The friend was justified in getting mad at him for disappearing. It was actually a discussion on social media one of those days, some people say they never let their friends leave with strangers, others were saying "let adults fuck". My take is:
- Don't just leave first without saying anything, your friend is going to be worried
- Don't pick up someone for sex unless you and your friend both agreed on that. A good friend would stop anyone trying to take you to their homes or to a hotel so you need to tell your friend beforehand so they don't feel responsible (at least not as much) if something happens to you.
- Don't drink (especially not to the point of getting blackout drunk) if you wanna pick people up. Drunk people can't consent, you're gonna end up getting raped or raping someone (SA and SH are possible too)
MC got drunk and assaulted the ML with an unconsensual kiss, then basically got raped. It's fucked up all around but hey, I'm still reading it.
Sorry to everyone pissed but I love some regret and chasing. The seme hasn't even realized his feelings yet and he's already getting desperate and acting embarrassing.
I peeped that rhe friends only defended the FL after the ML stepped in. The author obviously wanted to make that scene with the ML being her white knight, sure, but the friends could have tried to say something or at LEAST exchanged glances. With the way it was done they ended up looking fake as hell. And the guy asking her to put in a word for him doesn't make it better.
The comments warned me there was rape, but I gave this a try anyway. I hoped it wasn't so bad since for once the female lead didn't have boobs bigger than her waist each. Alas, the comments were right.
I'm starting this now and the cheating wife makes me sick and seeing the comments about the latest chapter makes me think it's not going to get much better.
She just keeps wallowing in self pity and using her son as an excuse for why she can't run away, but she obviously doesn't care about him because if she cared she wouldn't cheat in the first place knowing how that could affect him, let alone cheat under the same roof.
I mean, she's talking about how it's fine to fuck, because he won't leave the room since he's scared of his father. She knows her son is traumatized and she's not worried, she's using that to her advantage so she can get shagged.
Why doesn't she run away? The answer is obvious, she enjoys the rich and comfortable life. She still wants to get railed by a young man now and then but not enough to give up the money from her cuckold husband.
I have no sympathy for her, I hope she gets kicked to the curb by everyone with not one cent to her name. This cougar needs to learn some shame.
I'm at chapter 20 and it's too snail-paced for my liking? Does it get better? Should I persevere?
There's no revenge and no twist in this... The ending did not feel conclusive at all. They're not even dating, they're just in an exclusive sex friend relationship until the bottom gets tired. The way they got into this relationship was weird too because they had argued and the top was avoiding the bottom, but one phone call and they're fucking?
The art is pretty but the story... The male lead is extremely manipulative. From finessing those gold mines in her father's estate, to proposing to the female lead's sister to push her over the edge, to literally framing the female lead for a CRIME just so she would be grateful to him. Their whole relationship is built on lies, the version of him she fell in love with simply doesn't exist.
But okay, it's fiction, so I would have been fine with his toxic traits if the female lead was equally toxic and batshit, but she's not. There was also no redemption arc. She finds out what he did, runs away from him in the most dramatic way possible, leaves clues behind to make him angry and disappears off for over 1 year, just to go back to him almost immediately when he finds her. I like it when men are pathetic and beg for forgiveness, so obviously I didn't like the fact that he didn't reflect on his actions at all. The only dignity that was betrayed was hers so it's not very satisfying.
I think you would like this if you're into toxic male leads with no redemption arc.
How come Towa remembers stuff like the knight orders and the fact that magic basically doesn't exist in that world but fell for some bullshit like "it's a tradition to feed snacks by hand" like..... That's gonna take me a lot of suspension of disbelief but the art is right up my alley so I'm sat.
And btw I bet the one who killed him was the Captain and that incident is precisely why Griz is only Vice Captain. The way he looked at Towa and he shuddered felt like foreshadowing.
This is not as bad as some people made it out to be but the loose ends are annoying tbh. I major in literature and some scholars say that adding plot points that add nothing and lead nowhere is a sign of bad writing. I agree with them. These are the loose ends that stood out the most to me:
- Taewoong wanted to dump Dojin
Did the author just forget that Taewoong wanted to dump Dojin? Instead it seems like he forgave Dojin after he mumbled the truth about the fake confession while half-conscious. This was quite the unsatisfying conclusion, and then near the end of the story Taewoong is bothered by the fake confession again. It's like the author had a change of plans halfway through and decided that, for fairness, Dojin should be the one with regrets and not Taewoong.
- Taewoong's brother
Another thing, Taewoong's brother was mentioned when he brought him clothes in one of the chapters. Dojin wants to meet his lover's brother but Taewoong gets embarrassed and says they'll meet later. This seemed like a foreshadowing indicating that the brother would appear later and be quote relevant, but then he never appeared and was never mentioned again either.
To be honest, I thought his brother was gonna end up being the guy that asked if he wasn't falling in love for real, which would explain why Taewoong didn't want them to meet. At some point the supposed brother would accidentally reveal Taewoong's dumping plan to Dojin and drama would ensue.
If done right, that would mean wrapping 2 loose ends at once, and both characters would feel regretful and beg for each other's forgiveness by the end. I like this idea better, but there's no use focusing on what ifs. Oh well...
I have just read chapter 13 and here's my opinion...
The concept is good but the execution is lacking. I expected this to be a nice enemies to lovers trope with sexual tension shooting through the roof as they performed together, but as of chapter 13 this is falling short and there's only 11 chapters remaining.
First of all, I can't understand Heejae at all, he went from trying to kick Juhyuk out of the apartment to lusting over him at the blink of an eye. This might be because the story seems to be jumping from one scene to another and even doing some time skips without giving a hint of how much time was skipped.
We can't even say this was one of these tropes where he was actually in love all along or fell in love at first sight because, again, he was straight up trying to send Juhyuk into homelessness.
Talking about homelessness, Juhyuk is adult with adult responsibilities and a full time job, and now he also has to worry about getting a new place, yet it's like he is never tired, never busy. In fact, his schedule seems to be very free since he can be fully invested in the band. Which reminds me, he only played as a hobby for a short while in the past but now he's performing on a TV show and his skills didn't get brought up as a weakness first thing? That doesn't make sense.
One of the band members wearing a mask because she wants to stay anonymous is silly. To top it off, the mask is also tacky. Hell, none of them look like they're a punk band, they look like they're relaxing at home, but they are supposedly on a TV show!
Back to mask girl, why bother adding that detail to the character if her background is obviously not going to be relevant in the story? (If it becomes relevant I will eat my words but it really doesn't seem like the case and such a short story shouldn't waste time on side characters anyway)
So far so good and the art is beautiful, but now I'm caught up and will have to suffer through waiting for these short chapters.
How much longer is it going to take for the king and his whore to be begging in the streets? Torture is not entertainment!
This lost me when the summary said he got assigned to be the prosecutor of his brother's murder case. I'm pretty sure that's a conflict of interest.
Wealthy and aristocratic. Life began from the moment I met him....
- Author: Suho 조호
- Genres: Full color / Historical / Long strip / Official colored / Romance / Web comic / Webtoons
An 8.8 rating is low considering people here give good ratings to anything. If you are wondering why this story has a low rating, I guess majority is people who dropped it without even finishing, or maybe people who are used to basic stories filled only with porn. For me, this is a gem.
*Long review ahead*
I usually hate stories with historical settings because usually they have weak overused plots and there's nothing historical about it, rather, it seems like the authors of those stories just wanted an excuse to put the female leads in exaggerated prom dresses that look nothing like historical outfits.
In this story, however, the historical setting is actually relevant and well utilized and the outfits look realistic too. I sensed a little of a Jane Austen influence and the author did say she was inspired Pride and Prejudice on the Q&A. If you like P&P or other Austen works, you might like this.
This story is set in a period of rise of the bourgeoisie class and the first industrial revolution (iirc). Both these aspects and also the business aspects are relevant, they are not overexplained as an attempt at worldbuilding and not lacking either, it's just right.
I also like the fact that this is not a story where things can be solved by being a little smarter than the bad guys, who are often stupid as fuck. Even when the characters feel like they have an advantage or when everything feels like it's solved, there are social and financial barriers that have a real effect on things.
About the romance, it IS good, but it doesn't overshadow the plot or vice-versa, I was curious both about the romance and how the business storyline would unfold which is great.
On one hand we have Lily, she starts off as naive and even a little spoiled but gets a reality check pretty early in the story. I like the way she matured. She starts hating Edward because of the way he rejected her, but when she starts forgiving him the author did well in giving her another reason to hate him even more. One might think this is annoying, but for me it's a lot better than having her hate him for something that has been resolved for the sake of the conflict. Although it's not like it had to be one or the other, there were other options, but this is interesting enough.
On another hand we have Edward. His hate for aristocrats is understandable and, by extension, his hate for Lily also is. Because the hate is so palpable, it's even more impressive the way Edward was shown falling for Lily is also convincing.
There's no smut, only kissing, but in some moments towards the end you can tell they did the deed off-panel. I'm fine with this, though. However, I agree with comments that said that the ending felt a little rushed, we could have seen a little more of their life together but it was cut short.
One thing that has been bothering me is... where did Lily's nanny that was living in the inn together with her go? I was waiting for her to reappear for whatever relevant reason at any moment.
The dick was so big that it wouldn't get inside in the first try but in the second they didn't change anything but the position, and still they expected it to go in?
The seme might be taking his time because he wants to meet again, but how can an experienced uke not try some stretching with a plug.
There's not even a scene with them putting on lub, not even the classic panel with just the ripped wrapping laying around on the bed. Are we just supposed to assume that they did it off panel even tho there are no clues or is it a case of they really didn't do it at all? First option is bad storytelling, second option makes them look DUMB.