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After seeing a couple commenters also saying this, I’d also like to summarize my two cents about why people have a problem with this series in a whole comment and not just replies:
No, people dont have a problem with this manhwa because of the ‘’dark themes’’. The problem is that the author has a serious problem with adding an overload of graphic and (in the pearl boy original story) TORTUROUS rape scenes every few chapters to the point that it seems almost fetishy.
Yes, these series might be about organized crime, sex trafficking etc., but is the storytelling even taking place atp? Are rape scenes the way we get told the story? Please lets use our brains for a second. Most of these did absolutely nothing to add to the plot (obviously lol) and to act as if this is NECESSARY to see in the context and setting of the series is absolutely insane. Theres plenty series that tackle organized crime and sex trafficking that DONT do this !SO GRAPHICALLY AND OFTEN! and I cannot stress this enough.
In the case of og pearl boy there was so much unnecessary violent rape to the point that the original plot almost got lost in the process. In this side story we couldnt even go on for 4 chapters without drugging, kidnapping and SA. Another 4 chapters later the roles are reversed and we see more SA and also rape.
Stop excusing mediocre writing and borderline weird obsession with sexual violence of this mf author. I feel these series get overhyped because of the artstyle and everything else is overlooked to the point of seeing it as a norm to constantly get fed shitty manhwa and then question why people are even complaining since ‘every other series does it too’