The couples this universe have spawned are so unique with their own interests it's adorable.. neeed a physical copy.
Normally I would think the love triangle introduction is stupid but in this case I understand. I would also fight for Doosan's affections. It really makes a lot of sense.
This is far from my favorite AM work but just like in all their other work the female characters all have their own inner worlds and agency and don't feel like they exist just to pad the setting for the male characters. I really appreciate this part of AM's work but I wish this was the standard and not the exception in BL
and notice how they aren't major characters either. it's possible to write characters to react like human beings without them having a central character arc I know it's crazy
To start, I like the concept of the dynamic a lot. Subby recluse top x Forward popular bottom. Very fun and unique premise.
However, although the smut is good, it's not good enough to carry the series. There's a lot of manhwa that suffer from gooning as a replacement for writing- I'm just going to make a stink about this one in particular bc I do really like the dynamic in theory which makes this particularly disappointing.
Within the first 20 chapters it felt like the author was writing, erasing, and rewriting the MC's attitudes towards one another. I thought initially "Oh- The tension in their relationship comes from the fact they are both bad communicators"
That can work, but only if due work is done in establishing the characters' flaws so there's a sense of internal logic to their actions.
I like flawed characters. I like characters who act irrationally when there has been a precedent set for their actions. Here the precedents keep getting switched out.
Why are you guys jealous of each other? We know you like each other. YOU know you like each other. Why is any of this a problem?
Oh now there's some supernatural reincarnation stuff going on. Oh there's this girl. Oh there's this app. Idk it's like so many ideas that keep getting interrupted by porn like can you guys maybe sit down and have a normal conversation so it feels like i actually know what the characters' deals are and if it's reasonable for them to be acting like this? As things are its just not compelling.
This sort of writing is acceptable for a one shot or single volume manga, but it seems like this is going to be a solid 50-chater series which bodes poorly since we are only 20 chapters in and I already dgaf.
TLDR; If you introduce ideas they need to be expounded upon so there can be satisfying payoff. Do not give me payoff (gay sex) before giving me developed characters.
its crazy to me when i stumble upon something this good that came out this recently and nobody told me. why do people argue about the same 3 mid yaoislop series when there is like actual good BL out there. I could have been reading this and nobody told me. I hate it here.
I know I’m boutta get killed for this because this is everyone’s darling bl manhwa but Like. Come on it looks like the small intestine is risking perforation at this point. I’ve seen pop up clips of ridiculous bbc bwc big whatever cock porn and that thing is at least twice the size of any of them. Absolutely ridiculous looney tunes penis unable to take seriously its kind of campy I guess
stop I feel u
too real! I lub this manhwa sm but whenever I v his bigass horse of a divk I pretend I cant c it so it cant hurt my eyes
Let me say it again, Im tired of these horse cocks
yeah at some points it’s just too much, sometimes they are so comically large i laugh when i see it in stories
The twist would have pissed me off if the writer wasn't as good at characterization as they are. The character's actions and thoughts are completely believable despite the absurdity of the situation. Many people who commit murder are not psychopaths incapable of feeling empathy, but they may be a person who deflects blame for their actions as a means of protecting themselves. Jinhyeok has the latter mentality. He starts off victimizing himself- believing anything he does to the family is justified in self defence. He only progresses on the island once he accepts he's a killer and that he took pleasure in killing. but that's also an act to shield himself from taking accountability. The scenario the story presents a type of psychological repentance that's unlikely from the type of person who matches Jinhyeok's criminal profile in the real world; someone who simultaneously has done horrible things but is too self-pitying to consciously feel bad about it-- even if they do feel guilty deep down. So an absurd scenario like a body swap purgatory really feels believable here because it may well be the only thing that can get a person like Jinhyeok to apologize in a meaningful way. Idk this was really good for a "it was all a dream" twist