Mimi's Topics (54)

Critique =engagement. It means people are interested and passionate about understanding story. It means people are paying attention and not just passively looking. Its possible to critique something you actually really like. This is a good story but it could be a great story. There's nothing wrong with saying that some things in a story just aren't working. I think part of the issue is that it feels like wasted potential. If a story starts out amazing but overtime gets worse its unrealistic to expect people not to notice or care. Especially when its obvious what's going wrong. A once great story that gets a little lost can with constructive criticism easily become a great story again. It's important that people understand that criticism of a work =/= criticism of a person. Learning how to give and to accept constructive criticism is important for personal growth. Nothing ever gets better when we pretend there are no problems at all. I am not helping or hurting the writer by voicing these opinions on mangago. The comment section is a platform for readers to comment on the work. What is the point of all of us disingenuously pretending there are no issues with the story?

Personally, its clear to me that the current couple doesn't have the same chemistry as our first couple and waiting so many weeks for resolution sucks. Very little seems to happen in the chapters that focus on the new couple. If you asked me to summarize what happened in this chapter I'm not sure I could. I'm not very interested in the basic tsundere uke archetype, it's cliched. Also we barely know anything about uncle pan so I find him unrelatable. Overall the second couple feels more generic and boring. (I also don't care for large age gaps but this is a lesser complaint). I'd much rather know about the main characters who are better written, because they are more complex and their relationship is more unique, nuanced, and romantic. I am way more invested in their story while I couldn't care less for the second couple.

I shouldn't have to ignore this story's problems just because other stories are worse, because there are also stories that are better. Don't fault us for being disappointed it currently isn't one of the better ones. We are still here because we are hoping it will be again soon.

It's such a romantic idea and the art is really beautiful. I think the general outline of the story was great and the characters were cool but it really needed to be fleshed out more. Overall, I'm disappointed. Most of the twists or dramatic scenes had no emotional impact. Them beating up the villain was fine but not super exciting, that guy barely made sense. Why was he so obsessed with yoosung, was it really just his face? Why would one beat down be enough for him to leave them alone forever if he's been trying to control yoosung for years? how did yoosung and his sister even end up living with him? what happened to his parents again? Jia being the god was a plot twist but did it really make sense? If she so was moved by their sacrifice that she wanted to see it happen again, why would she be okay with them having a happy ending this time? I don't really understand why this twist was necessary to the story or how it explained anything. Also if even yoosung barely cares that his sister was replaced how are we supposed to? Why did they both die (maybe only jinwoo died?) in their first lives? Why were so many of their past relationships so tumultuous? Did Jia manipulate their fate to cause the problems between them? Why add in the is it love or is it obsession dilemma if that isn't going to be addressed again? Yoosung wonders if jinwoo loves him now or his past self but we have no idea what his past self was like so how would we even know if he was different now? Jinwoo asks how could he not love yoosung and I'm like I don't really know why you do? Yoosungs character is kinda underdeveloped. Also does yoosung remember their past or does he just know it happened because of jinwoo's nighmares, if so why was jinwoo able to remember and not him? I've just got way too many questions. I really wanted a lot more from this story.

there's already way too much happening in this story. I really don't think we need an evil twin popping up right now.
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There's a lot going on with this story and it's moving pretty fast. I really like the premise, the characters, and the art but I don't think I like the pacing. Large parts of the story have been recapped or explained in a few sentences instead of showing those scenes (the first 2 years of them living together, the time they spent dating, yoosung realizing that they'd had a past life together). I think that it's made it difficult for me to get to know the characters and get invested in their lives. I would have really enjoyed reading those scenes. I'm trying not to compare it to Hate Mate which I really loved and think had much better pacing. It let the readers really understand the characters so even though the premise wasn't as epic and romantic as a reincarnation story like digitalis I still thought it was much more gripping (normally I prefer fantasy stories like digitalis). Overall, I'm still enjoying it and I'm so grateful to the translators for this awesome uploading schedule.

I really appreciate the author putting this lesson in here. Its a great reminder that BL isn't real life and that more than wishing to see it we should be wishing for the happiness of real people (but also still enjoy seeing it). <3

Eh... If this is the end, then I guess we can assume that they'll talk and work it all out. Honestly, I don't really like this as an ending. We've been waiting for them to talk since the beginning. Not showing how they reaffirm their love for each other and learn to communicate better in the future kind of sucks as an ending. There's no emotion in it ending here. I'd love an answer to the question of why things went wrong between the relationship. Why did Jinwoo become so distant over time? work stress? I'd like to see him be more forthright with his feelings in the future. As for Suhyeok, I'm glad he's decided not to give up but I'd also want to see him have more faith in Jinwoo's feelings even if he's not the most expressive. I'd like to see them both understand what happened and grow from this experience together.
#－.－) Hopefully, it won't actually stop here.

I think Haero and Don are in a much better place than when they broke up the first time. Haero has a lot of unresolved guilt and depression, it's been eating him alive for years and he's worried that it'll hurt Don as well. 10 years ago Haero wasn't capable of communicating this with Don but now he is. He gave himself the chance to be honest and vulnerable and let Don understand him. I think this is a very good sign and a step towards Haero trying to get better and be with the person he loves rather than continuing to self-sabotage. He'll need help to release some of his guilt and fear and develop better coping strategies but this can be accomplished with time. I'm actually really happy with the ending. Life is complicated and difficult, but if you have the support of the people you love, you can make the best of it.

I kind of like that haero is still insecure. When haero first broke up with don he said that real life doesn't have fairy tale endings. Having them still have problems even after their "ending" proves the authors point about what real relationships are like. Also getting into a relationship is wonderful, but it doesn't fix all of your problems. It's unrealistic to believe that someone as traumatized and self sabotaging as haero would be perfectly fine now. I would've liked a cute happy bonus chapter too, but I'm interested to see where this will go as well. I think its safe to say that they'll probably work it out considering its a bonus and not the start of another season.

Silver hair has been nearly dead for awhile now. How many times is he gonna pop back up to save mc... like if you're gonna pass out, just pass out? (￣∇￣")

Wow it's been awhile since I read anything this romantic. ╥﹏╥ I'm jealous.