I paused reading this for a WHILE because I knew it would be a straight up DRUG. and my od this manhwa is BEAUTIFUL. the damn tension. the attention to detail in the sports theme and athletes (the conversation about muscle building, dang the details about EVERYTHING). I've let this marinate for TOO long.
and fuck, if Jiheon isn't P R E T T Y . that build OH GODDD ("IT DOESN'T HURT THAT YOU HAVE A BANGING BODY..." IS SO MOTHERFUCKING REAL. OH MY GOD THAT WAIST AND SHOULDERS ). straight outa my fantasies, so well made FUCCCKK
at CH35 and the season has ended atm as I've continued this, i'm so cooked, all the waiting and now the season as just ended,,, HELP ME GOD
Nanjo's literally so hot, aight I'm gonna pass the fuck out GEESUS FUCKING CHRIST
1st chapter in and HOLYY FUCCCKKK oh god big news for the yandere nation BWHAJSH
I literally say this as someone who consumes darkest of dark putrid shit and unhealthy shit about obsession/possessiveness and batshit yandere crap like that (yes. that's Roses and Champagne in my DP, I have the same critique as below). but can't they make dark arcs without rape? liik it's a bit 'silly' being okay with seeing the *fictional* captive stuff and snapping to unhinged possessiveness and all the batshit yandere shit. but come the fuck on, the rape is so fucking goddamn unecessary. most of the time I believe it's an attempt to make point about how dark and rockbottom they wanna make this. BUT THAT LITERALLY IS NOT AT ALL EFFECTIVE. the fuck. idk how to explain it but they can quite literally make unhinged obsessive stories without the rape. a fuck ton of ways can be done to make fictional dark shit still work like in yandere/obsessive/possessive/kidnapping stories---FOCUSING ON THE THOUGHTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILL. these--THESE. exhibit A is Aron's inner monologues, THAT worked and was THRILLING and was bordering DARK. focus on those, like goddamn. make them do 'kidnapping' shit, fine, but make the desperation, inner monologues, focus on the horrors and unhinged shit that goes through the captor's mind---NO need to show rape, that's literally the power they have as fictional writers.
MY YUJIN (not the way Aron chanted) OH GOD MY BABY seeing him tnis vulnerable and having to be reminded the way his little boy self was just broken FUCKING HELL
that last pannel is me GOOOOD LAWDDD
Holy shit relatable name right there
OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOODDDDDDD IH MY FUCKING GOD IT'S BACK OH LORD OH GOOD LORD GOD IS REAL
they made multiple chapters about this and not the grovelling part LOL. the chapters wasted