It's your typical slice of life bl and the scenes to me felt realistic and were handled with a sense of matureness to me. It doesn't attempt to make either of main characters pious or degenerate but rather very human
Hyojun to me felt very realistic, he's sure of his wants and needs and walks away if things bother him and is no longer worth fixing. He has firm grip on his emotion and doesn't seem like the guy who'll let anyone to walk over him
Minwu also to me feel felt very real. Typically most stories either typecast characters like Minwu as either arrogant asshole or golden retriever, but here, he felt very real in his character and his behavior. People are commenting on the fact that he's acting like child and for Minwu it bothers that Hyojun sees him like a whiny kid but to me, it feels very realistic and I like the fact that the story acknowledges his shortcomings and pushing him to develop positively.
Remember, even though he grew privileged, his parents weren't really around much and most of his peers saw him for his background and his appearance not for himself and got bored of everything as no one appreciated his effort or celebrated his wins and only saw him for his results and so he got bored and apathetic and he's now suddenly experiencing new side of things like feeling desire, developing crush, getting jealous and clingy with someone who truly made him feel something and wanting that person to indulge in his childish desires and wanting that person to see him as reliable and cool is how most relationships exists, but it's also important how he handles himself. When he realizes that his constant whining and pouting would affect Hyojun, he tries to correct himself and both talk out their issues properly.
And as for Non-con/Dub-con people are complaining here, aside from that first drunken incident with Minwu and Hyojun, both seem to be okay with each other. They were both adults and even if Minwu is physically impressive, Hyojun can easily push him off if he doesnt want and even in that first drunken incident, Minwu acted very maturely, he could have taken further but instead he cleaned up Hyojun and left quickly and only made his move when Hyojun can actually give his consent and accepted what happened was indeed mistake.
And as for Ex and his wife, some are praising heaps as karma and some are deriding it as vile, but once again, everything about it is very realistic. Yes, he's a POS who strung along Hyojun and is a serial liar but also him getting shackled to someone like his wife is tragic and I agree with one comment that mentioned that people would go up in flames if the roles were reversed and misandry is just as destructive as misogyny. But I have to say, Ex guy dug his own grave here. He CHOSE to go with that woman. He should have walked away when the woman didnt match with the profile his mom sent, but he CHOSE to sit down and agreed to date and marry that woman. Whaddya mean "I wouldn't have married you if I known about your craziness?" No, He chose to overlook her flaws for an opportunity to marry into wealth. He chose to prioritize his societal appearance and his standing. He made his bed and now he has to lie on it. It's his mistake of his own making and I have no sympathy for him trapped in that marriage. He chose what he wanted and he got it. He married a girl, overlooked her qualities for an opportunity to marry into wealth and get a better position in that company using his marriage connection and he got that. His mistake is that is boundless greed. He got what he wanted, but his greed didn't stop there, he wanted Hyojun and still wanted to string him along and that served as his karma. They say a man who desires way more than what he can handle always falls and in this case, its true for hyojun's ex
Overall, I'd say it's pretty mature story, there are moments of cheesiness but nice read. I wouldn't necessarily be rereading it again, but I'd highly recommend it to check it out
It's your typical slice of life bl and the scenes to me felt realistic and were handled with a sense of matureness to me. It doesn't attempt to make either of main characters pious or degenerate but rather very human
Hyojun to me felt very realistic, he's sure of his wants and needs and walks away if things bother him and is no longer worth fixing. He has firm grip on his emotion and doesn't seem like the guy who'll let anyone to walk over him
Minwu also to me feel felt very real. Typically most stories either typecast characters like Minwu as either arrogant asshole or golden retriever, but here, he felt very real in his character and his behavior. People are commenting on the fact that he's acting like child and for Minwu it bothers that Hyojun sees him like a whiny kid but to me, it feels very realistic and I like the fact that the story acknowledges his shortcomings and pushing him to develop positively.
Remember, even though he grew privileged, his parents weren't really around much and most of his peers saw him for his background and his appearance not for himself and got bored of everything as no one appreciated his effort or celebrated his wins and only saw him for his results and so he got bored and apathetic and he's now suddenly experiencing new side of things like feeling desire, developing crush, getting jealous and clingy with someone who truly made him feel something and wanting that person to indulge in his childish desires and wanting that person to see him as reliable and cool is how most relationships exists, but it's also important how he handles himself. When he realizes that his constant whining and pouting would affect Hyojun, he tries to correct himself and both talk out their issues properly.
And as for Non-con/Dub-con people are complaining here, aside from that first drunken incident with Minwu and Hyojun, both seem to be okay with each other. They were both adults and even if Minwu is physically impressive, Hyojun can easily push him off if he doesnt want and even in that first drunken incident, Minwu acted very maturely, he could have taken further but instead he cleaned up Hyojun and left quickly and only made his move when Hyojun can actually give his consent and accepted what happened was indeed mistake.
And as for Ex and his wife, some are praising heaps as karma and some are deriding it as vile, but once again, everything about it is very realistic. Yes, he's a POS who strung along Hyojun and is a serial liar but also him getting shackled to someone like his wife is tragic and I agree with one comment that mentioned that people would go up in flames if the roles were reversed and misandry is just as destructive as misogyny. But I have to say, Ex guy dug his own grave here. He CHOSE to go with that woman. He should have walked away when the woman didnt match with the profile his mom sent, but he CHOSE to sit down and agreed to date and marry that woman. Whaddya mean "I wouldn't have married you if I known about your craziness?" No, He chose to overlook her flaws for an opportunity to marry into wealth. He chose to prioritize his societal appearance and his standing. He made his bed and now he has to lie on it. It's his mistake of his own making and I have no sympathy for him trapped in that marriage. He chose what he wanted and he got it. He married a girl, overlooked her qualities for an opportunity to marry into wealth and get a better position in that company using his marriage connection and he got that. His mistake is that is boundless greed. He got what he wanted, but his greed didn't stop there, he wanted Hyojun and still wanted to string him along and that served as his karma. They say a man who desires way more than what he can handle always falls and in this case, its true for hyojun's ex
Overall, I'd say it's pretty mature story, there are moments of cheesiness but nice read. I wouldn't necessarily be rereading it again, but I'd highly recommend it to check it out