Okay so I've been traveling across the comment sections a lot but as much as I hate this story, I've been keeping up with it and I do want to say that this story had so much potential for something greater. At this stage, this story stands as a work that entirely glorifies and romanticizes rape in the name of revenge that isn't properly explored. The psychological aftermaths are webbed through graphic illustrations of a man being brutalized to demonstrate Stockholm syndrome, which shows some effort from the author to sprinkle in some depth. However, this story fails at being anything beyond revenge porn BECAUSE it refuses to educate and resorts to grotesque depictions of rape in manners that elicit, not disgust or discomfort from viewers, but instead a mix of lust and shock. There is a lovely spot for development, that being the very ambiguous stance that viewers have for the characters. Jiwook and his internalized homophobia, and the theme of dangers of such is super interesting as it lead to Juyeon being brutally violated. And, Juyeon who seeks revenge against Jiwook who has lost his memories. That dynamic is very compelling because how can a resolution emerge from this? If such is even a possibility. Anyhow, I'm super disappointed that this work has been formulated in such a shallow way. It would've been 10x better if it was treated as an actual story rather than a means of shock value and dopamine hit.
Okay so I've been traveling across the comment sections a lot but as much as I hate this story, I've been keeping up with it and I do want to say that this story had so much potential for something greater.
At this stage, this story stands as a work that entirely glorifies and romanticizes rape in the name of revenge that isn't properly explored. The psychological aftermaths are webbed through graphic illustrations of a man being brutalized to demonstrate Stockholm syndrome, which shows some effort from the author to sprinkle in some depth.
However, this story fails at being anything beyond revenge porn BECAUSE it refuses to educate and resorts to grotesque depictions of rape in manners that elicit, not disgust or discomfort from viewers, but instead a mix of lust and shock.
There is a lovely spot for development, that being the very ambiguous stance that viewers have for the characters. Jiwook and his internalized homophobia, and the theme of dangers of such is super interesting as it lead to Juyeon being brutally violated. And, Juyeon who seeks revenge against Jiwook who has lost his memories. That dynamic is very compelling because how can a resolution emerge from this? If such is even a possibility.
Anyhow, I'm super disappointed that this work has been formulated in such a shallow way. It would've been 10x better if it was treated as an actual story rather than a means of shock value and dopamine hit.