I think like the author said, it was very much their first solo work. I feel like they had a vision. The road had a few bumps along the way, but the destination was cute. I understand what they were trying to do!
I think the problem comes more from the characters, though. It felt a bit rushed specifically in terms of character development, and some things that didn't make a lot of sense?
Like for example: why keep trusting the teacher when he just kept being a complete weirdo? He really kept getting on my nerves, and Minjae should've acted differently. I mean, grow a backbone, did that punch you give him earlier mean nothing in retrospective? C'mon... And the whole thing with Woochan's father also felt like it got resolved too quickly when it was his whole motivation for his actions... It's all pacing problems, really.
Like I understand especially with the ending, the whole "you can't stop destiny, some bonds are meant to be" and all that, but I feel like their behaviours could've still been different towards some characters.
But well, if you ignore those issues, the intention is quite clear and for what it's worth, I think it was really cute. Woochan getting that queer award was really sweet, and them growing old together after all those problems they went through really did warm my heart. And I'm so happy Minjae's sister also had a happy ending!
I think like the author said, it was very much their first solo work. I feel like they had a vision. The road had a few bumps along the way, but the destination was cute. I understand what they were trying to do!
I think the problem comes more from the characters, though. It felt a bit rushed specifically in terms of character development, and some things that didn't make a lot of sense?
Like for example: why keep trusting the teacher when he just kept being a complete weirdo? He really kept getting on my nerves, and Minjae should've acted differently. I mean, grow a backbone, did that punch you give him earlier mean nothing in retrospective? C'mon... And the whole thing with Woochan's father also felt like it got resolved too quickly when it was his whole motivation for his actions... It's all pacing problems, really.
Like I understand especially with the ending, the whole "you can't stop destiny, some bonds are meant to be" and all that, but I feel like their behaviours could've still been different towards some characters.
But well, if you ignore those issues, the intention is quite clear and for what it's worth, I think it was really cute. Woochan getting that queer award was really sweet, and them growing old together after all those problems they went through really did warm my heart. And I'm so happy Minjae's sister also had a happy ending!