This has fallen off for me. Feels too different to the novel and like a budget version that's trying to improve things by making small changes but is just making it worse and writing itself into corners.
Maybe I'm wrong but from my memory of the novel mc and raon don't kiss. They aren't explicitly together in a romantic relationship, it's obvious raon wants to be but mc is just kind of ignoring it. they never do anything particularly romance related past when raon force kisses him while drunk. That was the only kiss I remember between them in the novel - it's been a while though so I could be forgetting something.
Raon is a lovely guy in the novel, so nice and patient and understanding. The conflict comes from mc making the choice to go back to garon anyway and how that choice has no real logic to it outside of 'but I think i miss him and like him' call it brainwashing/Stockholm syndrome or w/e it just felt more understandable in the novel than here...
Though granted he doesn't go back with the intention of being with garon, he just wants to live solo on the mountain so it's not quite so weird that he leaves Raon. Plus its more from a sense of guilt for not reciprocating feelings than wanting to actively go back to garon.
Wow thanks for the novel perspective!!! I didn't even know it was one first
realll i hate how the manhwa is making raon seem like a shady guy when he's actually trying to help mc get away from his abuser lol apart from the forced kiss, he literally was just a fool in love :(( and I've seen a lot of ppl hating him bc he named mc but imo that's the best part of the story!!
Right so to make it maybe make a bit of sense. This isnt it. In the novel it genuinely felt like the king is dead. He dies and they fly away, yes after mc tries to save him with the horn but it seemingly fails. At this stage and for chapters after I genuinely thought we were in a dead emperor epilogue. I think this is kind of failing to give the same gravitas to the moment.
Then we go to his life away from the Emperor. The chasing arc is still to come and it is a gentle persistent chase where he actually shows restraint and that he's actually trying to be a better person for mc. For a psychopath with no emotions it's something right?
Also mc never stops feeling guilty for liking the Emperor back. He will have nightmares forever more about his mother and his guilt.
My personal take is that having someone so powerful want you so strongly, might make anyone 'fall' if you get what I'm saying. People in the real world are into serial killers etc it's wild but it happens.
thank you
Nah uke is just dumb
He's an mc in a yaoi smut story, of course he's going to fall for the evil emperor haha But think about it - a hot, powerful, obsessive man wants you. I genuinely think that would be enough for some people to fall (≧∀≦) especially a poor shunned/ hated member of society. he probably is dumb!
honestly, it does read a bit more 'well this is my role in life, to keep this emperor from murdering by letting him fuck me' it's hard to tell how mc truly feels since the self hatred for liking him is still there too. I just don't think this manwha is hitting the same beats to make it feel believeable in any way.
Blondie is drug supplier david right??
Our mc will not be happy when he knows brownie is behind the drugs that got the boy killed... which is also why I think our blondie is the supplier. Puts them on a level playing field in that respect. I know he's a squishy lawyer student but the vibe is just off. Hiding his identity, saying he's got no family, his 'mother' trying to cover up the assault, the weird 'theres a problem hyung' phonecall (if i remembered it right) ... makes no sense yet but he's suss too imo.
Our poor mc just got caught up in a massive family drugs conspiracy!! Or I've been reading too many wacky mystery thrillers and am overcomplicating it (￣∇￣")
I'm enjoying it a lot though. Love a jealous top and don't mind a well done love triangle, which so far this is for me.
Also I actually find it so funny he was just trying to get him hooked on drugs but when given the opportunity, chose to smash instead. I love it.
Feel like that was a storyboard for an animation or video, not for a webtoon/comic/manwha. Way too long winded for the sake of drama to just feel silly at the end. Childcare got the same feeling in half the panels.
I also needed mc to not lean in or look expectant... those are my unsolicited notes (≧∀≦)
My thoughts..... pretty sure this all happened on the roof in the novel right? Am I remembering wrong? Just seemed more dramatic than on some grass.... somewhere
Mc irritates me, just doing a whole bunch of nothing while these guys fight over him. Ok he does some stuff next but I know half of you ain't gonna like what he does, then the other half are going to hate the next thing he does (≧∀≦) he's so non-committal during all of this. Beaten down by circumstance I suppose.
C'mon Hawon... start listening please. He said he doesn't want the mega float and you're just going to make things worse trying to impress him. Can Hawon just accept Taeha has complicated feelings for him, wants him safe and with him and not to be with anyone else? Use that! I know he wants to be seen on the same level as Taeha, hat he doesn't want to be taken advantage of or be a burden to him but like, just sit tight! Stop going to Aeil and use those ambiguous feelings to get what you want ffs!
I think the main reason he won't share the wiki leaks with Taeha is because he doesn't actually want to be abandoned by him and he's worried if Taeh gets what he wants he'll never see Taeha again. He could just ask for more money and freedom and give him the wikileaks. That's what I'd do. That's also the real test of his feelings, if you give him want he wants and he leaves you alone, you've got your answer and can start over. I doubt that would happen though! Even if it's toxic, abusive and shitty Taeha won't just leave him alone and Hawon doesn't seem to understand that.
I'm not 100% on what everyone is trying to acheive anymore... I think Taeha is over the revenge against Hawons dad at least. Now it's aeils dad still i guess? and now the grandfather's will? Is the grandfather still alive? Was there a decoy/wrong will? If the kwon boys aren't legitimate would that make aeil the heir to everything? Is that even how business works!? We'll see i guess.
Reading it all together from about chapter 83 made it all make more sense tbh. This is one that's hard to follow 1 chapter a week!
well said :D I agree Hawon is behaving in a way that doesnt make sense at all, and he is supposed to be smart. I dont see where his sudden goodwill toward Taeha is coming from, its so inconsistent with his character so far. And it's really hard to figure out character motivations, especially when they make decisions like Hawon in the last chapter. There was a time in the story where it was very clear what everyone wanted to achieve, but pretty much since the wikileaks were found the plot has been a mess
Yeah, which is definitely what makes it hard to follow only one chapter at a time.
Get the feeling the author has a plan of certain interactions/conversations they want to happen but isn't connecting them together very well anymore so now characters are making silly decisions to make it fit.
Maybe it'll all make sense when it's finished. I always thought it was slow and meandering but when it's all together it's not so bad.
Didnt he literally say that "how his 'so called love' different from othersv'shallow lust'"? He knew mc was sellimg his body. He didnt help him. He used him. He rxped him. He brought him to mcs other rxpists. He drugged and forced mc, despite knowing how desperate mc was. Mc literally asked to be treated as human being, not "sex object" several times but ML isnt even that different from other creeps, other than his 'obsession'. Mc doesnt want to be something possessed or object. He wants to be normal person but ML wants to own him. Thats the thing.
Yeah I agree. The only difference is how mc feels about Taeha vs the others. I'm not saying he should like him or that it's a good thing in any way, but it seems to be the case that Hawon likes Taeha and wants to be important to him, wants to be cared for by him, and as you say treated humanely by him. It's really sad.
Yeah. I swear if ML was a little human to him, mc would show his love too but the thing is...if ML was kind person, he wouldnt be there in that place at first place. I kinda wish at least we saw something different about ML. Its painfull because story is good, mc is great, art is great but everything else is ughhhh.
Thing is, authors like this do too good of a job making us dislike the MLs, give them too much unhinged hatred to make their revenge stories make any sense, that they forget about how hard it is to redeem someone like that.
Like, I believe them that their ML is an unhinged, hateful psycho who only thinks and cares about himself and his unprocessed sadness. What can you possibly do to make me think otherwise? To change my mind to thinking a grown ass man couldn't process this loss without torturing someone tangentially involved who was actually a live victim of the same person you wanted revenge on. It's a hard sell.
Lots and lots of rejection of ml from mc please. So much rejection. Mc needs to be alone. I don't know this Dr and I dont know the angle but as someone has guessed I think he's here for ml to save mc from. I dont like that but we'll see.
I dont have a Penis or testicles, but if I did, they would have retracted up inside of my somehow at that scossor scene - could not continue! This is just not for me (≧∀≦)
So the attempted break in is never mentioned again? That was his doing too wasn't it? That's so scary - I bet that's why it was ignored, so the author didn't have to have him admit to that!
I'm up for stories like this, I think it's was balanced in how she left him. I prefer it when they admit it's toxic and bad, which i feel the author definitely did here. Maybe there was an attempt at redemption but I still wouldn't trust him, but the fl is on board with it so I guess it's fine.
Shame it didn't finish.
So so rushed compared to the novel.... definitely feeling an author who wants this story done with. It's a shame. The nuance and time between him coming back and even seeing the emperor or having this convo was longer and felt more earned. This is just a smash cut of the story at this point... something about the drawings too, the emotions just aren't there for me anymore, like bad actors. W/e maybe I was too into the novel so this feels disappointing.
I don't blame the artist. It's getting shyttier by the day and I'd kill myself if I have to draw another stupid "Do I fall for him, Ugh I wanna ki11 him, oh mommy what should I do" moments for a million times
Roha's gotta be the most unlikeable, undecided, easily manipulated protagonist ever
I get you, but they decided to take on the projectlilely knowing the story, so why half ass it now? I dunno, commit to the bit at least!
I do agree though, a very drippy mc. Just stands around letting everyone do things to him and for him, dragging him around no agency at all. Really hard to follow what he wants or understand him at all.