pluviophiliac's manga / #♡(204)

ohhh, this is interesting! i’m loving it so far, despite this weak, unnecessarily short review—believe it or not. i’m too tired and my brain can’t seem to function properly at the moment, so i might have to come back another time for some more ‘deserving’ commentary.

as usual, i’m already clinically OBSESSED. i’ve been holding off on reading this one for quite some time now; ever since its release a couple of months back. i wanted to wait for a while so that i could binge-read… couldn’t contain myself anymore, lol. and, as expected, it certainly didn’t disappoint!!! oh, how badly i wish there were more available chapters published. it’s freakin’ AMAZING, ughhh.

oH. MY. GOD. the art-style!!! it’s absolutely stunning; ethereal, almost. i legit can’t cope, holy fuck. my heart’s actually RACING. i don’t think i’ve ever seen characters this good-looking before, it’s almost ridiculous. P.S. i’m criminally weak for clichés, too… i can’t wait for the real action to start!!! the sexual tension’s nearly giving me whiplash, goddammit. i’m low-key experiencing orgasmic withdrawals nowadays, seriouslyyyy. absolutely fucking unreal. ILLEGAL. edit: just came here to add that this absolutely STUNNING art-style (probably the best one i’ve seen in ANY graphic novel) combined with some of the most adorable chibi-work i’ve come across thus far… it’s an experience, let me tell you. fuuuck.

i actually did read the entire first season in an indonesian translation… meaning, i believe it’s fair to say i’ve already started this one. (18/7/23) i can’t say i grasped much of what they were saying overall, but nonetheless, i feel like i’ve got a pretty solid idea of what the story’s actually about. can’t wait to read the official english translation!!! i haven’t even seen much, and i’m already wholly enthralled. i love their relationship. THE. ART. IS. FUCKING. GORGEOUS. — - — - — - — - — - — - — this manhwa is positively EXQUISITE. i don’t think i have the words to express just how much i ship these two together, omfg. not only is yiheon literally PERFECT. HUSBAND. MATERIAL, but eunchae’s such a genuinely wonderful person who deserves the best… and cha yiheon’s THE. FUCKING. BEST. i love them both to death, help. they’re two of the most physically attractive characters i’ve seen in any manhwa, too.

bro, the smut is RIDICULOUSLY hot!!! overall, jooin’s remained ‘consistently cute’. well, mostly. annoying and somewhat clingy (?), but cute nonetheless. weirdly enough, i quite liked yahwi from the start, though—despite him being an inconsiderate jerk, aloof and overall toxic af for the longest time. (i’m weak to emotionally unavailable men, i suppose.) on the other hand, i didn't like cain at all in the beginning. i found him low-key creepy-clingy rather than sweetly clingy, and waaaay too excessive when it comes to displaying his sudden affection… well, way back in the day, that is. as it so happens, i’ve changed my mind since then! i actually quite like the guy these days. he’s understanding and kind and super considerate towards jooin—which i suppose are among some of the more important aspects of any relationship. i just don’t like unnecessary drama, ugh… but what can one really expect for a story like this? lol. but, you know… i started reading this manhwa two years ago, and honestly, i definitely wasn’t one for love triangles back then. however, i’d like to think that i’ve grown a little since 2021, and i finally picked this up after 1,5 years of indulging in… other things. i’m definitely relieved that i held off for so long, though! i suspect i probably wouldn’t have continued reading this back then if i’d chosen to keep going; especially knowing how dead-set i was on yahwi and jooin being together. …but anyway. as i’m nearing chapter 70 and yahwi’s FINALLY started to (somewhat) figure himself out emotionally, jooin is the one who pisses me off the most at this point in time. what a hypocrite, my god… yahwi can’t communicate, he says? i get that, but HE’S refusing to see things from yahwi’s perspective, too! he’s not even attempting to!!! yahwi probably suffers from alexithymia (emotional blindness) without realizing it. as someone who has it herself, his tells are pretty obvious. therefore, i’d like to think that his poor ways of expressing himself emotionally—as well as understanding his own feelings and thought-processes—wouldn't exactly be his fault. with that being said: how can jooin expect yahwi to read his mind flawlessly when he can’t seem to understand him, either…? jooin’s already aware of the fact that he's not on the same page as yahwi, man… at least yahwi’s been sincerely trying his best for a good while now. meanwhile, jooin has these IMPOSSIBLE expectations for someone who obviously doesn’t realize what the real problem is… and he won’t understand it unless he’s directly informed about what said issues are!!! he can’t read anyone’s mind. something that frustrates me a lot is this: how come jooin can be so straightforward with cain—who, by the way, doesn’t even seem to need it considering he can clearly read jooin well enough by now either way—but you can’t be straightforward with yahwi; the one who actually NEEDS all the clarity and bluntness the can get? it’s so goddamn ironic i could cry. and even as jooin’s breaking up with yahwi, the latter STILL doesn’t know what the actual problems are. not only that, but jooin’s also insulting him to his face and purposely hurting him in the process. fuck me, yahwi’s completely fucking clueless, man!!! i get that you’re truly hurt, jooin, but you’re not exactly doing your best to salvage the situation you’re in. you’re not even trying—you’re simply judging him; making clueless assumptions about his feelings and emotional state, which you’re obviously unqualified to make. honestly, you deserved that fucking slap, homeboy… (i’m anti-violence, but he had that one coming.) you actively try to provoke him, expect him to get angry with you, and then you get upset because he did exactly what you wAnTeD him to do??? give me a fucking break and stop playing the victim here. you’re not the only one suffering. it takes two to fucking tango. yahwi did wrong by hitting you, undoubtedly, but you’re not any better yourself. don’t get me wrong, though—i’m not saying that yahwi’s always been the one in the right (he hasn’t), or that turning to violence is ever a proactive solution (it’s not.) however, it’s obvious that our two main characters both have major issues and very little self-insight. the way i see it, yahwi’s done a lot of hurtful things, but he wasn’t really ‘intending’ to, was he? well, most of the time, at least. what he needs is proper guidance and straightforwardness in order to ever build himself a solid foundation. he needs time and patience if he’s ever going to learn how to form proper relationships. (yahwi thinks he’s already good at that, by the way. WHICH. HE. ISN’T. that’s the problem.) honestly, at this point, i hope yahwi finds someone else who’s at least (somewhat) understanding about his emotional blindness, blissful ignorance and commitment issues. it’s not his fault that he can’t read minds and do things exactly the exact way you expect him to. and i know i’ve stated this a hundred times already, but the poor guy seriously doesn’t even realize the predicament he’s in, man… i genuinely feel for him, and i get it. 100%. either way, from my perspective (and based on the fact that i’m now fully caught up), jooin’s the more selfish, entitled, immature one out of those two at this point in time. it’s almost as if he’s slowly and intentionally) beginning to turn into a vindictive asshole towards go yahwi. (then we’ll have two, yay!) however much i happen to understand jooin’s frustrations, i relate much more to yahwi’s. i despise it whenever people blame everything on one party and avoids all responsibility—which, in this case, would make kitty sunbae the sole villain with no possible redemption arc. it’s what ticks me off the most, really. simply put, they just shouldn’t be together. i suppose they both deserve better, honestly. …aaaand that was a long ass rant, by the way, but who fucking cares at this point? lol. yahwi deserves his own happiness, too—which i truly hope he’ll find sometime, and i’m pretty sure jooin would be able to stay happy with cain… if they do choose to get together in the end, that is. at this point, i truly have no clue what to expect. it could go either way… jooin and cain seem to have a lot less communication issues as of right now. but hey, like i’ve said a billion times already: i sincerity hope that kitty sunbae finds someone who’ll come to love and appreciate him for who he is; someone who’ll embrace him, all of him, despite his flaws—including his ‘social difficulties’, so to speak. those are all things he can work on and improve with time! (speaking from experience on this one.) yahwi should be in therapy already, ugh. but hey, all in all, it’s been a pretty damn great story thus far! i guess that’s why i’m getting so easily worked up, lol. it’s relatable as hell. i wish these guys the best… i just want them all to be happy, the whole lot. that’d be good enough for me. i suppose we’ll see! edit: man, things are fluctuating like craaazy right now. (ↁ_ↁ) yahwi’s finally realized some things about himself and he’s making honest attempts to explain his point of view to a clueless jooin. jooin’s struggling with these new developments; not knowing how to deal with yahwi’s sudden change in behavior and cain’s inability to be completely upfront with him. cain left temporarily to take care of a ‘family matter’, only to end up being stuck with said family who’s now properly convinced he’s crazy for saying he wants to go back to SK and be with his ‘owner’ from a past life. (understandably so.) man, i have no idea how this’ll end… send help. edit #2: we went from sexy mess to full-on emotional distress throughout this journey... i’m absolute IN LOVE with this plot development, omfg. it feels like we’re nearing the ending now, but i genuinely hope we’ll get some more yahwi + jooin lovey-dovet content before the story’s wholly wrapped up. these past couple of chapters have been resonating with me like CRAAAAZY. i can’t wait for next week to arrive! edit #3: every recent chapter has been a literal knockout. i have a feeling we’re on the last pages now, but wow… the artists are really doing this story justice. these past ten-ish chapters have been so meaningful and beautifully narrated that it almost feels like a different story altogether. don’t get me wrong, it’s always been an amazing reading experience, but never to THIS degree. it’s being wrapped up so nicely, and it’s been quite a long time since i genuinely felt a sense of closure when nearing the end of a fictional journey… and we’re not even at the end yet!!! man, i’m so happy right now. i applaud all of those involved in creating this masterpiece of a manhwa. whenever and however the final chapter is eventually released, i can tell for sure that there’ll be no plot holes or unanswered questions left. perfect closure. i’m so, so unbelievably impressed by the author’s ability to incorporate emotions into visual writing—thus allowing us readers to experience such an array of joys and sorrows in a way that isn’t that commonly experienced within this genre of manhwa. outstanding work, truly!

OH. MY. GOD. the art looks so fucking exquisite, man… like, holy FUCK. (ↁ_ↁ) man, this dude’s hot. i’m be got absolutely no clue what to expect, either. whatever the case, i can already tell i’m going to be obsessing over it soon enough. <33

incredibly intelligent and insightful writing, omfgggg.

AHHHH, MY PRECIOUS BABIES!!! they both deserve the world, i love them i love them i love them. it’s been awhile since i finished reading this one by now, but i literally just noticed a second ago that i hadn’t marked it as complete, so here i am!!! first of all, i absolutely LOVED it. the art was gorgeous, ethereal almost, and i felt that the general pacing of the story itself was pretty spot on. the romance didn’t feel forced, nor did i think it was boring or cringey. they had great chemistry, and that became more evident the more the story progressed. the sexual tension was through the roof, though…! at least i remember that much, lol. i probably would’ve killed for some explicit scenes at the time, ughhh. but anyway!!! like i said, i definitely enjoyed myself. and although not a lot of things ‘happened’, so to speak, i didn’t mind it that much personally since it allowed us readers to focus more on the mains themselves and their respective emotional developments. i really, really liked them as a couple! and i really, really liked them as individuals, too. wouldn’t be surprised if i ever feel the sudden urge to reread it someday. actually, it’s pretty likely i will.

AHHHH, NEW FAVORITE. update: AHHHH, SO WHOLESOME. and it’s over now, sadly.

HAHAHAH, i adore this woman and her personality!!! i’ve never read an aristocratic manhwa quite like this one before. it’s so, so refreshing. <33 i absolutely LOVE the fact that these characters—viola in particular—aren’t particularly shy about subjects such as sex, promiscuity and other typically ‘taboo’ matters for this genre. it’s actually quite rare with korean comics! i’m so excited to see modern ideology being incorporated into an otherwise traditional environment. it’s very fast-paced, but super unique! the relationships don’t really appear forced or anything. it just seems like the people who get along well have inherently good chemistry—like our dearest ivan and viola. PERFECT. MATCH.