This is actually a really good story, but the art isn't able to fully convey its strengths. If the visual storytelling were better (like in the manhwa Reunion), I bet people would rate this much higher. I also think the pacing should have been slower so readers could really feel the emotions when reading the characters' POVs.
The MC is a well-written character because he's realistically flawed. I know people like him (classmates in uni) who are very academically competitive, a little conceited and selfish, and focused on survival because of difficult family backgrounds (an alcoholic mother and poverty), but not evil or beyond redemption.
I can also relate to how he feels when I'm around friends with loving, warm families because mine isn't like that either. I sometimes feel out of place, though unlike the MC, I don't feel envious or resentful. I just feel sad that I wasn't dealt a better hand.
I'm glad I came across this again today because I lost my bookmarks. I've read it before but never rated it, so I'm giving it a 5. My actual rating is 4/5, but the current rating is way too low so I want to help balance it because it deserves better than some of the toxic, abusive manhwa filled with rape and other harmful relationship dynamics that somehow score higher. (And yes, I read those too.)
This is actually a really good story, but the art isn't able to fully convey its strengths. If the visual storytelling were better (like in the manhwa Reunion), I bet people would rate this much higher. I also think the pacing should have been slower so readers could really feel the emotions when reading the characters' POVs.
The MC is a well-written character because he's realistically flawed. I know people like him (classmates in uni) who are very academically competitive, a little conceited and selfish, and focused on survival because of difficult family backgrounds (an alcoholic mother and poverty), but not evil or beyond redemption.
I can also relate to how he feels when I'm around friends with loving, warm families because mine isn't like that either. I sometimes feel out of place, though unlike the MC, I don't feel envious or resentful. I just feel sad that I wasn't dealt a better hand.
I'm glad I came across this again today because I lost my bookmarks. I've read it before but never rated it, so I'm giving it a 5. My actual rating is 4/5, but the current rating is way too low so I want to help balance it because it deserves better than some of the toxic, abusive manhwa filled with rape and other harmful relationship dynamics that somehow score higher. (And yes, I read those too.)