And cue the trust issues. Kynel is comically terrible at communicating like an actual human, even considering his trauma. If he found out that Tia realized his trusted butler had been secretly drugging him, but decided to keep it a secret so “his feelings wouldn’t be hurt or his trust be betrayed” how do you think he would react? Not well. He infantilizes and tries to bubble wrap her instead of treating her like a true partner to go through the trials of life with. She put in so much effort to improve understanding and communication between them, only to be disrespected in return. Of course she’s upset and withdrawn. She literally has no one else to turn to. Even if she didn’t have pregnancy hormones, she would still be acting reasonably considering the whole situation. Kynel just loves pouring gas on the fire, and when he’s not doing that, he just watches it burn while choosing not to douse it with water
Wow that is a truly horrifying twist. Both hero and Arbil were self aware the whole time, but perpetually forced to act out horrific narratives while they’re trapped in flesh prisons.
Am I the only one who is sick of the worthless “turns out they were long lost childhood friends” trope? It just always seems so pointless and irrelevant. The fact that Tae Oh was nice to mc when they were both only a couple years out of diapers doesn’t change the fact that he is selfish, inconsiderate, entitled as an adult. It just seems like a weird detail to include or bring up. So this guy has been a major asshole with no regard for the mc for 40+ chapters and the relationship has issues with unhealthy power dynamics, a lack of communication, unnecessary deception/lies, and rampant toxicity, but they were super tight as first graders so it’s obviously destiny.
Even when the relationship isn’t negative or toxic, it still seems like a pointless add on. 9 times out of ten, one or both of them don’t actually remember until long after the relationship (and ensuing drama) is established. If only the bottom remembers, it either means that it’s completely irrelevant, or the reason they are pining for someone who is obviously unavailable or uninterested, and therefore willing to put up with a ridiculous amount of toxic bs because childhood feelings go thump. If only the top remembers, they will either say nothing while punishing the bottom in various toxic ways because they’re butthurt about being “forgotten”, or they realize it well into the relationship during their “redemption arc” which triggers them to finally treat their partner better. Whatever happens, 99% of the time it’s contrived and stupid.
I don’t understand why people are blaming Madelyn for any of the issues from their relationship. Madelyn was a bit naive and inexperienced, but all of their issues could have been avoided if Ian had just done the bare minimum to communicate with her.
Ian ignored and was cold to her for years with little explanation or communication. What was she supposed to think? Their relationship only improved because she took the initiative to really go the extra mile to try to interact with him. He does say very gruff and cold things repeatedly. Is she supposed to be a magical genius who can tell that he actually cares when he does not confirm it through his words or actions. When he makes kind gestures like finding Cory or sharing the books she does begin to realize that he cares about her. The issue is not that she misunderstands, but that he doesn’t give proper indicators of his affection. He basically kept her locked up for years and barely spoke to her. Of course she would think he disliked her.
It’s true that she didn’t understand his trauma, but she was a previously sheltered lady, people know less about mental illness in that time period, and even if it was well known, how would she be able to understand what he’s going through if he spends most of his time declining to interact with her. She tried many times to “be a good wife” and support her husband, and try to get to know him. It takes two to have a relationship, and Ian never wanted to participate. He ignored her for literally years whenever she tried to start a conversation or get to know him. How is that her fault?
She absolutely did try to help her father. She forced him not to invest in the doomed wine business and tried to curtail his reckless spending, but he kept spending anyway. He invested recklessly in another doomed trade venture behind her back. What more was she supposed to do? It’s clear that her father lacks the financial sense to maintain or grow his wealth, and he does not listen to her advice or acknowledge his problems. She bailed him out once with her knowledge of the future, but he just ended up in the same position with a different foolish investment. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t force it be more reflective and not to make shitty investments
On top of that, his plan to recover was basically to sell her off without a care in the world. He was selfish in his first life for killing herself and leaving her completely alone, destitute, and vulnerable, and he’s the same in this life for trying to leverage her marriage to bail out his own incompetence. Then when she refused to be sold he abandoned her, and then showed up to leech off of her when he thought she still had a chance with Ian. Why would she give any more help to someone who willfully refuses to acknowledge their failings and views her as nothing more as an asset to sell off when the times get rough?
She does try to plan for the future, she just doesn’t have a lot of options. She’s a noblewoman who was very sheltered, then basically imprisoned in her first life. She really doesn’t have any marketable skills or experience. She tries to educate herself, but she’s playing catch-up in a big way. She also has no money left for other education, but she makes it work by becoming a nurse. It was probably the best course of action. Since they’re so needed, every institution is desperate to train and employ more nurses during wartime. Once the war ended she would have sufficient training to either get a full time nursing job or get into a more thorough training program.
She is definitely hung up on the relationship, but it’s really just that she’s an excessively empathetic person. If she had ever actually hated him, she wouldn’t have tried to save everyone in his life. She prevented Isabel from making a reckless decision that would lead to her death, which prevented Eric from going onto the frontline where he would have died. She never actually wanted to leave him, she just wanted to have a good relationship with Ian, and that carried over into her second life. She’s just tries to warn people about the terrible things that happened to them in her first life.
ML is just a whiny bitch with a grudge against prophets because one malicious prophet fucked up his life. He’s very self centered and emotional. Even if he doesn’t trust prophets, Eugene never tried to scam or convince anyone and helped both him and his family in many ways, even before their relationship deepened, but he’s ready to scrap the entire relationship over something like that?! Alexis needs a serious reality check and attitude adjustment
Imagine being so distracted by constant horniness that you need to take mood altering anti-horny meds that give you lethargy just to function in society
That’s such a raw deal. Bro had to delay retirement to take care of an S+ esper, got killed in the field, and woke up 5 years later in the body of a decrepit misfit. He just wanted to retire in peace ╥﹏╥
This is a horrible story with an insidiously manipulative ML. ML is a Duke, but pretends to be the peasant best friend of the fl for more than a decade. She learns that she is going to be sold to the Duke presumably to be used for sex, then killled. She goes to the ml for help, hoping that if they marry, and she is no longer a virgin, the Duke won’t be interested any more. She is 100% upfront about what is happening and why she is proposing.
Despite the fact the ml is the Duke, knows that she isn’t going to be abused like that, and that he has the resources to protect her, he doesn’t tell her anything to make her less desperate or fearful.
His men swoop in and “rescue” her from people trying to kidnap her, only to imprison her in the Duke’s castle. ML pretends to be a gardener to see her and still doesn’t let her know what’s happening. She still believes she’s going to be assaulted and killed at some point. He is going ahead with wedding plans for two weeks without even proposing or clearing the air. When she finds out the truth he even guilts her into going along with it by painting her as manipulating his feelings and trying to exploit him.
He deliberately manipulates her by pretending to be sweet and vulnerable so she will do what he wants. He doesn’t care about her opinion or autonomy, and is happy to take advantage of her fear and desperation to get what he wants. Basically, the type of character who would rather manipulate her into an emotional and literal corner than actually try to win her over, because he knows he will never take no for an answer, so if it ever came out of her mouth, he would become the undisputed villain.
The fl is not a real character, but an accessory to the ml. She’s got the usual fl Jekyll/Hyde switch (basically a normal personality for when the ml isn’t around or doing something shitty, and a permissive doormat personality for when the ml treats her like property). Since accommodating the ml’s toxic behavior is a higher priority than the consistency of her character, behavior, and personality she gets watered down into a dumb, naive, spineless, and shallow character. The only reason the ML isn’t the villain is because the fl magically forgives everything instantly, and does not think or act like a normal person (or even her main personality) whenever she finds out the ml has lied to, manipulated, gaslit, disrespected, or demeaned her.
We were given a golden retriever, but he turned into a psychopath! Not cool!
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I cannot get over how shitty the parents are. First of all, even though he actively tried to do it, splattering is basically an involuntary medical condition that happens even if he’s actively trying not to. The parents just punish him as a troublemaker, but never bother trying to actually talk to him or figure out why he acts that way. Basically all his classmates think he’s weird and gross, except for some girls who view his condition as a novel form of entertainment.
He overfixates on sexual behavior because it’s the only way he receives positive attention from his peers, even if they’re really just treating him more like a circus sideshow. This mentality is common in people who have low self esteem and have a hard time making friends, but are considered attractive and receive attention for it. They oversexualize themselves because they think that’s the only part of them that people could or would ever like. He knew that none of the girls actually liked or cared about him, but he couldn’t bear to give up on his only social relationships.
His parents basically give him some vague bs advice, then cart him off to a random place where he may or may not be able to make friends. They know his abnormal body sets him apart from normal people, and that he’s always compared to his perfect, popular mother, but never did anything to help him cope with these difficulties. They basically threw him into another school and just hoped he would magically be able to work through his issues.
I get that they genuinely love and care for him, but it just felt like they constantly ignored the serious issues in favor of punishing the crap behavior that was the result of them. It was only down to luck that he managed to meet supportive friends that helped him work through everything, but it could’ve gone way worse. I just felt that they didn’t even put the minimum degree of effort into understanding him
That red head bitch is such a tool. It’s obvious he’s the “grass is greener on the other side” type. He had her in her first life and treated her horribly. He only wants her now because he can’t have her and his inferiority complex towards Carcel keeps getting triggered. Now I’m afraid he has memories of their past lives. I need someone to take him out stat
Ok guys I love that you’re back together, but please don’t have a baby just for that reason!!!
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That loser is STILL jealous of a godamn dildo!!!!!! That’s such a turnoff and it’s like his fatal character flaw. How insecure in your own performance do you have to be to feel legitimately threatened by a piece of plastic?
I really like this couple, but I always find it so lame and pathetic when people are jealous of their partner’s sex toys. They’re just for personal enjoyment. Is Bunny jealous of your hand? Of course not because he isn’t ridiculous.
Imagine all the drama and trauma that could have been avoided if Toguto had just chosen not to be an insensitive asshole to his first mate
I can’t believe Do Eum was actually upset that Changyeon “never shares anything” with him, as if he hasn’t been blackmailing, manipulating, and tormenting him for months. Yes of course you would love to share your trauma and vulnerabilities with someone who has made it clear that they are actively working to make your life miserable.
Doeun is in the same category as Janghyeon, if not worse in terms of the psychological abuse he’s inflicted on Changyeon. The assumptions he made weren’t unreasonable, but he took it far enough that it’s more about pursuing personal enjoyment than a legitimate revenge.
The damage of love withheld is a consistent theme, but out of all the characters, I feel that only Jisung and Choah felt genuine love for anyone. Both Yusaran and Mujin were raised in emotionally abusive environments and nobody modeled how to love either family or lovers to them.
Jisung did have lingering feelings for Choah, but interfered more out of concern than jealousy, and as we found out, rightly so. He accepted that they weren’t going to get back together and always tried to help Choah as a friend and mentor.
Choah genuinely loved, cared for, and supported both Jisung and Mujin when he was dating them respectively, and in terms of all the skeletons in Mujin’s closet, forgave and accepted far more than most would. The only time he wavers is when he learns about how Mujin killed his family, and even then he hesitates to truly end it.
Yusaran definitely felt strong affection and a certain degree of awe/reverence for Mujin, but was it love or emotional codependency? He knew that his feelings were unrequited through no fault of Mujin’s but was so enraged by his relationship that he violently interfered. He didn’t care about Mujin’s choices or emotions, he just wanted to sabotage a relationship he was jealous of.
Choah was assaulted by both Yusaran and the Baekrang, but things may have gone very differently if not for Mujin’s lies. He only complied with Yusaran’s abuse because he made threats on Mujin’s life, and at that point Choah was under the impression he was a strong, but average person, not a powerful and accomplished warrior. If he had known Yusaran couldn’t harm Mujin, he would have been able to refuse. The incidents with Baekrang involved him trying to take advantage of Choah while he was drunk or feeling the effects of opium, and later on a bit of coercion. If he had known Mujin’s identity and history, it’s unlikely he would have let his guard down.
Mujin never cared as much about Choah’s safety or happiness as he did for his own possessiveness. And that’s where it all went downhill. He murdered all of Choah’s loved ones seemingly for the purpose of preventing them from trying to separate them and told countless lies. His self centeredness is what drove him to the violence that ultimately destroyed their relationship. Even when Baekrang referenced that he and Choah had a sexual encounter, he didn’t even question it or ask Choah, he just assumed it was true, then left his lover alone at the mercy of a psychopath for days on end. He showed his true colors. He never loved Choah. He wanted to own him, and that’s what he did once the relationship fell apart.
Fairy dude assaulted someone who was blackout drunk, then didn’t even stop once he woke up and told him to stop. I’m at the point where I might stop giving Korean comics a chance since almost every single one I read has SA bullshit
Why do Korean authors hate consent so much? It’s almost impossible to find adult comics that don’t have blackmail, abuse, exploitation, coercion, or assault by the prospective or endgame “love interest”. It’s no wonder women are boycotting men in South Korea if this kind of mentality towards sexual conduct is common.
I’ve seen so many complex characters, interesting plotlines, and unique concepts completely ruined by this horrible shit.
Is there some secret curse that causes Korean authors to drop dead if they write a story without gratuitous SA and abuse?
And another interesting comic down the drain because apparently authors can’t bear the thought of writing an X rated comic without rape. Seriously, what is the problem and why the constant insistence on trying to minimize/normalize SA?