Reread after a few years and I still love this story, but looking at it now there are a few details I just can't get over. Like how the twins' parents were sooo worried about Siwon at the start, but then we never saw them again despite their baby getting battered and staying out all night, and Jiwook felt a lot more shallow than I remembered. Like, it's fine, I don't think a villain necessarily needs to be humanised, but it would have been more interesting if he at least had some level of self awareness. But in the end he isn't even aware that his brother actually truly died, which sort of makes Siwon's death seem in vain. Plus, the whole plot around Woojin's new identity feels like it was just a sidenote rather than anything actually important. Which kinda makes me go ??, along with how high school him is so put together at all times except for when Taemin's original body died, despite claiming to be horribly anxious. I know he was brought up to have an unbreakable poker face but I would have loved for him to at least show some emotion and real weakness around Taemin. Plus, what was the whole deal with Joohoon? I guess maybe we don't need to know everything, but it would have been cool to add some substance to why he acts the way he does.
Still, this was Haribo's first work and I really enjoyed it a lot! I don't for one second think I could have done this better myself. The character chemistry is a lot of fun for a bunch of high school psychos. And Haribo's art style is just so delicious and I actually really love how they were still in the early stages of forging their own art identity here. You can tell the lines aren't as refined as in their other work, but they're making a lot of bold choices with it that I respect a lot.
Reread after a few years and I still love this story, but looking at it now there are a few details I just can't get over. Like how the twins' parents were sooo worried about Siwon at the start, but then we never saw them again despite their baby getting battered and staying out all night, and Jiwook felt a lot more shallow than I remembered. Like, it's fine, I don't think a villain necessarily needs to be humanised, but it would have been more interesting if he at least had some level of self awareness. But in the end he isn't even aware that his brother actually truly died, which sort of makes Siwon's death seem in vain.
Plus, the whole plot around Woojin's new identity feels like it was just a sidenote rather than anything actually important. Which kinda makes me go ??, along with how high school him is so put together at all times except for when Taemin's original body died, despite claiming to be horribly anxious. I know he was brought up to have an unbreakable poker face but I would have loved for him to at least show some emotion and real weakness around Taemin.
Plus, what was the whole deal with Joohoon? I guess maybe we don't need to know everything, but it would have been cool to add some substance to why he acts the way he does.
Still, this was Haribo's first work and I really enjoyed it a lot! I don't for one second think I could have done this better myself. The character chemistry is a lot of fun for a bunch of high school psychos. And Haribo's art style is just so delicious and I actually really love how they were still in the early stages of forging their own art identity here. You can tell the lines aren't as refined as in their other work, but they're making a lot of bold choices with it that I respect a lot.