at first, reading chapter 1, i assumed lister would be the male lead and he’d follow the same scum seme characterization that is the zeitgeist of bl manhwa but i was shocked to see another male lead come in and yeah…i like him!
lister could have been a more interesting antagonist if the author gave him some other qualities that sort of mellowed out his despotic behavior but he’s just outright a cruel person with the emotional capacity of a toenail. does he think pulling mc’s pigtails through torture is going to make him realise and reciprocate his feelings? he’s quite stupid.
however im not mad (thank god) that the author has not made this a potential love triangle scenario because it would have infuriated me to see sylhan even show an inkling of affection to the lister considering how cruel lister is to the point it overarches any positive trait he would possess.
“why didn’t you tell me u were hurt?”acting all caring…girl it looks fake as fuck…if someone knocked on lister’s head they’d hear an echo…of course sylhan can’t tell you because it’s your! fault! did lister expect him to be like “u hurt me and i also expect u to comfort me knowing your just going to hurt me again”???. ugh
Personally i think Lister hits all the marks of an abuser. From a third party perspective abusers can sometimes come off as unreasonably cruel, but inside the abuser’s head they think they’re being as charitable as possible. In this chapter and a few times in previous ones we even saw Lister pull the classic tactic where an abuser will try to apologize and/or offer gifts in an attempt to get their victims back on their side.
i hope the story ends with the heo family getting ruined beyond repair so that all the nefarious hard work jungwoo and junghyuk put into the family’s business comes crashing down/is all for naught. i hope they suffer terribly too.
and i can now get why minjae dared to attempt to kill jungwoo. what would u do if someone is telling you that if you attempt to report or talk about the harrowing sexual abuse you went through, they’d kill you? that’s sickening tf i’d kill you first. i support minjae’s rights and wrongs.
jaehee’s blatantly stupidity n his one braincell being controlled by his dick makes him look like a punching bag he’s kinda dumb and cute id want to beat his ass too. he’s a fun n silly character to read but if i met him in real life i wouldn’t want to be with a 5 mile radius next to him he’s kinda insufferable.
"ryohei doesn't love yuuma that much etc etc blah blah"
yet he's the first in the relationship to say 'aishiteru' which bears more emotional significance than 'daisuki'. it's rarely ever used in proclamations of love because it's typically reserved for serious relationships and portrays the complexity and depth of love eg. hjgh school couple won't use aishiteru. a couple that has been married and in love for 15 years will...it's not used lackadaisically. that's why yuuma even gets shocked that ryohei said it before he(yuuma) did because yuuma thoughe he bore "more love" for ryohei than ryohei did for him.
you may have qualms about yuuma's characterisation and i can see your point (he's bland boring etc) but i deny the implications that ryohei doesn't love yuuma yet he's been unabashedly vocal & communicative about it.
maybe you just lack the ability to critically view ryohei with depth and are stuck to his pre-developed playboy characterisation from likr ch.2 of the prequel. take a break and come back and re-read it later in the future maybe your opinion will change.
That's why there's a huge miscommunication between the audience and original text. People tend to forget the culture of where this originates from. Also doesn't help that there's no equal equivalency in gravitas when it comes to word/phrase choice.
There's also the underlying tension in the story where Yuuma has more to lose if he outed himself and Ryohei knows that. Yuuma somehow feels like he's on the edge in the relationship but Ryohei is more than ready to catch him if some shit happens.
Time will tell what comes out of this relationship but I don't agree with the assumption that Ryohei puts less into it. I'd be willing to read more but I hope if the author decides to continue, let it not introduce a 2nd ML. Love triangles are just not that interesting to me.











dohyun’s burberry trench…i want it..almost forgot he’s also a rich kid.