The ml is a psychopath, period. There's no sob story regarding their connection, in fact ml was always a powerful brat, a bully in highschool who abused (implied sexually since he was wearing a dog collar naked) another kid with his little group of followers. Mc was the only one who didn't suck up to him and tried to save that other student, so the psychopath got fixated on him and placed mc's father in jail. He basically wants to make mc trash like him to prove that he's not the only scum. He rapes him and it's not sugarcoated, he rips him apart making him bleed and stabs his hand with a knife. Never in my life have i rooted so much for the win of the police before. I genuinely hope they won't go with the overused stockholm syndrome trope and instead do something like the Chinese Josei webtoon "Who is the prey". I want mc to win, i want him to never give this pos the attention he thirsts for. Or else the story will be a cliche waste of my fucking time.
Now I get why BL readers get so much hate. I read BL myself, but I also read plenty of non BL. Short hair and basic clothes don’t make someone a man. It’s honestly embarrassing to still see takes like this in 2025. Some of you really need to unpack your internalized misogyny. If you can’t handle seeing a vagina but hyperfixate on graphic gay porn, you’re veering into fetishistic creep territory.
The age gap is already incredibly creepy, it's basically 15 years... Also 20 years old in korean age is 18-19 in international and it doesn't help that he was basically locked up his whole life and has an even younger mentality than nis age...He's just a traumatised teen that needs therapy, not a 35 year old man taking advantage him and the fact that he was groomed to believe that he needs to do sexual favours to survive.Ml is nothing but an old creep despite the author trying to make him appear as caring. Mc looks, behaves and basically is an unsocialised teen. It was getting so uncomfortable i dropped it.Too bad the art is wasted on this crap. The general plot is bellow average as well.
I did exactly what you're telling me to do, I stopped reading it and gave my opinion,which is the entire point of a comment section.If critical opinions bother you, maybe you should scroll past instead of trying to police how people react to uncomfortable content. I didn't ask for your approval, and I'm not obligated to sugarcoat my discomfort just because you enjoyed it lmao
I still don't get how it is the MLs fault. He didn't keep him to take sexual advantage. He just ended up giving into mcs seduction. 15 years age gap is actually pretty norm around the world. Well it might be a bit off putting thinking the mc didn't have room for proper mental development. But actually the mc seemed pretty matured despite lacking some common knowledge and having trauma. So yeah I don't think the ML is some perverted old creep taking advantage of the mc.
No he didn't seem pretty 'mature', did we even read the same thing? He behaves impulsively with no real experience over how the world works.
And no, a 15 year old age gap isn't normal(something happening in the world doesn't make it automatically normal, so that's not an argument), especially when one of them is a teenager that was groomed to behave a certain way by his abductors and never got the chance to experience the real world. Ml keeps him for a certain reason, to use him (and he made that clear). He IS a perverted old creep(in comparison to mc), he just happens to be handsome, which makes a lot of people ignore the gross dynamic going on.
Also, he just happened to give in to seduction? He is a 35 year old man, well informed over the fact that mc is an abused, groomed to give sexual gratification by adults as a child, victim. If you consider this okay, i have nothing to say as we seem to have completely different views on morality.
Nevertheless, you are free to believe whatever you want. I find their relationship gross and the behaviour of ml predatory, but purposely presented as romantic for obvious reasons. Not uncommon at all for yaoi.
Yes, it is when one of them is a teenager. Incredibly abnormal.
And even with two adults, it's certainly not the standard. 15 years IS a huge age gap, however it's a whole different story when the younger person is 25+, which isn't the case with the dynamic in this story.
So yeah, i stand on my point: Creepy as fuck.
You keep ignoring the context I've already explained. In international age, the MC is 18–19, not 20, and he behaves like a traumatized teen (because he is one) with no real-world experience. That makes the dynamic predatory no matter how you spin it.
Also, pointing out that you've seen couples with 10–15 year gaps isn't an argument, it's anecdotal. The fact that something happens doesn't make it healthy or standard. Statistically, the happiest and most stable couples are those in the same stage of life, not with one partner barely out of adolescence and the other in their mid 30s.
So again: this isn't just about a number difference, it's about power, maturity, and consent. And in this context, all of that is compromised.
https://psychcentral.com/relationships/age-difference-in-relationships#potential-impacts
Here's a link for you of a study
Oh and since we're being anecdotal, let me also share my anecdotal observations: I have witnessed two age gap couples(one of 8 and one of 12 years age gap) close enough to know what is going on behind closed doors, and both of them have been deeply unhappy, dealing with jealousy and generational differences issues. One of them is currently separated, although not yet divorced. Do i claim to know what is going on with every age gap or similar age couples like you do? No. However it doesn't take much thought to consider that people in a similar age group would get along much better, especially long term. Big age gap couples are the minority and not the standard no matter how that makes you feel. And i won't even argue again regarding the predatory aspect of them consisting of a freaking teenager and even worse a teenager that has barely experienced any of the world and being around his peers and a seasoned adult in his thirties.
I hope now that Guwon will get a taste of what love and attachment means, the horrible weight of his actions will hit him hard. If the doctor is even saying the truth. Guwon may be something like an amoral chess piece, someone may have purposely taught him to behave this way because he's clearly very useful to the people AND the doctor there.He has a really peculiar, black or white way of viewing things, like a child focused on a specific goal. I can't really trust anyone yet(i mean, what kind of father and husband would be compliant, work in a town after witnessing the traumatic death of his family and follow the guy who did all that?) I hope people won't drop this before we learn the whole truth. Let's not forget that this is the perspective of one person who may not necessarily be saying the truth. The fact that they NEED Guwon should be enough to raise suspicions. Yes, Guwon is possibly messed up but may not be what we are lead to believe he is. We'll see. For now i'm very disturbed and intrigued.
I imagine the child became a zombie and Guwon will end up trying to eliminate it since he'll consider it a threat. This will create an adversity with the father and shit will break loose. Mc seems to be the understanding type so he'll try to defuse the situation, although the villagers will still find a reason to stand against Guwon whom they see as the villain. The author may surprise us and make the child lik Guwon although i doubt it.









Imagine being such a sorry excuse of a human being, you'd blame a child over your misfortune. I have no words. What is the logic behind that? I have no empathy for him, solely because he chose to abuse a literal child that didn't choose to be born. A lot of abusers have traumatic pasts but this by no means excuse them being abusers themselves. Not to mention the small dick energy of her brother. Like imagine being so trash you'd search for another human being with feelings to be your punching bag since you can't come to terms with reality. Self awareness and logic left the chat. Like imagine someone this dumb and illogical leading business in the future lolol