
When I first started reading this, i though this would be the similar to the rest. But I was very pleasantly surprised.
It's one of the few manhwa that focus on the actual kingdom building, aside from "Soldier to King". I love how Roman grows as a character. He's ruthless to him enemies however to those he considers close, he treasures.
I love that the kindness or compassion he shows feel genuine and has an actual impact since the story has developed all the characters equally so you get to feel how that specific character would've felt.
In my opinion I would rather this as my 3rd favourite action manhwa with SSS Class suicide hunter being the 1st and God's Gambit being the 2nd.

I also dropped orv, i mean, i respect our different taste of manwhas so i wont explain myself.. out of all the hundreds of manwha that im currently reading, my top 5 would be nano machine, murim login, infinite level up in murim, reincarnation of suicidal battle god and heavnly demon cant live a normal life.. (▰˘◡˘▰)

I get it welp imma just say it's fun after he fights with demon lord(theres more to it but imma not spoil) and orv lmao honestly I've dropped it temporarily cuz I'm having hard time waiting for next chapter and are you still reading nano after that dual cultivation scene w ice queen? I dropped that manhwa... more like made myself believe that he reached happy ending after becoming cult leader (╯°Д °)╯╧╧

This is the first time I've seen a translator or uploader drop a manga because the character was shitty ngl
Also I know this is like a redflag ass manga but I wonder of anyone can give me the link of the raws, since I hate leaving a manga on read, especially when it has more chapters

Second time, the last time i saw uploader dropping a series from the first chapter just said the story is trash but fortunely someone completed it and i dont see anything that bad in the series(if non bl counts, theres an official translator that gives up on cipher academy because of how difficult it is to translate from the japanese pun ans ciphering of it basically)

I know this is fiction and all, but it seems like he goes way overboard with his perfection? Like as it said, the chefs stayed in the kitchen for well over weeks and slept there just to please him?? That's a violation of laws isn't it??
And don't get me wrong I really love the pacing and the story as well, however what even was the point of the regression or reincarnation?? Because at the start it seemed like he would die of he didn't get a specific number of Michelin stars in a given time frame

His perfectionism, jumping from one restaurant to the next and sniping new talent are all for the sake of quickly opening new excellent restaurants and earning more Michelin stars. The publicity and hype are to try and attract inspectors quickly. No doubt once these three places are starred he'll move on to opening/working for the next place.
I do cringe at how overdramatic some scenes are and I totally agree with you about keeping the chef's there for weeks on end. Pretty sure they'd be so tired by opening night it would end up a total mess in reality, not to mention the legal aspects

All the people in the comment section are completely missing the entire point of the story. So if you haven't understood the story let me brief it for you guys:
So basically Damon has a sort of inferiority complex because most people always see him for his works rather than who he actually is. That bothers him because no one is interested in him and his true self, not even his old lover. This has caused him to be skeptical and he shows slight attention seeking behaviour as well.
Colton on the other hand suffered from unrequited love towards his father's friend and he despised his father who was the classic example of a stereotype alpha. This led him to hate all alphas who were shallow.
When Damon and Colton first met their relationship was a contractual one and both of them used the other.
The reason people are finding this story complicated is because this is not a fluffy story at all. It's a story about healing and moving on. Its a story of overcoming one's weaknesses and insecurities.
Throughout the story, Colton learns to move on from his past and let Dylan go, because he never really loved him per say, he only saw him as a substitute for his mother and the love he felt was situational.
Same goes for Damon, he learns that there are people who see and care for HIM not his works or his talent. That was his biggest insecurity.
The end is more complete than most of you believe. The way both of them are finally comfortable with the other and are ready to reveal what bothers them shows how far they've come. "Do you still like me?" Is the ending question Damon asks, and to that Colton replies that he has never not liked him. He always had eyes on him, and he was ready to accept him with all his emotional baggage.
The reason y'all felt like y'all didn't enjoy the story or that it's incomplete or that it's badly written is because y'all have grown too used to being spoon fed the plot. You guys are used to BL that clearly states everything and there's no subplot elements.
This manhwa is an extremely mature one and has a lot of undertones one has to pick up in order to follow the story, and in my opinion that makes the story even more attractive

100% agree with you! It was obvious to me (without having even read the first story) that this was about two people with baggage using each other to cope/get over it.
All the points you made were clear to me too! The only thing I want is for us to have more than the side story to see them be together in this healed version of themselves

The story for me was a little cliche, i read lots of stories like this so that’s inevitable for me, but one thing i’ll point out is that the pacing of the story is very off, its not badly written, but there are times where you get very invested in the story and it just cuts off, now this happens in every webtoon/manga, but this is one of the few times where its done so much that it gets irritating after a while, i think thats what people wanted to say instead of “badly written”, its not that the story doesn’t make sense, its the fact that the scenery changes unnecessarily ever so often. Did it ruin my immersion? No, i still read all of it and enjoyed it. But there were so many instances where i thought “damn, i wish that moment, and that moment- oh also this moment lasted longer, we literally got nothing.”
My parents aren't like grossly liberal or anything, however they haven't ever stopped me from doing something I like or from being myself
I've been allowed to do what makes me satisfied and was taught to not hate from a very young age
That upbringing along with exposure to media made me extremely open to all things.
Which is why I don't remember ever having a homophobic or anti LGBTQ or anti feminism mindset. I know what's right and what's wrong ofc, and i also know when something crosses lines or boundaries
Literally this makes me so thankful for my upbringing, i hope more people are like my parents in general. Maybe then we'll be able to have a better society
And I bet your parents are very proud to have you as their child. (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ