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Okay honestly, they're all stupid. Adeline for not questioning her memories too hard when she has visions of clearly being happy with Third Prince. I'm guessing he wasn't in love with First Prince's mate and just was friendly with her since he mentions her doing his hair or watever. Adeline was his mate from the beginning, but he was congratulating her on her wedding. He prolly was not marrying her to avoid drama with First Prince, And First Prince prolly forced the marriage to mess with him. Prolly jelly his mate liked his brother more. Idk if First Prince wiped Adeline's memories before that or if that was the second time Adeline was reincarnated cuz idk why she can't remember being happy with the Third Prince.
Third Prince is stupid for like not saying "yo I got a girl I like, I don't like First Prince's mate." But since the King favors First Prince, he prolly wouldn't listen to him. But again, he coulda just been like "see this is the girl I like!!!" And brought Adeline?? Even if he wanted Adeline to marry someone else? NO, DAD, MY WAIFU IS REAL! I SWEAR.
And now present day Adeline knows Third Prince didn't kill her and says it's murder. Third Prince ALSO thinks it's murder. And Cressido doesn't??? Isn't he Third Prince's knight? BRO TELL HIM THAT.
Idk wat the heck up with Levi. I'm wondering if he's just the Third Prince. But ofc girly pop Adele doesn't wanna think too much about it.
Like honestly it not hard to figure out who the culprit is in all of this, especially if Third Prince knows it's the First Prince. JUST TELL PPL DAMMIT. GATHER ALLIES SO THEY CAN GET EVIDENCE. KING MAN SHOULD JUST ASK ADELE WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE CAN BE LIKE "I got murdered, yo." LIKE bruhhhh I am intrigued by this series but they just don't communicate, if everyone got together and got their stories straight, they'd be FINE.
AGAIN ESP THIRD PRINCE. Bro just watching it all happen like "I'll gather evidence on the side and THEN DADDY WILL LISTEN TO ME!" Dude take ur girl and run. smh.

What in the Grey's Anatomy.
Nah cuz why couldn't they just tattle to Jiyeon's uncle that the ex was being a jerk.

I was kinda hoping Seyoung would meet with Hyejin irl after getting the courage from Heejae and meeting the rest of the clan irl. I also kinda hoped there would be a conflict with Heejae's original plan of dumping Seyoung, like he doesn't mean to do it but makes Seyoung think that's what happened after he opens up. And then Seyoung just devastated for a while like "see? ppl always get sick of me" while Heejae tries to clear up the misunderstanding. I did like Heejae's switch from yandere to puppy seme though, the yandere part of him didn't last TOO long after Heejae realized his feelings so I appreciate that at least.

Sometimes I read a regression story and the MC is all "with the knowledge of future events, I can change my fate! Muahahha!" And they're so super badass at turning on the charm and getting powerful people on their side. And I'm always like damn, if that was me, I'd be way too dumb to be able to even make a difference. This story is basically like that, if an average person went back in time and was still pretty much powerless.

Nokyoung didn't really do much to change his fate, which I appreciate in a way. He only made changes for things he COULD do, ie break ties with Hyunjae, choose to star in The Runaway after knowing it does well, not try to seduce Junil in the beginning. And I guess that alone was enough for it all to fall into place, cuz FATE. And I can't hate that Junil did everything TOO much since connections really are everything, especially in showbiz.

But bro, did Nokyoung really have to go "I have to find a way to help Kyunghan!" and then do nothing. And two chapters later AGAIN go "I have to find a way to help Kyunghan!" And in the end, it was still basically Junil. I mean he helped talk Kyunghan out of suicide, but like bro, PLEASE.

Honestly, this whole thing just read like a slice of life, not a whole lotta plot goin on there. And other comments said this, but maybe the novel was more fleshed out, cuz I do not understand how Joon and Daiki fell in love at all but okay.
Also the characterization was all over the place and it was def not helped by the same face. Like Taichi was established as some kinda antagonistic role? That would "steal" whoever or whatever belonged to Daiki? So he hits on Joon when they first meet. But after, it shows he genuinely cares and wanted to protect Daiki and his late wife? And even Joon and Toma? And he ends up being super "I LOVE YOU BIG BROOO" to Daiki like I legit thought they were actual brothers and was so confused when it turned out they wer cousins.
Similarly, Joon was simple, but sweet at the beginning. And I was thinking how it was cute that he could also rely on Sho. But then season two assassinated his character and he's always yellin at Sho like whattttt.
And when the hell was Sho even dating the lawyer? Season 1 showed somethin goin on between them with lawyer saying Sho needed to stay away and then season 2 hits us with the "they're dating." Okayyy. Again, maybe the novel is better, idk.
I honestly wanted to drop it but eh the slice of life with these silly yakuza men takin care of a child was cute enough so I got through it all.

Lmao this was so silly I loved it. But was that a wedding shot at the end?? I've been robbed I wanted to see!!! Boss got hotter as the story went on, but MC's older brother is also hella hot. MC gonna have a good future~
The translation was kinda wonky honestly, I think it kinda messed up at the end too with the love confessions which kinda ruined the impact. But that's okay, I realized what the intention was.

I like how Siyeon wonders how you go about requesting a contract kill but was somehow able to become a killer. Guessing he was chosen to be one from the beginning based on some of the stuff Taekyung said.
I'm very confused over a lot of it, but the story wasn't meant to be serious so I had fun reading.

There are a few odd moments, but overall I liked the story.
But Jekwon's like next level stupid.

He goes into a rut and instead of just TELLING Yian that and saying "that's why you can't come near me right now," he just does a generic "stay back and leave." I mean maybe it's embarrassing to explain that to someone who isn't close to you? But Yian's his sex partner by this point, it's probably a good thing to disclose actually. And cuz he didn't actually SAY anything, Yian in his lovestruck worry decides to check up on him anyway and gets involved. And then of course, when he gets into a rut AGAIN when they are MARRIED, he still hides it and lies about his whereabouts? BRO JUST TELL HIM! DAMN! He just creates misunderstandings because he doesn't talk.

He also does this with Yian's confession. When he first hears it, he thinks that he should end their sexual relationship cuz sure, the feelings would change everything. But Yian forgot, so he's like nvm. And that's like whatever I guess. But the manz still goes all "Wow he acting so normal does he even like me? Doesn't seem like does." And gets upset when he thinks Yian might not like him. Or he continues to treat Yian really well and worries over him. And he doesn't realize his feelings this whole time?? Like sure, you can be nice and not have feelings but actively getting jealous over the thought of him being with another man after Yian becomes an omega? But fine, okay, you can handwave this part away.

HOWEVER. When Yian rejects his marriage proposal, CLEARLY STATING it's because Jekwon doesn't even like him, manz just goes "do you not like me anymore??" AGAIN. Then goes like "if you like me, why won't you marry me." HE ALREADY TOLD YOU WHY HE WON'T MARRY YOU. And then Jekwon OBVIOUSLY has feelings for him but just can't notice it. I don't get that part, Jekwon had a lover before. And he was upset over the lover cheating. I'd assume he would know when he likes someone, even if he has never liked them to the degree he likes Yian. Like I'm sorry, I feel like the author just had Jekwon not realize his feelings to drag out the misunderstanding and drama.

Also the miscarriage part. Even though Yian wasn't pregnant so never had a miscarriage, I didn't like that Jekwon decided to hide the miscarriage from Yian to avoid making him upset. Like even if Yian was pregnant and had a miscarriage, he has the right to know. It's literally HIS BODY.

And when Yian said he wanted Jekwon's child, Jekwon decides to hide that the doctor said he would have a hard pregnancy. Decides to just CAUSE PROBLEMS by saying "I never want kids." Like first of all, you should make sure you're on the same page about children before marriage. Second of all, if the reasoning was just because it would be hard on Yian, JUST TELL HIM. Again, it is HIS BODY. He has the right to know whether pregnancy would be hard on him or not. The doctor should have mentioned that fact to Yian as well, even if it makes him sad. Seriously, I feel like Jekwon was the cause of most of the conflicts in this story lolll

Also, I didn't like Yian saying he resents Jekwon for turning him into an omega, but I think he just said that to make Jekwon leave him alone since he was all "hurr hurr why no marry me you like me >:(." Because I mean. Yian is the one who chose to start the relationship with Jekwon. It was consensual.

In conclusion, it's still mostly Jekwon being the cause of most of the conflicts. I feel like author just wanted to drag it out for the sake of the story too.

Side Note: I also did like that Jekwon actually went through ruts because a lot of omegaverse I've read just has the omega suffer through heats while ruts were just not as frequent. So that's a plus.

TL;DR: I liked the story, but Jekwon's a master of miscommunication and the cause of most misunderstandings.

I read this manhwa first and liked it. But I read the novel and liked it even more.
Since the novel is told in first person, we see a looot more of Seoyu's depressive thoughts as well as his panic attacks. The manhwa skipped a lot of that, honestly. It explains a lot of his behavior. Like how he believes that he is trash and deserves trash friends like Wonjo. Like how he can't fathom that Sunghoon likes him or that the cafe dude Hoin likes him.

He even acknowledges this at the end when Hoin calls him, saying he's grown and now understands why Hoin was being mean to him. The novel actually made this more clear. In the novel, Seoyu says he realizes why Hoin acted as he did but he decides to keep pretending he doesn't know, implying that Seoyu realized Hoin likes him and was jealous. Thanks to his relationship with Sunghoon, he was able to have a more positive outlook.

Something the manhwa fails to acknowledge is Seoyu's hallucinations. The manhwa did show his hallucinating the river coming for him, but honestly it just looked like something visually representing his depression. It wasn't always clear that Seoyu literally sees the river and feels it in his lowest moments. After his miscarriage, he also thinks he hears people badmouthing him. In the novel, he actually realizes no one was saying anything and it's just him making assumptions. This was to show how he was becoming more positive.

I was also wondering why on earth Sunghoon never actually asked Seoyu out and just assumed they were dating. The novel actually has a side story from Sunghoon's point of view showing that HE DID. He just asked him out and told him he loved him when Seoyu was in heat and drunk, so he forgot. Still though, Sunghoon realized Seoyu forgot because Seoyu went on the date set up by his uncle. So he should have asked Seoyu out again but didn't because Sunghoon didn't understand the depths of Seoyu's depression and self-deprecating personality. When he does understand, he goes to lengths to make sure Seoyu is happy because the first thing he ever feared was losing him. This side story really helped expand on their relationship and character, it's a pity the manhwa didn't show it.

The novel also reveals that Sunghoon also hates that Seoyu stays friends with Wonjo but doesn't stop Seoyu from being friends with him since Seoyu considers Wonjo his only friend. And also Wonjo came in handy when it came to getting Seoyu's true feelings sometimes since Seoyu doesn't always want to vent or possibly talk about his negative feelings to Sunghoon. Since Seoyu doesn't care about the idea of worrying Wonjo or hurting his feelings, he's more open to him. Though Wonjo avoids telling Seoyu about how Sunghoon might divorce him because he knows Sunghoon would get rid of him for doing that lol

I did like the ending of the main story because it was a book-end. Story starts with Wonjo about to kill himself but stopping because Sunghoon's brother crashed. Story ends with Wonjo NOT jumping, but getting distracted because Sunghoon crashed. And then it officially ends with Seoyu making peace with his past and smiling on the bridge with Sunghoon.

The novel side stories also include Seoyu saving Sunghoon's brother from a car crash in the sea, and Seoyu almost died because of it. This makes Sunghoon's brother a little traumatized. Seoyu also realizes he could feel a little of what his older brother felt when he saved his life, so he gains a little more peace over that.

About Seoyu being stupid. He is stupid. lollll His little research into Picasso for the exhibition shows how aside from his trauma, he is a little dumb of a guy. Sunghoon thinks it's cute. In the novel, Sunghoon's brother gets confused because it appears Seoyu always has a habit of quickly being interested in painters or artists when he visits the exhibitions, but promptly forgets everything he learn and fails to recognize their art anywhere else because he just regurgitates what he reads online. Sunghoon's brother even describes him as a little bit of an idiot.

Also Seoyu never escapes the image of being a crybaby loll in the novel there are a few more incidents where Sunghoon's brother tells everyone he cried and Seoyu's just like WHY.

Lastly, it sucks the manhwa never shows the baby. It even shows Seoyu's stomach looking normal when the novel says his belly actually gets round and his chest a little bigger/swollen. In the novel, his kid comes out looking exactly like him and is also low-key a genius who pretends to be "just a baby" when it suits him.

If you liked the manhwa but felt it was a bit lacking, I encourage you to read the novel. It is way better imo. You can find it on novelupdates.

Thanks for reading all this if you did. If you didn't, at least read the novel, it's better.

For the longest time I thought this was about a vampire cuz I thought Ga-In looked like a vampire and I thought he had red eyes on the cover. Then I finally read it lollll