"skipped every panel that had them" good. you're not at a place in life for mutually corrosive toxic yaoi excellence and that's ok. That aside the whole point of the comic is that doori is a childish irresponsible person and he changes by the end (although i think the one major flaw of the comic is that his growth is rushed but i do appreciate the shorthand of one trip to an arcade curing him of being a bad person because watching him get on antidepressants/BPD medication would have caused tonal whiplash). But anyways you point out so many details that make the comic my favorite BL ever so even if you didn't like it I liked reading this comment. Like omg you appreciated that Hyungmin is also a piece of shit people only ever talk about Yungjae being a piece of shit, and also that Woojin is used as a funny vehicle for the author to say "I know Doori acts in irrational and annoying ways and he isn't in the right here, the other characters in this universe can see that too". But to me those are good things and to you they are bad things but I'm still happy to see details I love about the comic pointed out
I actually enjoyed reading it! My mixed feelings were more about Doori and Noah's relationship, I agree w you, and I don't even blame Doori really, I think he would've been a great character if the author had more time to develop him after the tournament, like u said it was just so rushed
I don't even think he's a bad person, he's just kinda of bad at communicating, bc as a boyfriend he is a little selfish
They’re not necessarily "bad" things, most of what I wrote are just little things that bothered me about Doori, but in no means I disliked this BL!!!
I appreciate your comment though, a lot of ppl here the moment you disagree with them they get mad and send you death threats
And also, I didn't read other comments, but I can't believe people only talk about Yungjae being a jerk, when they’re literally two sides of the same coin lol
I'm ngl I originally skimmed your first comment because I feel violently ill if I see negativity about my hyperfixation (even if it isn't hate, my bias towards this comic warps my perception of tone). It feels a bit like forcing my hand on hot coals but I will do it if it means getting to talk about PHP. Yeah i actually agree with pretty much everything about relationship no 1. Like Doori is my favorite BL protag ever but he needed so much more time to convincingly grow as a person even though I like the ending in theory. Noah is a bit of a conundrum because he's well characterized as mentally stable but it would have been nice to watch Doori regain his trust in a more meaningful way. Hyungmin isn't a good person but he isn't as bad as Yungjae but I think their relationship begs the question of how culpable you are if you stick by your homie when the homie in question is straight up evil. I think being in a situationship with Yungjae is Hyungmin's karmic punishment for committing the sin of lust in a biblical way. I get annoyed when people act like they don't deserve each other in
I have mixed feelings about this
First, the second couple sucks ass, and like that one user said, they're a waste of panels, they both suck, they're both annoying hypocrites, and jerks and assholes, and I skipped almost every panel that had them, neither of them deserves a happy ending
Second, Doori is a very selfish person and a very selfish boyfriend
I liked him in the first half, just a silly guy that wants to play for a tournament and he gets a boyfriend, whatever
But omg for fucks sake, he is terrible at communicating with Noah
Noah was always the one to take initiative on everything, when they had the problem that they were having too much sex, but not enough practice for the game, Noah understood hin boundaries and plans, bc he knows how important gaming is for Doori, and stopped any contact with Doori, bc he knew it would rile him up
Then instead of Doori telling Noah that he didn't mean no contact at all, he starts doing the exact opposite of what he wanted, even though he even cried about how little practice they were getting
He even complains w his friend about Noah, and exaggerates some things
His friend even tells him that he should listen to what Noah wants to say too, and he's like "nah"
Or the other time, that pissed me a bit more, is when the whole thing about the tournament happened
Like, ok, it's okay to feel insecure, and sad, and evern jealous about your partner for being better at something you've been doing longer than them, specially if it's YOUR passion, that's totally fine(lowkey that's what happens w renga in sk8)
And I even think it's fine is someone wants to have their alone time, or tome to think things through, but the way he managed the situation was just, not it
He didn't talked to noah, who was his boyfriend at the time btw, after the tournament, and when they did talk, he ran away again
And even if he needed that alone time, he could've told Noah "hey, im not feeling so well, I think I just need some time alone" and THEN talk about why he acted that way, why wasn't he responsing, why he was feeling like that and all these things, BC COMMUNICATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINH ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, Noah was always the one reaching out to Doori to patch up things, to hear him, and forgive him
The fact that he needed his friend to tell him how selfish he was acting, uuhgg
Or like, when they did talked about it, a bit, he was still avoiding the main problem
And his friend was right, Noah supported him throughout the whole thing, he kept his word, and did everything Doori told him to do, the way he wanted(practicing a lot after classes, and the whole "no more sex, just practice gaming"
I wish Noah had gotten more angry, or at least a bit