Awh man, this one is so good at building sweet and thick tension… Everything feels so veiled, every gesture so direct, yet hesitant, the way they so carefully observe and long for each other while keeping their distance. I don’t know, it’s like sitting in a summer heat and licking honey off your fingers with a glass of cold lemonade in front of you - that’s the image that comes to my mind.
I’m pretty early in the story but so far the main couple feels like “original main leads” from villainess isekai manhwas, you know? When the FL from those stories explains the original plot line and introduces the male leads and their romance, it seems so boring, cliché and dull that you can’t help but wonder “who would even enjoy reading about them?”. We have a tormented traumatized, weak FL who’s only personality is being compassionate and naive but somehow everything works out for her in the end. And a somewhat powerful but also traumatized ML who loves her from their childhood and they are just attracted to each other and bound to fall in love from the very beginning. No drama, no suspense, no nothing.
Man, one thing you can’t deny is that the ex (Baek sth???) was the best dressed character in the story. Made him look damn attractive ლ(´ڡ`ლ) Him and Joobin weren’t really a good match relationship-wise but aesthetically they looked so damn good together…
(well, I suppose it might have been somewhat purposeful on the author’s part: they are both older so they dressed in more elegant, toned down and flowy outfits, as opposed to Yikyung and his friends who are still young so they wear jeans, graphic T-shirts and sportsy clothes.)
No way I let the chapters pile up and read it just in time for a cliffhanger
good to know so ima continue to let it marinate;)))
ur sacrifice is appreciated
Bro I did the same thing ToT
I knew I should have gone straight to the comment section. Now I have to suffer waiting.
Rereading (and finishing) it after 3 years - damn, I must have just scrolled past all the political talk cause I don’t remember half of the plot points and conversations happening I have no idea how I managed to follow the story when reading it back in the day, I guess I was just here for the romance and vibes.
Marchioness talks to FL because FL is planning to make some investments in the west. What I got out of their conversation is - FL is trying to gather some leverage there, maybe with future territorial influence in mind. Marchioness points out the emperor wouldn’t like that. So FL makes a threat of sorts - that duke Ebron is the one protecting the mainland from the monsters so they should not take him lightly. And even though the ML is loyal, devoted and righteous, she wouldn’t mind abandoning the north if needed. She needs a refugee (such as the west) if the war escalate so stopping her from taking safety measures would be like telling her and the dukedom of Ebron to die on their own for the empire that doesn’t wish to help them. And in that case they could just abandon the empire, it would lose its shield. Okay, I get it, kinda?
But then the marchioness mentions that it might not be a threat but rather an excuse for the emperor to collect the resources to give to the north??? Where did that come from? Does she mean that the nobles won’t be able to protest against the emperor aiding the north? And then the daughter is like OMG he can gather the supplies and give weapons to some random noble that was never mentioned before!! Mother!!! Duke Roger will pin the blame on you if that happens!!!
Like what???? Did we skip a part of the conversation? Where did all these random conclusions come from? Pin the blame on her for what? The nobles looking down on Ebron? The north not having enough supplies? The emperor providing weapons to some general? What does it have to do with what the conversation that started from - FL decided to do some philanthropy work in the west.
Don’t get me wrong, all these plot lines will probably meet and be explained but I think that while the schemes are on the smarter and more complicated side in this manhwa (which I appreciate) - the author isn’t too good at portraying them in a way that they makes a logical sense, initially at least. When they come together and play out, you kinda get what they meant. But the information that the author presents the reader with doesn’t really lead to the conclusions that the characters come up with. So the conversations are confusing until you see an actual action.
Cut off part of the comment, I was just ranting about how some of these political convos are overcomicated and try to make themselves sound much more groundbreaking than they actually are (based on around ch 90), sorry if it’s confusing, if I could delete the comments here I would
…but he’s not that bad?
Ofc, I felt bad for Jun, he was really hurt and it would be totally understandable if he turned his back and never looked at Yoonseul again. He would have gotten what was coming for him. If I were Jun’s friend I would probably wish for him to just move on and never entertain ML again.
But was he really that hate worthy as people portray him to be? Nah, I don’t think so.
1st ending - he was just a kid annoyed that he got hate and a punch because of some jealous dick. Come on, I know it’s more common in asian culture, but don’t tell me you wouldn’t be weirded out if a guy you thought you never spoke to suddenly came to confessed his feelings for you? He reacted fine the first time. The second tome he acted like a dick and regretted it the second after, cause he knew he just misplaced his anger. Couldn’t have really done anything about it. And he kept feeling guilty. People often hurt each other in anger, the fact that he never brushed it off and never moved on from the guilt makes him rather a good person.
2nd ending - yeah, him approaching the guy he knew had feelings for him in the past and giving him hope was really fucking dense of him. But he didn’t have any bad intentions. He always saw guy as friends, never even fathomed he could be bi/gay - so he acted carelessly, not thinking it might give Jun some ideas. At certain point he did self reflect on the fact that he was treating Jun different than a friend but not for everyone accepting their own sexuality is something that happens immediately. People often notice they fell for a same-gender friend only after going through a list of excuses. And even after realizing you might be queer - it’s not so easy to accept it. The kiss was a drunken mistake but after that he tried to confront his own feelings and sexuality and he really thought he could never be with a man. When Jun asked him to talk and confessed for the second time - he was very honest. Admitted he himself felt conflicted and lost in his feelings but he came to conclusion that he was straight. Again, very hurtful from the perspective of Jun. But not malicious on Yoonseul’s part. Just careless. It’s a nature of human relationships that we’re bound to hurt each other when we’re still learning to understand ourselves. Happens.
3rd ending - this is when Yoonseul finally accepted his sexuality and feelings for Jun. A bit too late, sure. Is it that weird though? It takes time. Sometimes a strong stimuli, such as Jun cutting him off in this case. And when he approached him again, it wasn’t because he was feeling bad about himself or whatever. It was with pure intentions. He just didn’t want to lose someone he realized too late he loved. He’s guilty of not respecting Jun’s feelings, cause Jun was hurt and needed some space and time. But damn, it’s not wrong to fight for relationships with people you care about. Be it friends or lovers. We let go too easily nowadays. And he knew that Jun was hurting because of his love, so he knew that despite his distrust and suffering, he could still make things right by loving him back.
As I said, on a personal level I agree that Jun would be totally justified to just drop his ass and find someone better. But at the same thing, objectively, I don’t see Yoonseul as an asshole. Just a person learning to love another person, at a different pace than the other one.
This was long to read
I’m a yapper so my comments always end up longer than I intend them to be(￣∇￣") Thanks for giving it a read if you did lol
Your so lucky u can type that long
If anything, he’s more annoying in his boyfriend era lol
…and read it despite putting it away to marinate? I can’t wait TT
Wait a bit more. They're sweet to each other but not much is happening relationshipwise
I already did… It’s a bit disappointing though, I had much higher expectations. Thought it’s gonna be one of those “interesting premise and keeps you yearning for a new chapter” type of stories. It’s cute! The characters are pretty! But after the description and a few first chapters I expected it to be much more unique and entertaining than it is. I’ll probably forget about it for the next two years and then read it when it’s finished lol
I first read it in high school, I came back for the pain cause it’s such a good story but now that I’m studying medicine I’ve realized something: this whole drama about the bone marrow transplantation is just plain stupid ╥﹏╥
1. Donating bone marrow is more like donating blood than something like a kidney, heart or whatnot. The donor doesn’t have to be dead and the procedure doesn’t affect their quality of life. Sure, it’s hard to find one cause blood only needs to have matching ABO and Rh. With bone marrow it’s much more complicated since You have to find the right HLA match, but it’s not as dramatic as they portray it.
2. One donor can donate bone marrow a few times (around 3, maybe even more depending on their health). So they didn’t have to fight for a donor in the first place, unless the person in question was unwilling to donate more than once. Actually, MCs should have used his money and connections to find that donor (breach of privacy but it’s mahua world) and beg them to donate once more.
3. The time pressure also shouldn’t have been the issue. They first found the donor before the new years eve but as we learn later in the story, the other guy still haven’t received the transplant till around 3 months after because of his poor health condition. The time it takes for your cells to regenerate after donating bone marrow is around 4 weeks (one month). So the donor could have donated the marrow to our MC first and then to the other guy after those two or three months passed (since his situation seemed to be less dire).
With all of that being said: remember that you can register as a bone marrow donor too!!! It takes just a saliva swab. They will keep it for tissue typing and if they find that your marrow is a match with someone, you might be the donor to save someone’s life! It IS hard to find a match so the bigger the database of people willing to save someone’s life, the better chances.
Ohhh, okay, kept reading on, they do mention asking the bone marrow donor to donate again later on!!! (literally the chapter after I wrote my annoyed comment hihi) My bad. Should have had some faith in the author. Anywayssss, still consider signing up as a donor(๑•ㅂ•)و✧
I didn’t remember why I added it to my list but it came back to me the second chapter - IT WAS BECAUSE SOMEONE MENTIONED HOW BAD THE SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT IS WITH THIS ONE ┗( T﹏T )┛And how nothing phases them after getting through it. The way I gasped and turned off my phone on the ch.2
Considering dropping it at ch 23. It feels like the author made someone she hates in real life into a main character of this horrible, overdramatic, cruel story just to make her suffer.
*spoilers ahead*
Like, I don’t know what the FL presumably did in the past to deserve to be at the receiving end of that psychotic revenge, but it seriously couldn’t have been THAT bad. She came from an abusive household, had an emotionally manipulative mother, fell for a guy that she had to leave because of said mother - and now she has some bitch on her back that she only met once but she’s trying to literally drive her to her death. All of that for what? What kind of fucking sob story is that psychotic bitch going to have to “excuse” this behavior? And that husband of hers??? Jesus fucking christ, he ruined one woman’s life and decided to leech onto another, just to cheat on her. And somehow felt like he was in the right cause his father abused him so boohoo don’t want kids with my family’s blood. He wanted a strong woman to stand her ground unlike his mother so he picked one and chose to ruin her. Motherfucker, if your whole life revolves around not wanting to continue your father’s bloodline then maybe don’t go around spraying your genetic material around and keep it in your fucking pants? AND YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT THIS MF GETS TO RECEIVE FLs “HELP” AND “PROTECTION”?????? What is it, he actually deserves everything that’s happening to him but he gets to be taken care of and forgiven? When no one was there for FL and she had to pick herself up, even though her only crime was loving a man? AND she still blames herself for everything and stops herself from putting it on others? JFC those japanese authors really seem to hate their female main characters. There’s something so inherently misogynistic in the way they are written.
Also, I get that the brother of MLs ex wife wanted to get his revenge on that MF for abandoning his wife and kid. But why did he almost drive to suicide another woman in the process? You’re acting exactly the same way that the guy you tried to take the revenge on - ruining an innocent woman’s life and driving her to despair for your own selfish goal.