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On the additional note, the dirty talk in here is so fucking hot and also giving me second hand embarrassment. Gio is fucking crazy and really lives on his on terms and words I love it, it really shows how he doesn't give a shit and how much power he really has on the places he's in.
In a lot of BLs there's a trope with the MC being in debt which is especially prevalent in RICH X POOR stories we have on the genre. What gets me going for this while it's absolutely absurd, I think that's on purpose.
I don't mind the ya' because I'm already used to watching eastern asian gangster media in movies so I understand how these would sound. Anyway, We go through the same premise as other BLs have but this I think really excels in grit and being raw in the lens of comedic wit.
The MC is hilarious, personable and absolutely someone you wanna root for to get out of the mess he's in. I can see some people has a problem with the portrayal of the environment he's in but while this is dramatized, the comedic lens this series has doesn't take away from how absolutely nuanced it writes poverty, debt and sex work.
We have side characters who are living their life in this highly violent industry, It's actually confusing me why people think this is a weakness in the storytelling when it serves as a narrative to both the background and the situation MC is actually in.
Gio is not a good man, MC is aware of that throughout the chapters so far from early on. "I don't know why these bastards always sees themselves as good people" is an exemplary line and as well as the recent chapters portrayal of coercion and how his response to fawn might be more to the situation than Gio himself.
It is raw and gritty and it portrays people of this industry in this absurd caricatures that still stems from real actual actions that people like Gio do. I love that it doesn't shy away from that and while it does have some weak spot I appreciate a media going out of its way to subvert expectation and deliver something new to the game.
While, we have no idea where Gio gets his money yet, We know he's a dangerous loan shark and the themes of debt, violence and poverty in this manwha is a better written portrayal of it than "Oh, I'm poor but now a rich alpha CEO took notice of me and oh I'm gonna run away from him cause he's got a personality problem but oh wow I'm in love with him now." No shade.