i wish there are more side stories for the friend, the boss and the assistant, or even for the younger brother. but i'd say i'm pretty satisfied with the ending. ellian is shit but at least he made a comeback by absolutely cherishing gunchan (gunchan, the man that you are! i have so many screenshots of your romance with ellian because you both are just so goddamn poetic. living that writer character, huh?). i love how the author wrote their stories, that's why i went on and read this after eternal covenant. i don't think i'll get something that gives me fuzzy feelings for a while other than this story.
i went sleepless just to read this because i thought this manhwa is already completed, but oh boy was i wrong. although the long flashback made me miss ian (because duh, he is the main man here), i understand the point of setting the background for brian (yet i also believe that it's becoming too long for my liking). for me, the whole point of the flashback is to establish brian's character and also explain the reason why the priest is obsessing over him. actually, it explained a lot (in my perspective at least). it made me realize that ian's anxiety of him not being "brian" is sooooo valid because although they share the same soul, they are two different persons. too much rambling, atp my only hope is for sol to love ian as he is, not as the "brian reincarnation" because if ian "returns to his true self" then i may be a bit disappointed.
this is so long wtf but i had a talk with my co-teacher months back about reincarnation and the idea of "loving that reincarnation despite the reincarnation not being the original person (physically)" and this just checks out that idea. i really enjoyed this manhwa! it's not perfect but i like that it makes me think about a literary trope LMAO
it was a lil good at the start but then they started having rape-ish sex or threesome whatever the fuck is that. and it just doesn't sit right with me, especially that mind controlling blonde, i'm so uncomfortable with him every sex scene that i ought to myself to skip any chapter that included him. then, they just started being all buddy buddy after? like hello? what the fuck did i just read? i can't believe i went through all 72 chapters all night. so freaking weird, it all felt like a fever dream. and as if, all i read is them being absolutely horny teenagers, fucking every chance they get.
will prob only come back to this if it's already completed, if not, good luck to all esper x guardian enthusiasts out there— there's much better out there, believe me.