the MC's naivety that lead to misunderstanding actually made some sense but the author failed to execute the MC's circumstances and his emotions correctly in the story which resulted to poor projection of the events or what's happening.
The MC's background actually is sad and the ML is his 'salvation' or at least would be the key for his mental improvement but then again due to poor execution, the story's main direction became unclear or ambiguous.
the author can't seem to decide which genre the story's direction would be. So in the end it resulted to it being tedious or flat.
some scenes are also cringey. Are they serious with 'kongkong' that's actually quite annoying, i imagine the author writing this while laughing and not taking the story seriously. I would get it if the whole thing was a unserious comedy but no.
kongkong nickname could slso be temporary until it is born but if that's really the case it's another outright evidence of poor writing, because it's so unclear.
An explosion of mixed feelings for all the characters. We have Anger and Sympathy for the both of them. The MC ultimately paid the price at the end which I guess could count as ML's Karma for all his cruelty.
but I guess most manhwa reader's are not ready for a tragic end, so now they proceed to show the ML's POV.
Interesting, nonetheless. Curious what's next or if there's any difference.
im sorry unrelated to the story but that chair looks hideous
Lmfao and they said "it looks comfortable" DUDE YOU SERIOUS
this is not a matter of liking or hating anymore the ML's already a psycho.
it's not about defending the ML or liking him. it's like hating on Patrick bateman as a character because he's a psycho.
Jennie has the best portrayal of mental regression overtime, her story despite a tragic one, is written realistically. It actually has a potential to be a standalone plot for a movie.
Though I must admit I'm very satisfied with the ML, I mean he got to beat all the shitty minor characters no? he's basically a satisfying trash of a character.
mid art which heavily relied on overblown 3D rendering from backgrounds to even as small as credit card...
mid characters. The MC's not a saint nor he got any ill intent. Yahwi's a trash. Cain's real name is Canis Lupus... like wtf fr?
the story's execution was weird. there's a lot of illogical responses from the characters. one example was when Jooin think that Cain having a 'plan' to get him was bad.
anyway, dropped.
OK. Bye.
saved you from wasting your time!
im surprised this isn't genred as comedy. this legit made me laugh a little from time to time.
even funnier than BLs with Comedy genre on them.
the phasing was flawless and from the romance, angst, action, comedy everything was balanced. they even managed to squeeze the issue of parenting finely.
the art was slightly above average I think as they do not entirely rely on 3D renderings like most of manhwas.
now let's just wait for that garbage of a father to get whacked.
- Isn't it more logical and realistic if his anger was directed to Kyunsung instead? Just felt weird he thought of Aejoon a slut immediately.
- The misunderstanding was waaay to small to merit that effort he does just for that revenge. I mean are you gonna do the same level of effort when all you have was a small piece of information?
- Why is everyone gay?
this is SK, one of the most homophobic democracy on earth so just felt weird how open they are on that part in the story.
anyway it's an okay read. not bad not good etc.
i can answer the : why is everyone gay lmao
when u read straight manwha people don't usually ask why is everyone straight XD
i am just saying that some yaoi tends to make the characters yaoi because it is yao
yaoi*
i mean yeah, the start of the story was kinda clinging/siding to realism, with the environment and context of the school, teachers, idols or the entertainment industry. So I first thought that it would be one of those BL where they'll have to face the issue of homophobia not just with their family but ultimately their country especially due to his standing as a popular individual but turns out I was wrong.
I also agree that why wouldn't anyone question why is everyone gay but remember they wouldn't ask that in Korea.
everyones straight*
(dammit why cant we edit replies we be getting lot of typos T.T)
He wanted to deceive his “bf” so that he would leave him
korea should figure out how to properly make a short BL.
the only short BL manhwa that Ive read so far in which it was written finely is the 'Sheep's Mask' all every other are like this. horrible phasing, felt like rushed, cringey logic etc.
And sheep's mask being one of the most fucked up ones lmaoo can't help but agree. Would recommend checking out this author's work. Their short stories are pretty great!
https://www.mangago.zone/r/l_search/?name=bopul
okay... Thank you for the recs! their works is such a hidden gem. It's beautiful, really.
and the arts of BL Manhwa pre-2020 surely hits different, they don't make it like that anymore T.T
I know right!! Glad you liked it <3 I wanted to read more of their stories cause of how creative and beautiful they are TT
Yess!! So true, i was at first shocked to find out that the chapters were uploaded in 2019! but then the artstyle made sense lol. Even in 2020, when I used to read webtoons each of them had their own unique style, now that I look back at them a lot of the art in those popular webtoons was wonky as hell lol so that was one thing but now even though majority of the manhwas have amazing art they all look quite the same, especially for bl genre. You can see the same face syndrome not just for artists own characters but also for other artists works too lmao.
couldn't agree more.
They basically already have this identity before but then all of the sudden everything shifted into soulless generality (well at least for the most bls)
and not to mention, the creators currently being too reliant on 3D backgrounds & objects.
In '11:59' by Bopul, the first thing that I noticed was the breakfast. it's a complete handrawing of an egg and sausages! It's something rare nowadays in BL Manhwas most of them are relying on 3D renderings even for a food!
Yess so true! As for the soulless generality thing, Chinese stories i.e. manhuas take the first place. The way they mass produce same plot, same art stories is crazyy, only very few are good and that too ones that are based on popular novels.
Omg i thought I was the only one that noticed this pattern of artists using 3d objects and backgrounds lately! It irritated me quite a bit cause those stand out so much from the hand drawn art!!
Gosh I love your attention to details! I noticed the food being 3d rendered too in a lot of manhwas. This one manhwa i was reading had 3d rendered even the shoes lmaoo. Its fine for cars i guess cause it saves time but rendering even easy things is just kinda lazy and it ruins the vibe of the panel cause of how weird it looks.
dude ive been reading here for years but it's my first time meeting who truly agree with my stance on manhwa arts T.T
Also, it's quite concerning because with the rise of AI. it's just a matter of time before these manhwa artists starts using AI images for their works.
aww! this is my first time meeting someone who gives attention to details, like me, enough to notice the use of 3d objects in stories! (ʃƪ＾3＾）
Yes! As concerning as it is tho i think only dishonest people would do something like that. A real artist would wanna actually draw and give the story their own unique touch rather than using AI, cause well drawing is their passion. Nonetheless using AI is definitely a possibility, in fact there's literally a webtoon where the artist is very obviously using AI for every chapter. Its called "Quantum Entanglement" and people have pointed out the obvious ai mistakes fount in the panels. Its embarassing!
it's not a fluffy story nor a slice of life.
there's even no character development.
the art was good(except from that overused car 3d model lol)
If toxic relationship is their main direction, then I'm afraid it's written poorly.
also, having the story in the seme's POV just left a bad impression on me for the creator, it seems like they're somewhat justifying that shitty personality.
it's my first BL manhwa where I hate the MC more than the ML or at least dislike
I really really felt bad for the MC, his suffering is unmatched but deep in my brain is saying that half of all those things are because of his pride. All the ML wanted was to genuinely love him and tbh his words might hurt the MC's pride but he also know he didn't mean those ffs.
anyway this is a very well thought and written one! so yeah 8/10