good but could have been great

cassiopeia April 26, 2025 8:45 am

I really loved this manhwa, but there was a lot of things that felt unfulfilled. There was no character development for Jiu’s mom, we don’t see Jihan and Hayul’s relation properly develop, the letters that Hajun wrote for Jiu during the time she was abroad is never brought up again?? The two Wurin archs were so unnecessary, one was enough. And tbh, I feel like they definitely could have reconciled as friends again. They were best friends for 22 yrs and boyfriend and girlfriend for like 6 months or less really. And the most they did was kiss, not even make out… lmao. I did want him to truly find his own person. We also don’t ever see the letter Hajun wrote when he was trying to apologize to Jiu for not telling her about Wurin’s blackmail.

I’m hoping some day some special episodes come out tbh. This is the author’s first work so it’s understandable that they rushed certain things. I just feel robbed from not seeing Hajun’s reaction to Jiu getting pregnant especially when he was so elated after he thought she was pregnant before they got married and it turned out was a misunderstanding. I also hoped to see the world find out that Hajun is married to Jiu, since she’s technically a public figure as well - being in the fashion industry and all. And omg it really pissed me off how the CEO just faced no repercussions after meddling like that in Hajun’s life. She was just as bad as Wurin imo. Going back to Hayul, really loved her and found Robin/Jihan so cute for her. But I hope to see her at least give him a kiss or something. It was kinda painful to see her not even care to kiss him after dating for 3 years!! And then in the epilogue it looks like it’s been at least another 5 years, so that’s 8 years. And her and Jihan still look like they’re frozen in the same stage in their relationship. Idk maybe this is just me thinking about all this. I just finished it and i still love the story, it just makes me sad not knowing the answers to some of these things. It feels incomplete. Looking forward to the author’s future works though. Side note- there was a total of 4 time jumps. First 5-6 years, when Jiu goes from being 16 to 22 and Hajun goes from being 11 to 17. Second- 5 years, Jiu goes from 22 to 27 and Hajun from 17 to 22. Third, 3 years, Jiu goes from 27 to 30 and Hajun from 22 to 25. Lastly, the final time jump in the epilogue isn’t revealed but based on how old their kids look (hangyeom looks about 5-7 and jiho about 2-4) I think it was a 5-6 year time skip again. So Jiu went from 30 to 35 and Hajun from 25 to 30.

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