crystalvmin's manga / #Dropped(10)

Man this is so bad please I couldn’t force myself to finish it. I’m so sad because buff bottom trope was wasted on pwp and even with being pwp, the sex scenes were not anything outstanding. Duke is delusional about Illic wanting it, therefore, technically committing sexual assault. I wouldn’t really wanna be at the point Illic finds he has feelings for the duke. I get the incest with nobilities, I think that’s true to a certain extent, but incest will definitely not produce pretty human beings. Art is good but not enough to make me stay reading.

Yep dropping this from the get go. If yeonwoo trying to commit suicide due to his love not being reciprocated wasn’t already enough of a red flag for you, well he masturbated and released on hwibum while he was asleep ON HIS FACE. The whole unlucky-lucky trope was fine and I wanted to read it, but I’m not staying for a story that I feel like would try to romanticize/normalize sexual assault and weaponize mental health against a partner.

Welp this was definitely a pwp/smut typa manhwa so it was natural for me to drop this. I get the appeal of manhwa like these for other people, but like most pwp, the scenes just get so boring and repetitive as you go. The story isn’t really a redeeming point either since it’s close to non-existent (at the part where I stopped, but according to other comments this seems to be the case). Other than this being a pwp, I have issues with the lack of consent, manipulation, and sexual assault happening here. It makes it look cute (looking at you inseo) and valid when it’s not. And like a lot of semes, they get toxic and violate boundaries by deciding jackshit for their partners even though it goes against what their partner actually wants. I gave it a 2 at most just because of the art, it was pretty cute and clean too. Anyway if you’re more into the sex than the plot, then this is for you, but if not, don’t bother.

I’m sorry I dropped this, this probably had a decent plot, but this made me cringe so much I couldn’t get myself to read past chapter 19 anymore. Obviously hanwool’s romantic feelings/attraction towards yunho were grounded on something (as I read in the comments), but still, attraction and jealousy showed too fast. All their romantic interactions felt shallow and concocted out of thin air. Also idk but yunho’s so annoying like bye crying like a victim when hanwool was just being protective of his friend and we all knew that his intention from the start was to hurt naroo.

I read this once before and my younger self rated this a 5 for some reason so I wanted to try reading it again. I knew the drama was nasty and the characters were dipshits, but I can’t even get past chapter 7 just because I was already cringing at the MC’s acting. I also felt bad for the junsik dude he seemed sincere with his feelings, but I don’t remember if he’d have the same possessive feelings like the old guy. This was 7.8 for a reason I really shouldn’t waste me time on it anymore lmao.

Very beautiful art but dropped due to noncon/dubcon