such a lovely, lovely, lovely manhwa (had to repeat it 3 times to get my point across) If a refreshing lime soda were to turn into a story, this manhwa would be it. it’s sweet, straightforward without much misunderstandings, fluffy. this story doesn’t dwell on dog blooded politics or drama to keep its plotline interesting. in fact it focuses mainly on the emotional experiences, background, and how those factors shape our characters the way they are and how willing they are to improve and change themselves for the sake of their loved ones. it’s like the layers of a chocolate lava layered cake. the more you peel apart the cake, the better it just begins to taste. all characters retain their flaws - no one here is truly a Mary/Gary Sue who can do no wrong - but the best part is how both leads have a willing mindset to change themselves for the better. the romance aspect is THERE. it’s THERE (in extra big font sized 43 bold and italicised). the main leads don’t need to hug and embrace each other to display their affection or loudly proclaim to the entire world they’re each other’s. they care for each other in subtle ways that just hit the core. then you realize.. wow, these people are really in love. sometimes, love doesn’t always need to be explicit like some yandere prince cutting off someone’s head for you or threatening to burn the entire world for you. sometimes, love is quiet and calm, and about cherishing the little things you do for each other - like using your bare hands to pluck a thorny rose, or cooking their favourite meals, or constantly think about their preferences, dislikes and well being, or helping them pick their parasol off the tree. I LOVE THIS MANHWA SO DAMN MUCH!!
this is just too understandable coming from every character’s perspective to one sidedly dogpile on one character. on one hand, blue haired girl’s intentions for jinhyeong seems like they’re coming from a good place but it’s a place without forethought and consideration for the other person’s party. but since we’re not omnipotent beings who can interpret thoughts from looking at a face, it’s also easy to ignore signs cuz not all of us are experts on deciphering body language. but what’s glaringly obvious was that jinhyeong was REEKING with dissatisfaction and again!! she ignored it with an excuse she was doing it for his “own good” or leveraging her difficult experiences over his. i think she just wanted to be cared for or taken care of for once (which everybody expects from their bfs) but as an older person like gorl YOU should be knowing better. it seems disingenuous when ur asking ur partner to do something for u, not as a favour out of goodwill, but as a repayment for a deed you’ve done for them. it would’ve almost seemed like ur just there for transactional gains. again, it’s not inherently bad to ask help from ur partner. ITS NOT BAD AT ALL. ex gf can’t rlly be blamed cuz she wasn’t informed of the difficulties that jinhyeong was going through solely bcuz of his inability to frankly communicate his insecurities/difficulties but he also can’t be blamed cuz complete admittance is a tough task for almost anyone plus it’s a defence mechanism conditioned to protect himself. relationships are delicate and fragile so it’s such a blessing to see such a portrayal of what genuinely is a good, healthy, loving and trustful relationship in fiction. just goes to show a relationship can never be a one-way road (ex gf’s overbearing duty to take everything upon herself, jinhyeong’s hesitance to seek an honest & open relationship) tho idk cuz I’ve never dated
ok yall I DID read this manhwa and the other BL manhwa in question (bless that BL. chef’s kiss for everything made by that author) but my one cent here is that….. I can definitely see where people r coming from. looking at the twitter thread, u can see me raising the rock eyebrow but like??? sm other manhwas do the same thing, essentially recycling the trope over and over again. I’ve probably see that scene ran through and rebranded multiple times in different smut manhwas (NOT TO DEFEND THIS). I just don’t get why CLC’s author would get a maniacal freak out and threaten to sue when this matter could’ve been settled in SO MANY other ways like GIRL take a class on PR and learn how to control urself
im a hardcore BL fan and even I think that this isnt THAT serious of a case of plagiarism. Sure, one could say the similarities in that one scene are uncanny BUT like it’s just that one scene in general? I’ve seen the same trope played out so many times in both BL, GL, heck other straight stories of similar premises. Bottom line is: all smut manhwas are similar to each other in some sense. It was not as though the author had taken the same characters and printed them in another font. There are so many other different elements that separates CLC from the other BL work like do you rlly see that suspicious bitch sunbae in the other story?? No!!
Plagiarism is too strong of a word applicable to this case of just one scene and covers happening to resemble each other. Again, I’m a casual reader and I don’t have much time to correctly read through everything but just based off the Twitter thread alone,,,doesn’t rlly look like substantial evidence just being honest
No fr I have read both stories and I’m like everyone is going so hard on the author for a similar scene? Like we don’t all see similar scenes, art and characters in BL stories ALL the time made by multiple different authors and artists. Some people have acted like she literally copy and pasted the short from the other story.
Everybody talking about “she copied from 6 other authors” “she copied exactly everything from the bl manhwa” and I’m like… that’s exactly how the manhwa industry goes. every work is an amalgamation, a fusion, a mixture or a blend of every preceding trope and every work that has been. I’m not even trying to defend this because I’m genuinely confused. Like where IS the actual proof except the similarity between like a few covers and one sex panel LIKE someone literally point the direction to me because im so frigging confused










mfs don’t realize the ACTUAL mental strength u needa have to sleep in the same bed as a literal murderer and not go insane dawg the nerves would just make me go crazy like a danganronpa character and crash out. SHE IS DEFINITELY NOT WEAK
Right?! Like he almost killed her in the past. Just having him in coma in your house was dreadful enough and now you are sleeping by his side? You never know when you'll wake up to being choked by that madman
like excuse me her reaction can be considered ABNORMAL WHEN UR SLEEPING UNDER THE SAME ROOF AS A COMMITTED SERIAL MURDERER miss girl needs her own check up cuz wtf
I think the only good thing is that the serial killer looks like an angel or so was described
i mean I wouldn’t say no to sleeping in the same bed as that hunk
I can agree. If someone's kink is getting mutilated then it does matter if u r sleeping beside serial killer