I'm reading the officials so if I'm way off don't tell me lmao
But like . . . That's totally going to be a plot twist, ain't no way otherwise. There's such a big focus on the mystery of Zhenya's identity and social status, how Taekjoo doesn't feel like he really knows who he is, and then in the party in chapter 15 he instantly starts mingling with the other Russian elite and . . . It's because it's his party, right ?? He's able to do that because he is the host entertaining his guests
I think the main conflict between Doosan and Tae-In was handled so amazingly, the resentment and anxieties that lingered felt so real almost. I just think it was done so well, genuinely some real heart-touching shit. But then the stuff with Tae-In and his father or whoever just felt so . . . Not necessarily random, just forgettable, despite being like the driving force at the end of the story. Needed a few more chapters to flesh it out
Maybe it was the writing itself, or maybe more so the quality of the translation, but it just didn't hit for me. I feel like this is a story with its potential not fully realized. I feel like the story tried to be comedic but it just wasn't funny? To me at least. The tone is so off from what the story is actually about, it didn't fit










I can understand why in the environment they're in, they'd end up liking each other. Phillip is obviously feeding Heain a continuous and steady stream of drugs on top of his intense abandonment issues so I can see why Heain would get attached, and Phillip just seems like the guy who'd like that, but . . . We didn't really see that development? Which was a missed move, imo. It could have been a really intense story of Stockholm syndrome but with how it is now, it just doesn't hit as hard as it could. We don't see them grow to like each other, they just kind of do
Tho I still liked it. Like a lot. I just feel like there's still so much more it could offer