In the novel i hated this part. Jin Woo literally knows there's a war coming, a huge mysterious gate opened, top hunters are getting executed and we have monarchs who can create pocket dimensions that are hard to detect but he goes on a freaking rom com trip! Like, can he be serious?
PS, to add to my first response
I'm not against him going on dates. Dude deserves a harem of women and dates every other day. My issue is the timing. At least have the date in the same city if it was that important or take his mom and sister with him. Dude went to a whole other country. He should have learnt from last time his sister was attacked and he had used up his shadow exchange. Any thing can happen, especially with a giant gate hovering on top of his city that's far from normal.
I think the date was still in Korea? And Jinwoo, believes on his ability to teleport. It was also hinted many times in the chap that Jinwoo could fly real quick to anywhere. So yeah, he is still alert. Probably went there cause he is confident he could travel as fast as he wanted. He learned from his sister's incident so he haven't used his shadow exchange yet so meaning he could do it anytime now. And if teleport doesn't work it was hinted many times, he could use his dragon shadow to travel fast.
Regarding the timing, I think it's fine? If you really think about it. He thinks, he'll probably end in a dire situation or something. So he wanted to invite the person he's interested to for a date. A person who he never had the chance to make a move with or anything cuz he's always busy with everything. He might as well have one date before dying or something. He's still a grown man. I see nothing wrong with taking a break before dying situations. Man only wanted a break.
If he through he would die, wouldn't our MC, the one we know and love go and spend his possibly last moments with the people most important to him? His family?
Through the series he tells and shows how his family is the most important. Heck he became a top hunter because he wanted to help them. All the progress was for them. So why is he miles away from Seul with a girl he barely knows (yeah he barely knows her, we can count on finger the amount of interaction they have and in all of them, he never showed any real interest in her). If they really wanted a love interest, a good one. Healer girl from the start of the series. They had history together. They had chesmitry together and if I remember correctly, he showd interest in her. They could've used their relationship to heal her trauma from being a hunter. They both could've been great influence on each other. But the author simply decided to put 2 hottest characters together and have them smach literally minutes away from the war.
If he truly believed that then why not take his mom and sister too? That huge gate could be dropping a nuke on his country l for all he knows. Between hunting down hunters and not obeying the games rules of the gates, the monarchs have already proven to be unpredictable. He could like a 100 girls, he had every right to, but this was not the time. Imagine if your country was going to war but your army decided to take a vacation instead as the enemy break your borders. He knows the monarchs are hard to beat, it's not like other hunters can handle them whilst he rides on a magic caper around the world!
The date is in Japan, not Korea. He's not in Korea. Whilst he was clearing the giants in Japan he came across a spot of nature he liked, that's where he took her. Also how can he so sure, it's the monarchs we are talking about. You'll see the consequences of his little rom com trip, not to mention spoilers - but if he has stayed in the same city a lot of bad things coming in the next chapters would have been avoided..
I think you wanted more romance drama than the author wanted. I thought you don't like romance in action series. I'm confused. If author went with that healer. It's would mean more romance drama than Cha Hae In route. Author wanted to make more actions and just peak romance.
And yeah, he literally did a lot of things for his family. So maybe he can have a day for his self. Like spend it for his other personal wants. I think he deserves a day for a lil date. Cha Hae In is important to him too so yeah. But yeah, if you really think this ruins ALL the goods things author gave us, then it's up to you. It's your taste anyway. I just think it's fine in my part.
Oh, I see. I see your point. I agree with some. Maybe I'm just biased because it's Jinwoo. I haven't read the novel so I don't know what happens next. I'll cry if something happened to Thomas or anyone I like on the series But I don't think I'll blame Jinwoo for that. He might be strong and smart but he can make mistakes too.
Yup, that is why this is not the MC we know. Real MC would never do what happened in this chapter.
I'm gonna go and read Omniscient Reader novel again. I need to bleach my brain with some real morally gray main characters that don't hesitate to kill for their comrades and calculate their every step, and don't let the love cloud their action for one another.
Dude, I do not care. I do not care if they had 100000 dates as long as it follows the story flow. I love romance. I love action. I do not love half assed romance action. I'd rather they had more romance so it at least made sense! Your excuse of the author wanting more action and less romance, there are still thousand better ways to show his growing interest in someone, something they didn't bother to show here (from what I read in the novel the transition from romance to action and vice versa was executed quite well actually).
As I said and will probably have to repeat every time, I love both genes, I simply hate when ANY 2 geners are smashed together with no prior context. That is why most action movies suck, because they simply have to add some rando chick that the main protagonist almost dies saving time and tome again, yet knows her for less than a day.
Ah, so the transition is more smooth on the novel? It's already on my list. I'll read it as soon as I have time. My sister told me they skipped a lot of things in the webtoon too.
Ah yeah. Sorry. Got confused you with people who hated this for having romance.
Btw, it's was not an excuse. I just stated what I thought it is. Sorry misunderstood you thou.
Actually that date didn't cost him in that way. Jinwoo's father died protecting him while he's still in the process of completely becoming the shadow sovereign.Jinwoo's father borrowed the Ruler's power beyond his body's capability that's why he was reduced to gray ash. And Jinwoo, having 3 (I repeat THREE) sovereigns ganging up against him with only Beru (already on rank Marshal) at his aid (note that Beru BARELY even stood up against ONE) only managed to kill one sovereign and ended up having his human heart stabbed, frozen and broken. Which triggered the official handling down of the power COMPLETELY and having the former shadow sovereign make some big revelations before entering eternal slumber or void. By this revelations Jinwoo now fully understood what is happening, what will happen and what kinds of enemies he has. All happens for a reason. The author made it that way to make some mind blowing revelations and get us into the story by making us feel various of emotions. You can't expect something that has ACTION as it's genre to not have it's MC suffer some losses. No pain no gain. It's for the character to grow.
There is no official basis what a real MC is. A character is designed by the author including the plot and the twists and turns. It is to make the story ORIGINAL. So please respect the author and stop comparing. If you fully comprehend the events the flow and transition is actually great and everything gets backed up. I repeat everything has a reason. The author made it that way to open new events and some romance are there to only spice things up or open some scenarios.
And technically, Jinwoo didn't fully understood before the power of sovereigns even after having a BRIEF encounter with the sovereign of frost. Like duh, Jinwoo still did not know what and who really are these rulers and sovereigns before the former shadow sovereign revealed everything and answered ALL HIS 'QUESTIONS'. And also he did use teleport using the shadow soldier he planted on the other S class hunter. He wasn't able to teleport immediately because he did not know why the shadow he planted on Thomas disappeared. Because he didn't know that sovereigns can erase or really kill his shadow soldiers.
It's a bit weird donating sperm or egg to a close friend. When the child grows it can become complicated. Very complicated. It would be better if it's a sister donating her egg to her sister or a brother donating sperm to his brother - but friends? It will be no for me. That said, I have nothing against Alex donating sperm, I'd advice it be an anonymous donation via sperm banks.
Yes, I agree with this. And I'd rather not let my partner donate unless it's his family that needs it, because when the kids grow up that shit would get way complicated than others think so and it will also affect the relationship which is clearly affecting it now. I say nope. Anonymous donation or they should get it between their families not just because top has good qualities for the child to acquire what a shallow decision.









Second time is always a charm. Hopefully the time they spent apart was enough for them to mature and reflect on what they did wrong. Now start afresh, with fresh eyes and fresh hearts...