love the story, hate the characters. idc abt their backstories—they're rude to monica for no fucking logical reason. and don't get me on with that "she's a commoner, they're nobles, it's normal they treat her blah blah"
if monica ever developed a functioning spine, they'd be ripped to shreds from the get go. stay humble, queen xoxo
both leads are wrong and communication is ass but i do think mc deserves a bit of in-person talk abt why they're breaking up. although a one-sided narration seems to be happening here
this reminds me of that shitass funny shojou romance where the female high schooler fell in love with a tall ikeme and turns out he was just a 5-6th grader and acts like one too. kinda funny.
anywy i rlly read this on the blind and found this cute initially until the fucking reveal. i had to throw my phone bc i was that shocked lmao. while i do understand the misunderstanding and how no foul play was involved (no grooming, pure misunderstanding, both are of legal age), it STILL is WEIRD dating an 18 y.o. high schooler as an adult. mc could've distanced himself and waited for the sex until ml graduated.
yeah it's legal but it's a matter of morality.
ahh, i think it's been a long time since i got charmed by both leads in a straight romance
also, the art??? the art in the game is so beautiful and I can't believe the artist (or is it a team of artists?) managed to draw different avatar design whenever the players change clothes. I'm placing this at the top of my list of my favorite game art styles, just next to TGMND
got recommended from tt and they said the preferred the ending and i honestly expected "cool, the puppy love crush wins" but now I've read this and see how it defo should've gone differently.
while i do love karam (i rlly do) as much as junseo, the story's development made it seem junseo and mc got more depth together. for one, junseo's background story was shown more than karam's nonexistent one.
this made karam look perfect, flawless—an enigma and all we know mc likes him for being cool. he doesn't even show much emotions. in contrast, junseo was laid bare for us. i could even argue that junseo had more screentime with mc.
it seemed like the author originally intended for junseo to be the endgame but scraped that idea last minute to be "different". I'd say this is a bittersweet and boring ending. But hey, i like to think there's more to happen in the future for the characters
6.5/10 good for a light read. Not a well fleshed out story but not problematic. The only flaw is the writing but characters are sweet n likeable
as much as i love the ml, i miss the group bonding more
i like three leads, but ngl mu ryang make me roll over the bed out of frustration for his ideals. hahaha.
Interestingly, despite the hostility and fight between the characters, they're all so fun that you can't help be okay with their actions. But the character that frustrates me the most is that new general brown hair who's in love w the female guard (which i dub thee Shit Hair).
it seems plain to me that he's ignorant and power-hungy, a mix of both the crown prince and mu ryang, in the worst way possible.
The crown prince is power-hungry because he wants to rule over a nation that will prioritize talent rather than blood and status. Mu Ryang is ignorant yet still desire to display mercy and peace
purely out of my own immaturity, i hope female guard doesn't reciprocate Shit Hair's feelings and he dies, dumbassss!!
warning to this chapter, it has a jumpscare! I got scared
???? felt like the author was writing every bit of the story with the intent of "hm, how can i make my readers more shocked than the last one"
dropped this bc it felt like the development was quite forced, even the romance part of every character felt sudden! lol
I like how he chose Hitoshi in the end. Hitoshi is hella funny when asleep and cute w/ his glasses.
I don't think their relationship would last long since I never got the sense that Mah (ML) will be satisfied that kind of lifestyle in the long term. But hey, I still like the fact that they ended up together. Bunch of cuties<3 I also like that each of the main character redemption had define quirks
Also, Hitoshi's mother?? Hello??? She got one hell of a story of her own lmao
despite treating this story lightly as a quick read, i think jungwoo got serious issues that i felt like weren't just simply resolved or fully acknowledged properly before this story ended. Jungwoo is my fav, hella funny even, but he rlly is a bum, relying on his daddy's card and being a childish...a bit crazy in the head. I worry how he'll fare when he ends up having to support himself, not being able to rely on his family name anymore
i genuinely don't think their relationship will last long but hey, their love persevered and ig that's proof enough that they can overcome most obstacles in their relationship
oh, but seeing the side stories of the time skip, he doesn't seem to have a tendency to spend much anymore. well, no scenes of him being a spendthrift that is. i think he matured more, so ig that's a sign.
overall a good light read. don't treat it seriously much or else you'll get blood pressure. and jungwoo beating people up was hella fun^^
another work from this artist, always a banger. but god, don't let the child-looking butler be a romance target
i skipped a big bunch (jumped from ch. 11 to 42-45), just so i can know if this would prove to be worth my time of not reading another Stockholm syndrome. but boyyy
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spoilers ahead based from what I've gathered in the comments
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i was pissed off that they ended up together by ch 45 since i really appreciated of the genuine emotions MC displayed from chapters 1-11, he showed fear and realized the despair that his protag in his webcomic may have felt. i genuinely thought this would be a nice depiction of the terrors being locked against your will. i was about to drop it when i read the spoilers and I'm glad it's not going to that routeeee. kinda reminds me of My Deepest Secret
i was giggling for ito and isabella, and i know this is based off on a piece of real history but boy did my heart broke in ch 52.
let me drop this now since i got too attached to a ship since around 2023 that'll never be canon nor it even happened in real life. I'll nurse my heart
my heart is so shattered i want to read the complete novel
haha, clingy af lovers are what I don't like irl and a sign of a red flag but gondamn was the seme cute here.
i think i teared up when he unexpectedly mentioned how people used to abuse him when he was younger. also, him saying "sorry for being a slut"???? It awakened sumn within me LOL
overall, i wish this story would flesh out more and i like the premise and characters surprisingly enough to make me want a longer story.