
We’re at the end of Novel 1, at the last twenty or so pages around page 331/351 pages. Unfortunately no boombayah in the next chapter if the manga artist is following the story to a T. Joowhan goes back to his own room and he meets up with another celebrity character too (no sex, more mental health issues). And then there will be some filming/work stuff in beginning of novel 2. AND THEN on page 22 of novel 2 after work in his hotel room, Siyeon kisses Joowhan because he believes Joowhan wanted this. Joowhan is shocked, BUT he goes with it and they begin foreplay. Which goes on and on until page 80ish lol.

Im eight chapters deep and their dynamic reminds me a lot of Jake and Shin from Shutline? Almost identical??
Addicted to sex Korean American bottom, cool possessive American top. Jake tells Shin not to sleep around, Aaron tells Yujin to not get slutty in the toilets. I really like shutline so I think Im going to like this too

Seriously, Jake introduces Shin to a garage business bc cars are his passion and he makes friends with the people there. And then Aaron introduces Yujin to a studio manager bc singing is his passion and he makes friends with ppl in the studio. I dunno if Im just putting on a tinfoil hat but the similarities are suspicious

Totally did not expect that, its rare for the second male lead to end up with the MC, especially since the first ML and MC were childhood friends. I was also pretty undecided between the two MLs and although I do feel sad for Joohyuk, Im happy for Eun-oh and Dochan. This is Eun-oh’s story and he chose the person he felt happiest with, and that is Dochan. I wish we had more sexy scenes between them though

Taekyung in his own way is kinda twisted and possessive. He refuses to let go of Heeseo despite not wanting to get close to him either.
Hes implied to look for him constantly in the seven years he didnt see him, and he even masturbates to Heeseo too (bc this is a fictional story Ill overlook IRL impacts of SA, which btw is never okay)
And then he tells Heeseo that he put his own life on the line to protect Heeseos body and that Heeseo has no business hurting his own body… implying that Heeseo belongs to him, which Heeseo picks up on. Although Taekyung denies thats what he meant, when Heeseo says to mark him to signify belonging to him and to get him to behave, Taekyung bites him and doesn’t deny what he said a second time.
they both are… strangely twisted in their own ways but I can’t stop being hooked to their story and the gorgeous art.

Just smth that bothers me a bit. The title of this work is A Tree Without Roots, and although Heeseo and Taekyung both fit this description in that they are orphans, Taekyung was adopted into a family and he gets along with them while Heeseo is impulsive and trying to find somewhere to belong. But Taekyung is the one with a scar on his back that looks exactly like a tree… without roots. And this scar is the result of saving Heeseo. I wonder why the author chose to put a scar that looks exactly like the title name on Taekyung. Is it to say hes actually just like Heeseo I guess, in that his family is an illusion and hes really just a rootless tree or something else, or its just a callback to the title?
Sugar Trap is similar to their dynamic, where the seme is obsessed with the uke but the seme always acts like he hates him lol