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I really wonder why Theo is drawn with red eyes. Is it because he’s a lawyer?

Tbh I put off reading this for awhile because the prologue with youngjin saying “make a sex tape” was so cringe to me. But I’m happy I read, cause in context that actually made more sense. Overall this manhwa was pretty enjoyable. Like ppl have already said the proportions are wack, but that’s pretty typical to Korean BL so it didn’t phase me that much. I only drop series when the uke legit looks like a child) The plot was a bit weak, and the romance was a bit rushed, but it was still pretty cute.

Though one thing, the part with the nanobots was so funny to me. What do you MEAN he has nano bots??? What are they doing, why are his veins all dark , ik it was supposed to be intense but every time nanobots were mentioned it was so funny to me.

I think this chapter was sweet, and I like that more of their history together was revealed. But I can’t forget the bad things Joohyuk has done.

He purposely isolated eunoh, and prevented anyone else from getting close to him. He manipulated eunoh into running that art club etc, despite the fact eunoh was busy working jobs. Let’s not forget the SA. He used his mother and wealth (?) to coerce eunoh into giving him blow jobs. I think he does care about eunoh, but he was treating him poorly. He was not respecting eunoh at all and was treating him like an errand boy and sexual outlet. I would not be suprised if there other ways he manipulated and abused eunoh that haven’t been revealed to us yet, but of course that is pure speculation and theorizing rn.

Yes eunoh pushed Joohyuk away when he found out he liked men. That wasn’t cool. Joohyuk is allowed to be upset and hurt about that. But that doesn’t excuse Joohyuk actions.

Also I think a lot of people in the comments have been WAY too hard on eunoh for that situation. I think considering that eunoh himself is not straight and is attracted to men makes his reaction more understandable. Even in the current story he is struggling with his sexuality, it was likely the same back then. Internalized homophobia is a complicated thing. Rather than confront the fact that Joohyuk likes men, eunoh ran away and avoided him. No, I’m not saying it was good he did this. But it makes sense. Especially considering South Korea is not accepting of LGBTQ identities

Anyways dochan has always been nice to eunoh. Joohyuk hasn’t. I can see a joohyuk endgame working, but that would require more development and for Joohyuk to actually realize he’s hurt eunoh. Ik saying i prefer dochan isn’t controversial in this comment section but whatever, I’ll say it anyways.

I hope eunoh talks to dochan in the next few chapters and gives him context on his relationship w Joohyuk.

Ngl when there was a floating dick drawn without being connected to his body it made me laugh lol

Tbh as long as they’re still end game, I wouldn’t be mad if they break up. And then dojun goes to therapy, becomes more confident, and taeseok also works through his problems (He needs therapy too). And then after a few years they reunite and get back together, except both in a better mental state and ready to be in a relationship.

So many of BL I love have periods of separation, and I rlly think it’s just sometimes necessary for the relationship to actually work. Same thing for irl.

It can be really difficult to start dating someone when you’re struggling with mental illness; in many ways it make you a bad partner, and can cause you to further jeopardize your own mental health.

okay but when ji Chan was first saying the guy who was going to adopt mido was a pedo, why didn’t the priest guy say he was an omega??? All he pm said was “let adults deal with this”, like wtf ? No wonder jichan felt like he had to do something. Who responds that way to hearing someone called a pedo ???

Of course the reason is he didn’t have mido run away, there’d be no main plot. But still.

Anyways rot in hell Fido

That blond bitch has got to go. The only proper ending of this mess is if he gets killed or something

“It is typically impossible for separate species to reproduce. According to scientific facts that were discovered after millions of years of experimentation,”

Hold on what? For one alphas and omegas are legit considered a separate species. But also millions of years??? In this universe have humans been around for millions of years? Or is it more metaphorical, as in millions of years of evolution?

(Also little fun info, some species can reproduce w other species. They just don’t because they live in different places etc. like baboons for example. Or the hybrids might also have lower fitness (have less babies). Like donkey+horse = mule, but mules are infertile)

This is actually kind of shown in the next part of that quote:

“reproduction can only occur between extraordinary alphas and ordinary females. The half-breeds of such unions are either dormant ordinary species who carry dominant traits or half breed extraordinary species with no reproductive function. If those offspring reproduce to make a third generation of mixed breeds, in very rare occasions, the third generation can manifest as extraordinary species with perfect phenotypes.”

The hybrids are either betas/ordinary (less favorable, since I think alphas and omegas are typically stronger and therefore more likely to survive and reproduce), or infertile alphas or omegas.

Btw, phenotype = physical traits (in case you don’t know)

Based on this, I guess being beta (ordinary) is dominant? But it seems a bit complicated and I need more info. And the above makes me think genes that only omegas can pass down are needed for alphas to be fertile (but then I wonder how the third gen can have fertile alphas … ugh. Maybe it requires nondisjunction(chromosomes not split correctly when eggs/sperm are being made). And maybe somehow betas pass down alleles that make offspring have reduced fertility? Maybe there’s a linked gene involved? (Genes that are next to each other, so they tend to be inherited together)

I tried to figure out a method of inheritance, but none I tried fit with the information presented. I also don’t think there’s enough info, and I’m not an evolutionary bio person, so there’s probably modes of inheritance I’m not thinking of. (Maybe it’s three gene loci…? Ugh.)

I know the true explanation is probably that the author probably knows little biology and is just making stuff up to fit the story. But I don’t care let me have fun.

But I’m still reading (this is from ch 39) , maybe more will be revealed later on. I’ll probably reassess everything if that happens

I just finished reading the novel. And let me say, I really adored this story. Muheun and seungju care so deeply for each other, and I think the author did a good job executing such a large age difference (especially considering they grew up together).

I also absolutely love seungju

I’m looking forward to seeing the manhwa adaption continue (and I’m hoping for English officials soon), because jaewoo has done an amazing job so far. The manhwa has amazing art, I think the emotions are depicted well, and they have done a good job altering/cutting scenes to make the pacing better suit a manhwa.

I hope this manhwa becomes more popular when it gets an English translation, because it truly deserves more readers.

The problem with reading short stories like this is I always want more