this is a god tier comment.
Doyoon like fsksksks he's so adorable. He is also the Korean fanbase's favorite obviously everyone is crazy for him and the author has more official arts of him than Taeyi and Seheon I think they need their own story already. ヾ(☆▽☆) and Juha is too pretty even in his ugliest form if that makes sense
Also, I think it needs to be uncensored and explicit for it to be yaoi?
Because even if they go "haaah haaah" naked and sweaty together, its up to us readers to imagine what specifically theyre doing.
Maybe theyre doing yoga.
I started reading this yesterday and I stopped not long after. The dialogue felt really awkward and read in an amateurish manner- if I looked at it objectively, practically nothing was appealing to me. But then, if I looked at it from another perspective, I simply could not explain why I kept reading today, after I woke up. Something about it drew me in. Specifically the characters. Even when the art wasn’t the most natural, or the words weren’t idk AO3 quality, it felt like the characters could draw you in, then chain you up and weigh you down in the freaking ocean- except you weren’t drowning, just stuck, floating, in that weird pressurising yet floaty feeling you experience in water.
I read the top comments before I started reading to just get a rough feel for it, and found out about the MC’s father’s affair with ML’s brother. From that, I thought I’d dislike him. But somehow, he became the character I sympathised with the most. He never really got that closure, and it felt like everyone put the blame on him- I mean, he would blame himself the most, honestly. I’ve never experienced this before, but instead of feeling angry or sad, I was frustrated. Frustrated that they weren’t real. Not like in the way I wish a fictional crush weren’t fictional, but because I felt like I had to do something. I wished they were real so that I could interfere and do /something/ because they just... didn’t deserve that kind of ending.
I’m probably a hypocrite to say this, but as a personal opinion, I think Donghyun should have at least shared more of the blame... with the photo? Like... I just feel so bad for the father.
After I finished it, I put down my phone and just sat outside for a minute. I think the characters- the reason why I was so drawn to them- reminded me a bit of some things in my past. And when I thought of that after finishing it, I just cried. It left such an empty feeling in me, which is amazing for something I just read online-
To be honest, I felt angry at the main couple for a while- actually, I probably still do resent them a bit. It felt so sad that they could have that happy ending (agh that sounds horrible, but I’ve never been a fan of happy endings for personal reasons lol).
Apart from that, I adore the side couples especially Juha and Doyoon- the latter might just be my favourite character in it haha, he’s the real MVP *^* their relationship dynamic especially in the beginning was so lovely.
And about what I said in the beginning, to be honest, the creator’s writing and art style changed a lot as the story progressed. It started off difficult to read, but eventually even all of that started to draw me in.
Their storytelling grew by margins and I was so impressed as I read it. The feelings were being conveyed better too. It was just so fascinating watching both the characters and the creator grow.
Ah, on a random side note, Juha looked so pretty in that one panel (“... gone all the way with me?”) in chapter 66- it just stuck in my mind...(づ￣ ³￣)づ
It might be hard in the beginning but if you get through, past Season 1, I swear it’s so worth it.
This is my first ever time writing such a long comment but it needed to be said ahhhhh- I feel like I won’t be able to read anything new for at least a few hours or days.
//completely off-topic though, but why is this shounen-ai? Technically it’s a yaoi, but just censored, isn’t it?