Yeah this like a normal and reasonable reaction from a grown adult to a high schooler confessing he wants to sleep with him especially one who you've been or still are a parental/dependable figure to. I'm super glad he's actually rejecting him firmly and angrily because he finds it not normal, unlike others with this exact same trope (projection, stranger, hell even 2020)
I read this all in entire afternoon... I have either already read all 42 chapters already months before and i forgot about it or this is like the most predictable story ever.. the doctor thing, the guy being the researcher's brother, the deal for the experiment.. I could see where this was going from miles away while this annoying arc is going on, MC is going to get a matching test with the other SS esper (the one they were interrogating because his guide died) making a really good 2ML since ML is acting like an ass again and the result with him come out with a pretty good match for the second time in his life and that's when ML start to feel jealous about MC without really realising his feelings.. He will then regain his bond with him once he feels like ML is the only person he can trust.. Then while the doctor wants to keep his end of the deal the guide he made does not want to give up ML and acts like b again
I don't like either of the twins lmao both feel so manipulative and just leave a nasty feeling... reminds of Will the roasted beans sprout/Beta testing and in that bl it looks like more than a love triangle the author is pushing poly with 2 scumbags... and it looks like the same over here too
I've been wanting to read this for a really long time, I even started reading the novel and then got distracted and never finished it. I didn't read the webtoon sooner because only the r15 ver was available in english and I wanted to read the mature version since they cut off a lot of panels from it.
I actually liked the story. It hits a lot when we get into Jiho's most inner dangerous thoughts. Both towards violence and towards self harm. I think it has very mature nuances though so I'm not sure if a younger audience would like it. It's slow and makes you think about your adult life. It kinda reminds me of Form of Sympathy, another great read.
If I have to say one thing I didn't like it's not the age gap per se, but the fact that the story started when Jiho was 17. I don't think it would've made that much of a difference if it started when he was already 18, in all the major plot points didn't matter if he was of age or a minor. Like all the webtoons with this kind of trope I hate when they take in a minor that desperately needs a parental figure and then ends up becoming a romantic relationship... I'm talking about this, Projection, a Tree without roots and others, it's in general a pretty common trope of "found family"... I see that a lot of people are hating on this webtoon because of that reason (which I totally get it and I hate it too) but it's just funny to me how everyone loves Projection though when it's literally the same thing... what's more I found Projection even more uncomfy. Someone in Stranger the pace eased it up a bit how uncomfortable it felt that he was still a minor, though I still think it was totally unnecessary to make them know each other when Jiho was 17. The only time it matter was when he couldn't get a proper job and that Woojung says that its his "fault" for liking someone a lot younger, which both would've worked fine either way even if he was 18.
Second thing I have to say is that I didn't like how Jiho's anger issues have never been properly resolved. It's not normal to be so angry to be thinking of killing someone else and literally almost doing it. As someone who also grew up with parents with anger issues, I think it would've hit harder and it would've been really comforting to read about Jiho surpassing these emotions, even Woojung thought he himself should work out on not throwing glasses for Jiho's sake. I feel like it was quite out of character for Woojung to not help him seek the help he needed.
Third and last thing, I'm kinda sad that the only honorific Jiho uses throughout the entire story until the extras "검사님/prosecutor" got lost in the translation, I think its very dear and cute because it completely separates when he calls out "Woojung" or "Yeon Woojung" and he says his name is pretty.
