animedfreak's manga / #Possessive lover(475)

I LOVE THIS! So much! And I cry that its ended I even shedded tears on Ch75, like I am as equally guilty as FL and I totally cried relating to her. The epilogue was even sad, like wtf, I did not ask to see this far into the future! I just wanted to see them all happily together! That was apparently too much to ask, no? There is one thing I felt like was missing, that is the exiting scene for the brother and the fox that followed him, like I feel like there should have been more for those two than just 2 chapters and than gone. I would have also loved more interactions between the characters and the mountain, like oof, lots of the plot was focused on exterminating ghosts and hardly on the characters themselves. Like I would have liked a couple more chapters where they just got to relax and chill somewhere or where the two leads got to go on a date or something. Also, why did their names change about two-thirds the way through? That was so bad for me. Loved loved loved it! Wish there'd been more!

I felt really disturbed at how easily he was raped amd accepted it like damn, have some willpower will ya Im sorry but where has this manga gone to? Its just like going off the deep end now. For once when he wanted to make amends woth his brother, the MC goes and does that in their apartment too (CH38

That was a real cute collection of reads.

Wah wah! What~ the end already? I was thinking that for such a complex storyline as this, we'd get to see more build up.... Good read though, disappointed at how short it was

In a typical manga, everyone avoids the guy with the scars LoL not in this one, real cute and roles were perfecto! Secondary guy honestly coulda have also rocked with uke the way the author write this story

Great concept! Its kinda really sad actually, countries just constantly at war, disregarding life even deeming it ao insignificant and as aliens. I did feel though that the seme should have stayed a military ikigami, I think the uke was very selfish in saying that the seme shouldn't be one, no one wants to and yet what makes the seme so special that he alone gets cured? I didn't like that part. Also the end is so contradicting, they said seme stopped being an ikigami but worked as a ikigami something, can't remember but that was off. Good story overall.

They went about this the right way. The whole plot twist and reveal was absolutely spot on!

Here on our hands is a f*cking psychotic genius! Ch38 is WiLdLY interesting and a turn on into the mind of Kang Moo. Theres suddebly no build up of mood after Ch46, especially after Kang Moo confirms that Kirin won't betray him so he has nothing to be afraid of and no longer needs to be anxious about getting caught. Kirin's character slowly overtime becomes passive and dependant on the omnipotent and god-character Kang Moo, I didn't really see this at first but after reading your post, it just struck me as a realization. If the "beast" that is getting tamed is Kang Moo, you would think even after potentially completing his revenge and avenging his sister, Kirin would be a little more active and remain our focus in most of these chapters, however at this point he's basically suspended in limbo, has little appearance, and at the moment seems to lack am incredible amount of backbone and self intelligence. Yes it was nice to see some of Kang Moo's backstory and tendencies but as I've recorded, it's been like what? Since chapter 36 and now we're here at 50, STILL just featuring him? I dislike that our POVs have changed drastically, maybe Kirin will get his spotlight back but it doesn't change how backboneless he's been in these last 20ish chapters since Kang Moo's taken the stage. Not sure if I'd quite compare KS to this webtoon (or whatever it is) simply because the concept and focus of each are different, but certainly I'm not going to attack you for doing so. Again, this story isn't straight garbage, I am guilty of being one of those fans that is just taken away by Kang Mu and his superior intelligence and demeanor. I think a lot of us just wish this would turn out to be a romance said in clear writing and honestly, if you look at it from the realisticness, an author's job is just to write, how we as readers interpret it, the author can't control. So I think undoubtedly even if the author says there's no love between them, as us readers, many of us, won't accept that and still place them in a romantic relationship, and I think that's okay because that's how we interpret the story given the hints, scenes, and interactions. Love or not love, its clear Kirin DOES mean something more than just a friend to Kang Moo and it seems damn disappointing that there's not a more defined reason as to what Kang Mu exactly feels for Kirin other than it's a destiny or some other. I feel that we as readers are confused because we are seeing romance between Kang Moo and Kirin while the author is trying to tell us that its not that while giving us many scenes of some sort of passion longing from Kang Moo for Kirin. So no offense, I believe this is the author's fault for confusing us. I'm sorry to say but if an author has to explain their writing, then its not good writing, that's the truth, it's harsh and you don't have to love it and you can hate me for pointing it out but if you have to be told amd explained to because you didn't understand the story, then the author didn't do a good job of conveying that message PERIOD. Sorry, this turned into my own little analysis and rant start with the first point of criticism, The Beast Must Die exhibits arguably one of romance fiction's worst cliches, and that is to have the female lead become increasingly irrelevant to the plot besides being used to develop the male protagonist, with little interest or wants of their own beyond forming a relationship. And despite appearances, Lee Kirin is very much the female protagonist of this romance. As the narrative progresses, Kirin's role shrinks from being an active agent in his revenge quest to that of a passive pawn and participant in Kang Mu's murdering machinations, and repeatedly being damselled in absurd ways, all in the transparent attempt of making his love interest seem like an even more awesome and omnipotent alpha male. Despite initially being straight and mentally steadfast, by the story's conclusion after repeated instances of gaslighting, physical assault and sexual humiliation by his lover, Lee Kirin somehow has the absurd epiphany that what he feels for Kang Moo is "love" and regresses into someone completely dependent on his psychotic boyfriend for his psychological well being. Kirin even publicly has an emotional breakdown and becomes unable to function without Kang Mu's presence in his life....for reasons that are never really justified. It's not an altogether healthy development that any sane person would come to, and I get this is not a wholesome story, but it does pose one massive problem from a storytelling perspective for a "taming the alpha" type romance, and that is that Kirin has very little input in the relationship itself, despite his repeated protestations and pleas. But while Lee Kirin's character and purpose suffer from a lack of narrative agency, his love interest Kang Mu is afflicted with the exact opposite problem common to most leading alphas in romance novels. Simply put, Kang Mu is a colossal Marty Stu in terms of both character traits and importance in the narrative. Now traditionally one would want an imposing and formidable male lead if he is to pose a significant challenge which the heroine must overcome, but Kang Mu is so ridiculously and unrelentingly OP it simply breaks any sense of immersion. He is exotically handsome to the point everyone wants to fuck him (including the villains), exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas including medicine, forensics, espionage, hand-to-hand combat and marksmanship, extraordinarily wealthy, with access to a wide variety of security resources including spies and bodyguards, and has the most mind-blowingly divine sex ever to the point he turns a straight guy gay for him. Not only Lee Kirin but also every side character is simply overwhelmed, enthralled or dominated by Mu's presence, intelligence and physical prowess, including the best professionally trained security guards money can buy and the police. Characters are quickly reduced to either awestruck observers or rendered feckless nuisances as Kang Mu outstrips and outthinks them in their areas of expertise, easily solving problems that have long stymied them. Mu also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws (and before anyone responds, no, loving someone is not considered a character flaw, nor is being a psychopathic killer since that's what progresses the story and keeps both of them alive). Also before anyone comments, and I can't believe this must be stated, but psychopathy does not grant someone near-omniscient clairvoyance. So much of Kang Mu's carefully laid plans hinges on everyone involved, including the police, acting like complete morons to the point it beggars belief and many of his predictions rest on unfounded assumptions, which only proves to be founded once side characters and future victims act in ways completely nonsensical. After reading through multiple confrontations and plot contrivances with holes so flimsy and transparent, I simply become bored and frustrated as it became clear that whatever actions or insights Kang Mu has is merely a result of the writer's insight, only making sense if one is writing from the end forward. Around 2/3 into the story, the author had revealed her hand far too many times in Kang Mu's favour for any perceived danger or obstacle to convincingly pose a tangible threat to the character. All this is what makes any notion that Lee Kirin "tamed" Kang Mu in any meaningful sense ring incredibly hallow, for the power disparity displayed between them in terms of willpower, physicality, intelligence and economic means is simply too vast for Kirin to have any tangible sway in the relationship in the long run. Kirin gets to "tame" Kang Mu...by doing and accomplishing effectively nothing on his own. He must simply "accept the situation as is". That is arguably The Beast Must Die's biggest flaw, irrespective of Lee Kirin's loss of agency or Kang Mu's implausible means; the relationship that formed between them, the cornerstone of any romance, just isn't all that believable and thus not very engaging. In closing, I do have some remarks on the author's comments regarding the series's resolution, which I think are pretty revealing: "The reason Kirin is with Kangmu is because it is already a community of fate. Both Kangmu and Kirin are the only and necessary beings of each other. Of course, Kirin loves Kangmu and that is one of the reasons. It can be said that the reason for being a common destiny is bigger than feelings." In other words, the author readily admits that Lee Kirin and Kang Mu's relationship makes no logical sense for them in terms of character progression, and is simply insisted upon for reasons of "destiny" (read: plot) and delivering a "happy" ending. It's quite frankly just another protracted abuse-to-love story about taming the alpha male, but without the proper development or complex characterisation

Omg! Fantastically thrilling and phenomenally exciting! Ending was a bit confusing, I don't understand how Sooin was saved.

i love semes and ukes like this!!! This was overall good, but the mix of confusion amd trying to add a deeper level if understanding didn't go well together. Couldn't at all understand seme's intentions of letting uke go in younger days. Glad the issue got resolved relatively uncomplicated though. Also would have liked more on the 2nd couple.