I started reading this bc I saw the word "film director" in the summary do I knew I just had to check it out. And I didn't expect to love it. This is one of the few manhwas with misunderstanding trope that I don't hate. With their characteristics, it's already been establish that their relationship and their story isn't gonna go smoothly. JJH is a certified overthinker and you would get why. It hurts to be in his shoes as he feels guilty and hurt and confused. He kept rejecting affection and love because that feeling was too foreign for him and it scared him. While YHG/YHK didn't want to tell him the truth about his feelings when JJH first asked him was because it felt a little unfair to his side and plus the fact that even if he did confessed earlier, it,'s not like JJH would believe him anyway. His anxiety to lose JJH was also completely valid to his character as social class structure was already established from the start.
I love stories that establish the settings and trope as earlier as the start so every thought, move, and decision from the characters were already backed up. To make it short, it got some good storytelling going on here as well as world building.
+ The smut was sexy as fuck jfc my imaginary dick went up a lot of times
Dayum I'm such a sucker for childhood friends to lovers I will puke rainbows after this. I love how they grow as an individual together, achieved their dreams together, and went through hardships together. This is the most unrealistic, fantastical, dreamy, whimsical story I've read. This is the perfect escape manhua if you want to forget about your reality and just want to feel super happy in life. I love them. I love this trope.
P.S: Ting-jiejie is my queen. I love her sm
Chepali + Park Jiyeon collab? I will treasure this story with my whole life. I love them. I love this. I'm really inlove with park jiyeon's art and the way they visualize intimate scenes, explicit or not. Chepali's stories really don't leave plotholes and park jiyeon being involve in the storytelling is just *chef's kiss* I really love their works I will die for them.
Recommending my fave works by these two while I'm here:
- Wolf in the house
- Momentum
- Hyanghyeon text
Misha and Gian. Eric and Louis. These couples, I would actually die for them. I discovered this manhwa through wolf in the house and I swear, the author is just so good at creating real art. Each stories just goes right through my heart. The characters feels more alive than it should be. It's supposed to be a drawing damnit! Why am I attached now ㅠㅠ
It took me a while to look for this manwha again after forgetting the title so I'm gonna leave a topic comment here so I can go back whenever I want. This story probably got to be one of the best plot ever ngl. A little fast paced though I admit, but good lord it's so rare to find a story that has no annoying characters esp the main characters and their friends. I do love a good ol' mature peeps. I love the family theme as well so the story just doesnt revolves around the settings and their love story.
There is something about this story that seperates it from other stories. The way it was told was not something you would usually see in a bl manhwa. There is something that made it so vulnerable and real, as if Yeowoon was a real friend to me who is telling me his story. Reading this felt like watching a sunset at han river while having a deep conversation with an old friend with a stick of smoke between our lips. It's hard to really locate the right words for it, so all I can really say is it's an art. A real art. And for me, this is real. A real story I've heard in real world.











Why am I only discovering this now? I remembered seeing this story way WAY back when it was still ongoing and I just saw this again ㅠㅠ this is really cute. The art is really cute. And the stories were also cute