I completly agreed, the translator just freaking justified minho beating the shit out of haesol bc "that's what haesol crearly wanted, so he can keep duna's attention" like girl come on, you can actually be writing on every panel about dunna's and haesol's actions and then completly brush or worst justify minho's acction. It makes no sense. It makes you take their other comment as hypocritical
omigod it was literally so jarring reading the notes. like at first I didn't really mind bc I figured they were all frankly pretty fair criticisms. but I also thought the translator would be doing it for ALL the characters and would shove their own bias to the side to educate and warn readers about the abnormal behaviors displayed by the characters. instead I'm just seeing them basically dick ride for minho, like he isn't a good character either lmao please cease this at once
I agree
I think it can be a result of the story itself. The wrongdoings which happened to Doona are recognized and discussed, Minho's behaviour and actions have visible impact on Doona meanwhile the abuse happening to Minho is treated not seriously, downplayed or even in some twisted way "justified".
So maybe translator tries to balance the story with their commentary idk haha. Just an idea.
real quick, idk if anyone else is reading the translators notes, but while the person translating does a good job of analyzing all the toxic habits and behaviors of every character, they do this all EXCEPT for minho.
like i sit and i read the notes on dunha and im like "wow, they piece the harmful consequences of her actions so precisely", but then it'll get to a part where minho does something problematic or similar to what insecure men do all the time in real life, like minho's habit for feeling entitled to dunas time, or her whereabouts, or who she hangs out with. and not even just in college back when they were dating, but even presently when they're not even rlly together and he's just like. living in her apartment. and idk, ill look to see if the person translating has a note criticizing minho for basically being the poster boy for toxic masculinity and insecurity in some scenes, because I enjoy all their other critiques about the characters, but it always seems to fall surprisingly short for minho. there's almost zero criticism.
minho will say something sexist or project insecurity in his masculinity onto the people around him, but the person translating doesn't report on the harmfulness in minho's behavior in the same way they do for dunha and haesol and all the other main characters. they bring up a lot of good points, but it's hard to read through them all when I know they aren't showing the same attitude for one character. if you're going to critique the author and the authors characters, make sure you do it equally. it's rlly hard sitting here and reading through some of minhos behavior and there's no think piece from the translator on the severity of his actions. dunha is a vile disgusting character, there's literally no defense for her, she's sick. but the translator needs to realize that minho isn't a character to root for either. for whatever purpose, the author has also made him problematic and also toxic, we need to remember that.
the translator does do an amazing job of rightfully blaming dunha for rape, and criticizing her for not clearly breaking up properly with minho, but I would also like to see the translator shed some light on the fact that minho hasn't been forthcoming with breaking up with dunha either. he's still just as obsessed with her as she is him.
and horrible as dunha is, she was also subject to sexist remarks and pressure from minho during college. minhos insecurity in himself festered into him always shitting on dunhas writing, even while they were dating. he couldn't bring himself to be happy when dunhas writing won that award.
it's blaring clear to everyone reading that the translator favors minhos character, and they even refer to minho as "daddy" in one of the recent updates. translator, if you're reading this, please critique EVERY toxic behavior from EVERY character. just because you're attracted to minhos character doesn't mean he isn't deserving of criticism in some aspects. besides that, thanks for all the critiques and explanations for the harmful and vile behavior the author seems to be romanticizing, there are probably a lot of impressionable readers who need to realize that the behavior in here isn't applicable to real life, and you help with that, so thank you. take some rest, thank you for updating for us, stay safe