It really depends if you want spoiler or not because raga happens in about a certain time in passion. You would get pretty confused on why this or that happened but I'd recommend to atleast read passion first so you would better understand the story!:)
Oh but this is just my personal opinion! You can read them both if you wantt
I read raga first and then passion just to see xinlu there, and it's not too confusing for me. Basically, the story of Xinlu and Yuri in Raga without any connection to Passion starts from chapter 20. But at the beginning of Raga, everything is explained from Yuri's point of view, so even without reading Passion everything shouldn't be too confusing.
I think I decided that I would read at least a little more of passion before starting raga cuz why not. I already started so might well catch up a little bit at least. I think yuri is also introduced in passion?? So I'll maybe read until I get a hold on xinlu's and yuri's relationship in passion. Thanks a lot! The comments here helped me clear my head I was like so confused on what do lol
Ahhh that's good then. I'm reading a little further in passion before I come to this. I mean passion doesn't look bad but I was just entranced by the art in raga. Like passion xinlu and raga xinlu looked like 2 different people to me. I thought they were 2 different people fr
Also based on passion's design of xinlu when I heard he had his own manhwa I thought he would be the bottom cuz he looked kind of like a twink in passion.... here his whole build looked super different lmao. and it looks like he's the top. I was taken aback for a sec. Like I knew of twinkification but this was the opposite to me.
Yeah, honestly, I also think Xinlu in Passion and RAGA feels like two completely different characters. In the beginning, the author created Xinlu mainly to bring iltae together, which is why I don’t really understand why so many people hate Xinlu when his character was literally created for the sake of iltae being together.
Passion also has another series called Passion: Diaphonic Symphonia, and there will be another couple in that story. After finishing Passion: Diaphonic Symphonia, Yuuji-nim kept thinking about Xinlu and eventually started writing RAGA as a kind of healing story for herself, since RAGA has a much calmer and more peaceful atmosphere compared to the other Passion series.
Even though, chronologically, RAGA takes place after the current Passion story, RAGA was actually the last Passion series Yuuji-nim wrote. She also said that when she was writing RAGA, everything just flowed naturally.
I got this information from someone who translated Yuuji-nim’s comments in the printed RAGA book.
So... I've read like maybe 10-15 chapters of passion and was kind of confused at first cuz I thought ilay and tay were like the main couple but xinlu x tay looked super cute to me and would have been... Healthy idk... I haven't read beyond the part where tay and xinlu see reigrow on the stairs. So it could totally change but ig I'll find out
And then I found that xinlu had a seperate manhwa which brought me here... And now I'm like.... Can I read this along passion or do I need to finish that before coming to this? (Cuz passion is also ongoing i think and I'm so curious abt this too I really wanna start reading like right now lol)