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Wow, I read fairly far into the novel and I just want to say….. this is exactly like every other story with this trope and no amount of pretty art or dialogue is gonna make me like the ML. Like every single square can be ticked off for a red flag psycho top and a bleeding heart uke, it’s BINGO people… Loads of spoilers ahead.
The MC is infuriating and so painful to read. He cannot leave and his fucking bleeding heart refuses to let this trash man go. His internal dialogue with himself trying to make himself hate the ML, having hope that he reciprocates is like pulling out fingernails. Just so painful to read. The manwha does a service of not showing his internal dialogue.
The ML, Jesus. The embodiment of the cold psycho possessive ML who can’t even figure out how to love someone and crushed the MC’s will to live. There are several moments with violent SA. Particularly one in chapter 7 that made me rage. Straight up rape. And there’s no sugar coating it,