Lot of people criticizing in the comments but I think it's really cute so far
I'm a sucker for an established relationship that doesn't take sex too seriously
Cuz honestly, if you aren't a virgin, you should know that the "serious/sexy atmosphere" isn't there every time and it's more relaxing and fun if you don't take yourself too seriously
So yeah, they seem cute and comfortable with each other I love it :>
(Also, I'm not sure why the anatomy is bugging people, it's not the best but it's definitely not the worst I've seen. Maybe I'm just used to ignoring it)
I thought the outfit was silly but in a fun and expressive way, but reading all the other comments about it kinda made me feel sick to my stomach.
I don't want to engage with any of them, because they all just feel genuinely mean.
One was asking how a gay man could have a bad fashion sense (which is a stupid stereotype in the first place) but also fashion is incredibly subjective
Plus Seon-woo is totally autistic coded imo, so clearly his view on fashion is unique and always has been. It's based on the things he genuinely likes and wants to wear, not by societal expectations or tends.
I think Seon-woo is incredibly fashion oriented and seems to genuinely enjoy fashion. The idea of a "good" fashion sense depends entirely on how trendy someone is, and Seon-woo (especially in his own mind, where he can actually wear whatever he wants) has no desire to follow trends
I don't think there's a problem with having both fan translations and officials
I (like many others) like to read both
This isn't an official site so it's not like you can make the rules as to whether or not fan translations should be uploaded ahead of officials
I could understand the issue if someone else was uploading officials when you'd already bought them to upload
But you'd still be supporting the author ?? So what are you whining about
The only case I could really get behind this energy is if you were personally working to scanlate a work and someone uploaded over you with their own fan translation
Cuz then you've put some level of work and time into it so it is kinda rude at that point
Yeah, the grey hair guy is annoying but there's something seriously wrong with his sisters -- you fuck up one brother so you fuck the other one up in a different way?
The way it showed them tearing him down seemed like it could have actually been kind of emotionally abusive at times (but I digress)
On the surface it seems really fluffy (or like it's supposed to be fluffy) but Aiden gives me seriously off vibes . . .
Like everything he does seems soooo exploitative, like textbook manipulation and exploitation of someone vulnerable and naive.
Especially when they started thinking about sex and Seowon tries to educate himself on gay sex before jumping in but Aiden tells him not to anymore (and anyone who knows anything about sex ed knows that it's way easier to sexually abuse someone who is ignorant). And then when having sex, they talked about taking it slow but that's not at all what happened, even when Seowon was saying that it hurt or looked to be genuinely having problems breathing, Aiden just kept pushing (and at one point I think he said something about being turned on by him being in pain but the translation wasn't super clear so idk, plus the classic "I won't stop even if it hurts" line that I despise, especially in this scenario where the seme seems serious and the uke actually has a life threatening medical condition)
He pushes and pushes but still pulls back when it seems he's gone to far which seems reassuring to the audience and Seowon, but it's only after he's already pushed too far and that seems like a huge red flag to me
And even before all that, waiting to come out until they were already isolated? and then how started putting moves on Seowon (rather forcefully imo) before he even properly revealed he had feelings for him, coupled with Seowon's super naive thoughts and justifications despite his initial discomfort . . .?
Idk it all seems so icky on paper but is somehow swept away by the fluffy atmosphere.
Also the way he's had this crush on him since so young could be sweet but saying he's wanted to sleep with him since they first met seems soooo weird, especially when literally the first time Aiden saw him, he was in his most weak and vulnerable state, which is a weird thing to be attracted to, especially when it was made clear that he was attracted to him in a "less than wholesome" way
I'm probably reading too much into it, cuz I really do want this to be a fluffy and sweet story, but so much of it sounds way to similar to every story I've heard of covert sexual exploitation
Reading this has re-sparked my MapleStory hyperfixation T﹏T
Damn I hope he actually says committed to that and that the seme actually changes -u-
(Doubt)
I actually started crying when Kueng got upset ToT
He's so precious . . My heart- (っ; ﹏ ;)っ
That execution was rough imo . . .
I mean I'm glad they didn't drag it out super long
But idk it's probably just me but I wanted a little more emotional pay off after so much build up
Like . . . It was essentially building up to this reunion since the moment Jaewoo died (or even before then ever since he made the deal to die). This is supposed to be the big moment that wraps up that whole emotionally heavy arc but there's no emotional release, they're just back to being all casual, smiley, and blushy like nothing even happened
it feels like they all are acting like it's no big deal and just moved on really fast
This author has a special skill for making manga that goes from super cute to wtf so fast, I keep getting whiplash istg
I mean like, there'll be a cute, genuine moment and then suddenly seme is squishing the uke's toes ???(or sexually assaulting him while drunk . . . at least the toes thing was funny)
They also seem to consistently make their protagonists unable to blame or properly hold the person who caused their "big-past-trauma" accountable
My own morbid curiosity wouldn't let me stop reading but at least now I might be free QuQ
The couple was really cute and I really like this author's works, but this trope is one that I always find super depressing . . .
Idek why, but the indebted idiot being coerced into sex work is an idea that just makes my heart sink and really taps into my empathy for some reason and genuinely makes me think about how in that situation I'd rather just throw myself off a bridge.
I think I'm just really afraid of debt.
I already feel powerless enough in my life just trying to get by as a slave to capitalism, the idea of just accidentally occuring a large amount of debt of no real fault of your own is terrifying, even in fiction. You'd lose what little power you had over your life and have to work ten times as hard forever not just to get by, but to pay off this debt. Plus, it'd be a thousand times worse if your debtor dictates the kind of work you do to pay it off (especially if it's something as vulnerable and potentially traumatizing as forced sex work)
The thought of how hopeless that situation feels and how powless I'd be makes me sick to my stomach and I'm already too mentally unstable to bother trying to endure that kind of shit. I would 100% off myself.
It hurts but I really relate to both characters so much because they really do care about each other so much but they're both too in their heads to have the hard conversations they need to have (and the hard conversations are never actually a hard as your anxiety convinces you they'll be)
Specifically Joon is getting a lot of hate because he isn't telling Doha about how he's going to go abroad
But I remember being similar in my first relationship, there was something important that could very negatively affect my relationship with my girlfriend at the time but I was so scared to hurt her or distract her during finals that I convinced myself it'd be better to wait and then convinced myself it'd be better to just never tell her and try to cope on my own because I was always afraid of pushing her over the edge and her spiralling.
My situation was different ofc, but so so similar in so many ways at the same time it's insane
It's giving "Caressing the nipples of my sleeping bear" vibes. (For those who don't know, title of another manga)
I genuinely think this is direct inspiration from that because there's the "I raised you as a small child then you went away and grew up the rest of the way so it's not weird I promise, but I still feel guilty as a character which is telling" trope and then there's the bear with big tits.
So this is basic just fanfiction at this point, but what if instead of being fucking stupid, the royal family actually publicly revealed the truth about Amaryllis having been a homunculus and the origins of the prophecy, and lets pretend it actually manages to convince the majority of people, leaving only a small sect of religious fanatics, convinced that the kingdom is doomed by the darkness that has consumed the royal family, unless they bring back the light. This gives birth to Amaryllis' "final form" as a villainess: a religious symbol, revered as a savior (which she already supposedly was on a level, but somehow all the plot leads tied to her really were just dropped) that needs to be risen from the dead. The real fanatics accept that she was a homunculus and take it upon themselves to make new homunculi in her image and have the ultimate goal of overthrowing the royal family to purge the palace of the darkness.
Meanwhile the royal family gets to be tormented by the face of their enemy being the face of the daughter and sister that they loved and lost, back now to haunt them and destroy them for their incompetence.