Kang really decided to torture someone physically and mentally using methods like rape, blackmail, and manipulation...all because of one petty comment made from a jealous stranger. Could’ve minded his own business, flipped him off, pulled a prank, or even just threw hands once and let it go, but no he decided to pull off some real psycho shit. Idc if he was abused, because this story is just gonna wipe that away by having them fall in love.
Junho...I really don’t want to victim blame, but I’m starting to think he just wants to initiate sex but doesn’t want to lose face so he’s resolved to intentionally put himself in scenarios where he’s more likely to get “raped”. How many times have you been in a direct contest of strength with Kang and lost now? He kicked your ass, tied you up, put you in a chokehold, carried your weight, and forcefully raped you so many times and you think you’ll magically be successful this time? How could he not expect this outcome when it happens every 3-5 chapters; like seriously, it might as well be foreplay at this point!
This series wants to be both a dark drama and wacky romcom at the same time and it’s not working. You can’t have have us take Kang’s abusive background seriously and at the same time have Junho be this lighthearted, plucky idiot whose character never realistically makes a drastic change after being abused by Kang. It’s a huge contradiction to have Kang’s cruelty at the hands of the chairman be given a poignant framing, meanwhile Junho’s rapes are being blatantly sexualized and in the aftermath it’s cliché “enemies to friends to lovers” yaoi beats. Either be an absurdist parody of yaoi tropes that would soften heavier elements like rape, or a heavy drama that properly portrays traumatic events through the characters: you can’t have your cake and eat it too ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Kang really decided to torture someone physically and mentally using methods like rape, blackmail, and manipulation...all because of one petty comment made from a jealous stranger. Could’ve minded his own business, flipped him off, pulled a prank, or even just threw hands once and let it go, but no he decided to pull off some real psycho shit. Idc if he was abused, because this story is just gonna wipe that away by having them fall in love.
Junho...I really don’t want to victim blame, but I’m starting to think he just wants to initiate sex but doesn’t want to lose face so he’s resolved to intentionally put himself in scenarios where he’s more likely to get “raped”. How many times have you been in a direct contest of strength with Kang and lost now? He kicked your ass, tied you up, put you in a chokehold, carried your weight, and forcefully raped you so many times and you think you’ll magically be successful this time? How could he not expect this outcome when it happens every 3-5 chapters; like seriously, it might as well be foreplay at this point!
This series wants to be both a dark drama and wacky romcom at the same time and it’s not working. You can’t have have us take Kang’s abusive background seriously and at the same time have Junho be this lighthearted, plucky idiot whose character never realistically makes a drastic change after being abused by Kang. It’s a huge contradiction to have Kang’s cruelty at the hands of the chairman be given a poignant framing, meanwhile Junho’s rapes are being blatantly sexualized and in the aftermath it’s cliché “enemies to friends to lovers” yaoi beats. Either be an absurdist parody of yaoi tropes that would soften heavier elements like rape, or a heavy drama that properly portrays traumatic events through the characters: you can’t have your cake and eat it too ┑(￣Д ￣)┍