Man I just love the thought of this story but there's so much to be desired...personally, I think if we were this close to the ending, they shouldn't of had that time skip, or at least added more story elements post-time skip to mull over. Writing-wise it felt like they fell through one day and made up the other with barely any touched-upon consequences in-between. Sure, we got to see Valeri's mental turmoil and therapy, but for Alexei? I'm pretty sure it was only mentioned that "he wasn't doing good" during the time skip and briefly got hinted the medical problems he was facing trying to change his secondary gender back and forth (i might also be wrong abt this, but im pretty sure they also hinted Alexei to be an addict as well).
Art-wise...well, if they were gonna conclude the story, I wish they took a more dramatic angle. To me the panels, positioning of characters, facial expressions just didn't feel desperate enough, angry enough, or tortured enough—it felt like Alexei said no, walked outside and went "nvm, yeah," instead of someone who had been debating with himself over if it was correct to be with Valeri since the beginning of the story. Idk, as a casual artist myself and a manhwa-reader, I kept thinking during Valeri's plea at the end, that tears weren't enough, he needed to beg and grovel, not just for the readers who felt fed up with his character but also because his character is supposed to be at the end of their rope, that it's either Alexei or nothing.
However, I did enjoy the story, as much as I think things could've been done differently (please, justice for Jurji). I do sincerely hope there are side-stories, I would love to see Alexei and Valeri's relationship be filled out more, and separately from the circumstances they were under beforehand.
Man I just love the thought of this story but there's so much to be desired...personally, I think if we were this close to the ending, they shouldn't of had that time skip, or at least added more story elements post-time skip to mull over. Writing-wise it felt like they fell through one day and made up the other with barely any touched-upon consequences in-between. Sure, we got to see Valeri's mental turmoil and therapy, but for Alexei? I'm pretty sure it was only mentioned that "he wasn't doing good" during the time skip and briefly got hinted the medical problems he was facing trying to change his secondary gender back and forth (i might also be wrong abt this, but im pretty sure they also hinted Alexei to be an addict as well).
Art-wise...well, if they were gonna conclude the story, I wish they took a more dramatic angle. To me the panels, positioning of characters, facial expressions just didn't feel desperate enough, angry enough, or tortured enough—it felt like Alexei said no, walked outside and went "nvm, yeah," instead of someone who had been debating with himself over if it was correct to be with Valeri since the beginning of the story. Idk, as a casual artist myself and a manhwa-reader, I kept thinking during Valeri's plea at the end, that tears weren't enough, he needed to beg and grovel, not just for the readers who felt fed up with his character but also because his character is supposed to be at the end of their rope, that it's either Alexei or nothing.
However, I did enjoy the story, as much as I think things could've been done differently (please, justice for Jurji). I do sincerely hope there are side-stories, I would love to see Alexei and Valeri's relationship be filled out more, and separately from the circumstances they were under beforehand.