I went out of my way...

Master Of Unpopular Opinions September 9, 2025 1:57 am

....and started reading this incomplete book because I was confused at the fandom hype and mangago readers hate.

....well I'm still confused!
I'm even more confused!

I don't really understand where the hype comes from
_my wild guess is that it mainly comes from young "readers" who come for the smut_
And I absolutely don't understand why so much hate
_ my wild guess is that it comes from "readers" who don't read and just judge based on their prejudice _
This was actually really interesting and well written!

Not sure where this is going and I hope the author will keep up the good work and not rush shit the lazy way, because so far the depiction of the protagonists mental states is really good even though the plot is quite, uh, slim to say the least.

I've been wondering for +70 chapters how in Hell Jaekyung became such self centered obsessive competitive piece of shit, and now it makes sense how this idiot wasn't able to understand emotions that he actually never encountered, be it passively nor actively,
And it also make it admirable how he managed to focus on something less harmful and more productive than the rare adults hovering around him despite his obsessive nature.

On the other hand, I feel less sympathy for Dan who is also incredibly self centered but can't seem to focus on more than one thing and always exclusively about him.
The grandmother especially.
Mine also died of cancer but unlike him, my family cut all contacts between her and I, and the only info I managed to get is when I was 15, that she was diagnosed with cancer, at 16 that she died, and at 17 that my mom, aunt's and uncles were fighting over inheritance (isn't my family great?). I still don't knowat +40 if she's been buried or cremated or whatever.
But Dan has been raised with love by his grandma and nobody is in the way, he should be taking care of her so that SHE spends the rest of her life comfortably and safe, but it's always about him.
how he struggles with money, then how he's scared of her dying, then how he's in love with the final boss of assholes, then how his feeling weren't reciprocated, then now how he's hurt and sad.
And once again, communication is not an option.
He's always taking care of everybody thinking only about himself, and managed to make himself sick with his obsessiveness, while his grandmother (and literally every one around him btw)is worried sick seeing him trapping himself in this self-destructive cycle.

Now I hope the plot (the whole sabotaging Jaekyung scheme) will be less backgrounding in the upcoming chapters.

Anyway, it's interesting.

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