Responses
Well tbf he was brainwashed into thinking that the way he was being treated is affection and that he deserved it. That’s why his time with the vet made him realize affection/actual love shouldn’t hurt. And even though it’s annoying he took so long to notice, we gotta keep in mind, Max solely turned human because of how much he cared for that asshole. It’s good he managed to escape though. We don’t get much context for the ass hat after but like many stories, I like to assume he faced the law even if it wasn’t shown. (Especially since he saved that explicit videotape.)
It just amazes me how a wholesome story can turn sour with just one piece of shit.
There are two types of dog lovers:
1) Those who genuinely love dogs they provide their needs, and 2) those who want dogs just for show. And I hope, most of us fall under the first category or don’t get a dog at all.
Dohyeon falls under the second category.
I can’t say I hated this story, but I didn’t like it that much either because of a certain someone. Dohyeon made me physically recoil every time he does something, he’s just weird and genuinely creepy. The ending doesn’t do it justice, he should’ve been behind bars or a glimpse of him in the court. It made me so terrible that Max didn’t feel any anger towards his owner, only sincere understanding to why he is that kind of person—and it makes sense which hurts more. I’m glad that Max, thankfully, ended up with seungyu but we all knew it’ll happen. I just didn’t like how under those 20-ish chapters it somehow got worse day by day because Max doesn’t have a clue about Dohyeon’s horrible acts. When he met Seungyu, he learnt many of firsts with him on an underlying tone of affection. I’m a little pissed that it took him so long to realize (Dohyeon’s abuse), but he’s a dog, I can’t be mad at him for being a little slow. He was controlled for like 80% of his life. I’m relieved he started gaining independence and more control of his life by the end, I liked that ending and I could see what the author was trying to get at.
Good read! Although it would make you thrash your body around and scream because of anger. Their lack of support (people to help them) made me frustrated, but they did gain some (the black dog and the two other girls, love them) that drove this story to flying colors. Would read more of this author’s work! I was just pissed off of Dohyeon, but if we’re focusing on Seungyu and Samsam’s lovey dovey lives, it’s pretty wholesome and funny!