
both have done bad things but i have hopes im with none of the teams im just up for any development that is in favor of jooins happiness

He knows exactly what he’s getting when he goes back to toxic Yawhi, but acts like he is the higher person or tries to ignore him. If you keep running back to the same old habits because it benefits you or bc you wanna, that’s so toxic lmao. Imagine how Cain feels too. He’s creepy but still, liking someone, then watching them go back to the same person, when Cain has specifically told Jooin that Yawhi is bad news, is toxic.

Sorry but i gotta agree with lupa, i think you don't get his feelings. It's not that he is toxic and deliberately falls back into old habits, he wants to cut Yahwi out, but he doesn't know how to say no to him. And also, he is trying to get over him. And about Cain - how what Jooin does with someone else makes Cain feel is none of his responsibility.

I do. The reason why I'm saying this is because I had an abusive ex exactly like Yawhi. I always kept running back bc of the same reason Jooin has. He knows that Yawhi is bad for him and still goes off and tries to "annoy" him or "ignore" him. That's exactly what I did. I just wanted attention because the person in my situation I obviously loved, same with Jooin. You can't really tell what the characters in a comic/manwha/manga, or whatever it is are thinking all the time so you use your past experiences to try and help you figure it out. My past helped me to kind of work my way through this manwha. Jooin reminds me a lot of my past self. Dumb, naive, but what I was doing was toxic, not for another person but for MYSELF. Same with Jooin.

See, and saying he has no responsibility isn't exactly true. If Jooin cared about Cain, he wouldn't be making him feel like this. If you ask me, that's toxic within itself. Denying something your friend wishes when you know the outcome is bad, isn't okay. Jooin isn't toxic to other people really, plus Cain is creepy so I understand why Jooin wouldn't be fond of him and I get what youre saying completely, but still. Jooin is toxic to himself. If you read my latest reply it will say why, maybe you will understand my pov.

Your past self isn't my business so I cannot comment on it and yeah I understand you find your past behavior toxic and call yourself dumb but Jooin isn't you and just because you find yourself in him doesn't change the point of out topic, in the end I don't know you. I respect that you think his behavior is "toxic" but I don't. He is trying and trying is the most important step and you can't just erase your feelings over night. So for me it's unfair to hold him accountable just because he keeps pushed around by his feelings. Hope I'm clear enough, this is my opinion and as you saw too there are people who agree with me too. You don't have to think alike but this discussion is literally pointless now.

Wait I finally get what you're saying! Yeah it makes sense, he is hurting himself with it but that's not really what I'd call toxic. Maybe a bit self-destructive, but he is trying his best to avoid Yahwi, he just still has a soft spot for him and he can't say no. I hope he will get over him and end up with a huge character development. I hope he will see how badly he is treated like you did. On Cain i think we'll have to agree to disagree
, but im really glad to undertsand your pov now

i loved this couple so much i was so heartbroken when i saw the rape warning i knew what was coming and that was so disgusting now i can't enjoy the story anymore which makes me sad that was totally unnecessary i don't understand why authors keep adding assaults especially after this many progresses i felt so bad for the couple he may overcame this but the trauma is still there and no can deny it i'm mad at the author about this i hope i can forget those chapters because i don't want to drop this and those who say this wasn't a rape go get help because you are not thinking straight you must be blind and heartless

Fiction can affect reality. Just like how you can have feeling for a human you can also have feelings for a fictional character. That’s why you get sad when your favorite anime character dies or just genuinely feel emotion watching the show. You’re just trying to make an excuse as to why you’re fucked up in the head.

Every person that I have seen that have the same mentality as you, only ever have this argument lol. Obviously we know that it is fiction. The issue is that so many authors choose to use rape as a plot device when it isn’t necessary at all. What makes it worse is that often times the victim will act nonchalant about it in bls. It’s irritating. I just don’t see how you’re not seeing this as an issue when there are many real world people who are very impressionable, or people who don’t believe that coercion counts as a form of rape.

I said that my intent was the author wasnt cruel for using rape as a plot point and that no "true, direct cruelty" (i.e cruelty towards a real person) was taking place cause no real person was raped and that by implying this author is cruel for using a real world problem in their work makes it seem like they shouldn't emulate those problems in their works at all, which by extension means no author should use real world problems, such as death or cancer. Which is just a stupid view.
And then you come in saying I don't care about rape or dont think it matters just cause its a fictional person experiencing it even though I never said that ? I just said it wasnt cruel of the author. And then you also said that I somehow dont think rape is marginally unnecessary in mangas/works when I hadn't said anything like that at all.

If someone doesn’t get affected or doesn’t give a d*mn about rape in fiction it doesn’t mean they are rape stand or that they’re justifying it.
As I said in many other comments, it just doesn’t affect me because I can’t feel sorry or get mad about some lines on paper.
Yeah, it’s sad, but as a mature person I can trace a line between reality and fiction.
I don’t care about a character being raped or about an hentai that has a non-con tag, because they don’t exist.
Obviously, if it happened in real life, it’s another whole thing.

Okay, so then I will start by apologizing because I’ll admit that I did make assumptions about you. I’m usually a lot more level headed when I do discuss but I guess I’m just used to dealing with the edgy wannabes that think they’re “mature” because they can “handle” rape in literature.
With that being said, In terms of this manhwa, cruel may not be the right word, but it is messed up for the bottom to be coerced by the guy who literally helped him in his bad situation. It literally just sort of sours the whole story and destroys all the development of trust between the two. (If anything, it’s bad story telling) And what’s going to happen when the next chapter comes in? He will probably forgive him which is possibly the biggest issue I have with bls.
You’re argument about authors not being able to write rape and then generalizing it to cancer and death doesn’t make sense. These are all very different concepts that are not mutually exclusive. Maybe the op had spoken about this but you are making assumptions. Generally, rape is fine to write if done with maturity. But when it comes to bls.... it’s just romanticized horribly and it has become a trend. Often times the victim will act nonchalant about it which is very toxic. Anyways, this is getting to long lmao

Uh dude, if you look back, the op was calling the author cruel for the rape between the brother of his first crush. Seungchan wasnt apart of the equation. That's why I commented on it. That rape/situation is literally integral to the story, it's one of the main conflicts, as sucky as that is. If op meant the whole "no" situation between seungchan and (I forget his name so I'm just gonna call him the writer dude) in the side story, I wouldn't have said anything to begin with. Everyone who read that thinks it's fucked up and just poorly written, myself included.
And it makes perfect sense ? How is it generalizing when those problems are literally universal and happen more often (and impact more as a result) ? No duh they're different concepts but that wasn't the point ? The point was theyre all real world problems that people experience, so why is one author considered cruel for writing about rape (where it wasn't romanticized) but another can write about death or cancer or racism, etc. and it's fine ?
Again, that isnt really relevant to main argument. No one is talking about romanticism. If anything, this is about censorship/double standards.
this is getting a bit awkward :'D