If I had a nickel for every character that exclusively dated women before (and obv enjoyed it) and then started dating one (1) guy was called gay, I would be able to preorder the new Nintendo Switch 2.
I just don’t understand why authors are allergic to word ‘bisexual’. At this point, if I see someone just saying word ‘bisexual’ in manhwa (and manhuas/mangas) makes me want to stand up and applaud to the author. The story is also set in America, so I don’t get it.
“I didn’t know Luke was gay” WELL MAYBE YOU DIDNT KNOW BECAUSE HE IS NOT?????
I don’t mind age gaps, but it depends on how old is the youngest in the relationship and nuances (for example, if the youngest is 25 but the oldest saw them grow up and then started dating when they were 25 - still weird). And my jaw was on the floor when I found out the age difference.
17 years is CRAZY. Especially when they started dating when MC was 21 and the ML was 38. That’s definitely a cradle robber right here. Like, sir, that’s a child.
(P.S. I don’t mean that if a person is 21 they are still considered a child. But for someone in their late thirties, young twenty year olds are seen as children. Like would you date a middle schooler when you are almost finishing high school? Would you date a high schooler when you just finished your bachelor degree? Exactly.)
I still can’t wrap my head around it. Twenty one… Twenty one!!!! Dating a man that’s almost in his forties!!!!! Twenty one!!!!!!!
And the fact that MC goes back in time is making it even more uncomfortable. Like I have no idea how ML will be able to fall in love with a child or (if they get together only in ten years) someone he saw grow up.
I’m very surprised that this has a rating above 9.0
Anyways, I dropped that because I’m too uncomfortable to continue reading and find out what happens later. I really love the whole concept, story and ML, but age gap is making it too weird to read and enjoy.
I *guess* when MC grows back to 21 he would technically be 31, so mentally age gap wouldn’t be that much, but still. It’s like simping over a loli that is ‘actually thousands of years old’.
(This is all my personal opinion.)
Romance in this manhwa was unsatisfying. It happened out of nowhere that it took me by surprise. Daiki (ML) mentioned that Minjun (MC) gets in his nerves once and BAM - they are already making out and jerking each other. What. It was really unsatisfying. ESPECIALLY when Daiki was acting like an absolute asshole to Minjun, saying that he only likes having sex with him and doesn’t love him. It obviously upset MC a lot, so I was waiting and craving the moment for Daiki to regret saying it when MC grows slightly distant and maybe a potential rival could set ML’s head straight. But no. Out of nowhere he says he loves him and they reconcile? Absolutely pissed me off. Daiki was getting off the hook so easily.
There were so many moments where I felt I’m getting edged and then severely disappointed. The scenes where MC got hurt, the romance, the potential regret and redemption of ML (let’s not forget that he kidnapped, threatened, assaulted and was disgusted by MC in the beginning), but nooooooo.
While I’m on the subject, I absolutely hated ML (Daiki) in the first season then I grew to tolerate him in second. I get why he acted the way he did, but I hated the execution. He was (and still is) an ass with MC. In first season he was a cold prick with nothing good to be said about him. In the second, he somewhat shows that he cares about MC, but it feels shallow. Especially when they have sex. I got really sad when MC once said that it hurt during sex, which is nothing surprising, because ML just shoves it in without prep or anything. Just lube and nothing else. He doesn’t even wear condom!!! I also never once saw him taking care of MC. Not after sex or hospital. The only time he ‘took care’ of MC was to press ice on his back, but then went straight to fucking him after. Like, sir, is he your lover or a fucktoy?
MC stand the fuck up!!! Have some self respect!!!!
Of course I didn’t expect Daiki to become a simp or a soft cutie after falling in love. Not realistic and I get that. However, the least author could do is to expend on their relationship, because it’s shallow af. When Minjun said that he loves Toma more than Daiki - I 100% believed that. And it really shouldn’t be like this.
The other thing that annoyed me was the same face syndrome. There are so many characters with same face that I was so lost in the second season when more characters came. Author did an awful job at presenting characters. They just throw names and then their personal life out of nowhere, confusing tf out of me. I don’t want to sit through the manhwa with a notepad to write down everything to understand who is who. And don’t get me started on characters that were introduced (e.g. the English teacher in the beginning) that just disappeared.
I also hated how everyone treated MC. Comedy is comedy, but constantly calling MC dumb started to annoy me. The guy was a nursing student that got accepted into the top university in foreign country and became fluent in their language. Yes, sometimes he says dumb stuff (very rarely), but mostly he is doing an amazing job at raising the kid. MC is definitely not dumb, so calling him that was just out of pocket most of the time. Also, why tf is everyone so disrespectful towards MC? I get friendly banter, but most of the time it was just straight disrespect towards a lover of their boss and ‘mother’ of the kid they adore. And again, why tf ML allows this?? Never once did I hear him tell his men like ‘watch your mouth’ or ‘treat Minjun with respect’. The only time he showed his dissatisfaction was when his men were too close to his lover. Basically he only cares if Minjun sleeps with someone else but not how he is treated. Got it.
I get that it’s comedy, but even comedy can go too far. I would get it if MC wasn’t MC and was instead a side character. But he isn’t. So it was annoying.
Of course there are good moments in this manhwa. It’s just FOR ME I couldn’t overlook these things. And when there are so many annoying things, it was hard to enjoy the story. If it was just the problem with ML, but MC was getting treated with respect most of the time and there weren’t this many characters on the front - I wouldn’t have a problem with ML. You know what I mean? One problem is easy to overlook, but when there are many - it’s much easier to get stuck on them.
I love the novel so fucking much. Author of the novel wrote such a beautiful heart wrenching and heartwarming story that it will sit with me for a while. Their writing style is also amazing, so that was another twist of a knife on top of the angst. Damn, half of my quote list got filled up by this novel.
However… the art style is doing my babies dirty. Both of them are described as handsome/good-looking. ML kinda looks good and attractive manhwa, but my baby MC looks like an average guy, when he is described like this in the novel:
“…He was good-looking. A bit too much so. If he’d had an average, forgettable face, his name wouldn’t have come up nearly as often.”
That, on top of being noticeably built (special training and enhancements). Don’t do my baby dirty!!! It feels like artist didn’t read the whole novel, because the novel is in first person perspective and Geonho has a really low self-esteem, so he doesn’t see himself as attractive. He even mentions a few times how ‘unattractive’ and ‘average-looking’ he is compared to others, but he is unreliable narrator. When it’s other people’s perspective, they always mention how beautiful and good-looking he is.
No offence to the artist. I’m glad that the story is getting recognised and adapted, but I just want the best of the best for my baby Geonho and this amazing story ╥﹏╥
The whole pregnancy trope is pissing me off right now. Dude just started uni and wants to have kids? Without research or anything? Without any plan or understanding the consequences??
MC is so immature and not emotionally stable to have a kid. Even the way he talks about kids is just him trying to fill the hole. He is not actually treating this seriously. And as someone who is heavily involved with kids, MC is just having a baby fever and throwing a tantrum over it. He didn’t talk to the friend’s sister about her experience with kids, doesn’t know how it will alter his body, doesn’t research anything and doesn’t think about the future at all. Like does he expect to have a baby and immediately go back to studying in uni? Does he want to drop out of uni that he tried so hard to get into and get good grades after just one year? Does he even realise that he will most likely take care of the baby alone, because ML has a company to run? Does he plan just to have a baby, hire a nanny and put all the responsibility of raising a kid on others? Pissing me off…
I agree with ML on all of the points. Even the way he handled the whole situation is very mature (but he should’ve stood his ground and sit down to talk about plans for having a baby. not just cave to the immature kid). But MC’s reaction to ML not wanting to have kids YET was enough to see that this boy is not ready. And HIDING the birth control???? Boy….
Also it just reads as a straight up propaganda lmao. It just reads as “kids are the greatest happiness so go and settle down, while also throwing away your plans for the future! think about now!”.
I HAAAATTTEEE stories where MC uses ML for something and then it gets very messy. I can’t handle this drama that can potentially be the main problem for the whole story. But this manhwa has such a high rating and is praised a lot, so I really want to continue reading it, but it’s really tough to get past the first chapters. I just caaaanntttt.
Can someone give me light spoilers? Is the whole story just MC using ML in the beginning, they fall in love, but then ML finds out and MC is working to get back together (just my prediction and assumption of how the story will go but I actually have no idea how it will go down)?
I want to know, please ╥﹏╥
It felt like author plans to have stories tied to this one the way they just drop the other characters’ lore and problems (for example, the girl and her boyfriend), but then does nothing with it.
I’ve read stories like that before where author highlights that the character is important and shows bits of their struggles/backstory (like randomly mentioning the girl’s father, her connection to that CEO lady and etc) to then create a spin-off in the same universe. So it will be really disappointing and infuriating if that doesn’t happen now, because it just reads as out of pocket stuff that leaves reader unsatisfied and with more questions. Especially when the story is not that long and it makes main couple’s time shorter when author keeps focusing on other characters.
I love the characters though, but I just wished author made it a little longer to show more of the main couple and their development. Like, the fact that MC contacted his dad and was chill with him was just out of nowhere??? I don’t mind them reconciling, but not showing the process of MC’s journey that led him to accept his father is DIABOLICAL. But it’s just my opinion though.
The dude is so infuriating and their relationship is so doomed. I legit don’t know how author can make it satisfying when they end up together after all that shit and stupidity. He even admitted that he knew that the letter is probably forged (around chapter 48-49?) but CHOSE to hate and neglect her. And the whole thing with ‘while isolating her he also was isolating himself’ BOOHOO!!!!
The worst thing is that I can fucking smell that everything is going to be resolved with ML sacrificing himself, making FL cry and realise that she loves him. You know, how authors do all the time when they write these stories but have no idea how to mend the relationship.
I quit reading the side stories as soon as the red head story came up. Then I came back today just to finally finish this manhwa and put it to rest.
I don’t understand people who were genuinely rooting for him.
As a reader, I was disgusted with him for a long time for what he was doing to Suha and the sadistic shit he was doing. So I got really pissed at the idea that Suha’s close friend might get into a relationship with his best friend’s abuser of many years. That made me sick to my stomach.
I would understand it if the red head (didn’t even bother to remember his name, yes) changed a little. However, even if he went to therapy and atoned for what he did, I am still disgusted with him and don’t want to see his own story. Like just a mention that he got a happy end somewhere? Good for him. Reading his story? No, thank you.
And he didn’t even change. The story literally ended with him almost killing the person he was in love with, so I don’t understand people grasping for straws for his ‘character development’. Like, feeling bad for what he did is a BARE minimum as a person. And then he just started stalking the guy anyway and promised to never give up. A character development would’ve been him realising how much his life spiralled down and he needs to work on himself, letting go of the guy to let him be happy without him. That’s character development where he would’ve shown that he is starting putting someone’s happiness over his and stopping being selfish piece of shit, but no. He is still the same piece of shit.
Then there is constant torture of that red head. Yes, I fucking hate his guts, but that was just disgusting. Also, the fact that this fucking piece of shit needed all that torture to gain just a tiny fraction of character development (mind you, it still didn’t make him feel bad for what he did to Suha. not even a mention of him regretting), then it’s just a further proof that the character is ass and I don’t want to see his development.
Dear author, if you don’t know how to write an unlikeable character and their redemption afterwards, don’t fucking write then. I’m all for asshole characters getting character development, because when it’s written right - it’s mind opening and gain more empathy/different perspective. With this piece of shit story, it was going nowhere and led to nowhere.
Their side story was ass and nothing can change my opinion. The character is ass. The story is ass. Development is ass. Ending is ass. Everything is ass.
Just a few chapters ago, Dr. Seok was already flagged by the higher ups as untrustworthy and suspicious. Then, just one chapter ago, we find out that the First Master ordered to kill Dr. Oh on ‘grounds of rebel activity’. Right after hearing that, Kwak sees the code in Dr. Seok and him trying to contact Eden. Of course he is scared and pissed at Seokhwa. Scared that Dr. Seok will be killed like Dr. Oh and pissed because he works for Eden after we saw how fucked they are/still trying to do stuff after explicitly being told to keep it down. He is supposed to tell higher ups and execute him, but he doesn’t. Instead he is keeping it low and just brings Seokwa for detention.
His loyalty is not to Rainbow City and you could tell by his disdain towards the higher ups and from his background. He is literally abusing his power to SAVE Seokhwa. Even when he thinks he is working with Eden.
If he left Seokhwa be (in other words, turning a blind eye AGAIN), he would’ve been killed!!! Especially when the tension is rising between rebels and Rainbow City’s masters. Then there’s beef between masters themselves. It was only a matter of time before Dr. Seok would’ve been found out, so being found out by Kwak was THE best case scenario.
Reading some of the comments I feel like people just skip the dialogue and not understand what’s happening in the manhwa.
Major Kwak is doing the best he can in the current situation.
Wtf was the point of SA scene? It literally served 0 purpose. Absolutely nothing would’ve changed without it. MC could’ve gone to the bathroom, ML following him and then followed by them talking it out. I’m tired of authors using SA/rape as shock content or just browny points for ML to save MC. Fucking hell, we didn’t even see ML go crazy and crush that guy’s dick. Literally what was the point?
MC gets assaulted, the fucker gets away unscathed and MC says “yeah, anyways, I’m not even bothered by that”. WHAT THE FFFFFFFFFF
I guess Luke would just be in a wheelchair for the rest of the season because what the fuck is this monster size. My guy won’t be able to walk for months after being pounded by that holy shit
Also I saw someone on tiktok do the math and the lightsaber is approximately 30cm. 11.8 inches for Americans.
Running away from commitment, but loooooving the benefits of a relationship, while also being very possessive is the opposite of hot. In fact, I think I can never get horny ever again because of what I just read.
I devoured the first chapters of this manhwa, but I was feeling more and more conflicted the closer I got to the end.
To keep it short: author executed their idea poorly and rushed some things. I loved the plot-twist that black hair was actually a villain and how badass MC was, while discovering and setting traps for both of the guys.
However, author fucked up by spending so much time building up the black haired guy, leaving the actual ML in the background for too long. Probably (in my opinion), author tried to make readers feel betrayed like MC by setting this up as a perfect love story and slowly turning it into a horror. But it all felt too much and unrealistic in terms of character development.
It showed how much the black haired guy loved MC. He thought he wasn’t worthy, so he never pushed to be together with her and just wanted her to be happy. Then he saw she wasn’t happy, tried to manipulate the situation and just made her miserable. My problem is that it felt too sudden. As MC said a few times in the manhwa, people don’t do just stuff out of nowhere. If author showed his problematic behaviour before he just went from 0 to 100, then this wouldn’t be a problem. But this whole thing felt like author kept just throwing one thing after another to make the guy the biggest piece of shit without any redeemable characteristics. There was no build-up.
Then the actual ML didn’t get ANY attention or redemption. He got so overshadowed by the fake ML that it’s no wonder people don’t care much about the ending. If author included him more and showed more moments with MC then he wouldn’t be so bleak.
In other words, author backed themselves into a corner by making black haired guy more likable than the actual ML, so they tried to make him as evil as possible and as quick as possible.
Also, the whole thing with god just felt so cringy and unnecessary? God’s motive for sending both of them back was ‘to have fun’, but like… aren’t they omnipotent and omniscient? They know everything about past, present, future and all the alternative futures. God already knew from the beginning how the ‘game’ will go and end, so why????
Anyways, I still feel more emotions towards the black-haired guy rather than the actual ML. Not awful, but could be better. I wanted to like this manhwa so bad, but I just can’t T_T
I had to quit browser when I saw ML’s back and couldn’t come back to finish the chapter for a while… I actually got so scared for MC that it’s not even funny.
Thoughts and prayers, baby… Thoughts and prayers… Now I’m just going to let this marinate, because suspense on top of consequences of MC’s escape is too much for me.
I’m not saying that this manhwa is a 10/10. This manhwa is not perfect, but it definitely doesn’t deserve a rating below 9. Maybe a solid 9.0 or 9.1.
I liked the plot, because it didn’t side track anywhere. From the beginning it posed a problem and the whole manhwa is slowly solving that problem. Yes, there are some plot holes or stuff that author just decided to add and not elaborate further, but it was still good.
Main character, Elijah, is amazing. I loved the character development from a girl that just lived for one man to an independent woman that gained self-respect and confidence. She knows her worth and was not making it easy for Raymond to just enter her life again after all the shitty things he did. Unlike some characters… *cough cough* Seohyeon from “ How To Reject My Obsessive Ex-Husband” *cough cough*
The regret in this manhwa was good and I loved that it took a long time for Elijah to forgive Raymond (ML). However, yes, the chasing and actual earning of forgiveness was done poorly. I didn’t like that Raymond never directly apologised or acknowledged all the things he has done wrong with Elijah. He just passively hanged around her until she forgave him, which was… meh… However! Raymond didn’t do anything insane to Elijah for me to hate it. I’m not in any way defending him, by the way. He was still a shitty friend and husband that made Elijah feel miserable. However, his actions were enough for readers to dislike him, but not outright hate him. There are manhwas where ML just straight up r*pe and abuse MCs, but then get forgiven more quickly than Raymond did, so yeah. Could be better, but it wasn’t awful and rage inducing.
In other words, the author had the perfect formula for regret trope: just enough trashy ML that wasn’t actually disgusting and amazing main character who stands on business. But still, somehow, fumbled THE perfect setup for regret and chasing.
This manhwa has its hit and miss moments, but I refuse to think that this manhwa is worse than most of the regret trope manhwas that actually have diabolical MLs and boring plots, but somehow have a high rating.
Absolutely loved first season and I was one of the OGs for this manhwa. I was there when there were only ~20 chapters and was ongoing, so this manhwa has a special place in my heart.
I can list a lot of good things about this manhwa: battles, art style, perfectly placed comedy, magic and abilities, Sung Jinwo himself, and etc.
But second season was kind of disappointing…
I didn’t like romance, because it felt half-assed and put there just to be there. Especially when the FL had such a great potential as a character and a hunter/fighter, but was just reduced to a ‘powerful woman that is really in love with MC’ and it became her whole personality. Give her more screen time and character development or just not include romance at all.
Then when Sung Jinwo got rid of the system and fused with the OG monarch, it ruined the whole point of Solo Leveling. Before, he had to work through blood, sweat and tears to become stronger. That’s why the character wasn’t cringe or annoying like some other OP characters in similar manhwas. But then he fuses with the OG Shadow Monarch and everything goes out of the window. Now he becomes super OP and HUNDRED times stronger (not just a few levels like he usually does it after overcoming and obstacle), which begs the question: what the fuck was it all for. It just showed that all of Sung Jinwo effort to become strong was just useless in the end, because it took him a few minutes to just become a god basically.
And, finally, the ending was just ass. Going back in time is the same as ‘and then I woke up’ ending. Everything a reader went through emotionally and getting attached to other characters just went straight to a trash bin. All the character development got wiped. Then, after all that sacrifice from him, Sung Jinwo comes back and decides to STAY, knowing that it will have negative effects on Earth and everyone else.
DIDN’T YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO PROTECT EARTH??? YOUR FAMILY??? WHAT??? LITERALLY WHAT WAS THE POINT???
Readers were literally getting slapped left and right in the last chapters.
Manhwa is still amazing, but I’m sad that second season kinda fumbled.
I had to take a lot of breaks reading this, because the second half was so stressful and sometimes I just couldn’t stomach the villains.
Villains in this one are just vile. It’s been a while since I’ve been this disgusted and praying for these bitches to have worst possible end. Sad that most of them just died without much suffering and the doctor is still walking freely.
The main couple was amazing and I loved them. Wish they had more chapters where they just happy and all domestic with each other (especially after all the shit they’ve been through), so I hope for extras. I want to see Max and Chris happy :(
I also loved the police husbands with all my heart. I was screaming when Nathan got stabbed and almost died. I definitely gained a few white hairs after that one. I want more of their story and them be together/in touch with the main couple (they literally treated Chris as their son please )