Responses
One realization I just had is how the ring mirrors their relationship completely, a plastic, supposedly meaningless object that stands in for an "actual" item, a "plastic love".
And, similarly to an expensive ring, the first thing that comes to mind is to sell it —a transaction— the same way Ha-kyung claims their new relationship was built upon his debt.
But I don't think he'd actually sell the ring, and maybe that's the point.
Sometimes I praise things because they appeal to my subjective experience, be it in the sense that the art style is attracting or the story fits my desires and, well, sexual preferences.
Now this is insanely good, the story, the art, the consistency, it's a masterpiece no matter how you look at it. I've read a lot of BL Manhwa and Manga, and if i'm honest, I don't remember most of them by the next month because of how little they actually impact me, remembering a korean name is truly an achievement to me (especially given how generic manhwas tend to be in a general sense).
I'm not finished with it, but even if it has an ass ending, where nothing is resolved, I would still call it an masterpiece, of that I'm confident
One of the things I'd like to say stood out to me the most is the paneling. The artists know this is supposed to be scrolled, so you get dynamic shots of things getting revealed as we scroll down, or the effect of intercalated rain drops that appear to be moving, so, so good, why limit yourself to small panels when you can explore this medium as it is?
The dynamic of being the most sincere with someone when you are disguised, and lying to them in your true clothes is chilling.
I don't think it's nescessary to always focus on contradictions, but this story is obviously focused on the relationship, so you get Ha-kyung describing things as they should procede in a story, and they do, but he feels for it all because that's not what he actually wants, it's beautiful. It's concious of the movement of the plot, the characters know how they could affect the curse of actions, but the contradictions imposed by their own narrative of romance makes them follow the opposite.
I read this thing way too quickly, and I would love to be more in depth about it, surely re-reading it after reaching the latest chapter