Hogu Hagyeongsu
When I say that I wasn't in a good mental space in 2019, I think the best way to show it is by saying that I previously rated this with 5/5 stars. Wow. After rereading this in one go, I'm now (2021) giving it a 2/5. Generally speaking, I feel like this has more sex scenes than plot but in a not too nice way as even at the end, it feels like it's rape. I do enjoy dark stories with dark plots but this was just.. plane. I can't believe that there wasn't a single real character development in 70+ chapters. No character showed a thought process that could be seen as "better" except of Yule in the epilogue though there he just seems out of character. For him, I don't see what made him change. They could've included him visiting a therapist and taking medicine to try to get better or something but changing just by himself? After everything he has done? Even within this unrealistic story setting, this seems unrealistic. Now talking about therapists, I think every single person that we've seen there, including the butler and maids, need one. For real. Especially Kyungsoo should also... I should let this topic rest unless you want me to write 2k more about this. Speaking of the sex scenes, as I said they were mostly rape. But as the story setting was just so.. messed up I must say that I couldn't enjoy this as much as I can enjoy other rape stories (which sounds sick, I know, but you are sick too if you're reading this). This was just.. uncomfortable? And not really hot?? Idk, the atmosphere wasn't it in most scenes. Oof But generally speaking, this was less horrible than I thought it'd be? Which is why I'm giving it 2 stars. What I want to remention though: It reaaaally feels like there's more sex scenes than plot. Thus, if you don't really feel like reading them (e.g. when you're like me and you decide to binge this in one day), after having read the 25th sex scene that just looks the same as the other ones, you can get through this pretty fast.
Kuroshitsuji dj - Under the Rose