I just wanna say, in the nicest way possible,
I hate this manhwa with every fibre of my being and truly believe that if it never existed the world would be a *slightly* better place. That said, the art is gorg and I appreciate the work put into it.
Didn't they just fuck?? Bitch what
he was drunk he didnt remember
Nah that was complete bs I ain't never seen a more sober "drunk person". Also who says "I'm drunk" like that when they are?? Just look at how he was acting in those chs
maybe he has alzhemirs or dementia
Ah yes definitely a more feasible explanation
OR maybe he thinks it was a dream
fam, he was very sober.
MF IDK
:I That's why I am telling you. Chill.
Nah shits gross y'all gotta stop pretending its just "dark" or super deep it's clearly just a bunch of fucked up scenarios put together for "quirky" people to read
Yeah, some of the themes were intriguing but that CP panel was completely unnecessary.
Hadnāt read past chapter 3 until today but left a review two months ago complaining about how badly the author handled this story. (And yet people are still trying to make it seem way deeper which is insane to me).
Personally, I donāt have an issue with graphic depictions of assault, murder, etc provided itās done well. Humans have been writing about and drawing fucked up shit for centuries. The very concept of the Grotesqueāsomething that is strange, uncanny, vileāexists to explain this phenomenon. People will use art as a medium to explore that which is taboo snd socially unacceptable in material society. It can explore a fantasy or it can be a hyperbolic representation of our reality. That is to say, I think fucked up shit in art is necessary for human expression (victim or otherwise). Art must make you feel things and it should make you feel the full range of human emotion including disgust, fear, shame, etc.
That being said: the only emotion this manga elicited from me was disappointment. Because wow do they manage to drop the ball.
Like okay youāre gonna write this cool suspenseful thriller about a ex-priest who was accused of rape and murder of a child and actually was charged. He professes his innocence the entire time but no one believes him, we the readers arenāt even sure if we should believe him, heās totally isolated. Then he meets this handsome, charismatic, kind priest who offers a hand to him and a chance at redemption. But the priest from our perspective definitely seems shady. Maybe he has a motive. Maybe he knew a victim. Maybe heās the killer. Possibilities are endless.
That sounds exciting right? That sounds like a story that would be gripping, have the slow, dreadful build up to some big reveal. That sounds like a story that might tackle heavy themes like depression, abuse, faith, etc. All the markings of what make suspense thrillers great.
And then we get the plot twist in chapter 3. No build up, no real sense of suspense, no actual investment in the relationship between these characters. This is supposed to be some grand betrayal and I was just sitting there like, āokay?ā
Itās such a massive disappointment and none of the character actions make sense. Iāve already gone in length about this before but the MCās decisions/actions really donāt make sense. He forgives the black-haired character so fast based for no real discernible reason.
All of this compounds on the author deciding to graphically depict child rape. I think they genuinely thought they were doing something deep but because of how everything else is set up, it not only falls flat and makes the audience more disgusted than uncomfortable but also does more harm to whatever message they were trying to convey.
Like Iād rate this a 1/5 but the 1 is only because the first chapter will really have you thinking you stumbled across some gold.
Idk if it's the translation but I can't understand shit
Feel kinda bad for the old guy ngl