You know, this kind of stories are meant for those who enjoy the toxic obsessive ml, for your own enjoyment you shouldn't hang around hoping the characters will change.
I love this trope and I'm actively seeking it out so I can give you a few pointers as to what should be a red flag for you on the cover : characters not happy, seme happy but uke sad or scared, seme forcefully holding uke (usually from behind), use of dark colors for background.
It's a bit tricky for this one since they changed the cover but it used to check a few of those boxes.
Anyway, hope this is helpful for you or anyone wishing to avoid those stories.
Oh no, I'm totally fine with these kind of stories ! I'm just looking for at least the slightest bit of character development bc I don't want a bad ending between the leads ╥ - ╥ I said that bc I haven't read the novel yet and i'm just hoping that the seme wouldn't be forcing the uke all the time— is all! I actually prefer possessive/obsessive mls too, it's my guilty pleasure hahah. I've alr read tons of other that
- has way more twisted plots and it's like a breath of fresh air for me after reading multiple stories with the usual "normal" tropes. I don't hate the story and how it's written, I'm just stating my thoughts as a reader. Like let's say I don't want the ml to be violent for too long and I prefer this and that but I'm still gonna read it anyway ( ꈍᴗꈍ). Anyway yeah, I get your point too :) and aaah sorry my reply was div into two, I accidentally pressed the "post" while still typing ;v;;
yeah good art and plot's got a potential but we're on chap 70 already, am I blind or do I just really don't sense any signs of character development??? I guess the phasing isn't actually bad but at the same time I don't think it's right to say that when the seme's twisted af Wasted the good looks for making him a literal criminal lol. Art's too good to make me not give up on this yet so this man better change soon or I'm dropping