apwepuee's manga / #cheating(6)

probably not something I'd give a high rating if made today, but I'm a sucker for coming of age stories

i found the story interesting at the start, but it eventually became like another one of those melodramatic k-dramas where i stop taking it seriously midway. in this case, that moment was when chisoo's personality took a complete 180 for no apparent reason. it was good that the two main characters split up after everything that happened, but i couldn't care about their ending. jungkwon and kangjin had more chemistry with the other characters than with each other, and they're both very... complicated. people are throwing a lot of shit at jungkwon, but personally, kangjin is the shallowest character among all of them. his motivations revolve around having daddy issues and acting recklessly for the sake of love, with literally no external factors being affected by the terrible decisions he makes (seriously, it didn't even look like this guy attempted suicide at the start) despite being involved with the alleged most dangerous man among the gangsters in the city or something. i just couldn't like him at all.

old mangas with their sweet habit of treating predatory behavior casually and my bitter woke ass having to put up with it every time due to generational differences.

just when i thought i was starting to sympathize with the mc she decides to cheat on her girlfriend lol. but i found it refreshing to see a realistic slice of life in a manga of this genre.