I'm incredibly curious—what do you think about the beginning of the manhwa, the very beginning? Why does Gyeol have all these creepy erotic dreams with Yeseung?
Hmm, in the beginning, Gyeol has a clear and intense physical attraction towards Yeseung, as his unique physical features such as his eyes and charming look strike to him as attractive. It’s an intense infatuation, admiration and also, Gyeol has probably had less actual partners and more of an infatuation / crushes with people as stated by Gyeols hyung (i forgot his name, my apologies).
And in my opinion it’s why he is intensely horny and “pent up” and has such perverted fantasies if you can say that.
And I really think that meeting Yeseung really changed his mind in distinguishing fantasy from reality. Hes quite different from how Gyeol imagines him, and thats because he is his own person with thoughts and feelings, not somebody else's fantasy.
I think in a way that in contrast to how people chase after Yeseungs beauty and body in these exploitative industries, Gyeols way of admiring him was perverted yes, but not malicious.
Gyeol came to his senses and immediately stopped jerking off to him sleeping because of his conscience even if he had such erotic fantasies and dreams about this person. In the S2 backstory, his father had taught him a lesson to learn when to let go and maintain distance, which is why Gyeol has been giving space for Yeseung even at the beginning of their friendship and at the beginning of their relationship.
hm, your point is good, thank you!
Ok, so I have read this manhwa, and I feel honestly like the storyline is very nice. The concept is great and Im curious to know more. I enjoy this manhwa a lot so far. And I like the art style to be honest, the artist has a nice way of depicting anatomy. The writing is good so far.
I think the way the artist visually portrayed these themes of rape is weird to say the least. Honestly it could have been omitted and just simply drawn out to be implied or the aftermath of it. The way the artist draws it just clearly shows they somehow want to portray this horrifying moment as something sexually gratifying for the viewers to see (if you know, you understand what I mean by it). The 29th chapter was very graphic on the rape, did not need for that amount of detail to send the message across.
Now on Mr Kims crimes,
The crimes Mr Kim does are lead in a very sexually deviant, sadistic in nature and is made for the victim to feel absolutely humiliated afterwards (with such elaborate devices such as the chastity cage cock, modeling in ways which lead to the models showing themselves in compromising and vulnerable positions) and with the amount of power and control this guy has, he constantly continues to get off on this feeling of being in power. And clearly this guy has been doing this for a long time. He has the resources to control and rig matches, rape and abuse men who have lost and at the same time gets to do his paintings.
This character is a good depiction so far of what a rapist and trafficker can be.
Someone who was like a father figure to Yeseung, took advantage of that fact and trafficked him.
And he is also a sex trafficker as well. if you look up the definition of it, what he does is clearly recruiting younger adults and trafficking them into using their bodies for his pleasure and financial gain.
Yeseung has been a victim of trafficking for a very long time, since he was very young. (The building of trust with Mr Kim and Yeseung is a cleae sign of grooming which is what traffickers often do) And the few months previously when he started out illegal underground sparring matches clearly shows that he's being trafficked for his body. Which is why Mr Kim values Yeseung as a prize, something like “an artwork” he proud of, building him (grooming) and is possessive of his own creation (which showcases the amount of ego this man has).
Most trafficking cases happen with someone who is considered close to you or a family member.
And him being constantly used by Mr Kim for his body made him develop the sense of shamelessness or lack of respect for his own body. If I can put it correctly (he comes to Gyeol mainly for sex as stated in the last chapter before S2, and is shocked when Gyeol finds it disturbing on what Mr Kim does) and as well as some other words like “Good boy” developed as a turn on (maybe, Im not sure on this) for him was developed after he was most probably assaulted many times by his groomer.
Im just really hoping the author doesn’t fuck up the writing and make him out to be some Valentino like character from Hazbin Hotel (i dont like Hazbin)
Let me know if I’ve got anything wrong here!!