this comment section is the best and worst on this site istg LMAO.. there's always people fighting or complaining but it's fun to read lol
am i the only one who actually likes seo-in with blond hair more
sorry to devastate y'all but the creator confirmed taegu is the second ML way back in a season 1 Q&A.. gulp..
i will say i originally didn't really mind/think much of it because i thought that yeah even though they technically met when he was younger that taegu just occasionally saw him after he was like beating his dad up lmfao.. but clearly they were a bit closer than that and taegu really did care about him and i can see how people interpret that as a father figure
ALTHOUGH i will say that i don't think he's a pedophile like some people are saying. i would go as far as to say he doesn't even have feelings for MC yet or at least i haven't gotten that feeling from any of their interactions. i feel like he'll develop them soon or something, and MC is late 20s so he's really not a pedophile BUTTT it is creepy considering how he knew him earlier but he never looked at him weird when he was a child. ANOTHERR little thing i want to say is although i can see the father-son or just kind of caretaker dynamic when he was younger, i feel like they don't really have that anymore they're just close and he worries about him some, MC is a grown ass man now.
anyway that's my thought dump thanks for listening heart
i DO think it's creepy though don't think i got that point across enough lol..
Glup.. I’m shivering in my boots rn
I think it’s weird too bc you watched that kid grow up as an adult and now u like him….
dont spread misinformation. in q&a season 1 theres none of the author said taegu is second ml. if you follow author on twitter the author did said taegu are not second ml he is the reason to make seoin and yeongwoon characters grow. not competition lovers with seoin.
Oml I love you, this gave me back hope
why we spreading misinformation??
in the season 1 q&a a reader asked if taegu is seo-in's rival and they said he is? you can look yourself, it's chapter 21.5: hiatus + q&a
i'm not? check chapter 21.5, someone asked the author if he's his rival and they said yes?
wait do you have the link to that tweet? i wanna see it i can't find it, i'm happy if it's true i just can't find it
rival does NOT mean second main love…? are we this illiterate? it just means they are enemies… many second main loves in love triangles can also be best friends w the first main love. idk why you think rival = second love interest, it just means he’s just going to get in the way of their relationship, it doesnt mean he wants yeongwoon.
girl in the context of the q&a i would assume rival would obviously be a love rival. don't call me illiterate you idiot it can be interpreted either way. also i don't know why you are so upset about it being a big possibility when you literally read HARADA'S works LMFAOOO this is the tamest shit compared to them. also that other person that commented about the tweet never gave a link, i'd be happy to see it seeing as i went through the author's twitter page and couldn't find anything about it. again rival could easily mean love rival, in the context of a BL it's not 'illiterate' to assume romantically.
Here’s the Korean version of ch 21.5:
Q: 태구 씨는 서브 공이 맞나요?”This literally asks if Taegu is the sub gong- the second top in BL. The author answers:
“Yes, he is the sub gong and…”
서브-showing he’s secondary to the main lead
공-top/seme/attack
thank you for the clarification! it's true rival can be interpreted differently but being a love rival is what made the most sense ╮(￣▽￣)╭
It can be but in this case, the context made it obvious it meant love rival. I dunno why some people are confused about that
harada is a shotacon and romanticizes rape that shit is NOT comparable, and youre that offended by being called illiterate?? sorry your horny ass assumes that every character wants to fuck the ml, ive literally read A LOT of harada’s work but that doesnt taint my pov of every fucking bl LMFAOO idk wtf you read but not every creator/bl is weird and makes someone who’s an adult want to fuck the ml theyve known since they were a minor + a huge age gap. also based on the context of the WHOLE BL it’s so obvious he’s a rival not because he’s in love with yeongwoon but bc he doesnt trust the ml bc he was literally there with yeongwoon before he ran away and present he literally knows whats up… sure a lot of bls have “rivals” that tend to be romantic with one another such as walk on water but they clearly purposefully dont make it weird between them, dont have any sort of romantic connection, their attachment very OBVIOUSLY give off a family/mentor bond. im giving this the benefit of the doubt because this story actually seems good and it would be VERY fucking weird and unnecessary if they made him a “love” rival
giving the benefit of the doubt i hope it just means he’s just a dominating/attacking role and isnt sexually weird w yeongwoon, it’s really obvious he’s already secondary to the ml already anyways but, yet again, it doesnt always mean it’s romantic. and w your other comment, the romantic context is NOT obvious and im still going to deny it until it actually happens because it genuinely is so out of place. his reaction to the abuse from yeongwoons dad gives protective father, reaction to ml being all weird with yeongwoon doesnt give off jealousy as a second ml would, more worried because im 100% sure he’s seen yeongwoons depressive state from him, and wtv else. also english translation just says that he plays a significant role, i feel like it’s way more obvious it wouldnt be taken in a … romantic way, more so just trying to get in the way to protect yeongwoons wellbeing. itll just be annoying if it’s actually true he gains feelings for yeongwoon because it’s fucking weird and youd expect more from a story like this
YOU are the one in clear denial especially after your response to the other comment confirming the translation in korean..? i'm not assuming, i am INTERPRETING something differently than you that's not a fucking crime LMAO. even then, there's nothing TO interpret differently if in korean it was clearly stated he is the second ML. We can't be picking and choosing our morals here, the main ML is a rapist and that goes for half the stuff on this site. I'm not saying it isn't weird if he is the second ML I agree and think it's strange. But I won't put it behind this author, especially considering their 'Boy Meets Man' twitter art and them making Seo-In a rapist. My view isn't 'tainted' it's simply not naive.
You can't preach to others about an immoral age gap and rape when you are actively consuming the content that romanticizes it. And face the truth about this series lmao.
Okay I'm not gonna say much because I'm getting tired of this and I know you are replying to the other person but I just can't...LMAO.. "his reaction to the abuse from yeongwoons dad gives protective father" GIRL DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF?? I want you to go re-read right now. He actively ignored it until he couldn't bear the guilt and instead of comforting yeongwoon and cracking down on the father/abuser. He stopped beating the father so he wouldn't take it out on him. He took an extremely indirect approach, which actually was probably for the best, but that doesn't automatically lump him into a Father Figure role?? Indirectly stopping a child from getting beat doesn't mean you are a parental figure. I feel if most people knew about a child being abused, they would try to stop it too. That doesn't automatically make them a parent lol.
i ate ur ass up and u knew i was right so u blocked me lmao
i can't get over this lmao how y'all shocked he is the second ML the author confirmed it in season 1 Q&A??
Who reads that?
me ,, it was marked down as a chapter too.. i like to hear the author's input
I always scroll to see the art work and keep going. I never considered that important info would be added in those.
Err I do …
Q&A and authors note always has important info. It always gives additional info on the characters and story.
I do too
also of course people are free to critique whatever they want but i feel like every time i come in this comment section it's always just people COMPLAININGGG. whether it be about a character, the artstyle change, the plot.. like damn bitch just eat your food stop coming back every week if you don't like it
REAL
Sorry I don’t eat in silence when the dish is burnt every week.
yeah if you read right after where i said "stop coming back every week if you don't like it" you'll understand LMAO.. authors don't have to make stories, y'all some ungrateful pos
Authors don’t have to make stories, and I don’t have to clap for mid. Fair trade.
i never said you have to 'clap' for any of them, i said you don't have to come into the comments complaining like a loser. don't like don't read!
If critique hurts your feelings that bad, especially when it's about valid reasons, maybe fiction isn’t for you. Try clouds.
These aren't critiques in the comments, they're purposeless whining over anything and everything. If you can't appreciate what fiction is created for you, then maybe it isn't for you. Try grass.
So I’m just supposed to swallow fiction that glosses over abuse and even romanticizes the abuser? No thanks. Critiquing character design, plot, or personality isn’t whining.. it’s exactly why we read fiction.. to feel, react, and discuss. If you can’t handle that, maybe fiction just isn’t for you. Try some nonfiction instead.
Obviously fiction is made to be discussed. However it is up to the author in the end to put what they want in a story, not the fans. Dark topics are allowed to be shown and interpreted in fiction, it's not on the same level as reality. Get that through your head.
idk I feel like some of you guys are blowing this way out of proportion lol. don't get me wrong i understand that it's pretty creepy considering the age they both met at but y'all just came to that own conclusion of "he's like a father figure" idk where y'all got that from?? yes he helped him out when he ran away but he was almost grown then and it's not like he straight up raised him or anything? but haven't reread in a while so correct me if i'm wrong also idk but i feel like for some reason the guy who raped MC multiple times might be a bit more creepy!
PREACH !!!!!! as far as i remember taegu did not raise yeongwoon caring for someone ≠ raising them
They just pick and choose what they feel suits their morals better. Both mls are pretty toxic in their own ways. It’s funny how they’re complaining about a morally ambiguous 2nd male lead like the first one isn’t either but whatever
I’m not too sure how the 2nd ml handled the mc situation when he was younger, I know he took him under his wing and probs got him all sorted out. Hes more of a big bro or guardian if anything but yea. It was never properly elaborated.
He knew yw when he was in middle school. He has cherished him since he was a child now he wants to fuck him and you think that's blowing things out of proportion??? Bringing up seo in doesn't make him less creepy. And he's always sexually harassing yw when its very clear yw is uncomfortable. Let's not forget how he pimps out his talent to a man that rapes the talent and he knows it and let's it happen anyway and even beat him up for not wanting that relationship. Seo in is fucked up but don't use it to shield Taegu
okay im gonna go reread because i don't remember ANY of that shit happening lmao?? he's always sexually harassing him?? when??? this chapter was pretty weird yeah but I don't recall anything before. and i especiallyyyy do not remember him ever beating him?? do you remember the chapter?
Barging into yw house while he is jerking it and wanting to have a full blown convo about it is sexual harassment. Also when he pulled his pants down and shoves his area onto yw face. Who does that to someone and then it's passed of as playful jokes when it's sexual harassment. Even when he held him in today's chapter you can clearly see how it makes yw uncomfortable and whispering in his ear to ask if he's dating someone as if it's his business. And even if it was he didn't have to do it holding him so intimately.
There is a chapter where he beat up the twink who ye used to manage bcz he didn't show up for his appointment with the sponsor.
okay all of the things you just mentioned happened in this chapter except for the pants thing and that wasn't sexual harassment it was framed to be a sexual joke which yes is distasteful but that's just how manwha authors are.. so i wouldn't say he does it ALL the time, but then again I'm not trying to argue that this guy is a good guy, he's basically a gangster who runs a corrupt business of course he isn't a good guy. what i'm saying is that people are overreacting given about the author making him the second ML, i understand that neither ML's are good people but given the track record of most yaoi i feel that it shouldn't be much of a shock and that if you don't like it, just don't read it.
You bring up seo ins shit yet when it comes to Taegu it's now conveniently just how manhwa authors are... What an odd thing to say. The general consensus is that Taegu cherished yw as a child when he was a grown ass man and yw was in middle school, a literal child and now he wants to fuck him which is just predatory. How did his love go from brotherly to I wanna clap thy cheeks? Do you think that's normal? Most people only have a problem with the second lead stuff because of what I've mentioned above. It's a good thing yw will never love this man God bless for that.
sorry but when did the pants thing happened i cant remember anything like that at all
What are we even comparing here. Seo -in is a serial rapist and sexual offender. It’s a fact. He is criminal. No sob back story is gonna change it.
Taegu didn’t do anything at this point. Beside showing up and getting too invested in MC’s life. Also you clearly have no idea what grooming is. We didn’t see one scene that would indicate grooming. Groomers don’t wait 10 years after someone became legal adult to „seduce them”. I’m not a fan of such dynamic at all but Taegu starting to have feelings for someone he used to know in the past and helped in some way once that person turned adult (we didn’t see one scene proving otherwise) is definitely less „creepy and abnormal” than federal offence which is rape. Or maybe thoughts are bigger crime than literal rape now? Thoughtcrime…. Orwell is definitely laughing from his grave.
And I don’t even ship MC with any of them.
thank you this is exactly what i was trying to convey,, they are acting like this guy is a full on thought out predator when he's obviously not
Yw. It’s the old classic how people exaggerate to the maximum (the supposed) Second lead’s „misdoings” and a lot of the time making shit up openly just to make their chosen one (ML aka Seo-in) look better. Nothing new
No literallyyyy u ate that shit
although i do think it is fun i will say the complaints can get a bit annoying.. this story is supposed to be realistic and not a happy one. the only mostly 'good' character in this story is MC, not in terms of writing though everyone is mostly written pretty well but in terms of personality.
tae-gu is creepy and lets not forget seo-in is a rapist, both options suck we get it but the story is deeper than that and hopefully people can learn to consume a story through a critical lens without crying over morality. that's the whole point dude, almost no one is morally correct in this story!!! obviously people have a right to criticize a story but do it with your thinking cap on.