Since the manhwa is dead, or so it seems. Here is the novel:
Eng it's MTL (1000ch): https://novelbin.me/novel-book/drug-eating-genius-mage#tab-chapters-title
Raw (1400ch): https://booktoki468.com/novel/6852
Raw official (1400ch): https://ridibooks.com/books/2057137755
Wasn't the tomato head kinda cool with his question at the end of the chapter? I got swayed for a second.
Holy moly, this is way darker than what I expected when I started reading
This is pretty good. I love gambling stories even though they make me nervous for the MC. I am excited to read this. There are currently 103 chapters (season 1). Thunderscans only just picked it up, so I am gonna let this marinate for a bit.
Is it just me? I never thought of gyeongchan(?) you know the red-head as a potential 2nd male lead. I always thought he was there just to mimic / give off the same vibe as and talk about the self-harming singer jaebom(?), the toxic ex. Not to be a romantic interest himself. But instead to bring the other dude into conversation. But maybe I am reading it wrong.
Oh no I wanted a time skip and two lovely babies and fluff and them being a family and ML becoming an adorable dad lol. But I guess nah, we still got shit to solve. I want them to be safe and carefree finally.
I thought this was just an actor X idol reincarnated lover bl. You know a bit cutesy, little funny, and they end up together again, end of story. I was in denial until the clown showed up. It's freaking horror??!! And hella scary at that!! Like terrifying, freaking SCARY! Good bye basic entertainment industry plot I guess, it's an exorcism horror story. Also, I am not sleeping today, like I am gonna be freaking out the whole night bcs what was that, the clown is gonna hunt me, the nurse too...
This work is completed with 140 chapters. The finale is great. I suggest reading it. Hopefully someone will pick up the translation.
Link to raws: https://www.colamanga.com/manga-kz234259/
At this point I just laugh when I see another hiatus. It doesn't surprise me anymore. It's been too many time that I have zero expectations of the author. And maybe that's a good thing.
On the other hand, why don't they take a year or something to work under their own preferred pace with breaks and such and then just dump chapters on us? Or why not switch from weekly release to 10-day release or biweekly release? There are much better ways to do this than having hiatus every fvcking five chapters. (and I feel like might have not been exaggerating, wasn't the last one like a month ago?)
So this isn't from me, I haven't read the novel, but someone who did spoiled this on a forum:
1. MC is an unreliable narrator, the person who spoiled this didn't elaborate much, but they said the narration about how he lost his first partner and got injured himself isn't exactly how it happened and that this isn't the only situation.
2. I don't know if this was omitted in the manhwa or if it appears later but apparently the military really fvcked our MC up: "anesthesia for two of the most painful surgeries a person can have was refused to MC. Pain meds after for recovery and rehab was an absolute no. MC sat through his friends funeral in so much pain he doesn't remember anything . . . he goes to a psychologist for depression meds. No surprise here, they give him multivitamin pills instead. . . . he starts self-medicating with alcohol"
3. initially MC's "retirement plan was to go sit on a beach somewhere and wait for a storm. Then he would 'accidentally' drowned. That way no one could prove it was on purpose. Let's call that his eternal retirement plan."
4. HUGE FVCKING SPOILER ABOUT THE STORY'S ANTAGONIST: so apparently, MC's original partner was alive and is the one who attempted to kill and eventually later killed MC.
https://www.novelupdatesforum.com/threads/%EC%96%B4%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9D%EC%8B%9C%EB%A7%90-%EA%B0%80%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%9C-approximal-guide.185816/
the manga is resuming serialisation with chapter 8 getting released on March 10
this is pure comedy. seriously, why is this so funny, we are on a ship, and there is an office whit THAT thing manifesting out of nowhere, and the MC's face is like 'how did this get here?'. and I just can't stop laughing, bruh why do you have that in your office?? this was supposed to be hardcore porn so why am I laughing
Warning: there is a spoiler in the creator's note (chapter 27.5)
I never thought I would drop a manhwa because of the author's note. Don't read it unless you want to get part of the plot spoiled!!
People have been throwing the word pedophilia around way too much these days. Pedophilia is attraction to prepubescent children. This is a 17 year old, which in certain countries is nearly a legal adult.
And about their sexual relationship, it's not ethical, not appropriate, and it is exploitative and disturbing. But again it's not illegal, majority of countries have the age of consent set at 16. (Also I checked and in China it's 14, so that's even lower)
So, is this slightly off-putting? -Yes. Is it pedophilic or legally wrong? -No.
And before you start calling me out, I didn't say anything about a relationship like this being okay. I am just tired of people calling authors disgusting and their content pedophilic when it's not the case.
Ehm so I don't know anything about why the manhwa doesn't continue... But the novel is completed (5 volumes + 4 side stories).
Here is the link for the raw novel:
https://booktoki466.com/novel/2309949?stx=%EB%B3%84%EC%9D%98+%EA%B6%A4%EB%8F%84&__cf_chl_tk=ragEgHrb9gngcTZmcYq_q2PgrBbmdsYiQvzpJcLX52U-1733537737-1.0.1.1-Qu6ywMhFeGrQ5IG.h7Ae9G1_ftoewVx_N.Dp3W3tcqg
I don't remember well, but I think the manhwa adapted 3 volumes.
My problem with this is that confinement r*pe plot can be done right, we have seen it in Warehouse (and in many more as well). Similarly, regardless of the plot, the toxic sex/r*pe can be done well (in my opinion Married Man is perfect example of this)
However, this shit ain't it!! Not only the hinted plot (revenge story?) stops making sense right when it gets introduced but the sex ain't even good??!!! Like I don't care how trashy the plot was supposed to be, but even the sex sucks????!!!
I checked the raws to confirm what the other commenters been saying and they are right. Stop reading here. The first 4 chapters are probably the best you can get from this manhwa, anything past that is shit.
Someone please tell me nothing happens to the restaurant while he is gone with that stove on
I found it familiar, and surely it seems like an adaptation of the novel I coincidentally stumbled upon few days ago.
https://readhive.org/series/74802/