aerslevdi's manga / #hot(651)

I found I liked this one more than the previous one

The story is lovely. It's one of those rare ones were I liked both MCs. I liked that while Yul had given up on his freedom and life, he wasn't converted to a doormat. He had strength and he never wavered when he got someone's (Luan) full support. I also loved Luan for his tenderness towards Yul as well as his respect of his boundaries and decisions. If have to criticize one thing, it would be the one thing I always hate about Manhwas. The villain NEVER gets what they should be getting. They always seem to be left off easily. There's no real aftermath and we don't really see a correction of wrongdoings. For example, we never see Yul taking ownership of the songs Jisun stole nor the plagiarism rumours being dispelled. We don't see him fully claiming back his life. Just a glimpse of him wanting to move forward in his career, but not a correction of what he was stolen. I was also a bit disappointed on Luan's siblings. Their side story was interesting but it also displayed how selfish they still were. They didn't care at all about Luan even if the show Taeha going after him to Hong Kong and the brother feeling repentant for getting him kicked out. All of that felt empty when they didn't kept dismissing his feelings for his own mother. The art wasn't bad, but usually you'd expect it to get better not worse. Character's in their latest 20's - early 30's were looking like highschoolers. I think the worst was Yul who due to his small size ended up looking like a child even though Luan wasn't the typically buff giant seme that makes everyone look small.

I really liked the story. I was scared that it will fall into cliche/toxic territory a few times but it avoided it nicely and it gave it a refreshing touch. I was sad for the friejd in love with the director but I was glad that he was just to show you how the director was in love with Hee Tae rather than introducing some bitchy antagonist. Likewise with Hee Tae's backstory. It was good as a backstory, but it was also good that it stayed in the past and that the ex didn't appear to create unnecessary drama and that he decided to move past it for the sake of a future with the director. And the respect both of them had for each other was top notch. I think the story had a good end as it told what it wanted to tell. I would have liked one more episode as the last one seemed packed with a lot of things and it could have been made into 2, but the end with Hee Tae saying he was happy was appropriate. If I would pick on something is that I wanted to know more about the secondary couple.

It's kinda frustrating because it had all the potential for more and the ending left me with some questions