I feel the same way, korean media always has to make it so they knew each other when they were younger. The chemistry is def better later in the novel but it was rough at the start
Really wish they had been the same age or sayoung had been a little older than he is.
isn't sayoung supposed to be younger because J saved him? I mean I defo agree with the Korean trope thing, but here J was like 17-18 and the kid looked 14-15
No no he is supposed to be younger but I wish they were older than their actual ages if that makes sense. Like 17 and 18, or wish they were older. Like he could've saved someone the same age as him and they wouldve still had a strong connection, but it'd be more like a friendship with a peer rather than someone you saved
Yes!! But even that could be achieved if executed properly…the age gap isn’t the issue more like but the fact that it is the reason J always saw him as his actual brother he never had and then suddenly he kissed him and got over it like the author didn’t execute it..with age gaps if there is significant time and distance between when they knew each other to their grown up age it usually is okay BUT it’s this particular dynamic shift I didn’t quite like…it felt too disjointed or hurried. Maybe the reveal happened too soon…J should’ve really fallen for Sayong more before he found it out so it didn’t change a thing for him, but it seems from this point he begins to love him BECAUSE he found out he’s the same person..or something
Yeah, I totally agree you with you! While reading this chapter I was honestly confused because I thought they kissed before he found out they were the same person cause'its been a while since I read the novel. Would've been better if J started crushing on him b4 he found out and then had to struggle with the complex feelings after the fact. Like I know he struggled a little bit but definitely would have been more impactful if the relationship started first.
I really like this novel and everything but even so after I read the novel I did not reassaally like the way their romance was developed after this point…like it didn’t feel as cathartic as I had expected maybe or just the fact that transition from this Hyung and Dongsaeng dynamics wasn’t the best execution like we see Sayong‘s feelings from a young age but for J, it felt like he fell for him because the plot called for it. I don’t know how to explain it but even their first kiss was so random and misplaced in the story that I was like this isn’t the place…or…time…so it all felt disjointed from then on. But it’s fine. They address this conundrum J faces of being romantically attracted or even accepting Sayong THAT way…it’s rough but I hope to read it again from where I left…I keep getting the ick and dropping it for some reason from that point on…