I wanted to like this. I kept thinking it would get better. There was potential here, after all. I enjoyed the concept, premise, and art...
But the plot just left me skipping pages out of annoyance, just to force myself to read it- telling myself I needed to give it a fair chance. Miscommunication plots are always uncomfortable, so I hoped the way it was portrayed would at least feel satisfying.
It doesn't. I instead found myself disliking the characters more and more as time went on. It felt utterly frustrating.
The entire reason MC has a bodyguard is because of stalker that has been able to get close, and can easily enter entertainment spaces. ML is supposed to be a top tier bodyguard, and just one member of a team assigned to MC.
Yet MC is alone without rhyme or reason for the sake of plot. They make a big to-do about him being followed 24/7. And then... he's alone in a huge venue that is teeming with people? As in, staff members of a foreign country he has no familiarity with. Why on earth would he be left alone in a space that is specifically one you should be on high alert? Specifically after a show when the clean up crews are bustling about and the stage is being broken down? When oodles of contract workers are about? Even without a stalker... this is just bad security. But it's done to have a cliche moment. Disappointing, because it would have been so easy to add 2 panels to make it look like he was alone on purpose and not "I dunno, I think he's on the stage?" Like some lazy babysitter. XD
There is just so much that is frustrating for no reason. So many instincts of... this could be solved by simply saying something. Not saying something here doesn't make sense based on the character they created. :S It's like he is only smart about things until they need to set up a rescue scenario. It's less what happened and how it was handled.
I left feeling it wasn't believable MC is an idol nor ML a bodyguard. And his staff? They are like highschool friends, not professionals. This doesn't feel like an idol story to me. :S
I wanted to like this. I kept thinking it would get better. There was potential here, after all. I enjoyed the concept, premise, and art...
But the plot just left me skipping pages out of annoyance, just to force myself to read it- telling myself I needed to give it a fair chance. Miscommunication plots are always uncomfortable, so I hoped the way it was portrayed would at least feel satisfying.
It doesn't. I instead found myself disliking the characters more and more as time went on. It felt utterly frustrating.
The entire reason MC has a bodyguard is because of stalker that has been able to get close, and can easily enter entertainment spaces. ML is supposed to be a top tier bodyguard, and just one member of a team assigned to MC.
Yet MC is alone without rhyme or reason for the sake of plot. They make a big to-do about him being followed 24/7. And then... he's alone in a huge venue that is teeming with people? As in, staff members of a foreign country he has no familiarity with. Why on earth would he be left alone in a space that is specifically one you should be on high alert? Specifically after a show when the clean up crews are bustling about and the stage is being broken down? When oodles of contract workers are about? Even without a stalker... this is just bad security. But it's done to have a cliche moment. Disappointing, because it would have been so easy to add 2 panels to make it look like he was alone on purpose and not "I dunno, I think he's on the stage?" Like some lazy babysitter. XD
There is just so much that is frustrating for no reason. So many instincts of... this could be solved by simply saying something. Not saying something here doesn't make sense based on the character they created. :S It's like he is only smart about things until they need to set up a rescue scenario. It's less what happened and how it was handled.
I left feeling it wasn't believable MC is an idol nor ML a bodyguard. And his staff? They are like highschool friends, not professionals. This doesn't feel like an idol story to me. :S