could've been better

i only tolerate this manhwa because the BL side story (aka peak fiction) wouldn't exist without it, and also because the art is pretty & the sex scenes are hot. other than that, this manhwa is infuriating, and it's mainly because of the main character duna.

listen. i support women's rights and wrongs, and i love a fun irredeemable villain. but she just pisses me offfff. or rather, the way the story treats her pisses me off. the reason i like wookyung but hated duna is because the narrative treats her as an innocent widdle victim who did nothing wrong, and wow she's such an Epic Girlboss(TM) for putting that asshole misogynist minho in his place!!!... motherfucker, you raped him. you are a rapist. that is unforgivable compared to minho's faults. i've said this before, but i would have preferred if duna was just an unabashedly evil bastard like wookyung. that would've been entertaining to see. i want more Evil Femdom, please.

also, haesol wasn't as nice as i remembered. he's a spineless enabler and an accomplice. fuck that boring ass twink, i had to look up his name several times because i keep forgetting about his existence. oh and shoutout to gyerin for not being terrible i guess LMAO. at least she got a good ending.

sidenote, i've seen some people commenting about how awful duna is (which she is) but refer to her being promiscuous as a character flaw, literally calling her a slut or whore (meanwhile wookyung is Right There). there's nothing wrong with having an active sex life as long as you're not cheating and everything's safe and consensual. duna isn't bad because she's a "slut", she's bad because she's a SEX OFFENDER and the story acts like she isn't.