Nopko's manga / #psychological(2)

Raising a Bat

Complete | Jade | 2015 released
2023-06-22 23:08 marked

For anyone that would be interested in reading this ; there's some themes of grooming and self-harm/suicide, so keep that in mind. (I read the whole thing on another site) This was a good read, although i think the relationship between Min-Kyum and Choonsam got really frustrating at times, more than i could withstand. But honestly, it was understandable ; Min-Kyum is emotionnally neglectled and sees relationship as conditionnal and Choosam has the emotionnal intelligence of a toddler and is socially awkward. Buuuut maaan the low point of the story hits hard, and as the same time it makes the conclusion very satisfying. That Hyung needs to have a bad ending tho, idk if he slept with Min-Kyum when he was drunk because if he did it would be literal rape, but either way that was creeping as fuck. Glad Min-Kyum didn't forgive him, that's good. Anyway the mc needs a good 20 years of therapy

Save Me

Complete | 1230 | 2016 released
2023-06-25 19:42 marked

This was a brutal, beautiful story. It hits even harder now that i know the extent of bullying in South Korea, which because of the lax law system can be extremely intense. (spoiler in this paragraph) One thing i'll complain about is that I feel like a lot of things were left out in the end ; is Namsoon going to be adopted by Hyeongoh's parents then ?? Tho i do feel like he might be stuck in the ward for his whole life but still, he has to have legal guardians. Also, I do feel like the relationship between the two could have been developed more, although i do get the inherent bonding in the two being twins. I just wish we'd seen more of their lifes at the end, is all. And I do feel like the blond guy was left off rather lightly, even if he was probably one of the more passive party there. But all of that are minor complaints, the story in itself is clearly separated in two part and it's all very satisfying. Was the author bullied in high-school ? Probably, maybe