Mayday mayday mayday!
Honestly I what such low expectations for this one and the beginning made me feel like I was right. The second half of the story was worth reading tho. Vasily is definitely a bad guy (to the limit of psychopathy actually), therefore I waited to elaborate a judgment about his relationship with Yoon, but in the end I weirdly came up to like both Vasily and the relationship between him and the MC. I also began to find some moments kinda cute. Vasily’s short-tempered attitude honestly cracked me up LMAO, let’s consider for example the scene in which he wanted to chop off Yoon’s cousin’s dick or the fact that he ALWAYS pull out the gun Because of him I have been rolling on the floor for the whole afternoon. Regarding Yoon, he had a “slutty” past, but he’s not the slutty kind of uke, moreover the portrayal of his emotions (like fear and anxiety) and of his personal growth and emotional evolution was pretty good.
Under the Green Light
I may not ironically have cried unstoppably from chapter 74 onwards. I was so moved Without Matthew there’s no redemption, no healing, no hope. Matthew was the one who waited. Matthew’s persistence and unwavering hope are what saved Jin in the end. He was the one who held onto that tiny thread of connection, even when it seemed hopeless. Matthew didn’t just bring Jin back into his life—he reminded him of the person he used to be, what his original purpose used to be. It made him realise how sidetracked he had been for so many years after Brandon took him in, that he had lost sight of his original purpose, consumed by the apparent need for survival and power. But above all, it reminded him that the reason why he entered the mob never was to climb the ranks, but to afford a dignified life for him and that little kid he wanted to protect at all costs. “I always choose him”: it’s not just love—it’s devotion, guilt, hope, and this desperate need for redemption all rolled into one. If Matthew hadn’t chased him, Jin would’ve stayed lost in that cycle of violence and power, forgetting what it was to feel again. And Jin, despite everything, chose him in the end. Not power, not ambition—just Matthew.
The Mountain Bird Cries at Dawn