this is such a legit thing to feel as a queer person you can be as self accepting and okay with who you are and you're in love with/dating but being pubic with it takes an insane amount level of courage and all those of us who are out can attest to how daunting it can be at first and even years/months later.
Also factoring in the fact that Luke wants to be an actor and Andrew probably is considering that as well when taking his distance, it's just so heartbreaking but good like ugh. This is such a great way to add angst to the story without feeling manufactured or excessive it feels raw and real and I love this story even more gosh.
Minchan finally let it all out and Bihwan nailing so many of his insecurities cuz they're similar in that way my god the level of excellent writing? Far too much. Like this is why I cannot even look at the raws with this manhwa cuz my dumbass can't read Korean and this is not a"lemme just see the art" manga. This shit is deep and the dialogue hits hard. It does not feel real seriously its so good god I love well written BLs and I love my two babies and I love that Mimchan is finally letting his guard down a bit
andrew's 190cm+ ass is so fucking fine when he's threatening hell on people who would fuck with his boyfriend god
how tf did i just stumble upon this now?? tho im glad to got to go through all chapters at once cuz i don't think I could have done week to week every chapter left me wanting me more. fuck this is sooo peak i adore tops who simp for their bottoms and idk despite his faults i still was rooting all the way for Mokyeon like I get why he was so into Nanjo tho I wish he'd recorded his twink friend talking shit and sent it to Nanjo from some random account to get that evil twink's hold on Nanjo broken off sooner (tho it might have backfired) anyways this shit is peak and I can't wait to read it again
plot really picked up, I still feel like a lot of it could have been removed as it was just filler but my god especially yoogon's past being revealed this all feels like so much fucking violence begets violence it's so sad :/
Luke is such a good fucking person and an even more amazing boyfriend/partner he so deserves someone like Andrew who worships the ground he walks on and Andrew deserves someone super loving and sweet in his life. I can't wait for Luke to be fully out and proud (though I hate the fact mf Derek is probably gonna out them) so that him and Andrew can be together officially like I just need so many chapters of them just doing slice of life shit idfc the art and their personalities and the writing make them so fucking compelling as a couple and I could read about them doing dishes for a whole chapter idfc
the way this had actual top tier sexual tension build up and a cool plot and we could have had them being genuinely attracted to each other and having hate sex whenever they piss each other off instead of actual grape we lost so bad :/
we were so robbed of enemies to lovers slow burn
I feel you sm. This had so much potential to be absolutely PEAK.
we lost SO BAD the story is peak goddammit fuck this guy
Me living in the past thinking the story will redeem itself is the only reason I keep going why did it turn out like this? Is the novel any better?
Brace yourselves for a long one folks cuz I gotta a lot on my mind hhh but first just wanna say this manhwa just stays being 10/10 my god. Muyeol is just such a great antagonist, and it was amazing seeing it being exposed and that Bihwan was quick witted and smart enough to see through his bullshit.
Now let me put my thinking hat and see if I can make sense of this.
Seoho's sould is supposedly fractured like a tea cup (idk if i was the only one who was reminded of Hannibal and Will and the teacup lol) and is probably not all in one place, Muyeol wants to put it back together in order to save Seoho who had sacrificed himself to save Bihwan, this would mean that the sealing on Bihwan was for his own good and not a betrayal from Seoho. These are facts that may or may not be the full truth depending on how genuine Muyeol is being.
Now Muyeol spent years mourning Seoho and probably gathering whatever fractured pieces of his sould he could find, for the purpose of putting it back together. Then in the 2000s he comes across this boy who looks exactly like Seoho (minchan) and here he either already found him post accident or actually caused the accident that killed his parents.
Now here there are two possibilities (maybe more) in my head now, either Minchan was dead after the accident and so was just an empty vessel that Muyeol decided to safekeep and put Seoho's fractured souls into, which would explain why Bihwan recognized Minchan's sould as that of Seoho. Or somehow Minchan's soul absorbed Seoho's fractured soul and became both Minchan and Seoho's souls mixed together. In any case the reason Minchan has so much positive energy life energy is probably due to whatever Muyeol did that would keep him always self healing but the negative effect is that it's too much for his body to handle so he needs the negative energy from ghosts/Bihwan in order to stabilize.
Finally this brings us to the reason why Muyeol (aka Gwonryeom) asked Minchan to release Bihwan: now here there's a lot of motives ofc, my first thought is that releasing Bihwan means whatever curse was put on Seoho would be lifted (maybe reversing his blasphemous actions of using that cursed object) and was an integral part of getting Seoho back.
But yeah this long ass comment was just sth i needed to get out my chest I love this manhwa so much and I've never been this invested in the plot of one lol.
these theories are so good and totally made me understand the new chapter lol! Thanks i always appreciate long comments like this
Hmm I don’t think Minchan has any of Seoho’s soul. Because Minchan’s soul is whole and healthy, we know that from the start when Bihwan bound himself to it. I think Minchan also appears in the births and deaths registry that the grim reapers have, but Seoho doesn’t (the registry is based on souls). Basically, there’s been moments to see the state of Minchan’s soul and nothing has indicated that his soul is altered yet. So I really think the plot twist here is as Muyeol says, Minchan and Seoho are completely different entities that just happen to look the exact same, in body and soul. Muyeol is grooming Minchan to be the vessel for Seoho’s (not yet) reconstructed soul
I don't think this fully explains why Bihwan was so insistent on Minchan being Seoho tho bc it was v clearly based on more than just looks. iirc he found his literal soul familiar in a way, which means that if Minchan isn't actually a reincarnation Muyeol would have had to do smth to him to make him appear that way, no?
Exactly, I just re-read the 3rd chapter and Bihwan says he remembers everything about Seoho including his sweat and his actual soul so it's definitely not just Minchan's whole soul
the complexity of this manhwa's plot and just how intricate never ceases to amaze me. Love seeing Seoho for the first time and how he's basically the opposite of Minchan in a lot of behavior lol.
I also love the depth of feelings and three dimensionality of the characters like Bihwan is obviously still in love with seoho too i mean he's had feelings for him for 1000+ years of course that shit is not going away in a couple of months/weeks though it's also clear he's falling for Minchan and recognizing him as his own person (and im pretty sure Minchan's coldness towards Bihwan is also starting to thwart a bit and he's starting to genuinely care for him. I have some theories about the sealing of Bihwan and Seoho's betrayal as well considering the recent devolpments but I will keep it to myself till we got some more info lol.
This comment was so refreshing to read after reading some brainless takes a few comments down. I'm also curious about your theories lol.
hahaha yeah I mean it was one of those brainless comments that made me wield the keyboard so to speak. I fear media literacy is kinda dead to quite a few people and unless shit is straigthforward af or cliche it's not good and we jumping to weird conclusions lol. As for my theories I have honestly quite a few ranging in complexity hhhh. Most basic ofc is that Gwonryeom is the guy from the flashbacks and is also in love with seoho and is the one who tore up his soul.
Another one is that I think since Bihwan clearly trusts Gwonryeom who's apparently his brother/cousin he was duped into doing sth to "stop" death for seoho's sake (I'm pretty sure Bihwan says this early on in the manhwa) but ended up instead giving death's power to Gwonryeom who became some insane deity/highjacked death. I mean it is also implied that Bihwan was a regular human who was put in that jar as a kid in order to make him a goblin/dokkeabi but again not sure lol.
There's a lot more to it but again without knowing more I could be just talking outta my ass hhh.
Had the same take regarding how bihwan became a dokkaebi. Regarding the plot idk if he even loved seoho (the yellow eyes), I feel like the power was given to seoho, and that’s why his name was removed from the records, both birth and death, and the yellow eyes tried to steal the power, but he didn’t manage to completely do it or is still trying to, that’s why he needs seoho’s souls to be whole gain to do so. Idk this is my theories so I could me completely off
Nah that's actually intersting as a theory ngfl and I really love it. Like omg I didn't even think of that cuz Bihwan would do everything for Seoho wouldn't he? This is the most I've actually pondered over a plot in a BL manhwa ever lol.
But to volley back, honestly Gwonryeom loving/liking seoho is just sth I'm assuming based off of his weird touchy vibes with Minchan (who considers Gwronryeom like a big brother figure I guess?) and the popular trope of a group of 3 people being a love triangle kind of vibe that's why I said it varies in complexity this one is kind of a gimmick i've seen enough that I am always anxiously anticipating if that's the dynamics or not (and im using the common usage of love triangle btw where 2 people have feelings for the same person even tho yes it is not actual triangle hhhh)
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Yeah there’s definitely a possibility for him to like the mc, the vibe I got from his face when he saw them going down and dirty was definitely something akin to jealousy
Really? I guess I'm the only one who got the impression that he just looked ominous like he's plotting something or whatever. He looked emotionless to me. He even told the MC he could bring his partners to his place for safety and that he'd leave to give them privacy so it doesn't make sense to me for him to like him or act jealous (unless he's a cuck) Love "triangles" are such a cliché though so I wouldn't be surprised it that's true. I love the theories about how Gwonryeom got his powers though I'm sure he did something shady to get his hands on them.
beautiful writing, beautiful chemistry between the leads, amazing exposure, insanely good art, perfectly flawed and appealing main characters it's just so fucking good