well shit's manga / #give me my time back(9)

I guess it makes sense since its a romcom but god the way the plot just builds up then drops so flatly all bc of character plot armor is so fhdjnd i mean.. okay romcom i guess.. but also jeha and mong almost had no chemistry? Especially with how they met at the beginning lmao like other bls with this dynamic got the formula right in terms of how they fell for eachother but this once just felt rlly? Odd? I get the enemies to lovers trope but there was no spice to it? No sexual tension? Lie u Know they both will have sex so the trepidation leading up to it just kind of falls flat bc you Know any drama will be solved with sex so eh.. lmao And HELPDJDJE mong’s ex was the highlight of everything fr like that guy was a true ride or die HE WAS AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME CONSTANTLY without a complaint dbdbnd and junyoung’s character felt like how a blue ball would feel like bc he was just There. Contributing almost nothing to the plot especially with how useless he was at the beginning “thriller” part in finding hyeyoung. Like he is the most fodder ass character bc the author kept on riling up the idea Oh junyoung maybe likes mong thats why he helps him alot but no?? He doesnt?? And we never got a proper explanation from jun’s pov on why he cares so much for mong?? Like sure u feel bad for what u did back when mong was in highschool but thats it?? Even the ex too like what is the reason for u to help mong this much hdhdh Feel like there were a lot of instances where the author could have expanded more on jeha’s childhood, his first love, mong’s childhood, mong’s trauma, etc bc just having it be mentioned briefly feels kind of lazy in terms of character development,, and aaa i feel like the only solid character development that we had was hyeyoung lmao sigh idk i just feel like there was so many potentials but bc of the constant “shock factors” that mong did and how Wacky the characters are in terms of characterization, it just made everything fall flat? Then again idk if that was what the author planned, a really simple no plot romcom of a couple whos both kind of insane hddn i guess? I Guess? idk kinda pissed i spent the whole night reading it hoping it would get better but alas,,, wanted to give 1/5 but the art was solid so its a pretty 2/5 its just badly written with poorly executed characters tbh it felt like a draft that didnt get beta read and got published instead there i said it

2 stars One for hyesun and One for hanjun the true ogs of this story i love them they made this bearable eventhough they appeared like? 3 times in this story. Eunho this is a Plea for u to MOVE AWN but alas he still ended up with jaeha You know what jaeha actually needs? Not dick. Not a lover. HE NEEDS A THERAPIST! HE NEEDS HEWLP!!! Idc idc bc listen his emotions? Perfectly valid but the way he REACTS to those emotions to those AROUND HIM is NOT okay that is destructive and youre hurting everyone. And then youre justifying it? No bro lol People have feelings too???PLEASE open up to someone about it so that you have a person you can lean on?? Rather than having that shit accumulated and hurting not only your ex wife but eunho as well??? Its hard to open up i get it but hyesun had a point jaeha needs to Fight for his relationships if he wants them to work out. He did the bare minimum PLUS with no communication and then cries when he felt like life is shit to him?? And realizing that Oh eunho might not come back to me now that broke it off with him Bad LIKE no fucking shit honey lmao??? Its the way he didnt realize how much hes been so used to eunho’s love and adoration for him that he felt like he could do whatever he wants with it and i was hoping for the author to touch more about that but they didnt .. This shit could have ended so quickly if they attended couple’s therapy AND assigned a therapist for jaeha like fr im so sorry to hanjun and hyesun that they had to go through all that god eunho is a Soldier for being able to put up with that bc i know i couldnt

Gonna be real with yall it was ass

booty ass bottom of the barrel shit ass writing and this is coming from someone who LOVES dead dove/problematic stuff lmao pacing and dialogue is ass just everything is ass thats all i have to say

I see the author’s vision but the execution was way too janky and the characters too flat. the slap stick comedy and extremeness of everything was funny though, felt like author was doing a parody LMAO. just take it with a grain of salt and imagine youre watching a hilarious speedrun of a highschool play head empty!!! Wee!!! Usually i love these kind of light and silly stories but i was nawt feeling the characters lol author was having a fun time doing this they said fuck the plot we’re doing camp!!! And good for them!

YEAHHHH the whole secret agents premise was so so good and fun, REFRESHING EVEN but idk WHY i was so convinced in the beginning that juergen was part of the knights templar. like i was hyped up for a “theyre lovers but theyre secret spies of different opposing factions OH NAUR forbidden, star crossed lovers!!!” BUT NO!! They were from the same faction??? And it just boggled me bc then what is the conflict really… like youre in the same faction, fighting for the same cause, joachim’s conflict was so illogically written i found myself rereading his monologues so many times bc his conflic could have been solved easily if he just talked it out with yuergen? Theyre spies? Why are they acting so unprofessionally? I was getting frustrated with joachim’s resolve on “not wanting to burden” yuergen and ALWAYS not being strict with that resolve, he always falls right back to yuergen whenever they have sex and its sooooooo redundant? Yuergen was such a flat character too, i was expecting to a see his pov when joachim fell into the dragon lair but we only got a dialogue retelling???????????? Bro…. Thats your chance to show a side of yuergen being desperate for joachim AND his acceptance into being a dragon, and u left that out OFF SCENE??? AUTHOR WHY?????? Atp i was so turned off from the story bc no amount of sex can save the flat characters and plot. It was so ???????? Huh?????? Even in the epilogue i couldnt find a reason to like juergen that much bc what was even his reason to like joachim and vice versa??? Sexual compatibility sure but they didnt share any personal information to bond over???? Like at LEAST something cliche like “oh he understood my feelings of isolation and loneliness like no other” was enough but not even that lmao AND HELLO WE DIDNT EVEN GET A FUNNY LIL SIDE STORY ON WHY JUERGEN EVEN GOT HIS DICK BEADED. LIKE WHAT WAS THE REASON?? WAS IT A DARE?? A DRUNK DECISION?? IM MORE CURIOUS ON THAT THAN THE DAMN PLOT NOW WORLDBUILDING. Pray tell what the fuck was the templar’s existence even for. I hate when stories like this promise such a big and promising plot point only for it to fall on its ass flat as hell. WHY. Like sure templars bad they side with gangsters and crime syndicates but WHY???????? They seem old fashioned and rely on magic. Where did the magic came from??? How and why were they formed???? So the SIA is in the woodworks with the lord of the city but what about the templars’ motives???? What is going AWNNNN. I always pride mysef in understanding even the most complicated plot but this is just. The plot holes are INSANE???? AND WHAT BECOMES OF JUERGEN NOW HES THE LORD OF NYC (which is such a corny ass title btw) like sure the higher ups know but how was it revealed??? Why and how was he in the SIA?? What hppens to Shadow?? Does he get promoted??? HUH And youre telling me, all of this chaos was bc yvonne wanted to dip her og dragon body???? if SIA doesnt solve crimes shes gonna get angry???? For what???? She doesnt even seem that emotionally attached to the city, and shes the most powerful being what would a few mishaps even do to her?? All this just bc she wants to orchestrate a scenario where juergen gets awakened??? NO WIND THAT BACK explain in more detail about joachim’s body is compatible with juergen like whats the lore here. How would yvonne know they would hit it off physically?????? She knows of the third method of dragon awakening but still why joachim?? And all of this just bc she wants a damn vacation??? HUH?????? IT DOESNT MAKE ANY CENTS….. AND NOW UR TELLING ME SIA AND TEMPLARS ARE BUDDY BUDDY BC JUERGEN IS LORD OF THE CITY??? Whats with the ominous plot tension between the two factions in the first place . AND ONE THING THAT PISSED ME OFF THE MOST: stop STOP giving joachim the most insane, silly ass plot armor. I know yvonne and robert were in on it and wanted joachim to be the link to awaken yuergen . But yall could have just killed him at the dragon lair and force the awakening. LIKE BE EVIL. WHATS THIS LUKE WARMED “i’ll let you choose” BULLSHIT. WHAT??????? 3 times !! 3 TIMES joachim got the “i’ll let u choose/off” plot armor. Im PISSEDDDDD. I think the reason im this heated is bc i let this story sit for a year yall. NAY 2 years and expected a solid, decent plot. But there were so many plot holes. AND IM ANGRY bc this is my favourite dynamic. Ml borderline yandere behaviour. OBSESSED AND POSSESIVE. IN AN AGENT UNDERCOVER TROPE. We could have had a masterpiece. How could u fumble it this bad. And when the artist said they were worried they wouldnt be able to portray juergen and joachim’s relationship properly. SADLY YEAH. It wasnt even well written type of flawed character. Its the poorly executed one where they have 0 charisma and likability. GAHHH im pissed at how long i left this aside. So SOO much potential. World building was promising, the trope was there and the insane, emotionally codependent couple dynamic was perfect even…. Sigh. SIGHHHBBHHBBBHHH.

no stars because its straight up ASS just some dookie ass cow shit story and characters. pacing was ass, character depth was non existent, plot and development was ASS. Ml aggravated me the fucking most like how the fuck did u get into medical school when your critical thinking skills is non existent??? Dont get me wrong, i love the misunderstanding trope but this was done so so poorly and lazily ITS JUST ASS YO???? did no one proof read the draft of this story????? Its so so poorly written, its so insanely immature lol dont get me started with the “2nd ml” side plot my god the way i rolled my eyes there has to be a red RED line manual book of shit mls/mcs must NOT do no matter the plot bc it will be a major turn off for the audience and the ml here was able to hit every single one of those icks and atp, just dont make the main couple end game bc it just feels so shallow and lazy LMAO especially when its not even a dead dove kind of plot?? the misunderstanding could have been written so much better but no it was just lazy ass writing??? Like im baffled at how lazy the whole thing was presented?? Ml kept on getting plot armour it was infuriating. Mc should have kicked him in the balls, signed the inheritance pseudo marriage agreement, file a divorce and dipped WITH the inheritance money bc 7 years…over some idiotic misunderstanding from ML’s dookie ass assumption… mama u deserve better lmao sigh hate that i read this till the end with hopes that the author would improve and maybe leave it in a more ambiguous ending where ml continues to try and win mc over but no ofc not lol god i cant stop laughing please dont be like me dont waste your time reading this

I see the vision the author wants to make but the execution in character and world building is just not it lol characters like jia piss me off bc these monsters literally killed thousands of people with no remorse and u wanna talk about them having “stories”? Are you stupid? That reasoning is bonkers especially given the world theyre in. those people arent put into the death penalty bc of petty crime and even mc said there hasnt been a wrongful conviction since ppl with her abilities arrived. And to have the audacity to go “your brother would be very sad” mf if only u knew your husband died bc of these people lol do those who died not deserve justice? Characters like these make the atmosphere of the story so damn jarring bc are we seeing the same bloodshed rn or no? And the twins saying they didnt kill anyone before the cute harajuku-core hero arrived, thats a damn lie didnt they just stabbed a woman for being “good” to send her to heaven lol ? Author put us right into a story where it felt like its already reaching a climax all from ch1 until now and had no room to give us a sense of attachment to these characters so i kind of dont really care what happens to the characters including the mc. Bc of that it feels extremely dragged out. The villains are annoying and their reasonings are incredibly edgy and cliche, the government and the whole equality group ideal is incredibly stupid for putting all those villains in one big confinement cell instead of putting them down immediately. Sure raosa(?) has a point lets not include civilians into the mix when heroes kill the monsters but . Surely you could have thought of a better idea than putting these powerful monsters in . Jail? the mc’s anger and emotional burn out is justified bc things are just not adding up LMAO im getting pissed in his behalf just thinking about it. And when he kills all the monsters then what? Is he gonna be put on death row next? Everything is so inconsistent and naive, i wonder if thats the author’s intention lol if so then thats great And author not establishing any sort of rule and limit for mc’s powers is also a peculiar move bc by not explaining it, you inherently put the readers into this sense of belief where mc is unstoppable and has no reason to lose At All. Unlike other mcs like sjw and kdj where they have limits and level ups to showcase their power sets and abilities, this mc’s powers feels very… open and vague to the interpretation lol. Kudos to the artist for the character design though bc its very stunning! Gorgeous art style and colours! I hope mc kills everyone. Be the villain even! Go big! Go apeshit! Boom boom pow pow!! Who cares about the plot at this point lol

If you’ve read mission save the hunter (novel and manhwa) , then i dont recommend reading this LMAO like i see the vision the author has but it felt so shallow and rushed. It took 86 chapters for a semblance of chemistry (if u could even call it that) between the couple and given the dynamic (sunshine traumatized mc x manipulative fox ml) it would have been an easy banger but something about the way the artist adapted the novel into manhwa form that just feels so lacking and amateur? Pacing was rushed and by the 4th dungeon it felt repetitive, read comments where big details of the story were left out and im just?? Why????? And sa hyeon’s character development was just odd and jarring bc youre telling me this guy loved yiseon all this time? He mistook it as obsession? Thats so lazy bc There was no hint of that at all LMAO the tension was there but it was not romantic it just felt ominous and foreboding. 80+ chapters of that and nothing else. Jesus. The constant blushes they put on yiseon does such a disservice to his character bc it makes him feel like such a flat and shallow character who has zero backbone and inner confict. Youre telling me this guy was the same guy from earlier chapters??? Alright.The world building was insanely lackluster and there was no sense of dread or actual Risks in the dungeons’ time limit/difficulty. Everything is just lackluster!!!! Side characters felt like its being held back by an invisible string bc they had so much potential to be bigger players in the story but? Theyre just the jokesters most of the time? And conveniently enough they dont interact with the couple’s moments at all?? Thats such a shame and puts into perspective at wow!!! Mission save the hunter really spoiled us to filth with the adorable couple moments from other characters… WOW!!! Evrything in this story is a sad unseasoned chicken… The thing i especially hated about this was how much potential it had that im gonna assume was cut bc of the adaptation. The theme of grief, survivors guilt and ptsd with the dungeon/hunter atmosphere was so light hearted, it made whatever the hell the team and yiseon is going thru not that big of a deal bc well. No rules abt the world building is established i guess lol people can do this and that and oh they have penalties and thats all about it. AND HILARIOUSLY the friends that yiseon is grieving so much about? We only know one name in that friend group. ONE. JESUS. How are you gonna establish the weight of the mc’s grief when u dont even name the people hes grieving??? Yeonseo from msth had 1000+ ppl who died and author still tried to include at least 5-10 names with distinct characteristics!!!! Shit had me grieving WITH him. It just felt so lazy????? It honest to god felt like reading a first draft of a work. And i have to make this distinction that MAYBE the novel is way better in portraying this than the manhwa, and thats whats making the story feel so bad bc no fucking way a story can be the lazily written lmao the visual translation from novel to manhwa was just straight up ass. I hate that i spent 3 days readinf this lmao. The only good scene in this story that left a satisfying mask is sa hyeon on his knees realizing the weight of the situation between siheons suicidal urge and feelings for him are not as what he expected. The potential with the “manipulated is the manipulator” trope was done (i felt) so hastily. And sa hyeon’s character development/reflection arc was fucking short???? Just a scene later and mc is taking him back in???? What happened to chaptwrs of all that grief and survivors guilt???????? If youre gonna invest that much chapters in the character’s trauma, make it make fucking sense??? And if the theme is healing thru grief by reconciling and giving yourself the chance to make new connections, then theyve also done it poorly bc majority of the story is just sa hyeon “manipulating” yiseon. The other members are in the back burner And the fact that only in the last few chapters is when the talk of Therapy is brought up is insane to me LMAO. The more u pick thru every plot hole of the story, the more the story crumbles . Im really gonna just be pissed at the manhwa adaptation bc im sure ( i hope) they left out a lot of nuance from the novel. Its like eating a nothing sandwich. Mission save the hunter’s way of talking about grief and survivors guilt while also balancing the couple’s development and growth is making it so incredibly hard to read other works with the same theme or trope bc if that author could do it then why cant you if youre not just a completely incompetent and lazy writer!!!! U can really feel that msth’s author spin on the topic is so personal and closely related to their own life experience with grief bc man………. Shit was heavy… and even made ME conflicted with its conflict. At the end of this story it makes u wonder WHY did it have to be a dungeon hunter trope, put this plot in a regular slice of life drama manhwa and it’d be fine. Thats how lazy the fantastical world building is. It doesnt add anything to the theme???? Msth’s big conflict was justifying death for the sake of justice and that was so stressful bc there is no right or wrong answer. It was eye opening, it had u THINK. This shit had me FROWNING and NOT wanting to think!!!!!! Anyway its a 2/5, unremarkable characters, lackluster worldbuilding and non existent plot. You would hope that at least one of the three things that make up a story of this trope (world building, mc likability, ml chemistry) would save the story but no it didnt bc it didnt have any one of those!!! Cant remember or even be emotionally invested with anyone in the story. Whoever that commented in msth that that story reminded them of This, youre a fawkin liar!!!!!!!!!!!