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It's way better than those grooming same age, abusive manhwa's. And you're right the age gap isn't something to be taken lightly but they aren't taken it lightly!! And both of them are adults...and Yoreum is 24! ( Still young but he's not new to adulting)
gonna call out the specific dumbass user who felt the need to go on and on about how “a 16 year age gap is problematic regardless of the age” and kept making the argument that “a 6 year age gap wouldve communicated the age gap well enough”
did you not read the fucking story? the whole point was that lim just turned 40 and has realized he hasn’t been living life to the fullest- he meets an young ADULT who’s begun adding so much to his life. if you had 2 brain cells and proper media literacy, you’d realize that regardless of age, there is so much development to be made in your life.
you sound like you’re 16 yourself and have 0 dating experience. no one said the 16 year age gap between them WASN’T big. but guess what? they’re both functioning adults who DO address the age gap! that’s called healthy communication between ADULTS.
do you know what grooming is?? when someone is coerced and manipulated to abide by a predator’s coercion. NO ONE WAS BEING MANIPULATED INTO THIS RELATIONSHIP. is it so hard to believe that just because they have a large age gap, doesn’t mean they can BOTH CONSENT????? yes! yeoreum doesn’t have the same amount of life experience as lim, but he is NOT stupid and NOT a child! he’s not even new to adulting!
yes, your 20s are a turbulent time and not everyone would date someone that much older or that much younger than them, and so what? this story genuinely works so hard to navigate their relationship troubles: being their age gap, both being men, different stages of their lives, etc. — you can literally see times lim acts more immaturely than yeoreum, and he’s older!
they took the time to get to know each other and surpass and work on their troubles together as a couple. their love and intimacy comes from a place of warmth and genuine care, NOT manipulation and grooming.
so anyway, fucking take your time to grow up and stop being a dumbass. if this isn’t your story just leave- most of us here with media literacy can see how beautifully written and crafted this manhwa is, and we can take the time to enjoy it instead of you lol