort of abusive relationship with the top delinquent basically. former delinquent guy wants him to himself, telling himself he’s better for his new crush than his current keeper, but little does he know they’re all the fucking same. review: honestly this was such a tragedy fest… i feel for the abused guy, he was just being passed around and fought over like some object when in fact he deserved so much better… both redemption arcs (former delinquent and main abuser) were necessary but i truly think the guy should’ve tossed both their asses to the curb and loved himself, none of them deserved him.

storyline: yuuhi is a traumatized boy who became unable to see people's faces. suddenly, a man appears at the shop where he works, and for the first time since he was a child, he can see that person's face clearly. that's the day he meets itsuki, who promptly declares his love for yuuhi. review: pretty cute, happy to see that they explored how therapy would be able to help yuuhi

storyline: yeon skylar has a crush on his schoolmate, seong chan-il, and has a folder of photos he takes of him. baek cirrus, chan-il’s friend, finds out, and skyler begs him not to tell chan-il. cirrus then decides to mess with him, and uses skylar in some twisted games he plays with his fucked up family. meanwhile, skylar is also fighting his own demons and trying to survive cirrus’s antics. review: this was actually so fucking good. the trauma on both ends, the characters, the dynamics, the ART!! i hadn’t been this invested in a webtoon in a very long time, i’m so glad i found this

storyline: lee geom is involved with gangsters and often works as a male prostitute, having been unwillingly roped into this world after his mother died. mercilessly abused, the only hope in his life was his dream of revenge, and the chance to return to his normal life beside his first love, his college best friend im wooyeon. review: not a 5 star story because i think many of the abuse scenes seemed unnecessarily drawn out and excessive, and the final resolution with wooyeon also felt lacking, but a great story nonetheless. i loved yeonseo as well, and their relationship in the friend group (WE COULD’VE HAD A THROUPLE!!!!!)