snailtm3's manga / #weird incest plot line(4)

this had some potential to be a decent story but the latter half of the story just derailed any respect or favor i had for this series. the first half of the story compelled me w dooshik & jooha’s dynamic as they both worked in sex work (albeit one willingly and one forced). the support that dooshik gave to jooha during his hardships at the beginning felt like it was coming from a genuine place of understanding, as dooshik was in the same line of work for most of his life. in general, dooshik was a very likeable ML in the first half of PB and the reveal of his backstory also made him a v interesting character; however the events in the last 1/3 of the story assassinated TF outta his character. straight up just ruined his characterization forever for me. for dooshik, a character who has always told jooha that the best revenge is to live well and be happy to spite the haters and ppl who want him to suffer to inflict the exact same sexual abuse that jooha has gone through to another character was such a bad plot point. the wording of “you saved me from hell only to fall into it yourself” could’ve been so good if dooshik’s “falling into hell” wasn’t becoming someone who inflicts SA into others. it literally just completely conflicts w his character so bad. this man was literally a sex worker why would he ever orchestrate a r*pe… what was the author thinking bro. i understand him wanting revenge for what’s happened to jooha but SA to fight SA just doesn’t do anything and just continues the cycle. so incredibly counterproductive and it wasn’t even satisfying like if he had just done normal torture methods. ALSO THE LVL OF DETAIL THAT THE AUTHOR PUT INTO THE GANG SA SCENE WAS AWFUL. i did not need to see daekwang get violently sexually assaulted by countless men, punched, spit on, PISSED ON, and i especially did not need to see daehui be forced to watch his brother be SA’d and daekwang be forced to ejaculate on daehui’s face on top of all that shit. this was honestly prob one of the worst SA scenes i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading and i’ve read things w darker plot lines. what the fuck was the point of even including this… and the fact that dooshik suffered virtually 0 consequences for orchestrating this is insane. why did jooha, especially, forgive him so easily for doing this? like bro your bf just did smth at the same lvl as your abusers just did is that not the craziest red flag? and on the topic of the twins, WHY DID THE AUTHOR MAKE THEM TWINCESTUOUS ARE YOU KIDDING ME… when they were first properly introduced mid way through the story i genuinely was very interested in them and their dynamic but couldn’t help but side eye some of their skinship but i brushed it off as the author drawing sm gay sex that it just looked non-platonic when it wasn’t supposed to be. but then when that panel of them butt booty naked in bed cuddling together showed up and the panel w daekwang w hickeys on his neck, i actually wanted to die. why… why was this put in… why couldn’t it just be a normal doomed sibling relationship, im so fucking dead. also, the lack of communication in this was crazy. i understand dooshik hiding his past in the beginning but after he started gang stuff and esp after dooshik saved jooha from daehui again after he was kidnapped mid-piss and jooha finally learned abt dooshik’s past from seunghyun during their hospital recovery, why did dooshik stay being secretive as hell? it’s like… so you can’t live without jooha but you also can’t be honest w him?? like damn bitch maybe stop fucking for once and use your mouth to speak instead of eating out your bf’s hole :/ !! in general also hated how dooshik and jooha fucked in almost every chapter. like why did daekwang and daehui just have the craziest sibling falling out and then the chap ends w the start of the main pairing fucking for almost 3 chaps straight, are you fucking fr rn? pilwon is his own thing. i think him just being an evil mf was fine until this mf randomly trauma dumped like crazy to jooha when karma finally hit his ass and he got stabbed by jooha. like mf no one cares that your family out casted you for being born outta wedlock, you’re literally an abusive piece of shit. anyways reading this was overall a bad experience and i do not recommend this at all. so much potential just for it to be ruined by weird random incest, horrible character development for the ML, and overall just messy writing at the end.

meh. the way ooshima forced himself on fujie at the beginning was so… gave me the ick. also the incest bros side couple (or main couple from the author’s other series that’s connected to this one) was vile wtf.

this plot is so fucking mid. weird ass freak of a childhood best friend + rapist, weird gym bro who tried to SA the mc bc weird freak childhood friend told him to (you’re a grown ass man STAND UP.), weird incestuous older brother. insane fucking combo. no one has any chemistry w each other. the gym bro and the mc could’ve been decent ig if it didn’t come out that he tried to SA him at the school trip. just a bunch of freaks everywhere in this.

main story; excluding the sides: honestly pretty good for an omegaverse. the fact that the main pairing was fully consensual and were enemies to lovers was p rad. my only gripe is that i feel like their story arc dragged on forever + i don’t like how they would constantly have sex for like 3-4+ chaps. like bffr, almost 5 chaps of no real story development and just those mfs fucking like rabbits??? got me fucked up bruh. as for the side pairing (dojun x the doctor {forgot his name my bad}), they were the saving grace of the series for me tbh. they were so interesting and prob the only reason i was able to finish love shuttle after i got bored of the main pairing. the doctor is good for dojun imo, he makes him feel rly loved and cared for (something he’s never rly felt from others in his life). i think they could’ve gotten more screen time in the main story tho; would’ve loved to see more of them instead of doyun and his boytoy fucking all the time. overall main story gets a 3/5 from me; i enjoyed it moderately despite my gripes w it. now the side story… that’s a whole other topic. i was genuinely rly excited for the side story at first bc it followed the side pairing i liked. HOWEVER. for some fucking reason they decided to add the toxic ass oldest brother into the pairing. yeah the one who always tried to make dojun’s life a living hell by meddling in his relationships + making him feel crazy for having emotions. i am so fucking pissed off by this development. not only bc the brother is shit but also bc ITS FUCKING INCRST??? what the actual fuck bro. i shouldn’t have expected anything from the same author who made 호구 하경수. ALSO UPDATE I WAS WRONG ABT THE DOCTOR!! not him literally victim blaming dojun for getting SA’d by his brother… what the actual fuck is wrong w this side story bruh. dojun need to flee the country and start a new life for himself somewhere else atp man. side story brings the series down to a 1/5 for me. it is so bad i wish i could give it a 0 but i can’t so im settling w a 1.