
The painting is a reference to the loneliest whale in the world, nicknamed ‘52’. It was a whale that sang at a frequency of 52 Hertz, too high for other whales and too low for humans to hear. Its calls also had unpredictable patterns of repetition and frequency. Because the whale’s calls and behaviors were one of a kind, 52 was believed to have spent its life alone since its discovery in 1989 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. It broadcasted its calls to potential mates but had never been sited and its species unknown. There have been theories that perhaps the whale had a speech impediment, was deaf, or a new species. In 2022, it found a friend, another hybrid whale that sang at the same frequency. Scientists believe that there may be more whales that call at 52 Hz, and 52 might not be as isolated as previously thought.
if there’s any inaccuracies, lmk. all this is pulled from a couple google searches, paraphrased and condensed.

i vibe with the smut scenes. they’re just so intimate and intense, especially considering they’ve both been celibate for 10 years. i’m sorry but i’m a sucker for faithful first loves that didn’t end well the first time ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄ . and, not to diss any other BL, cause i also read those, guilty as charged, it had none of that “whoa he’s big,” “his **** is the size of my forearm,” “let’s do it one more time. i promise it’s the last round,” “x-ray of the intestine” (⊙…⊙ ). i’m revealing too much of myself lol
the story is really good on its own, but the sex adds on to the yearning and unspoken emotions ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

do y’all think the mom might be behind it? now that she is running for a high position, she might try to get rid of any obstacle in her way. and that’s why Heeseo is kidnapping him (at least part of his reason)?

No but i think you might be onto something ive seen the raws and the comments there were also thinking that taes adoptive mother and her family might have something to do with the kidnapping aswl Idk if this is spoilers bc im not keeping up with the chapters here but....................... the guy that was blackmailing heesos mom body was found and the police suspected tae bc he was the last one who saw him And if the mom was trying to get rid of obsteceles that would be a Great way kill two birds with one stone yk frame him or sm? another spoiler ig too? the mom and her family seem like they could not care less that the guy is gone taes step bro is the only one thats panicking after the mom gave a few reassurances to the step bro guy and he left her fake smile dissappeared and she had a irritated face with empty eyes like THIS WOMAN IS SUS AF ToT But ultimately idk im not smart enough for this (sorry for the yapping)

this whole comic makes me feel both comfort and uneasiness. i can’t tell if the last few panels are supposed to reassure the readers that there’s nothing going on with the brother or if it’s meant as set up for a plot twist in Volume 3. a lot of the strange things Tago says and does can be logically reasoned with. For the punishment game, google says it’s commonly played as a prank among young boys in Japan because it causes pain, kinda like getting kicked in the balls. So his comparison to it probably means that that’s the closest thing he can compare to what’s currently happening since he’s never done anything sexual with anyone before. He’s kissed before but that could just be from family when he was younger or from a girl in his class since he’s quite the looker. As for the reenactment, it could be because of blindness and teenage hormones, coupled with not wanting the parents to know they’re watching porn. I’m pretty sure his “child” is a reference to his porn collection. And his closeness to his brother could be because Toga in actuality doesn’t have any friends aside from Ogi. There was this one chapter (too lazy to look for it) where Toga asks if the people Ogi talked to were his friends. Ogi says that they’re his HS classmates, to which Toga replied with ‘wouldn’t that make them ur friends?’ (something like that). So while Toga says he has friends, no he does not. i could be very wrong about a lot of these points. Still, i’m excited to see how Volume 3 will pan out. Tago looks to be more and more in love each chapter, but Ogi doesn’t seem thrilled about their cohabitation. If the author does decide to go darker with the brother subplot, i hope it’s executed well. but otherwise, please clear up any misunderstanding on that! every time the brother shows up, i don’t know what i’m supposed to feel, especially since Toga seems to have a pained expression when talking about his brother (flashback; at Ogi’s house)
also, to note, the official translation has both MCs as 18. the fan translation probably got a poor quality raw for chapter 1 and mistaken the 18 for a 16.
Kyuho is Shang Qing Hua (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ pew pew pew