wow this is so messed up
Bruh…. This sounds more messed up than pearl boy.
HOLY SHIT WHAT
Thank you for the summary... Damn story seems so messed up one thing im not sure is ml a necrophiliac then? Did he participated on parties like that?
is cocaine the bad guy can you pls spoil that i think i like cocaine
I like cocaine so far too I want him to be on good terms with yaba
-Cocaine initially was kept as a grey character. He found out that Yaba was also a healer BEFORE they were kidnapped but never revealed that important info to Giha. People contemplated that he did that to protect Yaba but reading about his personality and thoughts in the novel it felt like he did that so he won't have to share the limelight with Yaba. He also volunteers to be Yaba's roommate despite knowing how much Yaba hates him because he doesn't want anyone else to find out the truth.
-Cocaine craves attention and considers himself to be an untouchable person who would always be worshipped and admired by his fellow singers and clients. He thought that that his fame and popularity would be a shield that would always protect him. However after Chairman Cha sent goons to attack the club, the other singers got mad at Cocaine and blamed him for the attack. They also blamed him as the reason Giha inserted microchips in their brain. This slander, along with Cha Yiseok whisking away Yaba by disguising it as his death has driven him to the edge.
- Cocaine is now mad at BOTH Yaba and Cha Yiseok. Now he no longer wants to be the center piece of Paradiso and instead wants out of it. I know he is only human and everything has taken a toll on him too BUT since he is trying to throw Yaba in hell, I kind of dislike him.
-Cocaine wants everything to revolve around him. Cha Munghyun berating his songs as "dull" and Cha Yiseok's interest in Yaba has made him angry and insecure.
I am unsure about this part. Kang Giha implied that Ml visits the basement but it might be also because Ml is collecting dirt on company officials who share that interest i.e necrophilia . Mind you, ml has big ambitions and also has already done a lot of scheming and planning stuff to overthrow his bro. He might be visiting the basement to record important officials doing that stuff and use that to threaten them later to take his side during the succession battle. This is ambiguous. Either way Ml IS in the recordings.
Aw I’m so sad to hear that…lowkey would’ve liked it if cocaine was a second lead love interest or something but that’s just me being a hopeless romantic.
Seeing that they took out the incestuous part with the brother, maybe there will be some changes to the webtoon from the novel. Who knows. Seems like a great read regardless.
Perhaps there will be changes. Either way Cocaine is certainly an interesting character. An attention seeker with a superiority complex. Others consider Yaba to be a tool but Yaba was perhaps the only one who could see through Cocaine's 2 faced nature. Cocaine's doesn't feel the need to hate Yaba back since he considers Yaba to be pathetic a d pities him
Damn that leaves a lot of room for doubts... i don't like ml at all, maybe the manhwa will clarify this more. I will keep reading, but im glad to know all this so i won't read the story expecting anything romantic or healthy
The ml is a red flag that kind of started becoming green for Yaba. After Kang Giha had beaten and attempted to rape mc, ml sees the injuries on MC's face and stabs Giha's ear with a fountain pen. He also threatens Giha and asks him not to put his hands on mc ever again. He is willing to go far and beyond for Yaba.I started rooting for him after that.
There is also the yacht part where Yaba hands him the necrophilia recordings. When ml asks him why he did that because if Giha learns of it he can easily blow Yaba's brain with a single press of a button. Yaba just replied his life is already hung by a string so he just wants ml to get the company. Ml gets moved by this and kissed Yaba passionately for a long time. I kind of felt like crying at this part since it was such a bleak and sad realisation of their circumstances. The entire thing was so well written.
This couple in the novel has a lot of chemistry and is basically the twisted version of Romeo and Juliet. At some point, the readers just stopped caring about whether or not ml really is a necrophiliac or not(lol)
Thanks again for all the info and yeah i get that... a lot of us stop caring about the sins of the characters in a lot of stories
Yeah that's what happened here too. I would suggest reading the novel though because the novel is lot more intense and has done a way better job in portraying stuff than the manhwa has done
Actually the relationship between mc and ml is very sweet and romantic. Sure it’s certainly different from other fluffy stories but you have to look at it in perspective. Mc and ml love and care each other a lot in their own way.
This is an excerpt from the side stories from mc’s POV: “ “I met him on a bone-chilling day. The same season came back, but it wasn't as cold as before. I don't know if it was originally a warm world or if it was warm because of him, but in any case, winter came slowly to the world with him. Now he prayed for rain to fall in his desert too.”
Ohhh i see
Thank you so much for the spoilers! Your insight gave me so much clarification about certain things while I was reading the novel. I think the story is wonderfully crafted and I love the characters in the story. I kind of feel weird though after reading through all of it. All in all, I kind of still hate Cha Yiseok now that you finally confirmed for me that he was a necrophile . But either way, the story itself was beautiful and I really your interpretations.
*really love your interpretations
Mc (Sejin) and Chaewoo are kidnapped by Kang Giha (guy with scorpion tattoo on his neck)and his goons and are turned into castrato who work in a depraved club named Paradiso. This is a shady club where all the rich, affluent people engage in unspeakable activities like drugs, orgies, perverted kinks etc.There are other singers too although only Chaewoo is the true healer who can sing songs that cure diseases. Chaewoo is the main character of Paradiso and is in high demand among the clients. People who listen to his songs become addicts. Kang Giha came to know about the existence of "healer" from his father's research papers.
- Mc is extremely bitter and jealous of Chaewoo(Cocaine) and has an inferiority complex towards him. Due to prolonged use of antidepressants (which are actually date rape drugs given by Kang Giha) Yaba has become unhinged and mentally ill. He is paranoid and babbles like a mad man. He also has body dysmorphia and an insect delusion where he thinks bugs are crawling on his skin and laying eggs. He often attempts self harm, takes frequent baths and spends the little money he gets on body creams.
-He meets ml (Cha Yiseok) who is a powerful chaebol with handsome looks and scheming personality. Ml wants to get rid of his older half bro who is suffering from gall bladder cancer so he poses Yaba as Cocaine and brings him to visit his half bro. He just wants his older bro to die and wants to do it in a way his father won't be able to detect his intentions.
- Ml and mc due to the deal get close and intimate. Mc who, is already obsessed with ml after he had kissed him in the past, grows green in jealousy whenever he feels Cocaine is trying to steal ml. He starts talking about how he is poisoning the water in the water purifier that Cocaine drinks which later turns out to be a delusion. Cocaine is an attention seeker and gets jealous and passive aggressive with Yaba when ml starts to show interest in him.
- Mc and ml have developed a twisted sexual relationship now. Mc once said to ml that Kang Giha and his goons had implanted chips in the singers of Paradiso so by pressing a button they can easily blew the brains of any misbehaving boy. Hence no one attempts to escape from there. The chip also acts as a gps locator.
- Ml's father Chairman Cha and everyone soon gets to know that that the "Cocaine" they had been meeting is not Cocaine but a fake. Ml somehow manages the unfavourable situation. Cocaine now starts to visit Cha Munghyun for treatment.
- Relationship between ml and mc progresses and Ml often asks mc to sing him a lullaby. When Kang Giha (who is sexually attracted to mc) sees love bites on him, he loses his cool and attempts to rape mc. Kang Giha also reveals that ml visits the basement floor in Paradiso which is the floor dedicated to providing bodies for necrophiliacs to have sex with.Ml offers to buy mc but Kang Giha refuses.
- Chairman Cha, to sent a warning sent goons to destroy Paradiso. Both Giha's goons and the singers were attacked. The guy tailing Yaba on ml's orders somehow protects him from harm. Mc also reunites with his older bro who ran away from him when he was 14. Older bro (Sejun)now works as a gardener in ml's mother's house. He has incestuous feelings towards Yaba.
- Mc's feelings for ml deepens and he steals necrophilia tape recordings while cleaning the warehouse. Mc under permission from Giha visits Ml for the last time. Ml , while pretending to be enjoying an orgy in yacht secretly brings in an X ray machine to check MC's brain. MC's words prove true and there IS a microchip in his brain. Ml becomes stunned whereas Yaba give him the recordings so that Giha won't be able to expose the dirt on him. A sweet moment occurs and both of them kiss for a long time.
- Ml's older bro Cha Munghyun who was suffering from cancer gets magically cured. Credit is given to Cocaine. Ml often suffers from tinnitus and headaches even though he had stopped doing drugs for a long time. Cha Munghyun develops a potent attraction towards Yaba and he attempts to remove the mask he wears and also forcefully kisses him at one instance. The ml however obstructs him.
- Ml devises a plan. When mc is returning to the dorm (residence of the singers) a car crash orchestrated by ml occurs. Ml replaces mc with the burnt body of a boy with similar physical build. Mc undergoes a surgery for removing the chip in his brain.
- Kang Giha, thinking Yaba died goes crazy and had kept the dead body in his office, in hopes that Cocaine's singing can bring him back to life. Only a. "perfect Healer" possesses the ability to revive the dead. Cocaine doubts Yaba's death and does a DNA testing of the corpse's blood with Sejun's semen to find that they are not related.
- Kang Giha, who is actually the manager visits the club owner of Paradiso since the latter promised to make him the owner. The owner turned out to be Cha Yiseok who had made the club in hopes of saving his mentally ill sister with the help of songs. Ml tortures Kang Giha, castrates him, seals him in cement and throws him away.
- Unfortunately, Imsoo Giha's loyal dog managed to save him and threatens Cocaine to sing. Due to Cocaine's songs, Kang Giha is saved. After Kang Giha learns the truth from Cocaine, he swears revenge on both of them. Cocaine says that's he knows a healer who can take his palce after he leaves Paradiso. He bargains Giha for his freedom. Giha contemplates the deal since he came to know that the more songs, a healer sings, the shorter their life span becomes. Cocaine has little time.
- Cocaine, the fishes for info about ml's residence from his SIL and finally managed to get it. This SIL has a huge crush on ml and lusts after him. Yaba hates her.
- After the operation, Yaba and Yiseok live together in his apartment as a couple. Yiseok takes good care of him but at night he becomes a savage who forces Yaba to sing and also has rough sex with him. This is later revealed to be a side effect of listening to Yaba's songs. Yes YABA IS A HEALER TOO. Ml realises this when his wounds get cured after Yaba sang him a lullaby. He cuts himself and forces Yaba to sing to prove it.