Do the straight guy win?

Culoculpa October 11, 2025 3:43 pm

my god where do I even begin? I really thought it’d be one of those stereotypical “gay guy falls for straight guy and they eventually round to get together with the 2nd lead; a gay guy ending up as fodder” but IT ENTIRELY THREW ME FOR A LOOP!!!!

I typically fucking hate messy stories and idk if I even call this messy? It’s just so.. it’s human, but it’s not, but it is. They’re so good.

I love every character even if they’re assholes becuz they have so much dimension to them, and the fact their relationships evolve so much makes it 10 times better.

It’s like, you might begin even hating them for example the straight guy - but you can’t - you can’t becuz they’re all so amazingly human. Typically in BL it’s very easy to categorize the characters as “the MC” “the uke” “the ML” “the seme” “the best friend” but these characters don’t exactly fit those categories to a T. They’re all have so much dimension, it’s hard to really encapsulate them into the stereotypical character archetypes.

Yeona or however u spell her name - she is a fucking Queen, a femme fatale, I love her and she’s just a side character. Same with her whack ass boyfriend / ex. Same with the red head friend, I’ll try to remember his name but he is so good too! Such a good support character. Why? Becuz they’re so well fucking written and then you go to the leads.

And the art? Sure it’s not the shiniest, but I love it to death. You can see the change from season 1 to 2, but I love how you can see THEIR AGE!!! I LOVE IT! I love that you can see them visibly age so much!

It was just amazing really, I wasn’t even mad at how it developed despite my genuine hatred for love triangles, I just hurt deeply for everyone involved in this case. I really do think if you can handle a losing party, give it a read.

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