I just finished this manhwa. I’d give it a 6.5 overall. I don’t think it’s as good as some other similar ones, esp Mission: Save the Hunter (I.e. Death Delayed for a short time by the Will). If you want one that has a more competent MC and more empathetic ML, I would give that a try if you haven’t already. I will say tho, it is WAY more emotionally devastating than this. I can’t count how many times it’s made me cry and it’s ongoing. Art style is also cleaner imo.
I did cry at the end of this story, but I agree with your critiques of it. I think it’s worth finishing if you’re already 2/3 through it, but I think you can find other stories that are similar concepts in the hunterverse that are better executed. For Shounen Ai, I think The Hunter Wants to Live Quietly is also a good option. The romance is slower burn and it’s not quite as emotionally intense with survivors guilt, but it’s still got an evasive, tired MC and a precocious, powerful, and pushy ML in a hunterverse setting. Also ongoing.
I mostly just read this one because I’ve already re-read Mission Save the Hunter and Hunter wants to live quietly up until their most recent chapters and I’m desperately chasing the high of those stories.
Yea I actually finished the whole thing right after complaining lol. I would say the last 20 chaps or so weren’t as bad as I thought they would be but the story as a whole was still somewhat underwhelming. I think I ended up rating 8 sth so it’s still one of the better ones for me because the plot is still quite unique and the writing is competent with good intentions etc. And yes same haha I came here because I couldn’t let THGLL marinate and now am craving for anything similar. I do look forward to how the author of that story will handle the emotional aspects of the story tho

I’m on chap 67 right now and I just can’t stand how ridiculously and conveniently dumb the MC is to push the story line like up until now I’ve empathized with his trauma and that he’s okay with dying bc he can’t do that on his own like sure you can be selfish like that I understand bc what you have been through but wdym you keep accepting things from obvious enemies and interacting with them and always end up causing trouble. I went into this having really high expectations bc all the recs from THGLL. The actions are good I guess but man the MC is really getting on my nerves. The ML up until now hasn’t been nice or an outstanding/interesting character either like idk