That was it..? There was literally no story there. You really have to admire the author for her talent to draw out 19 whole chapters about literally nothing.
this may just be the season final or something, bc the raws go up to chapter 23?
Anyone else find this story incredibly vanilla? No dislike or anything but I’m just not engaged. Webtoon websites are saturated with these type of stories lately so to stand out you really need more than the typical tragic backstory. The best way to separate a good from bad story is MC’s path to success and this author took the most straightforward and boring path. Marriage. Really? That was the only way MC could get away from her horrid family and fiancé? By jumping into another marriage and making everyone jealous on the way?
in a rational way : yes mariage with a good partner is the best for her
She has no friend, no support, no money, and her family hate her
Rational and logical thinking, You’re absolutely right. But will that be an exciting journey for the reader? Not really unless you through in more characters to the mix with subplots but there aren’t any and her family are just background
it could be if she is reincarnated or sth like that. She has none, no friend, no family, no money, no background, no knowledge. She is a bird in a cage. Unless she is off the street, or working as commoner, there is no way around it.
So by contrast, how realistic is it that she can stumble on a prince and get a royal wedding like a Cinderella? Too convenient. If she can attain a royal marriage this easily, she can definitely find a way out of this cage.
For example, she could have stolen some valuables secretly from her ex fiancé, cashed them and started a business in secret until she files for divorce. She was unhappy and lonely, not some dirt poor prisoner.
that's also true, but marry off to another dude is still more feasible than get rich by on her own and have enough power to talk back to the people who made her suffer. If she steals his money, she would lose her dignity. I don't want her to commit crime because of trash like him. Tbh, the fact that she left without taking anything from him was the best part.
If it's my choice, I would rather her divorce, get some settlements(money,etc) and marry off to a lower rank noble or a wealthy business man, then live her live quietly. But it won't be satisfy for many readers.
she's only book smart, so she know how lead a household. so she need to marry someone who will accept her, but in her country, it will be impossible.
the prince was the best option ( he has a higher status)
But manage a business without partner will be hard, and she have no support.
she could go to jail if she stole something from her ex-fiancé.
In fact she was treated without respect, because if i remember she has a commoner mom (?)
yes, her name was a maid, I think
This is true, ofc marriage is more feasible but again that’s what I meant by boring and convenient. Divorce and settlement money won’t necessarily leave the readers dissatisfied if the author knows how to pull good twists but we obviously know the answer to that.
Her not taking anything from his was not the best part. I completely disagree. She should’ve taken everything and left him homeless for all that depression he caused her but no, we just need to get a yet another Mary Sue who leaves the ex in tears and regret and call that revenge.
She would go to jail only if the ex fiancé reports her and it’s clear now that he had feelings her for so there’s no need to worry about jail time. And even if he didn’t like her, it would be pretty embarrassing to have the world know that your own wife needed to steal in her own house to survive so I’m sure he’d keep quite.
I guess we have to agree to disagree. I don't like taking things the doesn't belong to me, if I was in her case, I would also do the same, I would take nothing from him. Unless they shared money and she made money him, then she should take it. But they are just engaged, not married, so I doubt that it's her money. They didn't go in depth if she managed the dukedom finance, if she didn't, then she really lived off their money.
I’m sorry but reading this now feels completely different knowing that the uke is 30 years old. I understand his home environment has shaped has childhood hence his personality but my annoyance goes through the roof because this is probably what the author was going for! Seeing the semes treatment of him, these earlier chapters are setting their relationship dynamic and it will probably not change. Really pisses me off. I don’t mind unequal relationships but this is a 30 YEAR OLD MAN. He deserves more respect and not be mocked and laughed at by this douchebag knowing he can get away with all of this and somehow the author thinks he can make up for it by taking him on a shopping round? I’m getting irrationally angry at this story.
For me at least with the shopping trip making it all better I think the authors just trying to show how easy it is to get the ukes forgiveness at this point of the story. Just gotta be a little nice to them and they'll like and forgive you again. But then again it could have also just been to make the plot go faster and not hung up on this part
That's what the author's doing what can we do...
Wait how old is the other guy??
As lovable as MC is, he really is wishy-washy. Someone like that is easily pushed around when he lets someone in his heart. I don’t mind the new guy but he’s far too overbearing, while that seems sexy, I hate his look of annoyance each time as if MC is some burden or a kid that needs to be lectured. I hate when he said “ So you get to make all the decisions?” As if all this time he hadn’t been making all decisions for MC. I think MC would have a much more equal relationship with the ex but that ship clearly sailed and now we’re aboard the Domineering & Arrogant CEO ship
I stopped at chapter 4. I’m so sick of these stories lately where the sister is always the villain trying to destroy MC out of jealousy. This trope seemed most common in Chinese webtoons but now they have started appearing in korean ones too.
It’s so degrading sometimes, it would be alright if the villain hated her sister for a valid reason but it’s always about 2 women fighting for the love of one man etc. Like we women have nothing else to do other than to ruin our own blood related family out of sheer hatred and spite
From what I've seen that us not how it's gonna go, apparently the sister trying to protect her
Really?? thank you for telling me before I completely dropped it, I was so sure it was going to follow the same trope
Yh, I saw some spoilers and damn it goes deeper than just a man, so maybe you should hang on a little more
Seeing all the happy satisfied comments, I’m gonna get downvoted to hell but does anyone else felt that this story was kinda.. Half assed? Or put more nicely, too fast paced. We get to find out that the seme had a “love at first sight” but how? Are you telling me he literally met a guy on the streets and within minutes decide to punch him in the gut and take him home? The author really couldn’t be bothered here.
What drew me to this story is the summary. A yakuza and male prostitute driven to sex industry due to crippling debt. My god a what a perfect dark psychological story.
I was not prepared to be hit in the face with this fluff. It almost feels like a parody of all “seriously yakuza BL’s. Which is also interesting! But the author clearly put more effort into sex scenes than then the plot.
Again it’s too fast paced! The uke is saved before I even get to blink.
They both find each other when they get kidnapped faster than the speed of light (￣∇￣")
Though I must say I really loved ukes one liners. They were really funny.
it definitely is but most bls are with the constraints they have in a volume and the author def does a good job in the scenes they focus on lol
Thanks, you summarized exactly my thoughts. Yeah it was cute, fluffy and all but sloppy and cliché, especially for a yakuza story. If you want to read a similar but good yakuza / prostitute trope read this one, I it yesterday and it was such a great story
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/itou_san_kuraka_sui/
That one was amazing! There was a lot of bitterness but the sweetness makes up for it at the end (⌒▽⌒) I jumped into this one thinking it’s itou-san nr 2 but boy felt like I got marshmallows shoved down my throat
Yeah Itou-San was an incredible story with so much emotions / feelings and love between the two MCs. It was dark and tragic but also beautiful.
This one is a pale and cheesy copy of Itou San.
Well, I’m gonna look for another yakuza / prostitute story.
Honestly I agree with you but I really love this story because it’s low-key like a breather from other mafia stories etc fun to read yk
Yessss that manga is so good
Homeboy wearing Gucci shoes and pretending to be all pitiful. It’s a wonder how MC is so study smart yet so slow-witted
It's a manhwa duh
Right, my bad for scrutinizing. Low effort on authors part or she’s just following the usual popular trope
God I feel so indignant on her behalf. She lived there for 16 years and had mere employees running her over, managing her like a 10 year old girl on the excuse of “she might be a spy”. The chapter where she is finally allowed to go out for a stroll left me bitter instead. I want punch that white haired employee so badly. Who does he think he is??? Is there no weight to someone titled a Duchess just because she’s a woman? But I guess I’m just as vexed with her as well. That she swallowed all of this instead of kicking up a fuss and threatening divorce
I'm really confused about this because it doesn't entirely make sense to me. Is this bad writing or is there some point I'm missing?
Nothing makes sense to me. Reading the comments before starting the story, I thought it would be a selfish protagonist who after dying once regrets her actions and decides to become better.
Turns out it’s a postpartum depression victim who was left to rot in the house not understood. Gahhh I’m so fucking mad at the scene where she apologizes to the duke! The only one she owes an apology to is her son as it wasn’t his fault. But that’s it!
They both owe each other an apology. They were not good partners to each other. She also mentioned it many times.
I think he holds far more responsibility. He seemed to have no awareness of all the issues she was battling with and didn’t even notice how stuffed up she was or the treatment of his trusted employees towards her. He didn’t reach out and left her to attend parties while holding resentment
The thing is that she already apologized in the town but she has to be the one that brings up apologies again just for him to say sorry too
I think there is no "holds far more responsibility" in a marriage. Isn't there supposed to be an equal footing. Also you mentioned, he was not aware of the issues she's battling. So is she. I think you keep forgetting the fact that ML went through a lot too. Imagine if we view it on ML's perspective: you lost your father, got married, went to war, your own relatives wants you dead, purged them yourself then became a father. Your wife went through depression but you don't know how to handle it. He got no one to ask or someone to guide him. He must have thought giving her as much freedom as she wants would be good. And he saw it as her, going to parties. His wife neglects their son and I bet he don't even how to be a father at that age. His wife went to depression and you got a whole duchy on his shoulder. You got to act like a single parent (tho its so far from being a good one) and his wife only cares about party. Of course, he won't know what to apologise for. In his pov, he's been doing his best while his wife never did. She also, didn't reached out. But yes of course, he got a lot of mistakes and he have to realize it before he apologize. If he says sorry now, but don't even understand what he did wrong. It will be so shallow, it's useless. So I like that the author didn't made him apologize just because MC apologies. I think it will hold more meaning if he understood first.
Anyways, what I'm saying is. I think they both hold equal responsibility as they both suffered during their marriage. I also think it's unfair to weigh who suffered more, expressed more or who apologies more.
I know we tend to understand MC more because we're seeing things in her perspective. We saw more of her suffering and understood her more. That's why we tend to ask ML to do more in this relationship. But I think that will be unfair. That's why I tried to see it in ML's pov too. Imagine being him as much as being her.
You know what, you’re absolutely right, I think I sympathize with her far more because we get the story from her perspective but ... I still can’t help but throw more shade at him. At LEAST he had freedom, he had a lot to bear on his shoulder but he didn’t suffer mental illness. Women at that time had enough to bear with, now add that with being treated as shallow and childish. But again, it is her fault as well I agree. She should’ve vocalized her sufferings, even throwing tantrums would’ve been better.
But he's not as free as he seemed to be. Remember, he suffered consequences after marriage because of political nonsense (seriously, for me, society and politics during during those time are the worst). A lot of people have expectations from him for being the head. But yes, he should have more patience and comforting for her. Because she had depression. How do I say this, depression doesn't really have to have reasons. It's just one day your so fed up, you don't know what to do. Anyway, it's complicated. And what is even more unfortunate is during those time they don't understand depression. Even now, a lot of people don't and brushes it as "weak person". And "Roles" still exist now a days and some jobs still don't accept women. Society during that time is just too cruel for women. Like they're just tools for marriage. Like. Wth.
I get second hand embarrassment just reading those erotic lines