It has a novel??!
Yes it does have a novel(officially written by the same author as Semantic error), I'll put the link here https://www.novelupdates.com/series/hyperventilation/
Thank you so much (っ.❛ ᴗ ❛.)っ
I’m surprised Myeong ended up being the more experienced between the two considering their personalities. I’m curious did Myeong only have experience with men since I’m assuming he was always gay, or was it only girls before he reunited with Seonho?
I read it more than a year ago so my memory might not be that clear, but as much as I remember, myeong has always been self aware in terms of his sexuality (so is seon ho, he has to wear a engagement ring to avoid women trying to hit on him romantically), he has only slept with men but he wasn't too into it. So even if he has more experience compared to seonho, he's not really active sexually. I'll personally recommend reading the novel, it's really good, plus it covers things that are not in the original anime.
Tysm! And sorry if I’m throwing too many questions at you, but I have one last one lol. When Seonho said, “You like me, don’t you?” did he ACTUALLY KNOW Myeong liked him back? Or was he just saying that to look cool by teasing him, or was it more like his desperation showing hoping Myeong felt the same? For Seonho, it seemed the reunion felt like his last shot. Like it was now or never after meeting again after all those yrs. I’m also kinda sad they didn’t cross paths at all during those 9 yrs. With feelings that strong, you’d think they might have tried to find each other, even if they prob lost contact. It’s bittersweet they never reconnected until the reunion.
Damn I am late, I was planning to read the entire thing again and tell you but didn't get time due to exams. I don't know If I remember it correctly but I don't think seon ho specifically knew exactly of myeong's feelings. If I remember it right then at that moment he was just trying or accidentally acting too cold to myeong...he didn't even prepare him when they did the devil's tango and to myeong it just felt kinda cold and unfeeling which was why he had such a reaction the next day. Even after they got into a relationship seon ho kept trying to make up for his longing through physical contact, while it caused myeong to start thinking that seon ho only wanted to sleep him...so to answer your exact question, I don't remember
omg ty for all of this, the context of their encounter just made it sm better, and a novel by the author of semantic error??? like i’m going to read that asap
fun fact: Myeong is professionally a really popular GO player, the events shown in these particular episodes are right after he loses a major competition...sexually, Myeong is experienced while Seonho is a virgin(yes, he hoped he'll reunite with myeong someday and infact this entire get-together was Seonho's last ditch effort to meet him in person). Myeong is a rather odd person, in the animation there a scene where Seonho ask's him that 'you're not going anywhere right?' to which Myeong replied to by pinching Seonho's nipple, as a teen he even once accidentally stole Seonho's tshirt on a class trip and he has a really high alcohol tolerance...Seonho is a rather established office worker, he's so popluar that he has to wear a ring so people will stop asking him out for their daughters, friends or themselves...he usually watches all Myeong's matches (from the novel)