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Felt like I had to rant here (so I can link this to my list), but the inconsistency in the drawing/art left me confused more often than not.

1ST READ: I checked the last chapter first to see if it had a good ending. The birth scene reminded me of "Love is an Illusion" (natural, not surgical), so it interested me a bit. I checked a couple of chapters backward (I backtracked reading, lol) and found a chapter where the uke mentioned the baby kicked, but I couldn’t even see the bump??? In the last chapter, yes, it was there, but not that obvious due to the zoomed-out view, the blanket, and the cropping of panels. However, as I backtracked a few more chapters, MC is clearly pregnant (with all those dialogues mentioning his bump), but the bump itself was not even obvious—just flat and all (which doesn’t make any sense, imo). I was like, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO TRICK? DOES THE ARTIST THINK READERS ARE DUMB? I understand it might be the artist's discretion, but if I compare this to "Unromantic," that's better—at least there’s a small, visible bump there. The artist had a clear intention to show only a mini bump and nothing more. I also think for mpreg MCs in hanbok, "Gorani Jeon" would be a better read than this. So, I initially dropped it without reading the whole thing.

2ND READ: Okay, I’m taking back half of what I said. Yes, there are 4 chapters where the baby bump was clearly visible, but the drawing/art is so inconsistent that sometimes the bump magically appears and then flattens, especially during side views. I was like, OH HI THERE, YOU'RE BACK, BABY BUMP—WHY IS HE FLAT AGAIN?!—OH, IS THAT YOU? YOU'RE BACK??—AM I TRIPPING OR IS HIS BUMP REALLY COMPRESSIBLE LIKE SOME FAKE SILICONE BELLY?—OH THERE YOU ARE, WELCOME BACK, BABY BUMP!—OH WAIT, WHERE DID THE BABY BUMP GO? I noticed that "the bump was shown" in chapters where the shirt’s wrinkles/folds made it look like there was a bump during a front or top view panel, or when characters mentioned something about this "clothed bump." I was frustrated that, by the last stage of pregnancy (nearing childbirth), his stomach looked so flat, but then in the next scene, he’s suddenly in labor, and the bump had a surprising comeback of the year (tho it’s just a bit visible with all the blanket coverage). It’s like the artist tended to forget to draw it, but I’m guessing maybe they just worked on this manhwa because they knew the mpreg trope is more popular than non-mpreg ones? But honestly, they didn’t want to draw the bump, so they avoided it as much as they can, used weird angles, cropped panels, and had uke’s arm cover it as an excuse?

TL;DR: After being shown for the first time, the baby bump would suddenly flatten in the next chapter, then reappear for a couple of chapters (hinted by creases/folds on the hanbok shirt), then flatten again in subsequent chapters, especially those with side view panels, and finally reappear during the birth scene, lmao.

Sorry, it’s just my OCD speaking.

Minchan did not know where this headless creature gone to, and then the next thing we see, he's just there sitting on the roof like a good boy waiting for them to arrive why do I find that cute?

he's such a sugarplum honeybunch sweetie pie cupcake muffin cookie gumdrop little scaredy-cat babyyyy (ノ≧∇≦)ノ I can't blame him if he's got dumbstruck or tongue-tied or forced to lie to save face. It just made this whole fiasco so funny and wholesome.

Plus the art helped so well! Hands down to the artist for placing the title in different scenarios each chapter - that's a witty idea to make reading enjoyable and not boring (tho I'm not sure if other artists usually do this for comedy genre webtoons but this is my first time seeing it here)

Let me guess: they'll gonna fuck in the next chapter. Kid is already sleeping, their faces are close to each other, and that last dialogue from ml kinda foreshadowing it. But we can't know for sure, except for the author. This is a global release so the official translations are in sync with the korean raws.

Have you ever wondered why this manhwa has such a long ass title? 산가지는 도깨비의 꿈을 꾼다 is literally translated as "A mountain branch dreams of a goblin" (tho it was shortened in the official translation as "Dreaming of the Dokkaebi")
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(Sorry I know you're tired of me giving spoilers)
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I was just wondering, when I was reading this Ch 27 in the raws, like I get it we have Dokkaebi here but, where is the dreaming part? Is it all just Dokkaebi's dream? Like starting from when Minchan entered the mirror, up to the latest chapter, were all of these part of Dokkaebi's dream? And by mountain branches, we'll get more dreams in the future and the plot will expand in a more complex way like the branches of a tree?
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So apparently, in Ch 32 to Ch 36, they are inside a memory-like dream. I thought I'd get some answers to my questions but it looks like the authors/artists are saying: "Nope, just not yet" bcs my questions keep piling up the more I read.

As we delve into the story of Minchan's life, I'm getting this feeling that Minchan is not your ordinary human. I might have overlooked this when I made a theory before ( https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/16283379/) bcs I ALMOST FORGOT THE FACT THAT BODY REGENERATION IS NOT NORMAL lmao why did it slip past my curious mind?

Anyways, Minchan's body heals its own wounds, right? It even reconnected his arm that was entirely cut off without the need for surgery. Maybe that's why Bihwan couldn't believe that Seoho died/reincarnated bcs he knows Seoho is not an ordinary human? (ofc I could be wrong and maybe he's just missing his loml) and I was like: WHAT IF SEOHO IS MORE THAN A HUMAN BUT LESS THAN A DOKKAEBI? Like he can't be at par with, but he has that potential to be a Dokkaebi too? That's why Minchan was able to control Dokkaebi's fire in the hotel?

Therefore, maybe MAYBE the Dokkaebi mentioned in the title is not Bihwan, but Minchan himself? He's alone in the cover, see? And how/why did I come up with that? bcs in Ch 32 to Ch 36 (I won't point out when exactly Bihwan joined Minchan but Minchan went in first), both of them are inside a dream. And the happenings in there are memories of Minchan in modern times, not Seoho.

TLDR; a mere speculation from me that Minchan could be a Dokkaebi.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk (_ _)／

Sorry for the spoiler but I know most of us have been spoiled in other platforms anyway so I just wanna say that the sperm donor is still out there and may appear anytime unexpectedly and ruin our couple again. I honestly thought (last week until before the raw ch 94 release) that he would appear behind Taeju's back while Euihyun is busy fighting against Yeongdo. And that he would mess with Taeju which will result to Taeju's wound getting worse. And then Euihyun will turn around with his flying kick (again bcs I love it) a little too late, seeing Taeju has stumbled to the side railings, wobbling a bit before dropping unconscious to the floor with his bloody midsection and then their backups Wonyoung and friends will see Euihyun crouched beside Taeju's body, crying a river, begging them to bring Taeju to the hospital ASAP.

Welp, I guess the sperm donor is not that dumb to confront the enemies headfirst. He might have seen it coming, knowing that Euihyun is useful for him, in the sense that he's a valuable asset to Taewon Capital (or Taeju's company) iiric

What we have now in canon is not bad, I just think that was too easy (?) for them to escape and head to the hospital right away. Who would've expected Taeju's sibling will appear as a backup
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Official novel:
https://ridibooks.com/books/777127646
https://m.yes24.com/Search?query=%EC%95%A0%EB%AC%BC (9800 won for 3 volumes in bulk)
https://www.aladin.co.kr/m/mseriesitem.aspx?srid=1184298 (Vol.1 for 3000 won, Vol.2 for 3500 won and Vol.3 for 3300 won)

If anyone has the guts to go through the age verification process, I'm leaving the links here. It's still not yet reuploaded on the site where I'm usually reading raw novels so I'm still hoping for someone out there with a kind soul and good heart to share/dm me the link if they know where we can read the raw novel without undergoing such process, please ╥﹏╥

Or if you're gonna get it from the officials, I could help in translating.
Just DM me (づ￣ ³￣)づ

He asked the wrong question that will lead to more misunderstandings, prolonging the revelation for a few more chapters. I know that straight up revealing the truth would be too boring that's why the author took this route but I can't stop thinking WHAT IF Sunwoo followed the script he practiced and started saying: "Eungyo hyung, I told you I need your help with an experiment, right? I started this experiment a yr ago so I totally forgot about it but recently I just figured out that it happens to be successful. It's just that there are legal matters needing to be smoothed out bla bla"

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I've mentioned it before in a previous topic I posted when I first read everything ( https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/16143137/) that it reminded me of another bl manhwa, "Limited Run". I'm an avid reader of that one up to its ongoing side stories in the raws (latest Ch 3).

Now for this one, raw Side Story Ch 1 released yesterday and I noticed similarities again. Maybe it's a trend in KR BL? That side stories should start with the seme holding back himself from getting intimate with the uke, and uke will notice it and gets grumpy/sulky about it, and then uke initiates the first move for them to finally fuck? If yes, ok that explains why this one is going down that route. But if not, I wonder if Pando (the author here) is friends with Eeej (Kim Eunji), the author of Limited Run.

Anyways, I'm happy that doggo Myung is still around with them at this point of their life.

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the main story ended yesterday (2024.07.20) at Ch 84 in the raws I'm gonna miss this so much! but I'm glad at least the artist announced that they will be back with the side stories on 2024.09.21 (σ≧▽≦)σ that's only 2 months from now thank God

I'm really satisfied and not disappointed with this manhwa adaptation. I'm simple, easy to please, so the snu snu in Ch 84 was good enough for me (at least the artist gave it to us! I've been expecting this scene ever since I read it in the novel)

so we'll gonna wait for 2 months before we could read how ancient/historical royalty in korea would deal with helping the very first pregnant male in history to give birth safely. and I wonder how the baby would look like (づ￣ ³￣)づ