IM confused on how you think Kim Dan is the selfish one when all he’s literally done throughout this entire story is for his grandma and later, for Jaekyung Also, I guess I agree that it is admirable that Jaekyung became a boxer instead of a mobster, but he’s the most self centered, violent individual in this entire story… but i digress. From: a “reader” who spend the past couple of days reading everything with an open mind before coming to conclusions (also I have been reading BL since I was 12 and I am 25 now so I can agree with you that it is well written, but the plot is pretty bland)
I’m sorry that was a bit of an aggressive response, I just felt upset at the victim blaming but you are valid.
No problem, and I understand that I can be ... Misunderstood. But look, Kim Dan is really incredibly self centered, as much as Jaekyung, in the sense where all he thinks about is himself, even while taking care of others. Especially about his grandma, I don't know how you call it in English but in french, it's called acharnement thérapeutique, he should have chosen what was best for her, she is already an old and tired lady and wasn't doing good with chemotherapy but all he had in mind was that he didn't want to be alone, tbh it quite upset me when I realized.
His life explains why he is this way just like Jaekyung s back story explains how he became a walking a red flag, but in both cases it doesn't excuse it.
And yea the plot is really light, which makes me expect more of it later... It's so light that it's gotta be bright at least lol
Ah, I looked it up, "therapeutic obstinacy", or "aggressive therapy", that's how it's called in English ^^
His grandma deserve lots of love, peace and mindful care ❣
....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.