It's a solid story about a extreme abused sheltered boy and a free spirit with very deep wounds in his soul. Just 20 and 22 years ol respectly... The ending is rushed, that's true. I do get why some actions of the MC can be seen as dumb or kinda random but we are talking about a young man, just 20 years old, who couldn't even take a break from study for a minute without fearing his father's punishment or dissapointed him. One who ate his notes because in his desperation he believed doing that would help him remember what's written in them and study better. One whose mother endured a lot of his husband abuse and then made him feel guilty about her own life choices. She was another victim but at end she also decided to put the blame on her son. One who didn't understand his owns emotions or experimented mundane aspects of lifes. One whose life was dictated by his father and to please his father. MC grew up 'fine' and kind even with all that shit. It makes sense that he returned to seoul and decided to be completely obedient to his father if that meant he got to save ML's life and future. Those 8 years separated must have been hell for MC but he carried on and didn't break his promise until ML appeared in his life again. ML... he's not bad or good. He has flaws and he can be sarcastic or snarky but he deeply cares for MC. He wanted to protect him and decided to disappear but that didn't work because of MC's determination and love. Then, he really regretted not going after MC the second time and stayed apart because of feeling guilty and ashamed of himself. He let 8 long years pass by... It's a long time. If they didn't get to met by chance at the theater, MC would probably gotten married. But well, everything about them was decided by chance, aka were destined to meet again. Maybe if I read it again I would understand why 8 years exactly, but overall, it's a nice story. But it hurt not seeing the sunbae and the father get the punishment they deserved. That's my only complaint. The setting is amazing and we can see how slowly the art started to change. I liked the old one, kinda suited the 80's story vibes. But when it changed, the emotions and expressions of the characters were better showed so it was very welcomed.
It's a solid story about a extreme abused sheltered boy and a free spirit with very deep wounds in his soul. Just 20 and 22 years ol respectly...
The ending is rushed, that's true. I do get why some actions of the MC can be seen as dumb or kinda random but we are talking about a young man, just 20 years old, who couldn't even take a break from study for a minute without fearing his father's punishment or dissapointed him. One who ate his notes because in his desperation he believed doing that would help him remember what's written in them and study better. One whose mother endured a lot of his husband abuse and then made him feel guilty about her own life choices. She was another victim but at end she also decided to put the blame on her son. One who didn't understand his owns emotions or experimented mundane aspects of lifes. One whose life was dictated by his father and to please his father. MC grew up 'fine' and kind even with all that shit.
It makes sense that he returned to seoul and decided to be completely obedient to his father if that meant he got to save ML's life and future. Those 8 years separated must have been hell for MC but he carried on and didn't break his promise until ML appeared in his life again.
ML... he's not bad or good. He has flaws and he can be sarcastic or snarky but he deeply cares for MC. He wanted to protect him and decided to disappear but that didn't work because of MC's determination and love. Then, he really regretted not going after MC the second time and stayed apart because of feeling guilty and ashamed of himself. He let 8 long years pass by...
It's a long time. If they didn't get to met by chance at the theater, MC would probably gotten married. But well, everything about them was decided by chance, aka were destined to meet again. Maybe if I read it again I would understand why 8 years exactly, but overall, it's a nice story.
But it hurt not seeing the sunbae and the father get the punishment they deserved. That's my only complaint.
The setting is amazing and we can see how slowly the art started to change. I liked the old one, kinda suited the 80's story vibes. But when it changed, the emotions and expressions of the characters were better showed so it was very welcomed.