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I agree. Their bond was so much more than that. It never was about lust. It was about two lonely and needy people finding just the right person for them and the only take back is the age gap which is also okay cuz he was alr an adult. I loved it so much. And the way Jiho kept glowing more and more every season with the bonus eps showing how beautiful of a person he turned out to be. It was all thanks to Woojung. He always put Jiho's feelings above himself till the end. It's hard to say "I won't indict you even if you kill someone" as a worker of justice. But he did. For Jiho
kills me whenever woojeong thinks of Jiho as “lovely” or “born lovely” saying that he could never be someone like Jiho. sure, it could be because he feels like he’s not as genuine as Jiho when it comes to navigating personal relationships cause the reason why he even picked Jiho up in the first place is to due to a selfish desire to fulfil the promise he had given his mentor figure, but i do the choking emote to myself whenever he beats down on himself like he isn’t a patient, guiding and grounded man who provides the lost & young Jiho a beacon of stability. He’s helped so many people yet thinks lesser of himself like bae,,ILY SO FRIGGING MUCH WOOJEONG. ID KILL SOMEONE TO MANIFEST A MAN LIKE U
for other people complaining about the meeting of the two leads being iffy, YES it is iffy. Yes, Woojeong was a weirdo for jumping Jiho’s bones as soon as that boy said im eighteen, but in comparison to other manhwas, I believe this manhwa was a bit more forgivable concerning how the two characters come to learn, love & support each other, slowly becoming equal to each other without any hint of imbalance or leverage. There’s not innocent way to put it. What Woojeong did can be considered to be a little fucked up, but it doesn’t mean he’s the worst of the worst. He’s an adult who tends to bob and weave to his advantage, is selfish and emotionally distant, but that’s literally how most adults tend to behave. They’re single-minded, closed off, putting their convictions before truth. At the end, we see a perfectly harmonious relationship, which is already heaps and miles better than most BLs.
My final verdict is that: Please don’t be deterred by the initial bizarreness. This is a well-written story and I’d hate for people to miss out on this chance of reading a good work due to people throwing around the word “grooming.” I can’t dictate on how people will feel but using “grooming” to describe their relationship is SO out of place and reaching to outer space. Anyways, this story is a definite recommend, and one of my fav BLs ever, alongside Off the Plate.