
It's like the author wants this story to go into a specific route, which is probably the route where the bottom ends up with the blondie. I think that's why the author is making the bottom this much painfully naive and oblivious. Because if they did write the bottom as someone who have some awareness and half a braincell, theres no way he's gonna end up with the blondie's manipulative ass

I agree but some ppl do be like that (dense and down to earth).
Also, there's no denying the affection Wooju has for Jiheon which usually leads ppl to forgive easily (why so many ppl stay in toxic relationships).
And in Korea the dating culture is different (having a tracker app is normal), whereas this would clearly be seen as stalkerish in other countries.
So judging Wooju so harshly like he's just dumb is rather easy from a 3P view. It's never easy to know when ppl are manipulative that why they're *manipulative*

It isn't easy to know when PPL are being manipulative, I agree with that. But if someone holds you down and force themselves onto you... Well, at that point it is easy to realise that the person is not so good. And what pisses me off is that the rape and assault was so underlooked, they're just ignoring it like it never happened. I'm saying the author is purposefully ignoring certain things, dumbing down certain characters, so that the story can reach the specific end they have in mind. Which is just unfair to the characters. Or maybe that's just me.

Oh yeah no that I agree! Like I don't think it's unreal for someone like Wooju to forgive what happened but it was done very quickly and superficially. And it feels like he undergoes the story...
(But what you're getting at is a really interesting debate in literature: is the story the result of the characters or are the characters following the story, both mindset have pros and cons tho)

Maybe it’s just me but knowing when someone is manipulative should be basic knowledge, not to sound like an asshat. I’m tired of some stories where MCs are like a child that doesn’t know any signs at all, just me? I’d expect a grown adult to know a bit at least. Wooju is apparently 25.
It would be more, I guess, nicer and appealing if Wooju wasn’t dumbed down.

The blondie is a straight up manipulator who doesn't have any concept of consent whatsoever. But with the professor, there has been proper communication. He made his intentions with the bottom clear, instead of just confusing the bottom and giving mixed signals like the blondie is doing. The bar is in hell but the professor actually asked for consent, gave the bottom a choice to.leave or stay. He didn't just maul the uke because he was immaturely jealous like how the blondie was acting. I'm still only reading this shit to see more of professor daddy long dick

Blondie is immature, Professor is much older than those two (heard from someone he’s in his 30s?) and probably has more experience in being slick. Honestly even if Professor is being shady and has other motives, I admit that he is more fun with his plans/tactic than Blondie.
He’s so mysterious.
Since blondie is immature and shows his outburst right away, his manipulation and behavior are extremely obvious. The professor knows what he’s doing, and he has a plan. I didn’t even realize much until someone else pointed his behavior out + intentionally calling Wooju over knowing he’s in his rut.
Professor is like a slow predator that is preying, whereas Blondie is more of the immature and inexperienced predator who can’t read between the lines. If that makes sense.
It would be funny despite all the theories, Professor ends up to be just an innocent man.

Exactly. I do think the professor has other intentions. But I don't think it's for something shallow, like manipulating the bottom so he can make him fall in love, or to use to sexually. We know the professor knows blondie's mom, and he also knew about the bottom even before he met him, it's in chapter 5. And it's no coincidence that he chose the college the bottom goes to. Plus it's clear that getting close to the bottom will help him in whatever he is planning, since he hired the bottom as his office assistant after just meeting him.
So I think if he has some hidden intentions, which he probably have, it's something more planned out and big and *entertaining to watch* and not shallow like fucking with a college student just for the sake of fucking with a college student.
BUTT, I personally think the professor is kind of deviating from his plans even just a little, since it looks like he has some genuine interest in the bottom. Or maybe that's also part of his plan and he's out here pulling some devious Nickacado Avocado shit.
In conclusion, if I'm watching two red flags go apeshit, then I'd rather root for the smart one, that is obviously professor long dick.
Why he always getting his ass beat is that why he's unconscious on the cover picture gahdamn
LMAOOO Bro's a victim
help I just noticed