i will kindly disagree with you, true the baby doesn't "act and has a realistic hight (i believe she's aroud 1?)" but the slow and conflict-less that runs a bit slow is just what some of us want/like and need... there are a lot of stoies with a lot of conflict where the characters never "stop" and communication between the pair is basically non existent.. and I enjoy some of them... but this story is its own little warm jem .
but i resperct your view ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~.
The thing about slice-of-life is that it imitates the average life experience and that it is not dramatic. It's about finding beauty in the small moments and fun in 'boring' everyday life together. I believe that the lack of dramatic stakes is exactly what most readers of this manhwa enjoy.
Seeing as you're finding it difficult to stay interested, maybe it's just not the genre for you. Personally, I didn't quite vibe with this kind of story until I was older and more jaded about life so it's possible it's just not something you relate to right now. There's nothing wrong with coming back to it later or deciding it just not for you but, I feel it does the story a disservice by saying there's no plot. The plot is literally about building a life together day-by-day and that's a lot harder in practice than it looks.
It's not about realistic baby, it's about progression of said baby. Also, you clearly don't understand that in stories "conflict" isn't a negative thing and it's not about lack of communication between characters, it's a thing that progresses the characters and makes them grow. This manhwa is as flat as flathearhers believe the Earth is.
Yeah, but that makes for boring story. The characters are stagnating, they end at the very same place they started and nothing changes.
It's not about drama, it's about the fact if the story is only about 'beautiful moments' thise moments are lost in the sea of exactly same moments. There is nothing to counterbalance those moments.
How much more beautiful would they be if ie Ho was so much into army culture with never ending drills and perfection that his conflict was to learn how to let go and find those beautiful moments and slice of life experiences. This is why this manhwa is boring. There is nowhere for characters to grow.
And no, there is no plot here, plot propels the characters to change, this story is just sideshow of thing the characters do and what happens to them. Those things don't have any impact on them. Like whole season of Haebom's dad- he shows up, Haebom has a day of thinking, it changes nothing. Haebom is exactly the same as he was before and whole second season could have been about Ho's dad instead and it would change nothing. His conflict could have been- as a boyfriend he doesn't know what to do with the baby, but meeting his dad makes him change and he decides to be the best dad, then the conflict is that Ho is reciting to name the baby for whatever reason and Haebom is on his as as newly awaken dad. These are thing that are still realistic sli e of life, can be easily resolved with adult communicating, aren't obstacles that make them break up and yet make them better and their relationship more interesting. Right now they float from happenstance to happenstance and in the end nothing happens and nothing changes.
The manhwa is cute, it's a nice palate cleanse after all the ridiculous sadistic slop, but this is not a story and the quality of it nowhere near the previous work of the author.
I'm sorry but a story isn't just about plot. This story works quite well just letting us follow the lives of two grown men who already had the defining experiences of their lives, the ones who shaped their personalities. They just want to find a way to settle down peacefully, hopefully with a loved one, and the story is just that.
And I have to disagree on their having no personality o character growth, either. Kwon a walking green flag? Yes. But he's not perfect. Did you forget he was introduced as having a terrible personality? Not to mention, he is terribly insecure over relationships. Sure, he's mad in love with Ho, but we are clearly seeing him working of his flaws. To say the encounter with his dad didn't change anything is a big understatement: this guy entered the story with abandonment issues and grew up to accept that his father didn't leave him and his mom behind for no reason. Now he's scared of being an issue to Ho, and we are in the middle of addressing that issue. How do you see no progress?
Yeah, they met, they got together, and whatever happens they are a couple pretty much from the beginning, but they are adjusting to life together and that's a story too
As you said it's "slice of life"
I do like both characters and maybe Ho isn't the best characterization of a soldier but I think it might be cause it's a little modern and not a "cliché" of them (I know people like that with that profession) and I'm not so sure about how much he went through as a soldier (mean I don't think he's on the "action" risking his life in the middle of the battle)
About Haebom's flawless...I think there are right there the problem is that those are like "normal" flawless and not the typical BL ones (a man child acting possessive/"cute" jealous or the other extreme we shouldn't even mention)
Their characteristics are there but yeah naybe they're both just too calm personalities ...personally I love that kind of people and every time I met someone like that I just hope he/she finds someone similar to be partners or even friends
I think this story falls under the slice of life subgenre "iyashikei" calm, low-stake, daily-life style storytelling
There's no rush for sudden growth or unexpected turns and drama and yet it tells it's own story without falling stale
It's meant to be paced and chill, for some a breath of fresh air in the rush of life, I'd recommend other fast paced, plot heavy stories if that's to your liking
This is probably THE BEST description of what/how this story is and what to expect from it. I’m pretty sure a looooot of us read fucked up and or fast paced and or action packed and or drama packed and or toxic heavy stories. So, this story is a breath of fresh air for us. It’s like a cleanse, you know what I mean?
Pleaseee do share some more under the same genre thank you!
I'd love to but my lists are gone ╥﹏╥
You can look up the name quoted it will show you a few good ones, it's mostly a manga genre but there are some manhwa too
Hmm interesting but stories like this are supposed to be told like the way it is rn. I think by "plot", you meant the way climax is built on intense moments or inciting incidents and so on. But plots are of different types and genre. I'm sure you must've already have an idea about this. We're so accustomed to such type of plots that revolve around character building and expositions that stories like this kinda feel bland. But as a reader (and a writer), I love this story because it makes us see through the lens of ordinary people and their ordinary lives. I'm also writing a story based on my mom's countryside life with her friends in the 70s-80s and how they drifted apart without any conflict but with changing times and lifestyle. Our sunny days inspires me a lot.
and that`s why i like it, it`s a change fro other stories that i`ve been reading and it cute and warm ans slow everyday... and in my point of view is has plot and a good flow for the story... not a "this happens and then this and then that..." like pasting a lot of events and not having a break for the characters just enjoyng each other presence and a "normal day"... not that those stories are bad but they are diferent
yep! that's it ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
100% agree
But a few days ago I finished "nameless flower" and I KNOW it's not slice of life but even when I don't think the story is bad itself I found it really slow and at some point I was about to drop since it's the same over and over or there're little situation that took forever and could have been solved easily and in less chapters
Here I feel like they may be calm and (yes, thank GOD!) the "greenest" flag but we get to know little by little about their life and some of villagers too
from Studio Ghibli I learned there's no need of a great conflict dramatic situation or powerful super evil villain for a good story
The issue with slice of life stories is that without any stakes, conflicts or personal journeys there is nowhere for the characters to evolve to.
At the beginning the conflict was for the newcomer to be accepted, the child to be named, the couple to get together. There was a conflict (will the other guy be gay enough), will the armourer rat adjust to the country side, even if the lost dad will mess around. There were some stakes.
Thus very moment? It's a cute story, but they got together, everybody around them pretend to not know, don't know or are happy for them and accepting and the child is still nameless and a charcterless ( given how long ago Ho moved in, she should be learning to walk and talk, she still looks like an oversized beanie baby). We're 3 seasons in and they didn't even talk about potential names.
The main characters barely have personalities, they seems unafected by their experience (Ho was in the army, he saw shit, he knows stuff and he doesn't even show it in his life, not even good ribbing about always folding or ironing his clothing perfectly), Haebom is just there, his whole personality is the greenest flag that ever greened. He has no flaws (and no real character too).
This maybe the greenest story with amazing art, but it does feel like it run too long. The issue is not it's slow, the issue is the story doesn't seem to go anywhere, has not actual plot or theme or even premise, only happenstances told in chronological order.