I think this is one of those stories I'll wait any amount of time for Fictional pretty boys will always be my weakness
Considering that she was originally adopted because she looked like his real sister... Just, come on, bro, stop it. Get some help.
I just can't, these two are such fine specimens... I can barely focus on the text bubbles when they're on-screen
Possibly my favourite BL couple of all time. God, these two are so crazy and sweet and stupid for each other. My standards for love have once again reached unattainable levels of delusion
I love Verdandi and his tragic magic gig, but maybe try falling in love with someone your own age next time, my guy, I'm sure it'll work out
Why do people hate the twink so much?? Tattoo guy is just as bad, if not worse, than the twink He's kinda prettier and more jacked, but that's it. Honestly, I hope Nanjo leaves both their asses for good, he deserves better But since that's obviously not gonna happen, I hope tattoo suffers wayyyyy more before any further progress.
Seonhwa is faking being innocent and playing with Nanjo's feelings
while Mokyeon is openly being an azzhole
Tattoo guy is not a saint and is kinda bad but at least he’s showing is true colors from the start, while the twink is pretending to be someone else while only using the guy for his money and fucking other people and also talking bad about him and his vanilla s’x, so honestly I think the tattoo guy is better cause at least he really likes the rich guy
Both Seonhwa and Mokyeon are players and as*holes. Seonhwa's doing what he's always done (not justifying it, I hate him too), but Mokyeon's now: blackmailing Nanjo, sleeping with Nanjo behind Seonhwa's back, absolutely sh*tting on his deal with Nanjo, despising and nearly killing Seonhwa when they're supposed to be best friend f*ck-buddies or whatever. At least Seonhwa's honest with Mokyeon. Also, he has NO respect for boundaries, comfort, safe words, or any of the important stuff in sex. He's literally ignored Nanjo (a first-timer) when he's in pain, begs him to stop, and even faints. That's not edgy BDSM, it's just assault. Which is worse than Seonhwa in my book.
Because they’re delusional. The MC is so much worse . All your “ Love “ goes out the window once you rape and blackmail somebody. Yeah the twink is a liar . But not a blackmail rapist who thinks an obsession and a crush cancels all the fucked up shit he’s done .
Somebody with common sense.
His “ feelings” don’t outweigh all the fucked up shit he’s done . He doesn’t even respect the basics in BDSM . Only by the grace of Najo he actually took the pillow off .
You can read my other reply on this comment for my whole breakdown on why I personally think tattoo is worse than twink. I don't believe openly being a red flag is all that better than secretly being one. Also, twink is two-faced and a little b*tch, but tattoo is equally two-faced. I don't think he's better just because he's catching feelings for the first time. When you like someone, you generally DON'T resort to blackmailing them, borderline assaulting them, lying to them, and deliberately hurting the person you know they like. I mean, it's WORSE doing all that when you realize you actually like them, right?
Yeah the pillow thing was bad ngl
But I don’t think we can call it blackmail plus nanjo agreed to it and during their first time he stopped and during the second he told him that what he wanted wasn’t to hurt him but to feel good together. Tattoo guy is of course a yellow/red flag but he’s trying to change. What about the twink? He doesn’t give a s*it about him, openly cheating and lying, making nanjo believe that the only bad guy here is the tattoo one while he didn’t even snitch about his friend to nanjo
It most certainly is blackmail. Threatening to abuse the person someone likes if they don't have sex with you is... the definition of blackmail. Both twink and tattoo openly cheat—they're terrible people.
But twink isn't lying to tattoo, while tattoo IS betraying twink (yes, as much of an asshole as twink is, it's still betrayal) and they're both fucking over Nanjo, a third-party dude who got stuck between them. Tattoo never told Nanjo the truth about twink either because he doesn't actually care about his feelings. He's using the fact that Nanjo wholeheartedly believes twink is good and that he is bad to assault him. Which is worse than letting someone believe you're innocent even when you're not.
My point is, twink is a b*tch for what he's doing to Nanjo (i.e. cheating, badmouthing), but tattoo is nearly irredeemable for what he's doing to both of them (i.e. blackmail, coercion, assault, lying to both, attempted murder) especially considering he and twink were the original partners in crime.
PREACH. MC seriously needs a reality check. Only heartless, entitled, f*cked-up people act the way he does. (It's super common in BL, but that doesn't mean we have to like it.) I'm hooked to the art in this one (and Nanjo </3), but if this tat b#st#rd isn't brutally called out and humbled soon, the art just won't be enough to make up for him anymore.
I don't know why my replies to you keep getting deleted :( but I'm trying again.
LITERALLY! Even attempting to defend the MC in any ways is bonkers to me . Saying that the twink lying and bad mouthing is worse than everything the MC has done because at least “ He actually likes him “ like do these people hear themselves??? Rape is okay because the person doing it has genuine feelings???? That shit doesn’t make any sense.
All this is proving what everyone always says about bl readers “ Rape is excusable as long as the character is sexy enough.”
Yeah I get what you are saying. But all of it started cause the twink wanted to show nanjo the type of s*x he likes while being innocent so the tattoo guy is seen as the abuser cause of that type of s*x which is also the twink’s kink. Plus in my opinion nanjo doesn’t even like the twink, he’s got more like a savior complex and he knows that basically everybody wants him for his money so he doesn’t open up to people
All that aside, I’m still saying he’s a bad guy too of course. We are reading this while knowing how it usually goes in bl
God, you're so right, the number of times I've lost my faith in humanity hearing "but it's just fiction" and "at least he's hot" and "he redeems himself later, so it's okay" is low-key painful. Rape should never be romanticized, in fiction or otherwise, and the fact that people have a hard time accepting something that objectively moral is so concerning. BL will always have a nasty rep because of the community, how authors and readers are so obsessed with their rape scenes, dismissing or justifying them when they're literally so inhumane. Glad someone agrees, though :')
I couldn't hold myself back from reading the raws, so I saw this coming XD and at first, I didn't know how to feel about the "a hard-core fan the whole time" reveal, but when you think about it, until now, Jaegyu had this gnawing fear that since Cheongrok didn't know anything about his public persona, he might grow to hate him in the future the more he's exposed to those rumors. But now that he's aware that Cheongrok actually has seen him through the highs and lows of his life and unconditionally been "on his side" the whole time, he has nothing to be afraid of anymore. Sure, it's weird to discover the love of your life has a secret body pillow of you, but it's also... weirdly flattering, so cheers to that. I love this story and the art so much, and I'm gonna cry about how short it is for a long while ╥﹏╥
Where to read the raws?
Here you go :)
https://newtoki468.com/webtoon/46481698?stx=%EB%A6%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%A6%88+%EC%9C%A0%EC%96%B4&title=%EB%A6%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%A6%88-%EC%9C%A0%EC%96%B4-%ED%8E%98%EB%A5%B4%EC%86%8C%EB%82%98
To read any manhwa raws, you can just go to the newtoki website and type the korean name (from the alternate titles) in the search bar!
That's so true. I was also a bit hesitant on the fan reveal but now it's all good
Thanks
The comments seem really divided about this one, and I think I can get over the whole pseudo-incest and love triangle thing as long as the plot and art are good, but does this have any dub-con or non-con? I generally avoid stories with that, so just checking first.
Yeah I loved it and there’s no dub on or non con that I can think of, I mean one time the bottom says don’t cum in me and he came in him but that’s the only moment I can think of
People will say no but imo it did
Idk, Guwon seemed to like Teach well enough before, being all blushy and cute and stuff, maybe he's just... kinda asexual or something? I mean, he's probably not even entirely human and he didn't even know about kissing until Teach "taught" him. An asexual character in yaoi is insane though, so I guess I doubt it.
On another note, beyond his tragic fate in the underworld, Sisyphus was known for defying death and his passion for life, which I guess is kinda reflected in Guwon's single-minded tenacity to keep his little town and community alive in a hopeless world. But according to popular interpretations of the story, the only real way to be free from a tragic situation (the apocalypse, in this case) is to realize there's no true escape from the course of fate and no meaning in hoping for something better, thereby accepting fate as it is. Maybe, that's what retrieving their memories (both Guwon and Jinwoo) is meant to signify?
Obviously, I'm over-analyzing a BL, but eh, it's fun. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
No I like the memory idea. But whenever anyone remembers the past they change the future right? I just hope it’s not to bitter of an ending.
I agree! Right now, it's like the two main characters are having their own freaky little slice of life in the middle of what's supposed to be a thriller, so I'm really excited to know what happens if the genre shifts, but if this ends up tragic, that would kill me ╥﹏╥
All we can do is cross our figures and watch
He peaked and swiftly dissipated... It happens to the best of us